Comment on Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries

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• themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Agreed.

  But it also proves that you need government intervention for companies to make the best products for consumers.

  Product > profit

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• Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s Nintendo in a nutshell tbh.

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• kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Eh depends how many factories or even just lines in the factory they’re using to produce them. Cheaper to retool some of the lines than all of them. Should they have made them all with replaceable batteries in the first place? Yeah. I doubt they were blindsided by these regulations. Maybe they were hoping to somehow get an exemption? Either way, fuck them and everyone else making devices with non-replaceable batteries.

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• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I assume there are contracts to build the old design. Changing or breaking the contract will probably make it even more expensive for Nintendo. Also there are lot of in stock presumably. I wouldn’t rule out a future version of the Switch 2 in other regions, with replaceable batteries. Maybe for a future Switch 2 OLED and Mini.

  I know, I give Nintendo too much of benefit of doubt… bad habbit of me. I don’t even like Nintendo (anymore).

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Even if we ignore the manufacturing and material costs, changing over the entire production infrastructure (from injection molding to electronics and final assembly) is insanely expensive and would effectively shut down production until all of the verification runs are done. This way they can continue production for the unaffected regions.

    I’m not covering for Nintendo (they can burn in a fire for all I care), but I have worked in an electronics factory and knew some of the process engineers: any kind of change is a massive pain in the ass downstream.

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    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Evem then, hardware revisions were always a thing. Doing something they’re forced to rather than what they’d themselves want is surely a bigger pain in the ass, but clearly a hardware revision in and of itself isn’t that big of a pain to be a shit hits the fan-only move.

      It’s a regular part of manufacturing.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  On one hand I agree but on the other hand this EU version will probably have less battery capacity or even processing power as a trade-off. It has to fit in the same case and with the same components after all.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    All they have to do is not permanently glue the battery on. It otherwise would sit in a perfectly flush compartment that doesn’t even need to be changed.

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Unfortunately you are mistaken. They can‘t just place it in there loosely. It needs to be mounted in some way. Right now, repair guides glue the replacement battery back into place as well so it‘s actually not something you should skip.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It sits perfectly flush in its compartment and then has a plate pressing against the back when closed back up. It really doesn’t need the adhesive.

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  • dewritoninja@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    But you can always carry a second battery and be at 100 percent instantly like the old days (2012)

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I‘m not sure if replaceable means that. In fact I am very doubtful replaceable means you can replace it like older laptop batteries or Gameboy batteries. It‘s more like replacing a 3DS battery I imagine. So no, very much not be at 100 percent just like in the old days unless you regularly replaces your 3DS batteries. Not sure why you would.

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      • dewritoninja@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Well if the backplate is screwed in like the 3ds I’m pretty sure someone would make a 3dprinted design that uses magnets and is easier to replace. If I ever get an European switch I’m going to model that if no one else does

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    • BlackVenom@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Real gamers skip the batteries and have their GBA on AC… Hoping mom doesn’t step on the cord and yank it out again.

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      • Dotcom@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        When I was a kid I played Crisis Core on the psp but didn’t have a memory card so I just had to leave it plugged in and running for a week. I was terrified that it would be unplugfed to vacuum or something while I was at school.

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