Topic: The end is nigh - Amazon ending support for Prime video app

26th September according to the email they sent me.

Anyone still using their Wii U to stream videos?

@Gamecuber Is that ending support only, or does the app become inoperative?.

Never used the app on Wii U, but have started using Prime Video a bit recently.

The wording on the email is this:

‘Amazon will no longer be supporting the Prime Video app on your Nintendo Wii U console as of September 26, 2019. We are continually upgrading our service and this occasionally means we can no longer support certain device models.’

I didn’t even know it had an amazon prime app. Probably never released here I guess.

Either way, there’s many more ways to warch amazon prime on the tv.

@Morpheel it’s more the fact that this is the first sign of online support disappearing for Wii U. I’m going to have to make sure I update all my games (the majority of which I haven’t played yet).

Well, Amazon is not Nintendo.

@Morpheel I know, hence the tongue in cheek title for my post 😁

It’s more the fact that in the old days, dropping support for a system was simply having no new titles released for it. This left the core experience for the player unchanged however. Case in point, I can still play and get the same level of enjoyment, with access to all the same features, from my Mega Drive in 2019 as I could way back in 1993.

With modern systems, on the other hand, as support dwindles certain features disappear completely. Losing Amazon Prime is not such a major issue, but it is the first step in reducing the overall experience of the system and I find that quite sad (though inevitable).

Compare this to what has happened with the Wii. The internet channel is the only thing left.

My Wii u I could care less about. But the same thing is happening to my roku, which is what my family uses to watch it. Amazon did offer me 25 dollars off a fire stick or cube though. And i do hate my roku, so i might take them up on that offer