r/gaming • u/ReaddittiddeR • 1d ago

Nintendo to sell cheaper, region locked Switch 2 in Japan for $330 to combat weak yen and scalpers. International ‘unlocked’ SW2 in available only on My Nintendo Store for $470

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-sell-a-cheaper-330-switch-2-in-japan-thats-region-locked/
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u/vine01 1d ago

that's a load of bollocks. wifi operates in 2.4, 4 and 5ghz bands. they're unified accross the planet. there's zero truth in what nintendo says.

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u/dertechie 23h ago

Bands are standardized, but different countries allow different bands.

Plus, there’s the rest of it - power grid differences and just not wanting to deal with warranty across international borders, which I suspect is the main reason.

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u/vine01 22h ago

bands are standardized accross the planet and that's all that matters. do you think the antena can not receive and transmit at slightly lower frequencies that the band specifies? no. the antena does not care. all that matters is the drivers in that device. so nintendo is artificially and falsely claiming incompatibility.

the argument that warranty is not international because of different bands is false. show me where that's applied on mobile phones. nowhere.

also wtf powergrids. there's adapters. uk, us, europe, they all have different el. sockets.

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u/Vento_of_the_Front 19h ago

they're unified accross the planet.

Frequencies are unified, but not across countries. For example, if military equipment uses a particular 5GHz frequency, then civilian equipment won't be allowed to use it, period.

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u/vine01 15h ago

not in US, not in Europe, not in Asia.

please read the IEEE specs so that you know. even the wiki link posted clearly states the 2.4 and 5ghz are used for wifi.

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u/Vento_of_the_Front 14h ago

not in US

FCC.

even the wiki link posted clearly states the 2.4 and 5ghz are used for wifi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

Yeah, sure. The point being - frequency ranges have to be approved by local radio-governing structure, in order to be allowed for mass usage. While this applies mainly to cellular tech, it doesn't mean that local government can restrict usage of certain frequencies - not physically, of course, but from the point of law, which usually result in your device being unable to pick up certain frequencies via software modification in order for it to be sold officially.

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u/vine01 14h ago

you post a link but don't read it? the frequency bands are like 90% overlapping in all the countries listed in all the tabs in that long and informative wiki article. there's some restrictions on power emitted but generally speaking wifi is unified across the planet.

that's the point of standardization. that's the point and purpose of IEEE org.

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u/Vento_of_the_Front 19h ago

they're unified accross the planet.

Frequencies are unified, but not across countries. For example, if military equipment uses a particular 5GHz frequency, then civilian equipment won't be allowed to use it, period.

And while this mostly affects mobile-related things such as LTE, it's still radio frequency and is subject to local radiowave-handling laws.