Nintendo Switch's online fee could be half of PlayStation Xbox plans

Product to watch: The Nintendo Switch launches March 2017; early adopters could expect to receive six months of complimentary subscription perks.

Nintendo's president has provided further detail to online plans for March's Switch console, naming a price that comes in at a good deal less than either the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live.

Speaking to Japanese daily financial paper The Nikkei, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima said that Switch's online service charge would be between 2,000yen (RM80) and 3,000yen (RM120) per year.