Nintendo
Game consoles · Last assessed Jun 9, 2026
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The letter is the published assessment. Missing factor evidence is labeled; it does not become a zero.
Why this grade
iFixit cut the original Switch from 8/10 to 4/10 and scored the Switch 2 just 3/10. The core right-to-repair failures: Nintendo has never made any replacement parts publicly available nor published any official repair instructions; the battery is glued in, the only charge port is soldered to the main board, and repairs require two hard-to-source thermal compounds. The unresolved Joy-Con stick drift (Switch 2 still uses non-Hall-effect sticks and remains drift-prone) is, ironically, one of the easier repairs. Worst-in-category on every right-to-repair axis; third-party parts (iFixit batteries/Hall-effect sticks) exist only because the OEM provides nothing.
Sources
Methodology & scope
Five dimensions are scored 0–100 and weighted equally: parts availability, schematic access, repairability, OEM pricing and software freedom. The letter scale is A (90–100), B (80–89), C (70–79), D (60–69), F (below 60).
This assessment was last assessed Jun 9, 2026. Its assessment scope is Game consoles and is not a claim about every device the maker ships.
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Manufacturer response
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What makes up the grade
- Parts Availability
- 18 / 100
- Schematic Access
- 22 / 100
- Repairability
- 35 / 100
- OEM Pricing
- 28 / 100
- Software Freedom
- 48 / 100
Grade history
No grade changes are recorded.
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