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[cyberheater]

Sounds a bit extreme. Why would anyone agree to this?

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

Nintendo has updated its Nintendo Account Agreement with a severe warning against "unauthorised use", in a bid to prevent emulation and piracy.

www.eurogamer.net

UK wording is this
The agreement for UK accounts now states digital products are "licensed only for personal and non-commercial use", and that any "unauthorised use of a Digital Product may result in the Digital Product becoming unusable".

US wording
"You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the foregoing restrictions Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part."

 

[64gigabyteram]

So now not only do you not own your digital games but you don't own the damn hardware either.

They better make like 24 OOT level revolutionary games to compensate for all the BS they're pulling.

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

They can't do shit if you jailbreak it and keep it offline.

 

[BlackTron]

Honestly, I don't care. I've never connected my modded Switch to the Internet.

 

[poppabk]

Isn't this true for all modern consoles?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

It's not that I disagree with them wanting to limit piracy, it's that I don't like them taking it out on me like my spending thousands on their shit is the problem.

 

[64gigabyteram]

Isn't this true for all modern consoles?

hacking would just lose you your account. Bricking the system for cheats or piracy is brand new and frankly crazy work

 

[GriffinCorp]

Just more madness from Nintendo.

 

[realcool]

Sounds a bit extreme. Why would anyone agree to this?

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

Nintendo has updated its Nintendo Account Agreement with a severe warning against "unauthorised use", in a bid to prevent emulation and piracy.

www.eurogamer.net

UK wording is this
The agreement for UK accounts now states digital products are "licensed only for personal and non-commercial use", and that any "unauthorised use of a Digital Product may result in the Digital Product becoming unusable".

US wording
"You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the foregoing restrictions Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part."

Literally, a kill switch.

 

[Skyfox]

We get our money back for the titles we have licenced though right? Right?

Oh so it's just stealing then. Got it

 

[BlackTron]

Literally, a kill switch.

and they intend to engage it

 

[adamsapple]

Nintendo can reserve the right to suck my balls too, while they're at it.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Those who pirate dont connect consoles online. Nintendo cant be this dumb.

 

[sigmaZ]

Can't brick it if I don't buy it

 

[BlackTron]

Those who pirate dont connect consoles online. Nintendo cant be this dumb.

There are many people dumb enough who will succumb.

 

[Horseganador]

It's ironic that Nintendo, which sues everyone it can, wants to prevent users from reporting it.

 

[64gigabyteram]

Those who pirate dont connect consoles online. Nintendo cant be this dumb.

i remember ps3 and vita and how you could connect hacked consoles online with pirated games and Sony didn't know any better.

Now a hacked console can't even run on the same OS lest you want to get banned, bricked, and have your system explode as if it were a samsung

 

[QLQ]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Yeah I won't be giving a cent to Nintendo ever again, fuck that company.

 

[Baemono]

I don't see what's new here, you already risk to brick your console if Nintendo notices you hacked it

 

[Celcius]

Yeah I won't be giving a cent to Nintendo ever again, fuck that company.

Before this did you have any plans to try to preorder the switch 2?

 

[poppabk]

hacking would just lose you your account. Bricking the system for cheats or piracy is brand new and frankly crazy work

I believe both xbox and PS5 can have the actual console banned meaning you can't acces PSN or XBL services at all meaning you can only use it for games completely on disc and without patches or access to MP etc.
I would bet their ToS allow them to outright brick it if they wanted.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yeah I won't be giving a cent to Nintendo ever again, fuck that company.

Yeah, this is some next level of corpo bullshit. Already trotting out the piracy excuses to basically grant themselves the rights to fuck over their customers.

 

[StereoVsn]

I believe both xbox and PS5 can have the actual console banned meaning you can't acces PSN or XBL services at all meaning you can only use it for games completely on disc and without patches or access to MP etc.
I would bet their ToS allow them to outright brick it if they wanted.

I think even with the ban you can download patches for disk based games. I don't think you need to be signed into PSN/XBL for that.

