Nintendo doesn’t think live streaming is fun enough to add to the Wii U

The ability to stream video of live gameplay straight from a console through a streaming service like Twitch has become an important, identifying part of next-gen gaming. The Twitch service was so popular on the PlayStation 4 that Sony struggled to keep the console’s peripheral cameras, which can be used in a stream, in stock. Microsoft’s take on Twitch streaming, which arrived months later, was timed to hit with the launch of the console’s biggest hit so far: Titanfall. But Nintendo has remained oddly absent from the gameplay streaming conversation, not offering any word on a service for its console or whether one would ever come. This week, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Polygon that any decision on a streaming service would be driven by the company’s philosophical approach to all of its content: It has to be fun. And, from Nintendo’s perspective, streaming live gameplay just isn’t.