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Switch 2 is a hard pass for me if Nintendo can brick on a whim
by DrillShopper 1y ago
Switch 2 is a hard pass for me if Nintendo can brick on a whim
- surgical_fire 1y agoI'll handle it like I handled all other Nintendo consoles. I have one for legit use and one that I open up for, er, "alternative" content.
- taraindara 1y agoI’ll just give up on them altogether, and patiently wait for simulators I can use instead.
- surgical_fire 1y agoEh, I tend to like them. The Switch was the console I liked the most since my SNES days. I am far from heing against piracy, but I can pay, ao I do.
- giancarlostoro 1y agoAt that point just emulate it on a Steam Deck...
- surgical_fire 1y agoThe Steam Deck is more expensive though. And I mostly play the switch docked on the TV.
- giancarlostoro 1y agoThe Steamdeck is more expensive than buying two Nintento Switch 2s? Theres definitely a dock for the Steamdeck, and you get all your Steam games OOTB, in my case thats hundreds more games than any Switch.
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- heavyset_go 1y agoYeah, I can wait for emulators instead of spending $500 on something I won't own.
- thesuitonym 1y agoI don't like this practice, and it's one of the primary reasons I'm not buying a Switch 2, but his console wasn't bricked, it was just banned from playing online. And don't trot out that tired old "effectively bricked" line, words have meanings, and the words you said do not mean what happened.
- viraptor 1y agoIf someone bought it for online play specifically, then there is no difference between being banned from playing online and the console not turning on. You're just nitpicking on the meaning, but we know what happened.
- nonchalantsui 1y agoJust to be clear, this isn't brick on a whim, this is disabling access to online services on a whim. Seems a lot of commenters are getting that confused due to not opening the link.
- Someone1234 1y agoOnline Services, including any digital purchases which could be into the hundreds of dollars in value.
- nonchalantsui 1y agoYes, although if one is buying used, then you're likely already avoiding digital purchases through this online service. So just keep buying used. Pretty easy workaround.
- gs17 1y agoDo we know if it blocks you from downloading "game key" cards? In that case you're effectively stuck with Switch 1 titles. Not that you should need a "workaround" for being punished because someone else did something.
- skwirl 1y agoSo not being able to download any of the games you have purchased ever again?
- nonchalantsui 1y agoArticle says you can still play those, just not re-download on the same system it seems.
- 0_gravitas 1y agoah, very reasonable...
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