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Would be very useful for me.
I use switch mostly in hh mode in my room, I don't have a TV in my room.
It would allow me to watch to Netflix in my room, I would earn other Netflix spot.

And common, wii U had a browser, YouTube, and even a PDF reader. Would be useful in some situations. Especially for us that don't have a tablet.



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Yeah I really want YouTube on this baby.



AlfredoTurkey said:
Yay! I have a Switch... but don't even use Netflix. Old shows, old (mostly bad) movies... I just rent the movies I want at my local Redbox or video store (yup, still have one) or buy them. TV shows? I have *gasp* TV with 220 channels, a DVR and an app on my phone that let's me stream live TV and all my recorded shows wherever I go.

People talk like Netflix is still light years ahead but for me, it's archaic and pointless.

Netflix is also only about $8 a month.  It isn't cutting edge but it is fairly user friendly and more importantly cheap. I do have to say when binge watching TV if a series has a static opener it skips it when auto-playing the next episode, I definately like the feature amongst some others.



SvennoJ said:
Jranation said:
Imagine watching it on TV then taking it on the go!

Erm how far does your wifi reach, or did you mean take it with you on the toilet when you need to go.

Yep thats what I mean xD Like I've been taking splatoon off the dock when I have to just watch my little brother. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

About time, now I can get a switch.



                                                                                     

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AlfredoTurkey said:
Yay! I have a Switch... but don't even use Netflix. Old shows, old (mostly bad) movies... I just rent the movies I want at my local Redbox or video store (yup, still have one) or buy them. TV shows? I have *gasp* TV with 220 channels, a DVR and an app on my phone that let's me stream live TV and all my recorded shows wherever I go.

People talk like Netflix is still light years ahead but for me, it's archaic and pointless.

I find Netflix a lot more user friendly then my dvr with its 200 channels. Anything interesting I add to my list, since Netfix knows my preferences by now they occasionally send an email with stuff I like. Since it autoskips the trailer and end credits with instant resume I don't even really notice where episodes start or end anymore. I simply quit watching wherever and continue the next day. Netflix made watching series as easy as earmarking a book. Plus you never have to worry some retard presidential address or sports nonsense screws up your recording!

With the dvr I either have to wait a week for the next episode or store it up for months. Should I watch the Orville now or wait until I can watch an episode each night which I prefer. You also have to ffwd through commercials, make sure to delete the right thing and it costs 10x as much as Netflix... Yet we'll keep cable around for live and up to date stuff, reality tv (wife loves it) and cartoon channels which our kids leave on in the background for hours (not good with monthly data caps when using Netflix)

Our cable provider also has plenty on demand stuff you can binge watch, but the interface is horribly slow and they lock out vcr controls to force you to watch the commercials. They had Game of Thrones available for a while, I couldn't even make it through the first episode, commercials ugh. Sometimes some of the channels do a marathon which is very useful. I watched Fargo 1 and 2 and Breaking bad that way, record the whole series in 24h, cable still worth something.



This is a big deal for the Switch, it is finally becoming a multimedia device.

I would love to see a console usage graph a year after it come to the system.



I use youtube a lot but only through a browser that blocks the ads. I'm not a subscriber to netflix and have no intention of becoming one. My tv remote has a button saying netflix on it which for some reason I find annoying because I can think of many better functions for me that button could have done which I have to go through the menu's to get to. I just hope Nintendo don't implement it in a way where you are forced to install it because on some devices its part of the main firmware.



As long as the Switch app features Netflix Downloads for offline viewing them I'm happy.



that's the only thing that keeps my wii u on the shelf



Switch!!!