Offenders may find their Switch bricked
    • the_weez@midwest.socialEnglish
      11 months

      Right? This just makes me want to emulate every Nintendo everything from now on.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11 months

    This is why I pirate.

    I’m tired of companies telling me what I can and can’t do with something I’ve purchased.

    Anyways. I’ll be gaming on my PC if anyone needs me.

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
    11 months

    Groovy. All they’re doing is making me more certain that I will not move above my 3DS. At least, not until there’s a guaranteed CFW for Switch.

      • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11 months

        This is the only thing giving me any slight of interest in wanting to get a switch 2. I have an early switch and its pretty cool what it can do when hacked

        • drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          10 months

          We got lucky in 2017, I suspect it’ll be a good long while before the switch 2 gets hacked, specifically in an accessible way.

          A hacked switch (or even switch 2 really, looking at the specs) is really just a shitty steam deck that can run Nintendo games natively.

          I wouldn’t recommend forking over 500 bucks for something you may be able to jailbreak one day, when 400 can get you more out of the box.

      • Read Bio@lemm.eeEnglish
        10 months

        i would rather by a tablet or a pc then buy a switch just to mod it

  • Bio bronk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10 months

    Steam over here just open sourcing their full ass os and you can literally do anything you want. Best money ive spent

    • Derpgon@programming.devEnglish
      10 months

      And the only digital store so far that directly allows sharing your collection with your family (yes, I call my long time friends a family). I mean, it am sure they are winning the long game.

      Meanwhile EA got their like third remake which STILL sucks, Epic trying to buy exclusivity in PC market, Ubisoft launcher is just a shit stain that nobody wants to use directly and is forced on them, and the rest (Bethesda, Rockstar, Battle.net) are not really worth considering as a store, rather than just DRM-checking slop nobody really needs.

      • ssillyssadass@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 months

        Valve remains goated because they’re not a public company. They set out to satisfy their customers, not their shareholders.

      • Bio bronk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 months

        Yeah the amount of games I buy and never even play, its ridiculous lol, big ass back log and can play anything I want under the sun. If my deck can’t handle it then moonlight and streaming from my rig can.

      • Bio bronk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 months

        I have 2 because i got the white led. dunno what to do with the 2nd

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      10 months

      Granted 90% of the components they used in SteamOS are readily available open source components, the componets they did make they did also open source (such as gamescope).

  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10 months

    Preventing me from accessing Nintendo network and store is one thing. Somehow bricking my physical device, that I own? Fuck them

  • TeoTwawki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10 months

    I don’t buy physical objects and then agree to not own them. I don’t even like that shit with digital goods. I don’t need someones authorization to “allow” me to use what I buy as I see fit. If buying isn’t owning than pirating isn’t stealing.

  • charade_you_are@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10 months

    Nintendo is such a shit company now. I’d be surprised if they ever innovate again. They’ll just sit around and sue and release mediocre to bad bullshit.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 months

        Half disagree. They’ve taken a lot of risks in the past with designs that other companies wouldn’t have. Things that didn’t always pan out well and became the butts of jokes.

        But yes, they’ve been a litigious company with ties to the Yakuza that people frequently forget as well.

  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.socialEnglish
    10 months

    Guess who decided not to buy a switch 2 after this news.

    (Me)

    I don’t want them bricking my shit.

    Ima help out with switch emulator projects now instead of just playing their games.

    Fuck em.

    • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10 months

      For real. What will a Switch 2 do that a Steam deck (or one of its several competitors) won’t? There are still switch emulators, and there will be switch 2 emulators.

      • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 months

        Steam deck - 98% all games, PC, Nintendo, arcade, etc

        Switch - Nintendo games only, massive restrictions from an anti consumer company

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
    10 months

    Joke is on them. I have had every NES and SNES rom ever made for a long ass time. I need to make sure i have every N64 rom (even if I don’t play that often) and now every GameCube.

    I still don’t have a Wii emulator or even looked into that.

  • rocky1138@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10 months

    I’ve decided that I’ll skip Nintendo consoles moving forward and just use emulation if there’s a game I really want. I’ll buy the cartridge to cover myself ethically and just put it in a drawer.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.eeEnglish
      10 months

      Since Nintendo games never lose value apparently, just keep it sealed and sell it off for a break even.

  • Moeverload@lemm.eeEnglish
    10 months

    And how exactly do they intend to detect or prevent emulation?

    • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      10 months

      As of right now, it seems like the only way they can detect a hacked Switch is if its user goes online for a game in the emuNAND. I don’t think there is a way for them to detect emulating on PC, unless you’re like that streamer who publicly flouted Nintendo’s cease and desists

    • NONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10 months

      Nah, all the big names (Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) are shit this generation. This is the worst console generation so far.

      • OR3X@lemm.eedeleted by creatorEnglish
        10 months

        Says the internet every single console generation

  • Tigeroovy@lemmy.caEnglish
    10 months

    Honestly, I’m an advocate for emulation and game preservation and all that, but I’m surprised this is only now the case. I don’t have the nerve to try to hack my device if it’s the currently being supported platform. If they’ve already abandoned it then it’s fair game but the currently active console with your current actual information on there that gets regular updates? You’re just playing with fire.

    It’s like taking it upon yourself to make an “HD remake” of the IPs owned by famously stringent companies who aren’t afraid to put the hammer down on these things.

    • TwoCupsofSugar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10 months

      I generally agree, I only really hack consoles that aren’t being supported anymore, but I don’t like how over-reaching the end user agreement is sounds like it’s likely to be abused

    • zecg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10 months

      I don’t have the nerve to try to hack my device

      their device. Your own device, such as a Steam Deck, you don’t have to hack, you can run anything on it however you like.

  • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10 months

    laughs in steam deck You know, I didn’t really have a lot of interest in emulating old Nintendo games, but now I think I’ll do it just because Nintendo doesn’t want me to.

    Thank god I own a PC and not a corpo platform.