The aptly titled Nintendo Switch Online is similar in practice to Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus for a fee ($19.99 per year for the base package, $49.99 for the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack), Switch users are able to play games online, utilize cloud save features, and more.Īlso like PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold, a Nintendo Switch Online subscription includes access to 'free' games. While PlayStation and Xbox have been asking their users to subscribe to services to play online multiplayer games for years, Nintendo just hopped on the bandwagon with its Nintendo Switch console.