I'm in Japan right now and a relative is asking me to buy a Switch for his kid. It's much cheaper in Japan; lowest I've found here is RM1000 vs RM1200 (lowest I've found for Malaysian retailers) for the system alone while the games are around RM50 cheaper.

With warranty from Malaysian retailers being valid for only one year, I don't think this should be an issue since the switch is a reliable piece of hardware and the chances that the switch would have an internal or external failure is low based on what I've read up online.

Any reasons for not going ahead with this purchase?

Mind sharing what they are?

I only know 2 people who have Switches, all other info I'm getting is from online forums. Both of the guys that have them said that they haven't had any problems but they've only owned theirs in less than a year.

I went through the comments, looks like thsee were mostly bugs than have been resolved with newer consoles, which explains the lack of issues my friends have had.