It’s already June fifth in some components of the world, which suggests the Nintendo Swap 2 is now out within the wild. Earlier than the primary opinions of the brand new console have appeared on-line, the YouTube channel ProModding has already shared a 17-minute teardown video of the hand held that features close-ups of its customized Nvidia processor.
Other than Nintendo hiding just a few screws and launch latches beneath stickers on both aspect of the console, the teardown seems to be comparatively easy if you have already got the instruments wanted to rigorously take away ribbon cables and different connectors and don’t care about voiding the Swap 2’s guarantee.
The teardown doesn’t present many new insights into the Swap 2’s inside {hardware}, however ProModding did share just a few observations of the brand new console. The Pleasure-Con controllers do sit tighter when connected to the Swap 2 than they did on the unique, however can nonetheless be wobbled. Nintendo seems to be utilizing the identical kinds of thermal paste it used on the primary Swap, which some players have changed to enhance efficiency and delay the lifetime of their consoles.
In addition they notice that the folding assist stand on the again of the Swap 2 is “too flimsy” and that there’s a “excessive danger of breakage” when trying to unfold it from just one aspect.
If you wish to know the way repairable the Swap 2 is, you would possibly want to attend for iFixit’s teardown. Yesterday, iFixit retroactively lowered the unique Nintendo Swap’s restore rating from the 8 out of 10 it gave the console in 2017 to a 4 out of 10, primarily based extra on its battery setup and progress made by rivals like Valve’s Steam Deck than the finicky Pleasure-Con sticks.