Topic: Cooperation Nintendo - Google?

This Idea just came to my mind ... is it possible that Big N and Google will possibly coorporate to create the "Switch+" next year making it a streaming only console?
At the very moment google is testing its new streaming service in the US with Assassins creed and Nintende does kind of the same thing in Japan. Plus Google and Nintendo already worked together with the WiiU.
Google is making excellent mobile devices with the Pixel phones and others but has kind of problems to get big in the market. But they have the right server power to deal with worldwide game streaming. Nintendo on the other hand has a huge fanbase and the switch would be perfect for streaming.
It feels like google will announce a gaming console soon - and the "switch+" will be here next year ... maybe it's the same product?

@batzybat Nintendo doesn't do streaming - Capcom and Ubisoft have streamed games onto the Switch, but Nintendo don't stream games.

Nope on so many levels. They'd alienate the majority of their existing fanbase, they have nothing to do with any of the cloud gaming so far other than not outright banning it, the new Switch next year is almost certainly a more affordable model and not a streaming device, the current Switch can stream and there's no need to upgrade a device if it's cloud only, and most of the world can't handle cloud based gaming yet due to poor infrastructure.

I honestly hope that that never comes true. Streaming is bad and will always be bad. Subscriptions are bad and will always be bad. Yeah, I may sound pretty negative, but you will loose access to both of those games at some point, physical and digital you can keep forever though. And it is up to the dev when you don't get to play anymore.

Can't wait to stream Pikmin 4 on my Noogle!

Forget Google, Microsoft is bringing their streaming service soon.

What I wouldn't give to play a portable version of Forza Horizon on Switch.

I still confuse about Streaming play.
Is that same as AOV / Fortnite (Must be Connected Online after download the software) or NO NEED to Download but Pay the game first before Stream like Youtube ?

God help me if Nintendo (or any game system producer) goes streaming only X(
I'm ok with movie and tv services like Netflix and Hulu, but when it comes to games, especially portable and hybrid systems, hell no, first, trading, borrowing and selling/buying used games...self explanatory, game rental services are a great way to platytest games too, but unless they plan on making the next Switch or portables/hybrids with a cellphone and service built into it, it would kill the whole portability of the systems, and what if like me you don't like being hooked into your online provider with your device, and some people don't even have/want internet, such a device would disconnect a large portion of their customer base also

no, not a good idea

That would be a nightmare reality with Wi-Fi hotspots choking on the bandwidth required or yet another monthly data plan needed to cope on 5G or whatever we are up to now.

@Shellcore
Amen to that Shelly

To me streaming seems the only way to see current AAA titles on a Nintendo console ...

@batzybat
But, if just only can see & play the games WITHOUT Owning the games, for me it's Useless.
I paid for the things that i can own, not renting.

ONLY if Streaming is optional. if, im forced to use it, then Nintendo is crazier than before.

@Aozz101x I don't think this is gonna happen! I just thought about the possibility. At this very moment I'm writing on a google Pixel C which has basically the same hardware than the Switch Mainboard. This started me thinking. Also I don't see Nintendo replacing the current Switch. I think it's more an additional device ... similar but not same. (More like 3DS --> 2DS then 3DS --> new3DS) So I think instead of more power /better portability /better screen etc. it's gonna be something new like download only (likely) or game streaming (not as likely).
I REALLY don't want to persuade anyone inte game streaming. I haven't even made up my mind if I want something like this. But it's more likely I'm investing 500€$£ in a better internet connection than in a Sony/MS console...

@Anti-Matter Unfortunately "subscription" is the watchword of industry. Industry sees a world of peasant serfs who own nothing and rent everything for only so long as they can afford to pay for it.

Not just video games. They're talking about subscriptions to houses, cars....your life and everything in it would belong to the masters and you pay your weekly stipend to access them. The elites of the world are quite driven to returning to the feudal 15th century....and under the banner "subscription" the public seems perfectly ok with this.

@Magician Yeah, Horizon with choppy sporadic frame pacing and occasional drops. My wallet sure is ready!

@NEStalgia Like housing

@NEStalgia I think I get your point. But doesn't it seem pretty drastical? Even watching TV (subscription!) came before buying movies for your home or video recorders. Listening to the radio? Subscription paying via commercials. (Going abstract: you don't buy a road just so you can use it). I love owning DVDs and stuff but do I need to "own" some TV series just to watch it? Nahh. So I think there are some good reasons for taking this marketing (!) model to gaming...
Ever been to an Arcade in the 80's/90's?

No, it's not drastic. Over the air TV and radio aren't subscribed to. The commercials are what pays the content providers, there's no viewer/listener cost.
The arcade example doesn't really work, either. That's the same as going to a movie. A better example would be Gamefly.

But it's going to be quite some time before game streaming becomes as commonplace a product as traditional physical or digital distribution. The largest barrier is infrastructure that ensures a 'standard' experience level. It does your service no good when someone in New York City gets great quality, but someone in Topeka, Kansas can hardly stay connected. Even the 5G networks that are rolling out in the US are going to leave rural areas alone for awhile. If you've ever looked at a night-time satellite image of the globe and see all the bright light areas, just imagine what internet is for those spots, compared to the less bright areas.

@batzybat TV and radio were/are free and ad funded (subscription cable/satellite/streaming is a different service with different features.) I don't think "subscription by commercials" counts as subscription, it's a partnership or sales model between the business entities (well until the modern internet age when advertising means you pay by letting them sell your privacy to the highest bidder.) As an option it's all fine and good. But broadly the idea of removing ownership almost as a concept and returning everything to rental, again, not across just gaming but everything, is remarkably dangerous and marks a clear return to feudalism. It all sounds great until you're running your life on 100 subscriptions and you don't even have the shirt on your back anymore the moment you suddenly find yourself unable to pay, and no assets to raise any funds through sale. I don't think anyone's against offering options, but my point was broader, about the industry moving to eliminate ownership, and broader still that that's a growing theme at large, not just in entertainment.