Comment on Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want
Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWithout online functionality, the system might as well be bricked. I’m not 100% so someone can fact check but I’m reasonably certain it will refuse to let you play any software you’ve downloaded and only allow you use physical carts without the option to update them. When 90% of a console is built around online activity, being able to remotely disable that makes the console useless.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thats bullshit. The switch 1 also had this functionality and nobody complained…
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
When a switch 2 cannot reach online services, all your physical 3rd party “Game Keycards” become useless to you, as they require the game to be downloaded from nintendo online services.
This is a brick
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yet you could put in a Mario Kart World game card and play the game offline. This is a console with restricted utility, but it is not a brick.
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yes most 1st party published games are on the cartridge yes, but the majority of the library is/will be 3rd party…
So being generous this is a “majority brick”