It's Another Nintendo Switch Teardown, With Analysis on Potential for Future Improvements

I'm ok with being an early adopter. I can play possibly the best Zelda anywhere I want now. And another year of games added to the switch and it will be the best gaming console ever. And maybe we will get new switches too that are better in a couple years. I will get that one, while my old one goes to the kids. I already see us having 4 of these in our house someday.

@Donutman same, I'm fine being an early adopter for Nintendo. I can trade this one in and get another or give my current one to somebody else to enjoy when I upgrade. Id rather have gotten it now when there is only one must-play game on it (that can last 200hrs easy) and play the new essentials when they come rather than later when it's got a bunch of them. I don't like having a backlog, its a chore..

The price of not being an early adopter for me would have been knowing I could play the new Zelda literally anywhere. I'm willing to get "screwed," since when it comes to the Switch lately every early adopter seems to be classified as some kind of sucker and those waiting are the true geniuses, if it means that Nintendo knows there's immediate demand for their hardware and software and to start the system off on the right foot.

When Ben licks the cartridge, that bit was too funny. I did notice that the guy working in the back didn't even crack a smile, life must be dull without a sense of humour.

That's actually interesting to hear it seems engineered more like a laptop than a phone.

They might get a copyright strike for that chest opening soundbyte though. Nintendo still isn't playing nice with YouTubers.

its easy for me to be an early adopter because i own all consoles latest iterations and there's always something to look forward to,breath of the wild,halo wars 2 and horizon zero dawn as a gamer no matter the criticism i will always have a place in my heart for Nintendo.

and by the way The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild its AMAZING!

@Sakura That's the part that stuck out to me too. Visually I thought so as well but I'm no EE, so I figured it's just appearances from the fan. If it's actually designed that way on a circuit level, that's pretty interesting.

Great to hear if Nintendo Switch can be upgraded in the future.
Mr. Reggie shouldn't mess up this opportunity to make better bundle with upgraded version + affordable price.

I've been an early adopter...when I had the means to be one. I mean I'm still rocking an Windows Phone. Have been since WP7. If they make an better version I will more than likely purchase that one. The Wii U was a alpha/beta test for the Switch.

I just finished watching the video. Very enjoyable teardown. I'm not a big fan of the Switch at this point. I like the concept and thought the initial reveal was great, but haven't loved the execution and marketing. With that said, I really like the decisions that were made in its assembly. These early units are pretty modular and the machine seems decently repairable. That's definitely a good thing and am impressed they designed it that way.

On a side note, the world needs early adopters, so kudos to all of you who jump in right away. I was an early adopter for the Sega Saturn, Neo Geo Pocket(monochrome and color), Gameboy Advance, and I was an extra early adopter for the Dreamcast as I imported mine from Hong Kong. It was worth it to me in each case.

if it's really that easy to switch out internal memory, could i do it myself? nothing here looked soldered in so i have no doubt i could assemble and dissassemble, but is the part available? or maybe i'll wait for the Switch Pro.....

This is a good analysis, nice to know it can be upgraded

Love the fact it's more like a laptop than a tablet. But my god, the thermal paste just slapped onto the CPU as though someone ordered an ice cream sundae, just as bad as PC graphics cards.

That was the best Switch teardown video I've seen and was very informative, I had no idea that RAM was upgradable or the fact the fan is vibration mounted to reduce the noise levels of the fan. The Switch seems really well designed, well, except the weak wifi pickup or the questionable placement of the Joy-Con's bluetooth antenna.

But yeah, very happy with the Switch so far!

How would you all feel if they upgraded internal to say 100gb but removed the memory card slot? would you make the trade?

The best thing about the video is the girl. Nuff' said!

If it's that easy they can just sell the memory and people could install it like I installed HDD and memory to my laptop in a snap.

I'm perfectly happy with my Switch. An increase in storage down the road won't make me regret buying it day one. If you want to talk about it sucking to be an early adopter, try being someone who bought the original 3DS at launch. That system had no games, was aesthetically hidious, was poorly designed (the edges of the touch screen scratched the hell out of the top screen and the L and R buttons squeeked), was uncomfortable for me to hold with all its sharp corners, and, to add insult to injury, Nintendo dropped the price by $50 a few months after launch. Needless to say, I traded that piece of crap in the day the vastly superior XL model was released.

Nintendo built this for the long haul. Marketing it for the long haul. Releasing games over the long haul. They have some confidence in the Switch and I hope it is well founded because I love the device and a Nintendo that can make a game like Breath of the Wild deserves to have a strong platform with a big user base to keep making amazing games.

Also, the early adopter vs. waiters thing. I spent enough money on this thing that it hurts. I do love it. That said, everyone is going to buy-in at a different time. If everyone would just talk about their own personal preferences rather than speak as if they have the only objective view or deride people in a different situation with different gaming preferences, it would be easier to talk about it and enjoy each other's perspectives.

I'm excited for some people to get their hands on it when it's a much greater value for them. Of course some people have to wait and of course many will prefer to wait. Meanwhile, the gaming landscape is richer than ever with good stuff!

It makes me laugh. This guy is a technical expert, but has done no research.

For one, NVidia designed the inside of the console, and purposely made as much of it as possible, "MODULAR". The customised Tegra chip is apparently using a mix of both Maxwell and Pascal architecture, (NVidia did not spend thousands of hours just trying to fit the SoC in the system). Yes, the memory probably could be replaced, but certainly not right now, as it would probably need a Firmwate update, to enable the system to recognise anthing larger than the included 4gb DDR4 Ram.