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

submitted 8 months ago by WheatleyInc@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 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 :)