System and method for network coupled gaming

A method performed on a game controller, comprising:

• making a wireless connection to a computing device;
• receiving network information associated with a wireless access point from the computing device via the wireless connection;
• disconnecting from the computing device;
• connecting to the wireless access point based on the received network information to communicate through a communication network with a game streaming service;
• communicating with the game streaming service with respect to a game streaming service account;
• receiving user input from a plurality of input controls;
• and
• communicating the user input to the game streaming service through the communication network to cause a game to be executed based on the user input and to cause an output of the game to be displayed on a display device that is in communication with the game streaming service.