Comment on Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 week agoI 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).
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.
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.