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Nintendo's finally getting into online gaming. Gamers aren't impressed

The move comes more than a decade after rivals Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. started similar products that today generate billions of dollars in subscription fees

A Nintendo video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles (Photo: Reuters)
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A Nintendo video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles (Photo: Reuters)

Yuji Nakamura | Bloomberg
Good things come to those who wait. Except, maybe, for Nintendo Co. gamers.

The company that created Super Mario and Zelda is finally embracing online gaming with the debut of its first online subscription service, charging $20 a year for users of its Switch console to play each other across the web. The move comes more than a decade after rivals Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. started similar products that today generate billions of dollars in subscription fees.

But Nintendo’s late arrival is being met with jeers, not cheers, by large swathes of the gaming community. Users have had 18 months to