cm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNintendo Switch 2 motherboards with chips are already available for $124 in China — PCBs sourced directly from the production linewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkNintendo Switch 2 motherboards with chips are already available for $124 in China — PCBs sourced directly from the production linewww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·3 days agoIf just the board costs $124, then Nintendo charging $175 for replacement seems totally reasonable. $51 for labour isn’t bad.
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-23 days agoYeah, especially since replacing the mainboard is not trivial work at all. I assume it’s probably more expensive outside Japan though, with the weak yen etc.
minus-squareToga65@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoWow $175? That’s pretty good in today’s world lol
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThat’s the price in Japan - it’d likely be higher in the USA, plus the motherboard itself would also cost more due to tariffs.
If just the board costs $124, then Nintendo charging $175 for replacement seems totally reasonable. $51 for labour isn’t bad.
Yeah, especially since replacing the mainboard is not trivial work at all. I assume it’s probably more expensive outside Japan though, with the weak yen etc.
Wow $175?
That’s pretty good in today’s world lol
That’s the price in Japan - it’d likely be higher in the USA, plus the motherboard itself would also cost more due to tariffs.
Well shit, that’s sad lol
Yeah trump is sad.