It’s always funny when game companies, either Software or Hardware, have to change their devices due to new rules and regulations. It’s very rare, but it does still happen, and in the EU a particular version of this has just come into effect.
The newly introduced ‘Right to Repair’ Bill introduced to the EU essentially makes it that any piece of tech that is sold to the public must be able to be taken apart in order to repair it, rather than what it previously was in which if you took something apart you either immediately broke it because it wasn’t meant to be opened, or you immediately voided your warranty and couldn’t get it officially repaired. For this instance, Nintendo are now having to re-release their newly released Switch 2 with the ability to replace the battery whereas before it was glued into the system itself, meaning if you tried to remove the battery you essentially broke the console. This is, overall, an excellent consumer-positive thing that I wish more places around the world implemented, but for now it’s just the EU. Maybe in future the UK may follow suite… oh who am I kidding.
That’s all for now, and a salways. It’s not just a game, It’s a Life.