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Piracy of Nintendo handheld games has not been without consequences. It led them to implement draconian anti-piracy methods, such as stating they will remotely
by lunarscape 15y ago
Piracy of Nintendo handheld games has not been without consequences. It led them to implement draconian anti-piracy methods, such as stating they will remotely brick your system if they want to. [1]
[1] http://www.defectivebydesign.org/nintendo http://www.defectivebydesign.org/nintendo
- Karunamon 15y agoNintendo has never done any such thing. I'll write off such shenanigans as scare tactics until such time as an actual action takes place. In fact, they go out of their way to tell you, when updating, if you have modified your console that the update may break it, and provide a way to skip the update.
- lunarscape 15y agoI haven't heard a case of them using the facility, but the very fact it exists and that they specifically highlight it shows how piracy has become such an issue for them. Maybe the media attention and 'brick campaign' made them think twice about it.