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Just to clarify, the console wasn't bricked, only banned from online use. Which also means banned from accessing eshop or downloading any updates. But physical games that doesn't require online would work fine.
Not that this is fine, shouldn't be banned for this either, but just clarifying the bricking part.
I wonder if a banned console could download a game from a game key card, because if it can't, then there's not much of a difference between a ban and a brick.
It can't download a game from game key card.
For future games yeah, but there's a huge Switch 1 library that a banned system can play but bricked system can't.
Also funnily enough, I believe they can safely play the "backed-up" games offline, that originally got the Switch banned. 😀
Do we know this for sure? On the original Switch, when new games came out, they often would refuse to play until you updated the firmware on the console. So depending on whether they allow banned consoles to update their firmware, offline games might not work either.
Ah, I see. I've been hearing stories of them getting bricked as well. Unrelated, but controller drift problems were reported on day 2. I would like to recommend abstaining from the purchase of any Nintendo products for the forseeable future. Seems like they hate their customers and aren't really willing to change, no matter what. Zelda and Mario are pretty cool, but I think that at this point, Nintendo is just running on nostalgia and brand recognition.
Do you have any sources for those bricked consoles you've heard of?
I've heard of a recent update to their ToS, where people have mentioned the possibility of Nintendo bricking consoles, but haven't actually seen any examples.
Excellent question. Apparently, after having looked into everything, they haven't been bricking, just banning. As someone else said, it basically does the same thing for most people, as you can't get updates or access the store. Another person said that the keycards don't work either. Honestly, I don't really care if half of the unproven stuff is untrue. The $80 games were the first thing to piss me off.