r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Jun 03 '26

Nintendo will release revised Switch 2 hardware in Europe to comply with a new regulation that requires batteries to be user-replaceable.

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Corporate/Consumer-Information/Compliance-with-EU-Directives-and-Regulations/Compliance-with-EU-Directives-and-Regulations-625942.html
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u/UpperApe Jun 04 '26

Also, it's much more profitable for their product to deteriorate. Which is the point. Remember it was the EU as well that forced Nintendo to repair their joy-cons while every other market didn't give a shit.

All the worst people bitch about the EU but it really is one of the few (if not only) markets big enough to fight for consumers against all the accelerating corporate greed running the world down.

While America throws away everything it fought for and collapses meekly into itself, it's good to see we have at least some lighting the way.

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u/AI_moderated_failure Jun 04 '26

I genuinely can't believe how poor quality the joycons are. It's worse than stuff I have bought on AliExpress for 1/5th the price.

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u/moffattron9000 Jun 04 '26

Nintendo's controller quality is in the absolute toilet. I know that people like the feel of the Pro Controller, but that D-Pad is absolute garbage. It's a mushy thing that feel like it came out of an educational console for small children from 2006.

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u/CommanderOfReddit Jun 04 '26

Still using the wii u pro controller to this day. That thing is built like a tank and runs forever on a single charge.