Article 6YCVD How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking

How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking

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Sean Hollister
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There's always a reason why universal USB-C ports don't "just work" like you'd expect. In the early days, it was incompetence or naivete. Later, manufacturers often cheaped out. But in the case of Nintendo's Switch 2, it appears to be intentional.

With the Nintendo Switch 2, it should be easy to plug your new, more expensive console into video glasses or TVs when you're traveling away from home. USB-C makes it so. But Nintendo has intentionally broken the Switch 2's compatibility with those devices, using a new encryption scheme and some form of dedicated encryption chip, two accessory manufacturers tell The Verge.

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