It’s already June fifth in some components of the world, which implies the Nintendo Change 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.
Except for Nintendo hiding a couple of screws and launch latches beneath stickers on both aspect of the console, the teardown seems to be comparatively simple if you have already got the instruments wanted to rigorously take away ribbon cables and different connectors and don’t care about voiding the Change 2’s guarantee.
The teardown doesn’t present many new insights into the Change 2’s inner {hardware}, however ProModding did share a couple of observations of the brand new console. The Pleasure-Con controllers do sit tighter when hooked up to the Change 2 than they did on the unique, however can nonetheless be wobbled. Nintendo seems to be utilizing the identical varieties of thermal paste it used on the primary Change, which some gamers have replaced to enhance efficiency and lengthen the lifetime of their consoles.
Additionally they notice that the folding assist stand on the again of the Change 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 Change 2 is, you would possibly want to attend for iFixit’s teardown. Yesterday, iFixit retroactively diminished the unique Nintendo Change’s restore rating from the 8 out of 10 it gave the console in 2017 to a 4 out of 10, based mostly extra on its battery setup and progress made by rivals like Valve’s Steam Deck than the finicky Pleasure-Con sticks.