Comment on Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2
donuts@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
it can suspend all kinds of services on your console, up to and including bricking it completely.
No, just online services.
Xbox and PlayStation have the same terms & conditions. Why is Nintendo being singled out?
Xbox:
your Xbox console (…) may stop working permanently
PlayStation:
the permanent (…) disablement of (…) PlayStation Devices
Agreed. Permanent hardware bans have been a thing since the PS3/360 era.
I’m not saying it’s a good thing that they can unilaterally disable hardware you purchased (although I certainly understand the reasoning wrt cheaters and pirates) but the author here is acting like the idea is some completely new idea from the diabolical industry villains du jour.
Seems Nintendo is actually doing it
Noerknhar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
They can brick it in the US, not in UK or EU.
donuts@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a problem of the US law or lack of consumer protections compared to UK/EU, not because it’s Nintendo. All the other companies have this too.
Noerknhar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That simply isn’t true. Look at the ToS wording (US version). Nintendo added a clause specific to the device’s functioning, not only to online services.
donuts@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This has been a thing since 2005 or so, why are we still surprised again?