SERVICE

Nintendo Switch Online bit.ly/nswitchonline

After enjoying over a year of free online multiplayer, we now have the pleasure of paying for it. There are a few extras: immortalising game saves in the cloud was long overdue, but you’ll have to stay subscribed to retain access, as well as to the handful of the NES games included. Members also get special offers, including exclusive items such as the new NES Joy-Cons. It’s reasonably priced at £17.99 a year, and the value proposition improves further if you plump for an eight-person family membership. Still, it’s a shame that much of the younger playerbase that’s sprung up on Switch now finds itself on the other side of a paywall.

Fortnite is an exception to the rule – a smart move, that – but the likes of Splatoon2 and Arms are already quieter, and therefore laggier too.