Nintendo
Game consoles · Last assessed 6/9/2026
Score breakdown
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.
Methodology & version
Five dimensions — parts availability, schematic access, repairability, OEM pricing, and software freedom — are scored 0–100 and weighted equally; the letter grade is the average (A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60). This assessment is current as of 6/9/2026 and cites its sources below. It covers the Game consoles category and is not a claim about every device the maker ships.