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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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atemerev ◴[16 Jan 25 14:23 UTC] No.42725464[source]▶
Bright-colored controllers were so much better. Also the way they were attached before is much better.

Switch 1 was the work of art. This one looks like the work of A/B testing and “we are losing customers as they choose Steam Deck over us, so let’s make it look like Steam Deck”

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1. rkangel ◴[16 Jan 25 14:59 UTC] No.42726098[source]▶
The old mechanism had one serious usability flaw. This is a common sequence:

1) Put console into dock when you get home. 2) Some time later, remove controllers to use them

To remove them you need to pull them up, while the console is in the dock. That's a bit fiddly. Just being able to pop them off sideways sounds much better.