The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn't even been available for a week yet, but I've already clocked up a dizzying number of hours, whether it's been hunting down every minigame in Welcome Tour or learning how the heck to wall ride in Mario Kart World. That's given me enough time to reflect on some of the console's strengths, but also to identify one fairly clear weakness: battery life.
We knew ahead of time that the Switch 2 would, at best, match the battery performance of the first-generation lineup of Switch consoles. Nintendo made that clear, with an estimate of 2.5 to 6 hours of battery on one charge. In my hands, though, the number has persistently felt closer to the low end of that range.
