Switch 2 has a mode that caps battery charge at 90 percent
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April showers bring May flowers, but in the tech world, things are looking pretty dour. Trump tariffs have upset supply chains and left tech companies—both big and small—reeling. We’ve seen products like the Razer Blade 16 gaming laptop disappear from the company’s website,
Nintendo has always been protective of its technology and hostile to modders and software piracy—but now it has modified its user agreement to give it the authority to make your Siwtch unplayable if it detects you breaking its rules.
In an investor Q&A published Tuesday following the company's financial results report for fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, last week, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said Switch 2's sales projection aimed to reach the same level of sales the original Switch achieved in the 10-month period following its launch in March 2017.
Nintendo's latest update to its user agreement allows it to brick Switches caught with illegal material on them.
Nintendo just released a new software update for the Switch. While there are a number of changes and features, a big part of the update prepared for the launch of the Switch 2.
Nintendo Co. warned it may yet increase the cost of its long-anticipated new console, after projecting weaker-than-expected initial sales of the Switch 2.
The release notes for the new V20.0.1 update only address the Switch’s boot-up bug, so it’s not essential for anyone without problems installing V20.0.0. The release says: “Fixed an issue where Error Code: 2206-1015 sometimes occurred when restarting the system after updating to system version 20.0.0.”
They’re not going to last, but if you’re very quick a big UK retailer has the Nintendo Switch 2 console in stock at the moment, via a range of different bundles. The Nintendo Switch 2 launches worldwide on June 5 but from the first moment pre-orders opened stock hasn’t stayed available anywhere for more than a few minutes.
Walmart may have overextended itself...or not, depending on who you ask. As noted by GoNintendo, there are reports of Walmart cancelling Switch 2 preorders. In a thread on X, however, YouTuber Jake Randall not only called into question those reports, but said they're downright false.
Never fear if you can't pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2, the Switch and Switch Lite have been boosted with new system software
Nintendo has been updating their user licensing agreement for Nintendo Switch Online, and not surprisingly, they want to punish people for violating their terms and conditions. If you're caught modding,