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the switch is advertised to only work with official nintendo cables and accessories. Anything else and you're just risking damage to your console/tablet/thingy

the switch is advertised to only work with official nintendo cables and accessories. Anything else and you're just risking damage to your console/tablet/thingy. I don't think they have ever claimed that their USB-C connectors were compliant with the spec.

dfxm12 9y ago
I wonder why they would even use the same shape then... Nintendo (and up until recently, the videogame hardware industry at large) has a long history of making their own connectors...
- hiccuphippo 9y ago
  My guess is that if they make their own shape, then third party accessories with that shape are guaranteed to work. Since they use USB-C, then there is fear, uncertainty and doubt by the consumer about if an accessory will work or not.
  - fjsolwmv 9y ago
    That's overcomplicated 4D chess. They just wanted to use standard tools and components.
GarrisonPrime 9y ago
True enough, but then deciding to use a usb-c port on the console is asking for trouble.
gambiting 9y ago
What they claimed is almost irellevant - the device bears USB-C logo and has a USB-C port - so plugging a USB-C device into that port should in the worst possible case result in a system message "sorry, this device is not supported", not brick the device! There's a reason why you can't use a USB-A cable in your device to carry 220V - because someone will plug it into a normal USB-A socket and burn their computer down. If both sides of the connection have the official USB logo, then connecting them together should never result in either device becoming damaged.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  Are you sure it has a USB-C logo?
- starmftronajoll 9y ago
  The Switch has many logos on it, but a USB-C logo is not one of them. Nintendo does not use the term "USB-C" in its literature for the Switch.
  - stordoff 9y ago
    Nintendo of America may not, but Nintendo UK and Japan both refer to it as a "USB Type-C terminal" UK: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Specifications-1176277.html#1 https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Sp... JP: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/switch/specs/ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/switch/specs/
    - starmftronajoll 9y ago
      I stand corrected. Good catch.
djhworld 9y ago
The dock is cool but I wish they'd release like a "travel" version which could be just like a cable. When I travel and stay away from home with my Switch, sometimes I really yearn for the dock-to-TV functionality so I can play it with family/friends. The dock is a pain to carry around
- woodrowbarlow 9y ago
  i bought a simple USB Type-C to HDMI adapter and used it successfully a few times. of course, now that people's switches are getting bricked, i'm scared to keep using it. :(

dfxm12 9y ago

I wonder why they would even use the same shape then... Nintendo (and up until recently, the videogame hardware industry at large) has a long history of making their own connectors...

hiccuphippo 9y ago
My guess is that if they make their own shape, then third party accessories with that shape are guaranteed to work. Since they use USB-C, then there is fear, uncertainty and doubt by the consumer about if an accessory will work or not.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  That's overcomplicated 4D chess. They just wanted to use standard tools and components.

GarrisonPrime 9y ago

True enough, but then deciding to use a usb-c port on the console is asking for trouble.

gambiting 9y ago

What they claimed is almost irellevant - the device bears USB-C logo and has a USB-C port - so plugging a USB-C device into that port should in the worst possible case result in a system message "sorry, this device is not supported", not brick the device! There's a reason why you can't use a USB-A cable in your device to carry 220V - because someone will plug it into a normal USB-A socket and burn their computer down. If both sides of the connection have the official USB logo, then connecting them together should never result in either device becoming damaged.

fjsolwmv 9y ago
Are you sure it has a USB-C logo?
starmftronajoll 9y ago
The Switch has many logos on it, but a USB-C logo is not one of them. Nintendo does not use the term "USB-C" in its literature for the Switch.
- stordoff 9y ago
  Nintendo of America may not, but Nintendo UK and Japan both refer to it as a "USB Type-C terminal" UK: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Specifications-1176277.html#1 https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Sp... JP: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/switch/specs/ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/switch/specs/
  - starmftronajoll 9y ago
    I stand corrected. Good catch.

djhworld 9y ago

The dock is cool but I wish they'd release like a "travel" version which could be just like a cable. When I travel and stay away from home with my Switch, sometimes I really yearn for the dock-to-TV functionality so I can play it with family/friends. The dock is a pain to carry around

woodrowbarlow 9y ago
i bought a simple USB Type-C to HDMI adapter and used it successfully a few times. of course, now that people's switches are getting bricked, i'm scared to keep using it. :(