Nintendo Switch Gets Its First Video Streaming App

These days consoles can no longer be just consoles. They need to fulfill more roles than that. They need to be entertainment hubs where you can watch movies, surf the web, chat with friends, stream videos, and more, and for the most part companies like Sony and Microsoft have obliged their gamers with such features.

The Nintendo Switch on the other hand did not. The console, so far, has been pretty much games-only, but that appears to be changing as the console is about to get its first video streaming app in the form of Niconico. For those unfamiliar, basically Niconico is a video streaming website similar to YouTube, although the downside is that for now, the app will be limited to the Japanese market.

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【今夜】Nintendo Switch niconicoリリース！

Nintendo Switchで動画を見ようhttps://t.co/OuOADTJOu9 pic.twitter.com/aj3GZWOl1m

— ニコニコ＠ニコ動公式 (@nico_nico_info) July 12, 2017

The upside is that given that the Switch is region-free, it is possible that non-Japanese users can download the app, although we guess with its focus being Japan, you might have a hard time understanding it. That being said, it is still unclear when we might be able to expect more options, such as YouTube.

However Nintendo did confirm earlier this year that Netflix will eventually arrive for the Switch, but when exactly that will happen remains to be seen. In the meantime we suppose this is a step in the right direction.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Nintendo, nintendo switch