I find it hard to believe that it’s somehow cheaper for them to mass produce two different models of Switch 2 for different regions than to just bite the bullet and make battery replacements easier for everyone.
I mean, even Apple chose to give up the lightning port across all their phones after the EU required it, and they had a much bigger incentive to not change in other regions since they made a good deal of money via lightning adapter licensing/certification.
Hopefully this will eventually trickle over to international models, unless Nintendo decides to burn even more consumer good will than they already have.
If you’re in the US… wait till you find out what a tariff is. You’ll get a letter saying the switch you paid $450 for can be picked up for an additional $300 bucks. TACO Tax.
Your choice is to pay $750 for a Switch2 OR abandon your $450 and your order will be destroyed.
Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way. Hiding lithium batteries in mass is almost as impossible as hiding precursor in air soft rounds. It just doesn’t happen anymore.
Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way.
They already have the molds and machines that they paid for to make the current version. Apple only gave up the lightning port with the release of a new model not mid cycle. Nintendo probably gonna switch over to the updated version internationally when the molds of the old model have been fully depreciated on the books.
I find it hard to believe that it’s somehow cheaper for them to mass produce two different models of Switch 2 for different regions than to just bite the bullet and make battery replacements easier for everyone.
I mean, even Apple chose to give up the lightning port across all their phones after the EU required it, and they had a much bigger incentive to not change in other regions since they made a good deal of money via lightning adapter licensing/certification.
Hopefully this will eventually trickle over to international models, unless Nintendo decides to burn even more consumer good will than they already have.
European models will be smuggled globally.
If you’re in the US… wait till you find out what a tariff is. You’ll get a letter saying the switch you paid $450 for can be picked up for an additional $300 bucks. TACO Tax.
Your choice is to pay $750 for a Switch2 OR abandon your $450 and your order will be destroyed.
Smuggling implies not paying taxes or tariffs on those goods.
Huh sounds like his/her first time
Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way. Hiding lithium batteries in mass is almost as impossible as hiding precursor in air soft rounds. It just doesn’t happen anymore.
That’s called a markup.
Both taxes and tarrifs are legal definitions.
The problem with that is, while it’s nice to have a replaceable battery, the fact that it comes with a Switch 2 attached makes it much less appealing.
They already have the molds and machines that they paid for to make the current version. Apple only gave up the lightning port with the release of a new model not mid cycle. Nintendo probably gonna switch over to the updated version internationally when the molds of the old model have been fully depreciated on the books.
I think they’re simply hoping to get a bit of that revenue stream for themselves.