I don’t see how this is different from any other company. Xbox has forever done the same. I’m pretty sure Sony has too
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
604 points (100.0% liked)
Games
38554 readers
1521 users here now
Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.
Weekly Threads:
Rules:
-
Submissions have to be related to games
-
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
-
No excessive self-promotion
-
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
-
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
-
No linking to piracy
More information about the community rules can be found here and here.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Hilarious that this comment is so far down, Lemmy can be such a circlejerk.
Sony and Xbox absolutely reserve the right to brick your console. IIRC Sony bricks stolen Playstation consoles if they ever connect to the internet. This is nothing new.
Yeah the Nintendo vitriol for the past month has been funny. I get it, companies are not our friends, and Nintendo has done a lot of shit to be mad at. The game keycards are dogwater, but this concept of buy cartridge and download the rest is not new. Sony and Xbox have literally done the same shit for years, and Nintendo did this with some large games on Switch 1.
Another comment showed Sony will brick hacked consoles that get on the internet. Switch 1 also does this.
The price sucks, but it's definitely tariffs, since the console is like a whole hundred dollars cheaper in Japan.
If you wanna pirate/emulate, pirate/emulate. I just don't like pirating current gen consoles, and it's a hassle to do so on Switch 1 if you got a newer one. Plus switch emulation on steam deck seems to be iffy for some games... I pirate/emulate old consoles cause they're dead and they're not making money on them anyway. Sometimes you just want to buy a game and enjoy them, especially for online ones like Splatoon.
I'll just wait for the price to be reasonable one day.
I don't see why I should be okay with that either.
load more comments
(2 replies)
I know it should have been earlier, but that really is the last straw for buying Nintendo products for me.
what a shame.
🏴☠️
They're going to start breaking them as soon as the switch 3 is released I guarantee it.
Also this seems like I don't know not theft Maybe, but some crime.
Damn, first they get shady patents and now this. They're really on a roll for being a pretty unethical company.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Can the Switch itself even be hacked to run pirated stuff? I honestly never looked since emulation of it came fairly quick. Bricking the Switch won't stop anyone emulating on a PC lol
The very first model of the Switch can be soft-modded. Later revisions require a modchip.