Comment on Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Fuck Nintendo, but restricting a console from downloading and updating games is not the same thing as “bricking” it. That’s when a console is made unable to function at all. A banned Switch 2 can still get firmware updates and play physical games (what few there are on Switch 2). The legal action is justified, but the terminology being used in these articles is incorrect.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
When the physical games require downloading to start using them, I think that starts crossing lines into bricking territory even if it’s not entirely accurate.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They can’t get game updates, but they’ll function as their base versions. If it had no way to play ANY games, that would qualify as a brick, even if you could turn it on and navigate menus. But it still has a limited ability to play some games, so not a brick, just a severely crippled console.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Any of the games that aren’t fully on the cart, require a download to even function in the first place.
It’s looking like (TBD) that this is how a very large portion of the games are going to be delivered.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s correct, a large portion of the games available will be unable to be obtained on a banned console (though previously downloaded games will still work). But some still will be, including, crucially, every first-party game, which is what people regularly say they bought a Switch 2 for. So it’s not a brick.