 

[Warspite]

I remember this happening to original xboxes that were modded and people went online.

 

[Magic Carpet]

This is a bit much, Makes me want to wait a year after the OLED redesign before thinking about a Nintendo device.
2028?

 

[Cakeboxer]

If i remember this correctly Microsoft already could brick your modded 360 for violating Microsoft's Terms of Service if you were stupid enough to play online with it.

 

[Brigandier]

Yeah I'm not sure they reserve the right to brick your console at all, They certainly don't in the EU and UK.

Would love to hear how they have the right in North America... because they say so? no.

 

[Rush2112]

Nintendo world order.

 

[neocycle]

They can't do shit if you jailbreak it and keep it offline.

What if the software detects tampering?

 

[winjer]

It's going to be funny when users get flagged by a false positive, and get their console killed by accident.

 

[LordOcidax]

 

[RoboFu]

Why would anyone care unless they were planning to pirate games?

 

[cyberheater]

I don't see what's new here, you already risk to brick your console if Nintendo notices you hacked it

Nope. Nintendo stops your going online with your console. It's not bricked.

 

[AJUMP23]

I would never connect a modded device to the servers. It does suck that once I buy a piece of HW that I cannot modify it how I want. Probably should fall under right to repair laws or owners rights.

Also Nintendo is super benevolent.

 

[Mr Hyde]

It's not coming as a surprise. Nintendo has been on a warpath against piracy since the fucking 80s. But this recent behavior of theirs is coming off as extremely unhinged and borderline criminal.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Skipping Switch 2 if true.

 

[LordOcidax]

Why would anyone care unless they were planning to pirate games?

Bingo

 

[Kilau]

Why would anyone care unless they were planning to pirate games?

Ownership of hardware and companies will accidently brick devices with updates sometimes so having a purposeful brick feature isn't exactly a reassuring feeling.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Before this did you have any plans to try to preorder the switch 2?

Not at all, none of the games they showed so far look cool to me.

 

[LordOcidax]

Ownership of hardware and companies will accidently brick devices with updates sometimes so having a purposeful brick feature isn't exactly a reassuring feeling.

Technical support

 

[The Cockatrice]

Whats stopping them from sneakily bricking your console if you swear online for example? What the fuck? What is this shit? No way this should be allowed.

 

[Topher]

Why would anyone care unless they were planning to pirate games?

Ask F Forth . There is a pretty massive difference between having your account suspended and having your console rendered useless to anyone in the entire world.

F

Thread 'UK PSN account permanently suspended? Help?'

Feb 16, 2024

I just tried to sign into my PSN account but it said I would have to recover my account.
I then had to change my password to get it back, I have SMS 2FA turned on so I haven't had any SMS requests.
What would cause this to happen?
Thanks.

• Forth
• Replies: 635
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

What if the software detects tampering?

It can detect all it likes, but if it's not online it can't phone home to Nintendo and brick the device.

 

[Mownoc]

It's ironic that Nintendo, which sues everyone it can, wants to prevent users from reporting it.

"By agreeing to section 16, both Nintendo and the user will waive "the right to trial by jury"."

Nah that's a scummy move. Reminds me of that guy that tried to sue Disney after something happened at a park and they said he couldn't because of his Disney+ account agreement lol.

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

Topher he lied.

 

[Kilau]

Technical support

It's a legit reason for someone with zero intention of pirating to care.

"Sorry, we only brick the systems of pirates, we don't care if you say you didn't pirate. It's in the TOS and so you are pirate."

 

[Magic Carpet]

I assume the next future step is to brick after certain number of years.
10 years till autobrick.

 

[LordOcidax]

It's a legit reason for someone with zero intention of pirating to care.

"Sorry, we only brick the systems of pirates, we don't care if you say you didn't pirate. It's in the TOS and so you are pirate."

That's territory .

 

[Topher]

Topher he lied.

Even if so, it is a good example to contrast the consequences of having his account suspended vs having his console rendered useless.