xd1936 3 hours ago

Except for an up-to-16% reduction in capacity, and slightly increased weight, depending on the product.

You mean an up-to-5% increase in capacity, and slightly decreased weight, depending on the product?

The truth is that the product with the 16% reduced capacity (Switch 2 Pro controller) is 7g lighter and the one with the 5% increased capacity (Gamecube controller) is 5g heavier.

Besides those two, the general idea is that the capacity is the same with 2-3% extra weight.

	▲	rtkwe 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Some of these are no change because the existing versions already have pretty user replacement friendly batteries. The JoyCons for example already use the hard sided cells with plugs so I'm not sure what the change will actually amount to. If I had to guess it's maybe to change the glue or method of holding the battery in place to satisfy the ease of replacement requirements.

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bluescrn an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How do those stats look 5 years later, when one is stuck with a degraded battery, and the other has had an easy battery swap?

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vrganj 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The 16% is for the Pro Controller though, to be fair.

The Switch 2 itself loses 1% of battery capacity, most other products none at all.

Your framing seems a bit selective to the point of being misleading.

	▲	dcrazy 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		16% less battery life in a controller is pretty significant!

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mmunj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

seeing as the product itself already advertises that it's best to not charge it to 100% feel like nothing's being lost here no matter how one tries to spin it

	▲	xnx 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You still lose capacity with a smaller battery, even if you don't charge it to 100%.