Fuck Nintendo. No other company has as much active distain for their fans. And the damage they’ve done to game preservation is immeasurable.
How so? My kids little son we do Nintendo. Don’t know what’s different from the others.
Downvoted for an honest question. This place is feeling less federated daily.
Going online with flash carts on a new console is certainly a choice. The first Switch already hardware banned for doing that, so this isn’t new.
Correction:
It’s not the account that’s banned. It’s the device that’s banned. You can factory reset the Switch 2, completely wiping all data, and it will remain banned. This means that none of the games you’ve purchased legally will function, as cartridges no longer contain games and Nintendo’s services are required to play them.
It essentially becomes a useless flat tile.
It’s not useless. You can still sell it to people without telling them about the ban then ghost them
but you could sell it to a nonsuspecting sucker and buy a new one.
Also, most cartridges contain games as I understand it; only some are keys.
"Which Games Are Game-Key Cards?
Looking at the listings on Target and GameStop, I’ve noticed that many publishers decided to use the game-key card format. This is allegedly because Nintendo is only offering third-party developers the 64GB cartridge or the game-key card—there is no smaller, standard physical cart. This would explain why nearly every major (and minor) AAA release is on a game-key card, since publishers don’t want to pay extra for the more expensive storage space.
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD, Hitman: World of Assassination, Hogwarts Legacy, Madden NFL 26, Raidou Remastered, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Split Fiction, Star Wars Outlaws, Street Fighter 6 Year 1-2 Fighters Edition, and Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut will all require an internet connection to download before playing. Civilization VII will actually just be a code in a box. I can image there will be more (of both) in the future; the Switch 2 only just launched."
If you’re already using a flash cart then does that really even matter though?
That’s only for switch 1 games.
Idea:
- Get a switch 2 from Amazon
- Get it banned from Nintendo
- Return it to Amazon
- Let Nintendo and Amazon deal with the pissed customer that gets it later
Can you return it if is dead? Or displaying on screen something like, software was modified, warranty void,?
It gives error only when you try to login, the inspector would need to create an account and login. Possible but they barely do “it turns on, it works, can be resold”, it takes too much time, Amazon many times just disposes perfectly fine stuff just because they don’t want to pay $5 for someone to check it
I seriously doubt Amazon has improved its systems since that Motorcycle guy bought a 6 thousand dollar camera and got a box of rocks…twice.
edit
Correctino, 6 thousand dollar camera
wait, they brick the switch itself?? I thought they banned the account or something
I had this pop up on my feed this morning. They are doing the same thing they did on hacked Switch 1 consoles and basically revoking their certificate, so it can’t connect to Nintendo servers any longer. https://youtu.be/ExgYTA18_vo
the MIG Flash (formerly MIG-Switch) is a specialized, reprogrammable cartridge that’s designed to mimic a real Nintendo Switch cartridge, but allows you to store your own game ROMs or backups on its microSD card. This essentially enables you to hold multiple game copies on a single cartridge, letting you conveniently switch between them with the help of a button.
Which is ideal for someone who is constantly on the go/traveling/etc and don’t want to risk losing all their carts. Just dump’m, put them on one flash cart, and have all your games in one thing you never have to take out of your console.
You know, like the kinda of people the switch is geared towards
Is that against the terms and conditions?
Just asking!
Yeah, if you pirate and whatever… fair enough. Don’t expect Nintendo to want to deal with you. But at least you know that is the risk you’re taking.
The other group of people this will impact are those who dump (legally) their own games so that they don’t have to swap out carts all the time. It’s also going to suck for those who pick up a second hand console to find that their online access is restricted. I don’t see an issue with Nintendo blacklisting a device from their services should it go against their ToS, but this just seems way too easy of a trap to walk into.
Imagining pirating a PC game and then never being allowed on the internet again…
After 12 days, people still buy the Nintendo Switch 2, when a month earlier the price was to high for them.
The Nintendo online play is a joke. Not connecting to the web is a boon imo
ah, the old “let’s completely shit on the millions of people who give us money, in order to do nothing to the handful of people who torrent our shit” strategy
The only game series I still play from Nintendo are all on steam now I feel so smug with my steam deck :3
They were explicitly told this would happen and still tried… ffs
