kebab@endlesstalk.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULAen.as.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down110
arrow-up1748arrow-down1external-linkNintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULAen.as.comkebab@endlesstalk.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoI found one of the many for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqFY3rICDWs at minute 7.15 He can’t play Yakuza 0 and puyo puyo tetris, because it can’t download the mandatory update, it can’t launch games. Technically it’s not bricked, but because it can’t launch legally purchased games, it’s effectively bricked. It doesn’t even show the game icon on the screen!
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·6 hours agoThat is a ban from online services. The word ‘brick’ has a specific meaning, this isn’t a brick.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoIf a device has a single purpose, which is playing games, and it can’t play such game, how it’s not a brick? “It’s not a brick, it’s just a paperweight!”
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoSome games might not be playable. But other games still are. Calling the system a paperweight is not accurate.
I found one of the many for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqFY3rICDWs at minute 7.15
He can’t play Yakuza 0 and puyo puyo tetris, because it can’t download the mandatory update, it can’t launch games. Technically it’s not bricked, but because it can’t launch legally purchased games, it’s effectively bricked.
It doesn’t even show the game icon on the screen!
That is a ban from online services. The word ‘brick’ has a specific meaning, this isn’t a brick.
If a device has a single purpose, which is playing games, and it can’t play such game, how it’s not a brick?
“It’s not a brick, it’s just a paperweight!”
Some games might not be playable. But other games still are. Calling the system a paperweight is not accurate.