Nintendo Switch 2 announcement: all the news on the next console
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The Switch 2 Pro Controller also looks difficult to upgrade and repair.
We’ve already seen inside the Switch 2 and the new Joy-Cons, but YouTube’s VK’s Channel has completely disassembled the Switch 2 Pro Controller and it’s more bad news.
The controller’s joysticks are modular, but getting inside the gamepad to upgrade it with Hall effect or TMR sticks, or to just replace its rechargeable battery, looks overly complicated with access through a glued on face plate that needs to be pried away first.
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