At the moment, the Nintendo Switch is completely devoid of video streaming services in general, at least in North America. The console has no options to open Twitch, YouTube, or even a basic internet browser (though Japanese users are able to access NicoNico). According to one user’s chat with a customer service representative, though, Netflix could be right around the corner.
Supposedly, one Netflix customer service representative promised that Netflix is “locked and loaded” for the Switch, and Netflix is just waiting for Nintendo to give the signal for the app to appear on the eShop. GoNintendo user KamehamehaX submitted screenshots of that conversation to GoNintendo as proof, though these have not been more widely published.
If that customer service representative was right, then the question becomes one of why Nintendo is waiting so long to release video streaming service access. It’s possible, perhaps, that Nintendo hopes to get several streaming services on board at once in order to release several apps in one go, or it could be that Nintendo is waiting to get its own online services and subscription model up and running before releasing others.
Hopefully, we’ll receive an update from Nintendo—and an added bout of streaming content for the Switch—sometime soon.
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