The contradiction is without a doubt one of the online services that managed to grow bigger and better in the shadow of the gaming and streaming ecosystem. And it’s not a platform or a gaming service, but it provides a sensational communication platform, packed with features that keep growing (its developers’ effort to add new features is commendable), for example, they added new forum features a few weeks ago, and even in its free mode, it already offers more than enough features for the vast majority of users. And I say this from my own experience, as I have been a user for about two years and have been a long-term user of the basic tariff, the free one.

So much so, in fact, that quite a few Discord users have no idea that the platform has several payment plans, called Nitro, and that they add some interesting features. There are currently two plans available: Nitro Classic, which includes all the features included in the first payment method that was installed on the platform, and Discord Nitro, which takes all the features of the previous plan and adds some others, such as the possibility to upgrade the server of your choice, since it includes two strengthens (enhancement) freely available. They are priced at $4.99 and $9.99.

Although Discord Nitro Classic offers an annual payment method for 49.99 (thus saving on the two-month fee), what I indicated at the beginning is that it is a highly valued service, but that , there are not that many people who have hired Nitro, as it might seem. In the circle of my friends, acquaintances and others, I’m the only person who chose to pay to use Nitro’s featureswhich suggests to me that there doesn’t seem to be much intent on the part of many to pay.

This can be due to two reasons: economic constraints or lack of interest without more. In the latter case, there’s little that can be done except to start subtracting features from the free tier to make them exclusive to paid ones, but from what I know of the service, it would be pretty weird if they took any action. this way. In the former, however, and following the trend we see with other services of multiple types, offering a cheaper subscription may be key.

And this is how we can read on your blog what the company intends to offer, Starting next October 20, Discord Nitro Basic, the basic subscription of the service, will be launchedwith $2.99 ​​monthly feeand this will include two of the most used features with higher plans: animated and personalized emoticons anywhere and the ability to upload larger files (up to 50 megabytes).

YouTube Premium started testing a cheaper mode a while ago, Netflix and Disney+ will soon debut cheaper ad-supported plans… it seems that in general utilities are looking for ways to offer cheaper plans, partly to acquire new users and, on the other hand, to retain those whose permanence hangs in the balance. Of course, it makes sense that Discord Nitro is joining this movement, as the decline in stream consumption must have affected it as well. However, in my external perception, I believe that it is the service related to the entire ecosystem that knows how to weather the storm more and better.