Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
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Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#2Honestly, amazing stuff. For all the flak that the EU gets this is absolutely an essential regulation
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#3Amazes me they don't just sell it like that everywhere because it sounds a lot like a product improvement...
> The revised products will be available on a rolling basis in territories where Nintendo of Europe conducts business, either directly or through a distributor, namely: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#4So now the rest of the world will try to put a hand on these models. Lets see how this goes.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#5Amazes me they don't just sell it like that everywhere because it sounds a lot like a product improvement... > The revised products will be available on a rolling basis in territories where Nintendo of Europe conducts business, either directly or through a distributor, namely: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,…
Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United Arab Emirates.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#6Amazes me they don't just sell it like that everywhere because it sounds a lot like a product improvement... > The revised products will be available on a rolling basis in territories where Nintendo of Europe conducts business, either directly or through a distributor, namely: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,…
Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United Arab Emirates.
It's everywhere Nintendo of Europe (the subsidiary in the EU) operates.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United Arab Emirates.
It's everywhere Nintendo of Europe (the subsidiary in the EU) operates.
This makes sense - thanks!
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#8Are the batteries in the Nintendo switch locked in anyway? Wonder if its viable that third party batteries could have an increased capacity.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#9Honestly, amazing stuff. For all the flak that the EU gets this is absolutely an essential regulation
They will still get all the flak, facts never mattered.
Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries
#10Are the batteries in the Nintendo switch locked in anyway? Wonder if its viable that third party batteries could have an increased capacity.
There are definitely third party batteries, but the replacement process is not trivial for a typical person. Lots of adhesives are involved.