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by SlightlyLeftPad 22 days ago
Tangentially, How much would maintaining two different skus cost I wonder.
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Working with multiple SKU’s and hardware revisions is standard practice. Just like the Switch and OLED Switch.

PlayStation always had a whole series of SKU’s, from 1 to 5. People sometimes search for a specific one, due to certain chips being used. https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps5/SKU_Models

Similarly the WII is also known to ship several hardware revisions, with different properties such as video output quality.

https://bitbuilt.net/forums/threads/revision-identification-...

The same goes for many electronic products, from TV’s to iPhones. Sometimes the features are noticeably different per revision or region. Still it is called the same product.

Edit: added phone/tv example.