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Earlier this week, Nintendo's latest fiscal study revealed Switch Online subscriptions had present "exceeded" 36 cardinal paid memberships - with an summation of astir 4 cardinal subs compared to the erstwhile year.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was besides asked astir the aboriginal of the work - explaining however Nintendo is "considering assorted initiatives" arsenic good arsenic "further enhancements to the contented of the service" to support players coming backmost for more. Here's the afloat speech from Nintendo's Q&A Summary:

What benignant of initiatives are you considering to further summation the fig of Nintendo Switch Online members and to bolster the enthusiasm of existing members?

Furukawa: "As of September 2022, the fig of paid Nintendo Switch Online members has surpassed 36 million. While determination are immoderate users who take not to renew their memberships erstwhile they expire, the fig of members is expanding overall, on with increases successful radical playing Nintendo Switch and titles that enactment online play. In addition, the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, which we started past year, is accounting for a gradually expanding proportionality of wide memberships acknowledgment successful portion to the summation of Nintendo 64 titles.

"The extremity of Nintendo Switch Online arsenic a work is to assistance users to bask playing connected Nintendo Switch for a agelong time, truthful we are considering assorted initiatives, including further enhancements to the contented of the service. As we discussed successful today's presentation, our extremity is to proceed to usage Nintendo Account to support long, affirmative relationships with our consumers. In enactment with this strategy, we see Nintendo Switch Online arsenic our inaugural to promote our users to proceed to bask Nintendo Switch for galore years to come."

Although Nintendo revealed the full summation of Switch Online subscribers, it didn't interruption down the nonstop magnitude of Expansion Pack users. The Expansion Pack tier adds the Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive library, arsenic good arsenic add-on contented for games.

The latest batch of N64 titles was announced successful September - revealing titles specified arsenic Mario Party, Pilotwings 64, Pokémon Stadium, and adjacent the instrumentality of Rare's legendary first-person shooter GoldenEye 007.