{"id":283194,"date":"2024-06-11T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=334111"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:21:08","slug":"twitter-has-definitely-died-today-for-all-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitter-has-definitely-died-today-for-all-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter has definitely died today for all gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of June 10th, <strong>Nintendo has officially stopped supporting the integration of the Switch console with X <\/strong>(formerly Twitter), becoming the last of the current-generation consoles to do so after Microsoft and Sony disabled their own access last year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The integration was removed as part of the Nintendo Switch 18.1.0 update, eliminating the ability for users to link their Twitter account with the console or post in-game screenshots from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate directly to the social media platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The removal of these features constitutes the bulk of the 18.1.0 update<\/strong>, which also includes some general stability improvements and removes the ability to link social media accounts through the Switch&#8217;s Friends Suggestions feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All three game console makers have now abandoned X <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GaKcQsYJJ8\">https:\/\/t.co\/GaKcQsYJJ8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Verge (@verge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1800485868483846607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twitter users are leaving and the reason may be the new exorbitant API price<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nintendo announced these changes last month but did not explicitly state the reason for withdrawing support for Twitter . Since Switch users can still share their content on Facebook, <strong>it is likely related to the changes in X&#8217;s API pricing, which now starts at $42,000 per month for enterprise customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft did not mention X&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of June 10, 2024, it will no longer be possible to post screenshots and videos to X (formerly Twitter) from the Nintendo Switch&#39;s Album, or send friend requests to social media users via the Friend Suggestions feature.<br><br>Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNkouTo109\">https:\/\/t.co\/rNkouTo109<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1788375084886892947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The cost may not be the only factor, as Slack also said it had withdrawn support<\/strong> because API updates affected the functionality of its own integration with X. Regardless of the reason, console gamers will now find it difficult to connect directly to the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is despite the fact that X Gaming&#8217;s account, in a now-deleted post, claimed that their &#8220;partnership with Nintendo remains strong&#8221; after Nintendo announced its plans to remove support for the Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of June 10th, Nintendo has officially stopped supporting the integration of the Switch console with X (formerly Twitter), becoming the last of the current-generation consoles to do so after Microsoft and Sony disabled their own access last year. The integration was removed as part of the Nintendo Switch 18.1.0 update, eliminating the ability for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitter-has-definitely-died-today-for-all-gamers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twitter has definitely died today for all gamers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":283196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2358],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-283194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiontwitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312738,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283194\/revisions\/312738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283194"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=283194"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=283194"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=283194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}