Ideally, home entertainment would have been the Switch’s key strength. As a portable console, it should have come with more streaming apps for entertainment on the go. Instead, the Switch has only had YouTube and Hulu for a long time. Even if Nintendo hasn’t announced that more are coming, Crunchyroll is a good start. Crunchyroll might not be as “mainstream” as other bigger streaming platforms, but this anime-oriented service caters to 100 million registered users around the globe with over 5 million paid subscribers. Not to mention, it’s the perfect service for Switch owners that likely grew up watching anime anyway. The overlap between Switch owners and Crunchyroll subscribers is real. And, while it’s easy to get hung up on how long it took for Nintendo to bring the app to the console, anime fans should focus on the positives. In other news, more and more third-party titles are headed to the Switch by the end of 2022. After its first Direct showcase this year, Nintendo revealed that Portal and No Man’s Sky are making their way to their hybrid console. There are also rumors that Batman Arkham Collection will be available on the Switch as well, but Nintendo hasn’t confirmed if this is true.
