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Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (4 children)

Good, if only they could ever drop prices I would maybe even buy one

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 2 hours ago

They don't need to drop prices though - they get plenty of sales without it.

Also, all consumer electronics are going up in price due to the component (RAM, GPU, SSD) shortages, which are happening because the majority of new stock is being sold to AI companies.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The incentive to buy one comes from the expectation it‘ll be even more expensive this time next year. Not sure it‘s working, though.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

And something tells me when prices fall again, Nintendo would just carry on and pocket the difference

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Will humanity exist this time next year?

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If I ever do buy one, you can bet I'll be specifically searching for one of those Euro-spec ones with replaceable batteries.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

If you do, you may also need to get EU versions of the games... I don't know if they're still region locking them but at the very least used to be a common practice

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Switch 1 isn't region locked (when it comes to physical games), don't know about Switch 2. I suppose they could always patch that on via an OTA update...

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure you could hack the switch 2. I hacked my switch and get all my games for free

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

There are no hacks available for Switch 2 so far.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 5 hours ago

They need to drop the prices of the games too