I can't, because I don't have the 1st gen or whatever with the faulty firmware. Maybe there's a new exploit, idk.

I'd be fine downloading a digital copy if I own the cartridge, I'm just too lazy to actually find a suitable emulator and just play on the Switch. My kids like to watch me anyway, so the TV is usually a better option, hence the Switch.

We take it on trips as well, so it's pretty nice. I bring my Steam Deck as well, but that's for me, not my kids.

"magical" glue? I don't know what you're talking about.

You're the one that said it, not me

Blow a whole city? That's dedication

There is nobody with more dedication than IP lawyers and Nintendo.

Great video. That's a disappointing outcome though.

It was interesting to hear though that Nintendo hasn't made any replacement parts available for the original switch, despite the fact that New York State apparently requires this by law.

I wonder if they'll be forced to comply with that at some point. There are probably other jurisdictions that require this or that will require this soon. I'd love to see some pressure applied to companies that don't make replacement parts available.

At this point I trust in the EU to force Nintendo to play the right-to-repair game.

That's not even the biggest issue for me. The $80 games that never get discounted will cost a lot more than that pretty quickly. Plus I know they push their subscription service too.

As a PC gamer, fuck that. I'll play cheap better games on my free operating system that I actually control on my hardware that I can repair and replace easily. Nintendo games interest me, but not nearly at the price they're asking for with what they're offering.

I feel like you're biased in favor of Nintendo. "They make durable products" while also being infamous for the joysticks drifting. Those don't seem to gel together. Maybe they're hard to totally break, but they seem to be fine with selling products that degrade pretty quickly.

Yeah, the EU has shown they're serious when it comes to consumer protections. It's great to see!

Or Mortal Combat.

Still has an LCD panel, and still has regular sticks. I guess saving 0.10$ per unit adds up

The steam deck has great battery life (better than my original switch by a lot) unless you're playing something super heavy, and it's so much more comfortable to hold that the bit of extra weight isn't that big a deal. I don't think I've touched my switch since I got a deck

Not a problem. I wasn't gonna buy one amyways.

2 hour battery time

I hope you're right. Nintendo has turned into a bunch of cocky assholes and they need to be taught a hard lesson. I hope the Switch 2 flops so hard, costing them so much that they don't have any spare money left to continue suing the Palworld devs. They need to be put in their place.

dint buy the original switch, considered how they kept trying to keep ahead people tried to homebrew it, also because the lack of quality games. also all the bloatware they adding as a requirement to use some of thier services.

i was looking at them originally to fix my pixel 5a phone, than realize it wasnt worth the cost. not because ifixit, but because of the unreliability of the 5a at the time, i changed to a non-google phone this year.

I mean, it's not a car. The joycon are expensive, but not THAT expensive. Still, they absolutely had to provide replacements to stick issues (which they did, to their credit).

It's extra important on this run, because the new ones are even more expensive. They better last.

Also, I'm writing responses to things people say, not excuses. Companies aren't football teams, I don't need to root for or against any of them.