@Trajan Yes, but a simpler process - Nintendo selling spare, higher capacity batteries and a compartment specifically designed to be opened by the user - would be ideal. It's a strange design decision considering the Switch isn't weather-sealed, so the battery doesn't really need to be sealed into the unit.
@PBandSmelly It will happen to the Switch a lot sooner than most of the classic consoles, due largely to it having a sealed-in battery which has a limited lifespan. Any new Switch really should allow us to easily replace the battery ourselves, as the Wii U did.
@KingMike I'm sure that's true. I don't doubt it would be a niche market, but this is more wish-fulfilment on my part than any realistic expectation that it would actually happen!
A company with a retro focus needs to start re-manufacturing the actual cartridges for these consoles. Buying the original games to play on the new/old systems is unbelievably expensive. I'm sure with the current interest in retro gaming the original companies/copyright-holders (if still in business) could do rather well if they licensed the games to someone to make new physical copies.
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Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
@Trajan Yes, but a simpler process - Nintendo selling spare, higher capacity batteries and a compartment specifically designed to be opened by the user - would be ideal. It's a strange design decision considering the Switch isn't weather-sealed, so the battery doesn't really need to be sealed into the unit.
Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
@PBandSmelly It will happen to the Switch a lot sooner than most of the classic consoles, due largely to it having a sealed-in battery which has a limited lifespan. Any new Switch really should allow us to easily replace the battery ourselves, as the Wii U did.
Re: Analogue Mega Sg To Feature Unreleased Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Game
@KingMike I'm sure that's true. I don't doubt it would be a niche market, but this is more wish-fulfilment on my part than any realistic expectation that it would actually happen!
Re: Analogue Mega Sg To Feature Unreleased Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Game
A company with a retro focus needs to start re-manufacturing the actual cartridges for these consoles. Buying the original games to play on the new/old systems is unbelievably expensive. I'm sure with the current interest in retro gaming the original companies/copyright-holders (if still in business) could do rather well if they licensed the games to someone to make new physical copies.