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Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA (en.as.com)
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[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 70 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I secretly hope they screw up and brick all the switch 2 devices by uploading a bad update, and are forced to send replacement units, potentially crippling finances of their company.

Doubt it'll happen, and I'd feel bad for people and kids just wanting to enjoy some Mario and stuff on their weekends (which makes me sorta hope it doesn't happen at the same time), but... Nintendo needs to be hit very hard for their constant BS.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 days ago

Or some “bad actor” will figure out a way to upload and push the bricking update. Forcing probably a recall and/or a costly class action. Maybe that will make them think about putting a kill switch on there in the first place.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

In 2008, someone did the math. Just from 2 years of Wii sales, just the hardware, not the games, Nintendo could stay afloat for 163 years based on the ecconomy at the time.

So, lets adjust for inflation that we know it is today, and call it 110 years.

I don't think it's been 110 years since 2006. I could be wrong though. Covid screwed up everybodies internal clock.