Details revealed for the PowerA Gamecube-style Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch

A few details have been revealed for the PowerA Gamecube-style Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch.

[RizBiz]

Would be great if it had a built-in battery.

[LemyAtom]

I hear this a lot about Xbox controllers. But built in would mean finite battery life. For my Wii motes I bought rechargeables so they can technically work forever.

[RizBiz]

Until the AA batteries die. Then you have to go the store to buy new ones. When my chargeable controllers die I plug them in.

[LemyAtom]

Rechargeable AA batteries last a long time, and you can easily have a charger with 4 permanently plugged in, so it won't die. When the internal controller battery died, your controller dies, unless you open it up and replace it, which can be tricky.

[Cobra951]

You're missing the point, RizBiz. Rechargeable batteries eventually DIE. As in DEAD. As in will no longer hold a charge. If they're not user-replaceable, either you have to learn how to perform controller surgery to replace them, or you have to buy a whole new controller. Rechargeable batteries should be user-replaceable, as in the Xbox controller

[BludoDaSmelly]

Im gonna pick one up

[player911]

Nope. Why tf is this not rechargeable? Pass on this, sadly.