11 Most Outrageous Video Game Controversies Of 2018

When it comes to crafting some of the best video games, both retro and of the modern era, Nintendo's golden seal of quality is justifiably stamped on every first-party product. In terms of online infrastructure, however, it has and remains far behind the curve of what Microsoft and Sony can offer its customers.

On precedence alone, many an eyebrow was raised when Ninty announced that the Switch would adopt a paid subscription model for its online services, and it turns out the scepticism was warranted. Besides a meagre offering of antiquated NES titles with additional online functionality for subscribers, the main draw for signing up to the service was cloud save availability acting as a back up in the event of system loss or breakage.

Only, the feature was saddled with limitations, some so vague that the gaming press had to contact Nintendo directly to get a definitive answer. Likewise, several big-ticket games like Dark Souls, Splatoon 2 and even Pokémon were disavowed from the list of applicable games as a means to prevent cheating.

A baffling decision, considering some of the very same multi-platform titles have access to cloud saves on other consoles with little to no issues. Funny that.