Comment on Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want

• k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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”

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        A brick is very specifically a device that cannot be used for its intended purpose at all. This is a banned console that has limited functionality, not a brick. The terminology matters because people are misunderstanding just how much power Nintendo has because of it. I thought that Nintendo made it unable to get past a boot screen when I first heard the term used.

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