I honestly don’t care how difficult it is, only if it’s possible, if it’s cost-effective, and if there are any fucking corporate shenanigans that intentionally make it harder.
Also, can you please share your invention of this magical battery glue that actually removes cleanly with no fire risk and goes back cleanly to Nintendo and Apple? It’s cool that you’ve figured out how to do that even though these hardware manufacturers haven’t.
From the teardown the only “corporate shenanigans” seem to be the usual soft security measures of hiding screws, having glue in a couple of places and using their security screws in the outer shell. I guess until we start seeing experimentation with swapping parts around we won’t know if any pieces are signed to the board (something both Sony and Microsoft have been doing with optical media readers for ages, for example), but I’d be surprised. I assume iFixit have either tried or will try soon.
I think the difficulty matters, particularly for stick replacements. The Switch sticks weren’t super easy to change but it was doable. I’d say this one is… harder. I’m hoping the sticks are more reliable, but I would seriously consider buying an aftermarket joycon before trying to replace a stick myself on this one. That’s perhaps the one significant escalation I see here, and I will give it at least a bit of a pass in terms of difficulty because man, are the joycon insanely packed with stuff.
I honestly don’t care how difficult it is, only if it’s possible, if it’s cost-effective, and if there are any fucking corporate shenanigans that intentionally make it harder.
uh
I didn’t say that, you just made it up so I’m not sure what your point is.
Verbatim quote ya doofus
I’m well aware of what I said 2 hours ago, thank you. Is there a point you’d like to make?
Also the personal insults are not warranted.
The point is it is harder because they wanted to make it harder. What one could call “corporate shenanigans”
Well that sucks but I still don’t understand why I’m being quoted.
Ease of repair and cost effectiveness are literally the same thing.
They’re literally not LOL.
If they glue in the battery it doesn’t cost me anything extra to remove it.
Also, can you please share your invention of this magical battery glue that actually removes cleanly with no fire risk and goes back cleanly to Nintendo and Apple? It’s cool that you’ve figured out how to do that even though these hardware manufacturers haven’t.
“magical” glue? I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Your time has no value? Can you do my laundry for me, then?
Every minute of my day does not have a monetary value, no. And if your does, I pity you.
Not all value is monetary, although it’s interesting that you default to assuming that.
You’re the one that said it, not me
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That’s… What the repairability score is.
I wasn’t talking about the repairability score. I was talking about the title of this article stating that it’s “harder” to repair than the Switch 1.
The article is clickbaity and a bit crappy. The repair guide is not.
Welcome to the modern gaming press, I suppose.
From the teardown the only “corporate shenanigans” seem to be the usual soft security measures of hiding screws, having glue in a couple of places and using their security screws in the outer shell. I guess until we start seeing experimentation with swapping parts around we won’t know if any pieces are signed to the board (something both Sony and Microsoft have been doing with optical media readers for ages, for example), but I’d be surprised. I assume iFixit have either tried or will try soon.
I think the difficulty matters, particularly for stick replacements. The Switch sticks weren’t super easy to change but it was doable. I’d say this one is… harder. I’m hoping the sticks are more reliable, but I would seriously consider buying an aftermarket joycon before trying to replace a stick myself on this one. That’s perhaps the one significant escalation I see here, and I will give it at least a bit of a pass in terms of difficulty because man, are the joycon insanely packed with stuff.