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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

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Post by kuerbel »

>Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and Nintendo Switch – OLED Model will all continue to be manufactured in 2026, and should be widely available in Europe all year.

>From mid-February 2027, almost ten years after Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017, Nintendo will no longer sell to retailers hardware in the Nintendo Switch family of systems – specifically Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite and Nintendo Switch – OLED Model. Sales of Nintendo Switch hardware on Nintendo Store will also end in mid-February 2027.

Understandable, but maybe that shouldn't be buried in the FAQ...

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

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Post by bryanlarsen »

xandrius wrote: post #9
smashini wrote: post #2

Honestly, 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.

And just like everything moving to USB-C, they won't get credit for the Switch 3 et al having replaceable batteries world-wide.

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

#14

Post by patall »

smashini wrote: post #2

Honestly, amazing stuff. For all the flak that the EU gets this is absolutely an essential regulation

One might argue that this is one of the reason why the EU is getting flak: because it sets up regulations that lower some companies profit.

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

#15

Post by Grombobulous »

benoau wrote: post #3

Amazes 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,…

It’s infuriating that it’s not just the default, especially for a game console where the majority of profit is coming from software sales.

Every Switch that becomes unplayable where fixing it costs more than a $20 battery replacement is a console that is not buying games from the Nintendo eShop.

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

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Post by yokoprime »

thih9 wrote: post #5
benoau wrote: post #3

Amazes 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.

Norway is in the ECC together with Iceland, but for some reason Iceland is not on the list where these SKUs will be available.

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

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Post by rickdeckard »

kuerbel wrote: post #11

>Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and Nintendo Switch – OLED Model will all continue to be manufactured in 2026, and should be widely available in Europe all year. >From mid-February 2027, almost ten years after Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017, Nintendo will no longer sell to retailers hardware in the Nintendo Switch family of systems – specifically Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite and Nintendo Swit…

More complete:

The below products will not be replaced by versions that contain user-replaceable batteries in Europe:

- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Controller for Nintendo Switch

- Pokémon™ GO Plus +

- Nintendo Switch

- Nintendo Switch Lite

- Nintendo Switch – OLED Model

- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

- SEGA Mega Drive Control Pad for Nintendo Switch

- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Controller for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo will no longer offer the above-named products on Nintendo Store after mid-February 2027.

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

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Post by rickdeckard »

Interesting, in the fineprint they actually confirm that they set the "Switch 1" End-Of-Life by Feb.2027 and stop selling it.

This means they will lose the revenue of that product-line (currently ~15% of their total hardware unit sales according to their fiscal report [0]), which may help accelerate the need for a "lite" version of the Switch2 to recover this market-segment...

...or not, because console sales is generally dropping and there's actually no competition to Nintendo in the handheld console segment...

Bleak times ahead for the gaming industry, and for the gamers...

[0] https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2026/260203_2e.pdf

Re: Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

#20

Post by WhyNotHugo »

annagio_ wrote: post #4

So now the rest of the world will try to put a hand on these models. Lets see how this goes.

It's kinda crazy that they're releasing an improved version only in places where it's mandatory by law. You'd think it's cheaper (and definitely better PR) to just release the new version everywhere.
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