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Nintendo May Brick Modified Nintendo Switch Systems

Nintendo warns it may brick your Switch if you engage in unauthorized use

Nintendo has updated its user agreement to reserve the right to render your console "unusable" for unauthorized use, like hacks and mods.

Ars Technica · 2d

Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy

Switch and Switch 2 users who try to hack their consoles or play pirated copies of games may find their devices rendered completely inoperable by Nintendo. That new warning was buried in a recent update to the Nintendo User Account Agreement, as first noticed by Game File last week.

ExtremeTech on MSN · 4d

Nintendo Will Now Brick Your Switch If It Detects Piracy

Nintendo has one message for everyone complaining about its newest games' $80 price tag: Piracy isn't an option. While the brand certainly never encouraged the unlawful making or distribution of game copies,

1don MSN

Pirating games on your Nintendo Switch? Nintendo can render the system useless.

Nintendo is stepping up its efforts to fight piracy. As it prepares to launch the Switch 2, the video game giant has updated ...

Game Rant on MSN3d

New Nintendo EULA Says It Can Render Consoles 'Permanently Unusable' If Piracy or Modifications Are Detected

Nintendo updates its end user license agreement to say it may render consoles unusable if players modify their consoles or ...

Kotaku5d

The Solution To Nintendo’s Ineffective Battle Against Piracy Isn't Bricking People's Switches

This is what Nintendo is proposing it has the right to do to your Switch, and inevitably your Switch 2. And let’s get something else incredibly clear: Switch piracy is nothing compared to ...

moneycontrol.com3d

Nintendo threatens to brick Switch consoles in crackdown on emulators, hacks, and piracy

This move comes on the heels of Nintendo’s legal takedown of Yuzu, the popular Switch emulator project, which was shut down in early 2024. While the upcoming Switch 2 is reportedly backward ...

1don MSN

Nintendo can break your Switch 2 if you misbehave

We’re expecting more retailers to restock the standalone console as well as Mario Kart World bundles (The Independent) ...

Eurogamer5d

Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

It followed a string of moves against piracy, including the shutdown of Switch emulator Yuzu and a lawsuit against a streamer who regularly played pirated copies of Nintendo games ahead of ...

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