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Nintendo Switch 2 overhaul could bring a removable battery — new revision aims to comply with the EU's Right to Repair regulations (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de
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Say goodbye to expensive battery replacement?

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

New batteries available at just 90% of the price of a new console. Oh, sorry. You have the version 1.3 console, we only still make batteries for the 1.4 console and above.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Well that's a bit pessimistic. The optimistic take is that third party companies produce cheaper batteries.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    That is optimistic.

    There doesn't seem to be anything in the EU regulations about DRM on batteries, so there's almost certainly going to be a chip on there with a code embedded in it.

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