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[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (12 children)

It has to do with their online services; not the switch itself.

There's nothing in here about bricking your console if you mod it.

This is clearly them saying they'll ban your switch from Nintendo Online services if they notice something fishy. If your Switch requires online services for something, that something may not work any longer.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't the new switch internet tied? I thought the carriages for the Switch 2 were just digital licenses.

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

There are digital license versions from what I understand, and then there are full-fat versions. Unless something has changed.

That STILL doesn't make the "they'll brick your switch!" thing true. If the hardware can be hacked, then it's still usable.

"Bricked" has a very special, specific meaning - generally that the lowest level firmware is completely unworkable, and you cannot use the system at all - no screen, no buttons, no lights, nothing.

If you can fire the thing up, and it log into a network, and then tell you that you've been banned from Nintendo Online and refuse certain functionality -- You've been banned, not bricked.

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