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Of course, both sources indicate that JDI may be doing

April 1, 2019 by Elizabeth Duran

Of course, both sources indicate that JDI may be doing something very different in 2017 in terms of its production and quality management process. A key factor cited in the latest WSJ report is JDI's recent focus on the Japanese market, where the company is poised to sell 1 million Switch units in 2017.

In other words: JDI may be trying to build more high-end-class electronics, or maybe just buy a chunk of the Japanese market that's already sold.

The WSJ report also gives a better look at the current state of the Switch's battery life compared to the 2016 model, which was the same as the Wii U, and reveals a major change compared to last year: A new battery life has been added, and the "latter half" of the system's lifespan will be on average 12 hours. The WSJ reports that Nintendo will need to spend about $150 million in 2016 to ensure the next generation of Switch batteries is capable of producing the necessary lifespan and performance to meet demand.

At the same time, the WSJ reports that the company is working to expand capacity on its own by selling 2,750 high-end Switch units per year (roughly equivalent to the current 2,500 units per year for the Wii U and 3DS).

The WSJ report also points out that the Switch's battery life was less than 2 hours in 2016. That's a bit of a stretch, as the Battery Life Project was one of the first efforts to measure battery life using data from the Nintendo Switch. However, the WSJ report does report that the battery life during development for its system was "up to 2 hours at 30A and 2 hours at 65A." Those numbers look similar to other recent estimates of how long a battery should last, and the WSJ reports that the battery life for the Switch's battery was "up to 4 hours at 30A and 4 hours at 65A."

This last point is pretty important. It's likely that Nintendo's decision to expand its battery life in 2017 seems unlikely to change this year's battery life at all, given Nintendo's recent record high usage of 3DSs and tablets. It's also likely that there may be some kind of change to the way Nintendo sells these devices, and they could have a big impact on how consumers perceive the Switch's battery life. In this case, the actual performance of the Switch's battery could be quite interesting.