Comment on Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWhen 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.