okay well, this is definitely shit. im just going to be flat out honest.
the DLC? i don't mind paying for. i don't mind paying for the DLC because this is something that should've been done a LONG time ago that Game Freak is honestly slow to catch up on. such is the way of things.... while in a perfect world, Game Freak would just release a complete game from the start, there's profit to be made in increasing the shelf-life of the games, so i guess DLC makes sense. whatever. but this? this is pushing it.
SwSh is already $60 per game. if you've spent $120 on the double pack, this doubly hurts. $30 for the DLC, and now, if you want yearly Home, that'd be $16 a year on top of the money that people already pay for Switch online. i'm sorry, this is flat-out ridiculous. if only because paying for Switch online should already come with HOME for free. wouldn't Game freak be making enough money from the SwSh sales and DLC anyway? i guess this isn't too surprising considering they've been inching closer and closer towards full blown corporate greedy attitudes for years now but... yikes. this is them being full-on blatant about it.
i'll be honest: i hate this decision. i really do, just like i feel like NSO doesn't have very much to offer me, either (which is why i barely pay for it, and only monthly if i do). if i ever go for this, im going for the 3-month function becase i'm honest to goodness not paying more than $5 for something i already had before in Bank.
alas, the unfortunate part is that the internet can get angry all it wants. pokemon fans on the internet and pokemon fans who don't actively use social media seem to be vastly different audiences. as long as the latter is satisfied (which seems to be the majority anyway), who cares what a small fraction of the fandom thinks?