June 30 was the deadline for the application of Netflix was available and working in the Wii U y 3ds, and Nintendo has not missed the appointment. The two company consoles have stopped offering compatibility with the streaming application, so today it is impossible to watch movies and series from the service on any Nintendo console.
Netflix says goodbye to Nintendo
The Japanese manufacturer's position on the streaming service is quite clear, since the Netflix application will never again be available on consoles. The app just stopped working on 30 June, something that Nintendo has already warned in advance and that has been officially applied on the day announced. This way, Wii U and 3DS lose access to the service, and Netflix disappears forever from any Nintendo console.
And it is that as much as it is hard to believe, Nintendo Switch does not have an official Netflix application either, so the service is now officially outside the Nintendo ecosystem. It's very strange that a portable console like the Switch doesn't offer Netflix compatibility, but Nintendo has always been quite reluctant to include even the slightest bit of support for the streaming service, quite possibly because it would expose the lack of autonomy of the integrated battery. Watch a 2 hour movie on the console after playing? Possibly not the most practical, and most likely the battery will not let you complete the movie session.
It will not be for options
Anyway, let's be honest. The current screen does not encourage watching movies and series on Switch, it is not the ideal device considering that Netflix is practically available on any device with a screen. The strange thing is that we can install youtube on nintendo switch and even the streaming service Hulu, so the refusal against Netflix knowing that it has been available on other consoles is suspicious to say the least.
Be that as it may, to this day it is still impossible to watch Netflix on Nintendo Switch, and everything indicates that it will never happen. At least in the current generation...
Will the Switch Pro be the right model?
It may be that Nintendo Switch is such a suitable console to play that it would hardly occur to you to do anything other than play a Mario game. But having a device of these inches encourages you to do it. We'll see if the new screen that is rumored to include the Switch Pro encourages Nintendo to open the season and offer more streaming applications on its future console.
Taking into account the number of users who move services like Netflix or Disney +, perhaps an interesting strategy would be to keep users glued to the console at all times, and although the battery is still fair, it would be interesting if at least the console is become a multimedia center when we connect it to the TV dock.