As of June 10th, Nintendo has officially discontinued support for the Switch console’s integration with X (formerly Twitter), making it the last of the current-gen consoles to do so after and disabled their own access last year. The integration was removed as part of the , taking away the ability for users to link their X account with the console, or post in-game screenshots from directly to the social media platform. The removal of these features comprised the majority of the 18.
1.0 update, which also includes some general stability improvements and ditches support for linking social media accounts via the Switch’s Friend Suggestions feature. Nintendo announced these changes but didn’t explicitly state the reason for pulling support for X.
Given Switch users can still share their content to Facebook, it likely has something to do with which now at for enterprise customers. Microsoft didn’t mention X’s API update when it removed the ability for Xbox consoles to share game uploads to the service last April, nor did Sony when it followed suit in November for the PS5 and PS4. Cost may not be the only factor as because the API updates impacted the functionality of its own X integration, but regardless of the reason, console gamers will now have a hard time connecting directly with the platform.
That’s despite the in a now-deleted post that its “partnership with Nintendo remains strong” after Nintendo announced its plans to kill Switch support. /.