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Nintendo bans Switch 2 owner after they played used Switch 1 games — decision eventually reversed after 'proving innocence’ (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck Nintendo, blocking kids just because of their greediness

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

Can't wait until they crack the S2.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

it is always morally correct to pirate nintendo games

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when people used to complain about the annoyance and difficulty inherent in keeping up with the Joneses, and yet it seems like we have learned nothing as a society.

If you're gonna spend $500 on a Switch 2 because you want little Billy to be able to play the newest latest games so that his friends won't think he's a weirdo, then you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound, fucking shell out.

But if you just want little Billy to have some games to play to keep himself active and interested and, you know, not spiraling into drug addiction and depression, because apparently that's the only alternative to being a gamer, you could buy them like a really nice 200 some odd dollar Anbernic handheld that comes pre-installed with, you know, 5,000 video games and let him play that.

And if his friends complain about how he can't play the latest Switch 2 Mario Kart game, you tell billy to tell them to go suck a dick while he's 100%ing Majora's Mask.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Hot take: Nintendo peaked with the Wii.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

3ds, but yes. Your point stands.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't mind the Wii U but I think it was marketed wrong

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The Wii U is fantastic. Lots of great games that run smooth as butter on the Steam Deck without any fancy setup required.

Oh, that's not how it was marketed? Weird. That's the first I heard of it...

/s but not really.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Reason 99 why not to purchase killSwitch, ever.

[+] [email protected] -18 points 2 weeks ago

And here we are again, having our pitchforks ready.

Maybe read the article for once. Nothing new about what happened there. We saw the same happening with the Switch 1 for years and nobody cared, but now it's a thing because we're all on the "screw greedy Nintendo" hype train.

Nintendo has a unique way to track pirates games via their cartridges' UIDs. That's nothing we should really be surprised about, given how long this system is around.

Maybe, just maybe, blame the seller of that copied game. In the end, Nintendo quickly reacted - again, read the bloody article.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo tracked the UID to a different Switch in a completely different geographic location logged in with a different account tied to a different bank card and still bricked it. Even Windows licenses aren’t that much of an asshole.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Per the article, it wasn't a pirated game though, it was used. That's the issue here.

They can be ban happy with pirates if they want, but banning people from being able to just swap games in real life is fuckin dumb.

[+] [email protected] -14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well technically, it was both, at least from their perspective. And as soon as they were contacted, the situation was resolved.

I'm not saying I wouldn't be pissed if this happened to me, and I'm not saying I like the whole "we block your internet access" thing. But what I'm saying is that this is normal practice for decades (!!!) now for all console manufacturers, and that the only reason why this is a "news article" now is because "Nintendo = bad" clicks so damn well.

And on a side note, let's please not forget that there was ONE reported case. One. Not a systemic issue, maybe even just a technical quirk.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Banning people who play games they bought second hand most definitely is not an industry practice for decades for all console manufacturers.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo thought is was pirated. The original seller copied the game, then sold the original and kept the copy. Nintendo saw both copies running at the same time and disabled them both.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

They don't care. They're on a mission. Let's move on.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

But what I'm saying is that this is normal practice for decades (!!!) now for all console manufacturers

I can't think of a single console that normalized banning people for buying used games...except for switch 2. Wanna give some examples?

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