Nintendo Switch Online: What is the console's new subscription service and is it worth the money?

Nintendo has begun charging Switch users to play games online under a new subscription initiative. Nintendo Switch Online is the company's answer to Microsoft's XBox Live and Sony's PS Plus, and allows gamers to compete against each other anywhere in the world via a wireless connection. Here's everything you need to know. The Switch, the Japanese consumer electronics giant's seventh major console, was first launched in March 2017. A "hybrid" device, it can be used like a tablet or docked to connect to a television.