This is bad. Because,
a. Switch 2 can get bricked when Nintendo wants you to upgrade to the “Switch Tree.”
b. If you discover a purely unused switch 2 decades later it will be useless. It’s bricked unless you get that Switch 2 update.
c. It all ties to that Nintendo bricking terms of service terms.
Isn’t it rumored that Nintendo has been manufacturing Switch 2 hardware for years? Those early manufactured consoles are not going to have a fully functional OS. Makes sense that they have a basic firmware that can connect to the update servers and fetch the released OS once it is available.
No, that doesn’t make sense. I’ve never heard of another console needing a day-one update to be usable.
And why would an old release of a new product be sitting there in outdated packaging like that.