Switch won't have Netflix at launch. The hits keep on coming!
Maybe I'm spoiled here in comparison, but I have 4 or 5 pieces of hardware that play Netflix just fine that are already hooked up to TVs or in my pocket. I'm not concerned if they don't have streaming services at launch.
Yeah, but the problem is those 4 or 5 pieces can do/did Netflix day one out of the box. It's basically a standard feature that competing products have that the Switch won't initially. It's also one of those things people would ask about when thinking of buying one.
I guess I just question how much of a problem it actually is. I'm making assumptions that:
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Most of the initial stock is going to people who are preordering or gamers who want to play Nintendo games first and foremost2) People who buy the Switch year 1 are "early adopters" who likely will have other means of watching Netflix.
3) Parents of children who would want a Switch wouldn't be getting a Switch to be the child's tablet, if they were concerned about getting a tablet that would just "check all the boxes" of games + netflix. There are sub $100 options that fit that bill that an uninformed parent would choose over a $300 console.
Agree to disagree if your experience differs, but in my group of peers and even relatives older than me, every tv, phone, tablet, toaster has a netflix app, so the absence of one for the Switch until a yet-to-be-determined date is a non-issue.