Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want

a year ago by Sunshine (she/her) to c/gaming

Brazil’s consumer watchdog is challenging Nintendo over EULA terms that allow the company to ban consoles from online services.
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vovo 68 points a year ago

You pirate one game -> nintendo restricts your console to only play pirated games. Funny

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Sonicdemon86 48 points a year ago

It seems to be worse than that. Get a second hand console and it maybe already bricked as it looks like they only ban the console not the account. As per the lawsuit.

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ColeSloth 2 points a year ago

Sony and microsoft have also done that for like a decade+. 2nd hand market was filled to the brim with people selling bricked consoles that couldn't go online. Walmarts warranty changed over xbox' because people would but a new 360, swap out the internals with their bricked consoles or broken consoles, and then return the "new" console back to Wal Mart.

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