Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he\u2019s not working, you\u2019ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun. ","collapsible":{"enabled":true,"maxHeight":250,"readMoreText":"Read more","readLessText":"Read less"}}), "https://slice.vanilla.futurecdn.net/13-4-24/js/authorBio.js"); } else { console.error('%c FTE ','background: #9306F9; color: #ffffff','no lazy slice hydration function available'); } Hassam Nasir Social Links Navigation Contributing Writer Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
bigdragon I think user replaceable batteries should be the norm everywhere. The EU is doing something positive with this regulation! Reply
UKTone Love/loved (don't like everything they do) Nintendo and this is great, hopefully they make this a thing everywhere. Also, does this apply to playstation controllers, iphones, androids, etc.? Do eu electronics work in america, asking for a friend lol? Asking specifically for phones and controllers. Reply
Li Ken-un When California passes a similar law, all of a sudden, the entirety of the U.S. gets removable batteries for electronics that are now internally hosed with glue. Until then, I will go to the E.U. just to get the version with removable batteries on principle , even if the batteries I would need to buy to do a replacement are hard to get in the U.S. Reply
circadia UKTone said: Love/loved (don't like everything they do) Nintendo and this is great, hopefully they make this a thing everywhere. Also, does this apply to playstation controllers, iphones, androids, etc.? Do eu electronics work in america, asking for a friend lol? Asking specifically for phones and controllers. EU electronics does work in the USA, and quite a lot of them don't even need any changing or EU->US adapters whatsoever, especially for mobile devices. Also, judging by how the new iPhones now use USB-C all across the world, I'm quite sure that so long as the EU laws require the manufacturers to modify their hardware, you will also be able to get the hardware with the modifications made to comply with EU laws elsewhere. I hope Nintendo doesn't maliciously comply with this ruling though. Technically many types of batteries out there are "replaceable", it just takes a huge effort to do so. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-with-user-replaceable-batteries-coming-to-the-eu-console-maker-confirms-it-will-comply-with-regulations-set-to-take-effect-from-2027#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com/subscription
- Qualcomm Roundtable Interview transcript — SVP of Compute and Gaming talks Snapdragon C, RTX Spark, and the agentic AI future
- Tom's Hardware Unfiltered: Computex 2026, Day 2 — Interviews, roundtables, and the first day at the Nanggang Exhibition Center
- Frore shows off LiquidJet Nexus coldplate for Nvidia Vera Rubin, other AI accelerators — offers up claimed 10% token generation boost over rival liquid-cooling
- Hyte shows off Y50 chassis, aesthetic cable accessory kit, new fans, and updates Nexus Software — sub $100 Y50 brings value to Y-series, Nexus 3.0 goes web-base
- Industrial Software Leaders Build Secure, Autonomous AI Engineers With NVIDIA NemoClaw
Informational only. No financial advice. Do your own research.