• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nintendo fully panicked over the prospect of child predators and put a ton of barriers up for player interaction.

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      2 months ago

      I think it was more about making money with subscriptions by incentivizing getting Nintendo Online to play against your friends. I bet they profited massively during corona from this business model.

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        2 months ago

        Killing Pictochat, Street Pass, and in-game voice chat has nothing to do with subscriptions.