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Nintendo locked down the Switch 2's USB-C port and broke third-party docking

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33 points snvzz | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 03:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.437s | source
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leakycap ◴[04 Jul 25 04:36 UTC] No.44461154[source]▶
Who is Nintendo's biggest buyer? I don't know if it is parents buying Switch 2 for kids to use, or adults for themselves. Weird choices from Nintendo on the Switch 2 given the needs of the two markets.
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1. snvzz ◴[04 Jul 25 09:01 UTC] No.44462638[source]▶
Most likely the latter, based solely on price.
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2. bombcar ◴[04 Jul 25 12:50 UTC] No.44464074[source]▶
For now, perhaps. But within time the vast majority of users of the Switch 2 will be children (for some value of “are teenagers children”) - our first switch was bought for me, but the other ones are definitely kids toys (and they’ve overtaken ours, too).

But even a five year old can understand “use this charger/connect and it charges fast, that other one is very slow, and this one doesn’t work.”

It’s way more annoying to the parents.