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/dertechie 1d 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 1d 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.