Prevent piracy? They’ve literally just created another legitimate use case for homebrew. This will cause piracy
Sure hope so
I hope they use the same CPU architecture again (apparently it’s been the same since the 3Ds) and people can make an emulator ASAP.
This time around we shouldn’t host this on Github but on a Codeberg instance with pseudonyms and VPN so they don’t send hitmen to kill us
Once a Nintendo update bricked my console. Black screen of death after a brief moment of Nintendo logo. The console was on, the fan was spinning, but that’s all.
It’s a v1 console, and it booted into Hekate and CFW no problems. So after following a video on YT, I was able to reflash the whole device with the latest firmware.
It works now flawlessly, tho always a bit butt clentching when there’s new update. I play online with it a lot on OFW, not even using the CFW for anything. (I have a chipped Lite for all my hacking desires.)
I contacted Nintendo what the fuck is this (prior I think I got shadowbanned in Animal Crossing as well since no online features worked in game), we had shared some emails and that’s it. They just ghosted me.
So, if this is the case, people SHOULD hack their Switches, just to have a way to emergency restore their consoles.
A reason not to buy anything from Nintendo
Are they gonna brick Switches to get ppl to buy the sequel?
Honestly, i dont know at this point. People buying nintendo have no shits left to give anyway i guess.
lol at people who buy Nintendo products
Another reason to say “fuck you!” to Nintendo.
In the UK version, the digital product may become unusable, in the US version, the device may become unusable:
The agreement for UK accounts now states digital products are “licensed only for personal and non-commercial use”, and that any “unauthorised use of a Digital Product may result in the Digital Product becoming unusable”.
This differs slightly from the US, which states: “You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the foregoing restrictions Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part.”
We can’t help them folks. They’re in a cult. It’s the same madness that gets people to buy Apple again and again, perpetually locked into the same ecosystem.And for what? 80+$ for Nintendo franchise titles that are going to be the same as the last 5 games of that title?
Nintendo can reserve the right to go fuck themselves!
Would be an awful shame if some hacker bricked every Switch in the world. Probably shouldn’t be coding in a kill switch into consumer entertainment devices.
Whoops, I may have just given Nintendo a great idea to increase Switch 2 sales
Honestly, people in states that allow nintendo to do shit like this kind of deserve it.
For sure, we should have laws protecting ownership.
I’d broaden that to laws protecting people. Currently, people look like a commodity in the US.
We are sorely missing some serious laws about privacy.
That and human rights, taxation of humongous incomes, against fascist takeovers, agaibst forced arbitration, etc
Its painfully obvious now. I hope there is some way back.
It is all very logical, unfortunately they don’t write laws for the people in our current system. I am afraid it would take a lot of resistance to change things and most people have been lulled into a learned helplessness state.