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What are the pros and cons of modifying a Nintendo Switch? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just found out the Switch I got a while back is a V1 model, meaning that it's one of the Switches that's able to be modified. I'm thinking of modifying it, but I'd like to know the upsides and issues first.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Warranty is hardly a concern at this point right? Any v1 is well outside the year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope, at least not in the UK.

I bought a Switch each for me and my kid for Christmas last year. Mine was second hand and a v1, but my kids was a brand new v1. Mine turned out to be faulty, so I returned it and bought a new one about a month or two later, and got a brand new v1.

Chances are we got the last of the old stock, but if we bought them a few months apart and both got the v1, there are probably still a decent amount out there still under warranty.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, I suppose there's still some kicking around the supply lines but kinda sounds like you won the modding lotto lol. If you're not modding though I'd be a bit upset because the revisions have nearly doubled battery life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Ha, that's typical >.<

We're not modding, at least for now, as the other kids in the family have Switches too, so they all play online. In fairness though, the battery life has been decent so far, and we're not usually far from a power supply.

I'm tempted to mod mine, but I might bite the bullet and get a Steam Deck instead. I don't tend to play AAA games, so it should be my ideal handheld :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yep, that's right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nintendo does occasionally pull a bro move and offer replacement under warranty after the period has lapsed if there's a widespread issue, like in the case of Joycons with stick drift