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potato_hamster on 13 February 2017
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Pyro as Bill said:
potato_hamster said:

It's almost as if I covered that in my original post, but allow me to expand on that.  I haven't exactly torn apart a dock yet, but I don't think adding the power adapter, and a simple power managment solution to transform the incoming voltage into whatver the USB-C uses , and powering the USB-C connector is an expensive endeavour. Based on my experience working on my own little projects, this actually quite cheap. You're talking less than $5 in off-the shelf components at retail cost, and Nintendo would be paying far less than that.

"Of course, as expected and despite the USB port that is usually universal, "USB Type C allows you to recharge the console when it is in tablet mode, but for everything concerning video, you Are forced to go through the dock for display through the TV ". Mr Koizumi quickly put an end to the expectations of people who wanted to use cables that were less cumbersome and cheaper than the (very) expensive dock."

http://www.melty.fr/switch-audio-video-le-dock-obligatoire-le-jack-utilisable-en-toute-circonstance-et-les-casques-bluetooth-exclu-a590536.html

See, it's not overpriced. Encryption isnt cheap.

On what grounds do you believe the conversion of this USB-C to HDMI signal is any bit more complicated for Nintendo unless they intentionally obfuscated the video output to make it proprietary and force its userbase to buy their overpriced docks. They're doing a similar thing to what apple does with it's "Apple certified" USB cables that arbitrarily lock out any cable where the company hasn't paid Apple a licensing fee.

It's anti-consumer, nickel and diming bullshit, and if anything makes Nintendo appear worse, not better. Yet, somehow this makes it justified in your eyes?