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Handheld consoles required to have replaceable batteries by 2027 - Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck
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Would be nice if we went back to using the AA, AAA type batteries too. I've got like 20 rechargables still good and only need them for my controllers and remote. Everything else seems to have done away with them. :(
The battery life on a Switch/Steam Deck would be horrific with AA/AAA batteries. Plus the reasoning for this legislation is to reduce e-waste, using AA/AAA batteries just creates more.
Reduce e-waste by... Producing millions of unused batteries.
What part of the legislation requires small batteries like AAs?
If the unit has a LIon battery, make it slide out like UPS batteries do. Make it a custom shape if you hate people, or make it a common hi-density cell if you aren't apple.
Dear manufacturers, do not fucking make anything a custom shape.
Fuck you and your proprietary shaped bullshit that only works on one device and nothing else.
Sincerely, Everybody.
I never said it did. I was replying to a comment.
Fuck it, rechargable lithium-ion AAs. Yes I know the chemistry doesn't let your voltage go that low, didn't stop the few Chinese companies that successfully made them anyways.
...the integrated buck converter does waste a lot of space though
As much as standard AA,AAA batteries are nice and common. The issue is that they are not that energy dense. So for a 5000MaH battery you would need a larger space if it where AA's than if it's a nice and flat LiPo pack.
Also our modern devices use pretty specialized charging/power needs which require custom batteries.
Can't fast charge an AA with 120W's of power.
Though I remeber the days a low battery on my gameboy didn't have to mean finding a cable but just plopping some fresh AA's. Felt like reloading irl.
They probably could just make some standard Li-Po packs. Some Li-Ion packs did become de-facto standards (see the Nokia battery), so things like that did happen.
Oh god no
I loved the replaceable batteries on my Xbox 360 controllers. Just having a batch of rechargeable batteries ready to go meant near endless gaming.
Now a second controller is nearly mandatory and they’re damn expensive.