Twitch "Ending Support" For Its Switch App Early Next Year

oh no! anyways

Sometimes, when there’s an interesting show/livestream that I want casted to the tv, I question whether if it would just be easier to put it on Switch than to do airplay. Guess I’ll never know!

The five people who watched Twitch using their switch must be devastated.

“Nintendo remains a valued partner”. Obviously LOL

Honestly I had zero clue there was a Twitch app for Switch.

If the multiverse theory turned out to be true I’d still find it hard to believe that anyone in that vast expanse of infinite worlds could care about this news

I didn't even know there was a Twitch app on Switch! 😅

Waiting for the one of you who used this to chime in about how left in ruins you are.

I didn't even know the Switch had Twitch. Because they've removed the Web Browser, I don't see my Switch as anything but a gaming device.

@TheBigK
I guarantee they are out there, keep your head on a swivel.

More space on my Switch then. Deleted.

Since it was so limited it was useless anyway.

Man, I would be really disappointed if I actually knew this app existed and used it for things.

@Isaix They didn't remove it; they never explicitly gave users access to it in the first place and according to Google, there's still an available workaround for it.

I mean I never used it but I don't want it gone either. I wonder if this is just another signal of the end times for the Switch console's main lifecycle. I'm not sure why Nintendo was so half-baked when it came to other entertainment apps this Switch generation (no Netflix, no Disney+?, took forever to get YouTube, a limited version of Twitch).

@Axecon
Probably because most people would just watch on their phones if on the go, or use a smart Tv at home.

I'm one of those few people disappointed with the news. Loved to throw on a stream before my bed, and as my TV is a little old, streaming it other ways wasn't possible. It's crazy how it's being discontinued after only two years.

@RobynAlecksys Not everyone has the money for that. The TV in my bedroom is older, so Roku/Chromecast isn't an option. So it's kinda rude you would call people like me less than self-respecting and intelligent simply because I have an older TV so I utilized an app on the Switch.

Honestly Twtich had so much potential yet werent able to use the app properly. Almost all the recent streams i watched them through the switch as it fell somehow magical. Gonna miss the app when it goes down.

inb4 "THIS OBVIOUSLY MEANS SWITCH 2 IS ON THE HORIZON"

Not valued enough it seems.

Never used Twitch, ever. On any device.

They’re not great with apps over at Twitch anyway. The MacOS one went a while back, the Apple TV one isn’t much use (can’t follow, never shows content for titles or channels) and I suspect the other formats might not be around all that much longer either.

@RobynAlecksys Well, they certainly don't use this slow, hobbled version of the real Twitch app.

Twitch is really awful so I'm glad it's leaving the system

and the support for Switch 2 begins later that year?

Not surprised but still disappointed. I used it quite often cause my phone screen is broke and you can't always be at a desktop.

Now that I think about it the 3DS had better apps than the switch for non-gaming related stuff. That's wild.

I don't use Twitch but I use YouTube and Crunchyroll a lot on the Switch in docked mode. It starts faster than a FireTV stick and using the controller as a remote is more convenient than using my phone with a Chromecast.

I find it weird that we never got apps for all the other streaming services and I hope that changes for the Switch 2.

Had no idea there was an app.

@Kilroy Oh wow, I didn't know about that. That's crazy. Not that I'd really need it though, my phone is more than enough

I never knew Switch HAD a Twitch App. That's mildly disappointing that they're shutting down soon, I may have gotten some use out of it. It's crazy that they didn't even promote the app for Switch...at all. Or if they did, I clearly missed it.

Weirdly limited app anyway. I was always wondering when it would get an update, and it just never did. Hope it's better on Switch 2.

I guess that it was so limited by Nintendo that it never stood a chance.

@Snatcher I always love to read your comments, buddy. That gif... 🤣

@FishyS @JohnnyMind Yes, Switch's screen can be useful for apps like YouTube because it's bigger than a smartphone. For instance, if I'm playing on Xbox, I can check a video on Switch at the same time. If it had an internet browser like Wii, 3DS, Wii U, DSi and even DS (with an add-on), it would be awesome. People saying use a smartphone or a TV, as if we had not realised that that was an option... 🥱

@betterthanvegas I remember using all those apps a lot on 3DS. I remember buying physical games on the Wii's browser, too 😁.

@Lizuka 😂😂😂 never did I 😉

@blindsquarel I second that: I want a game system not an entertainment hub.
Options are nice, especially if you have no other way to watch these things other than switch, but…

@Banjo- You flatter me! (: I do enjoy my memes.

@epicgamner should be given the credit as they did the joke first. and I just used the gif lol.

This reminds me of the 3DS support for Netflix, back in the day.

As someone that did use YT on Wii U briefly sure it had to go I guess for Twitch on Switch 1-2 years in? Ok then.

I had no idea Twitch's app was on Switch. Granted I haven't used the eshop much so only see certain things.

But Oh no! Anyway indeed. There is many options out there to view Twitch even if on Switch it's a fair balance and pretty cool TV/handheld to view apps on but so is my phone cast to my TV or other means to do similar.

Quick use the web browser or apps on a Steam Deck while you still can or some older device solution.

I am very upset about this. I don't know what twitch is, had no intention of using it and, if I did, it wouldn't be on switch. I am outraged though.

No support... Imminent switch 2 announcement confirmed!

Honestly, it’s been refreshing not having the consoles UI full of junk apps. Hope they keep this approach for the next device.

I wouldn't mind if Switch 2 had more streaming apps than Switch 1. The Switch has a bigger and better screen than my smartphone, and better audio quality too, so I prefer to watch Youtube videos from it if I'm traveling or not in the same room with the telly. It would be nice to have other streaming services available too.

I'm not surprised at this, the unfortunate thing is that the removal of Twitch just solidifies the Switch as a kids gaming device. It was already shakey with how limited the features were, but to remove it completely just furthers that notion.

The vast majority of Twitch streamers and viewers are aged between 14-27, the exact demographic that Nintendo wants to capture if they want to shake off their 'only for kids' reputation. A good way to do this would be to allow that demographic to use their Switches for Twitch.

Unfortunately Nintendo, being a Japanese company with traditional Japanese values are absolutely tone death to the wider market outside of Japan. In fact Nintendo are even becoming more and more detached from their own market too, there was a point in history where big name Japanese Developers like FromSoftware Games, would have never imagined not releasing content on a Nintendo device.

@Reztobi I guess im a 26 year old kid then... lol

If you could have uploaded directly to Twitch with it installed on the Switch then that would have been different, but I just always upload to Twitter regardless ^^;

Is this confirmation of Switch 2/NG being imminent...?

Wait, Twitch was the Switch?

That’s fine, the Switch was never a streaming device

Honestly, although i don't use it that often, I am gonna miss it. When I don't have access to a computer and there is a live stream that is best enjoyed on a TV screen I would use my Nintendo Switch to watch them.
It does have its useful perks having it available on Switch, what a shame...