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The Nintendo Switch has been criticized in the past for some of its physical flaws, including an easily scratched screen and disconnect controllers. Users are now reporting a problem that could be a bit more serious – cracks in the system itself.
Damien McFerran of Nintendo Life noticed this week that his own Nintendo Switch – which he had since its launch last year – had developed cracks along its top. On his unit, they were mainly located in the small plastic bars that ran along the mouths of the console at the top, as well as beside the slot for playing cards.
Several Twitter users have responded to McFerran's initial report with the same issues. The majority of them also occurred on top of the system, with one person adding that she was eventually spilling out the back of the case and needed a repair.
The external casing of the Nintendo Switch is not particularly robust, and you can easily flex it in your hands if you apply a little pressure. This sweetness may be responsible for one of the other system problems – warping – that usually occurs after a prolonged gaming session in the dock. The replacement docks were designed by third parties, but there is no perfect solution and these accessories would also have broken the consoles.
Given the success of the Switch and the relatively low failure rate, it is unlikely that Nintendo has any plans to release an updated model anytime soon. The Wii U did not receive such revisions despite its abysmal sales figures, and the "update" of the Wii was actually a cheaper system that lacked some of the original features of the Wii, such as support of GameCube.
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All things considered, the current console build has suffered from relatively few hardware problems. Xbox One systems have sometimes encountered disk drive issues (including one of ours), and the original PlayStation 4 systems have sometimes ejected disks due to temperature-sensitive touch buttons. Hopefully the switch will not become the exception to reliable consoles of this generation.
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