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Nintendo Switch 2、EU「修理する権利」に対応　消費者が電池交換可能に - 日本経済新聞

任天堂はゲーム機「Nintendo Switch 2（ニンテンドースイッチ・ツー）」で、環境負荷の軽減のため「修理する権利」に対応する。まず欧州連合（EU）の法制化に合わせ、消費者が簡単に本体の電池交換をできるように仕様を変更する。今後、日本や米国でも修理する権利への消費者の意識が高まれば対応する可能性がある。任天堂はEU域内でスイッチ2の本体や着脱式のコントローラー「ジョイコン」に搭載されて

www.nikkei.com

Nintendo is aligning its "right to repair" policy with the Nintendo Switch 2 game console to reduce its environmental impact. First, in accordance with European Union (EU) legislation, the company will modify the console's specifications to allow consumers to easily replace the battery. In the future, Nintendo may also implement similar policies in Japan and the United States if consumer awareness of the right to repair increases.

this may also mean the discontinuation of Switch 1 in the EU as a collateral, by the way.

 

[tkminus]

This is why you dont do day1 systems.

 

[spons]

Nintendo may also implement similar policies in Japan and the United States if consumer awareness of the right to repair increases.

So they're doing it because they're forced to, not because they want to.

 

[Peroroncino]

Not something I really need, but it's a customer W, and that's always nice to see.

In the future, Nintendo may also implement similar policies in Japan and the United States if consumer awareness of the right to repair increases.

Lmao.

 

[spons]

Not something I really need, but it's a customer W, and that's always nice to see.

I always thought it was hilarious how people are against digital games because the online stores will be taken down somewhere in the future.
Shit your Switch's battery will implode before any of that happens and then you'll be playing jack. So good on Nintendo for implementing future-proofing.

 

[RoboFu]

where is my NO BATTERY version ? doesn't have to be anything more than the same exactly hardware with a direct electrical cable.

 

[Bojanglez]

PSP was ahead of its time. Also became a security attack vector though.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Overpriced Official Genuine Nintendo Battery Accessory coming to a store near you...

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

So they're doing it because they're forced to, not because they want to.

Of course.

Great for EU customers, bad for the idiots like me who bought one already.

 

[I wasn't selling any]

Overpriced Official Genuine Nintendo Battery Accessory coming to a store near you...

It won't be a swappable battery like it used to be in the fist couple of years when smartphones came to the market. You will still need to disassemble your console to replace the battery, it just won't be deadly-glued to the console body.

 

[BlackTron]

where is my NO BATTERY version ? doesn't have to be anything more than the same exactly hardware with a direct electrical cable.

Given that a Switch will not work with a dead battery even if plugged into a wall, it pisses me off we're here to begin with. There's a good chance S2 is my last Nintendo hardware, but my SNES/N64 are still going to last longer.

 

[Zacfoldor]

This is why you dont do day1 systems.

I always buy day 1. Never had an issue. Day 1 PS5 Pro, day 1 PS5, Day 1 XSX, Day 1 Switch 2, day 1 gpus.

If I tried to wait for this in the US I've be waiting years lol.

I'll just buy a Switch 2 OLED when it comes out since I was always planning on replacing this one when the new version came out.

The consoles are so cheap relatively I could buy 3-4 of them for the price of a nice gaming PC. Plus you can always sell the old device.

I just don't want to wait years to save 300 bucks. This has the same energy as "wait until the next cpu/gpu comes out before building your PC." I mean I get the logic but in reality you are wasting your time in exchange for a usually very small sum of money. My launch Switch still runs great actually and I have 2 Switch 1s. By the time the battery dies you will long be on to new systems....I have never seen a forum for dead Switch 1s or dead cell phones with no replaceable battery. They last a long time. You get your moneys worth.

 

[Ceallach]

I always buy day 1. Never had an issue. Day 1 PS5 Pro, day 1 PS5, Day 1 XSX, Day 1 Switch 2, day 1 gpus.

If I tried to wait for this in the US I've be waiting years lol.

I'll just buy a Switch 2 OLED when it comes out since I was always planning on replacing this one when the new version came out.

The consoles are so cheap relatively I could buy 3-4 of them for the price of a nice gaming PC. Plus you can always sell the old device.

I just don't want to wait years to save 300 bucks. This has the same energy as "wait until the next cpu/gpu comes out before building your PC." I mean I get the logic but in reality you are wasting your time in exchange for a usually very small sum of money. My launch Switch still runs great actually and I have 2 Switch 1s.

The exception was PS360. My launch 360 and launch PS3 both were dead within 3 years lol.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So they're doing it because they're forced to, not because they want to.

Good guy Nintendo!

 

[RavenSan]

I wonder if they'll have a 'trade in' program for the newer version for day 1 buyers.

Probably not, but it'd be nice.

 

[I wasn't selling any]

This has the same energy as "wait until the next cpu/gpu comes out before building your PC." I mean I get the logic but in reality you are wasting your time in exchange for a usually very small sum of money. My launch Switch still runs great actually and I have 2 Switch 1s.

Wasting your time how? By not playing videogames? So you just sit, wait for the next gen gen CPU/GPU while doing nothing?

 

[Magister]

Great, I've been waiting for this. If I ever get a Switch 2, it's going to be the one with a replacable battery since I could use it as long as its batteries are being made. If they are not oficially made anymore, Aliexpress has me covered.

 

[Magic Carpet]

How many AAA batteries can fit inside?

 

[Boy bawang]

GLad it happens, another common Europe W. However, it means that I'm gonna have to buy a new console, I guess. Oh well...

 

[tr1p1ex]

Of course.

Great for EU customers, bad for the idiots like me who bought one already.

Don't be too hard on yourself. You're going to pass it on to someone else when the revision comes out in a few years anyway.

 

[LyricalShrike]

Is the switch 1 battery not replaceable in EU switches? Its a simple molex connector in the US/Asia ones.

 

[kevboard]

Is the switch 1 battery not replaceable in EU switches? Its a simple molex connector in the US/Asia ones.

the issue is opening it up.

the regulation (afaik) demands that the battery has to be replaceable without any special tools and without damaging the device.

in order to open up a Switch 2 currently, you need to remove the plastic stickers inside the joycon connectors on the side.
the only way to do that without damaging the stickers is by blasting them with a heat gun or a hairdryer, and then very slowly removing them with something that doesn't damage them.

and you also have to pry it open with a thin plastic tool that unclips the plastic clips all around the back, without damaging them.

then, when you actually manage to open it up without damaging the stickers or the plastic clips,
you then have to remove the antenna, remove the SD card slot, remove the metal back plate, slide out the antenna cables... AND THEN finally you are at the battery!

but in order to now remove the battery you have to first get rid of the adhesive that is used to hold it in place!


basically, it is not reasonable to expect a normal user to be able to replace that battery. and it can even be dangerous if the user tries to pry the battery out of the system without dissolving the glue. one rapid push and it could snap and catch fire.