US EditionNintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2’s C button
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Users rebel against the Nintendo Switch 2 C button, which is only useful if you pay a monthly fee. Some ask to cover it with a sticker.
The C button of Switch 2 will be an exclusive subscription feature. We explain why the GameChat service will be paid for and how the community will respond to it.
Nintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2’s C button
Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership. So what happens if you aren’t a subscriber and press the C button? Not much, vice president of player and product experience Bill Trinen told Polygon in a recent interview. “You would be able to f…
The new C key calls the voice chat of the Nintendo Switch 2 - but only with subscription. At all, the new console will not be a cheaper spa. (Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo)
With its Switch 2, Nintendo not only blew up the prices (of the console, accessories, games...), but the company also embraced a new path of "all-paying", and this will also concern the GameChat function as of 2026. Explanations.
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