After just 12 days, Nintendo is already nuking Switch 2 console accounts for players caught using Mig Flash
After just 12 days, Nintendo is already nuking Switch 2 console accounts for players caught using Mig Flash — popular cartridge allows Switch 1 games on the new console, but users say they're only using their own ROMs
Going online with flash carts on a new console is certainly a choice. The first Switch already hardware banned for doing that, so this isn't new.
Fuck Nintendo. No other company has as much active distain for their fans. And the damage they’ve done to game preservation is immeasurable.
No other company has as much active distain for their fans
Pretty sure Apple does.
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted here.
Apple is the company that brought us:
Their entire software and hardware is an affront to personal ownership, right to repair, and consumer rights.
Worse than disdain, it's hostility. Their family-friendly image is at odds with their actual actions. Going after streamers because they dare play (and publicize) your games...? What the fuck!? Their attitude literally makes me reconsider buying their console and/or games...
As it should.
Beside perhaps Apple
Correction:
It's not the account that's banned. It's the device that's banned. You can factory reset the Switch 2, completely wiping all data, and it will remain banned. This means that none of the games you've purchased legally will function, as cartridges no longer contain games and Nintendo's services are required to play them.
It essentially becomes a useless flat tile.
Is it still usable as in it boots?
Because then it's a prime piracy machine because it will never get patched again.
From what I've seen from the videos of people with banned Switch 2s:
Yes, it still boots.
There are active discussions already going on on GBATemp.net about Switch 2 bans and whatnot. I'd keep an eye on that forum to see how things develop.
You could just put it in airplane mode to get the same effect.
It's not useless. You can still sell it to people without telling them about the ban then ghost them
As a British citizen I am starting to get ideas. The following is about distance selling which includes online sales.
You must offer a refund to customers if they’ve told you within 14 days of receiving their goods that they want to cancel. They have another 14 days to return the goods once they’ve told you.
but you could sell it to a nonsuspecting sucker and buy a new one.
Also, most cartridges contain games as I understand it; only some are keys.
"Which Games Are Game-Key Cards?
Looking at the listings on Target and GameStop, I've noticed that many publishers decided to use the game-key card format. This is allegedly because Nintendo is only offering third-party developers the 64GB cartridge or the game-key card—there is no smaller, standard physical cart. This would explain why nearly every major (and minor) AAA release is on a game-key card, since publishers don't want to pay extra for the more expensive storage space.
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD, Hitman: World of Assassination, Hogwarts Legacy, Madden NFL 26, Raidou Remastered, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Split Fiction, Star Wars Outlaws, Street Fighter 6 Year 1-2 Fighters Edition, and Yakuza 0 Director's Cut will all require an internet connection to download before playing. Civilization VII will actually just be a code in a box. I can image there will be more (of both) in the future; the Switch 2 only just launched."
If you're already using a flash cart then does that really even matter though?
That's only for switch 1 games.
Despite the fearmongering going around about bricks, this is only online bans. Same thing they've always done, same thing Sony and Microsoft do too if you get caught there.
Frankly, if you try to go online with pirated games, you're an idiot.
Also it's impossible to make legal backups with the Mig flash. Yes backups for personal use are legal, but under the DMCA bypassing the DRM is not legal. And the Mig flash is seen as a DRM circumvention device. And before y'all come at me no i don't agree with this but Nintendo probably has the law on their side with this. Since players using the Mig are violating the EULA.
lol first response is a personal insult because someone takes it personally when someone else speaks truth that is disagreement with how they want things to be.
It's like this:
You: "Apples are better for you than oranges"
An orange lover: "How dare you insult me"
Good little bootlicker
People are saying it happened to them with non-pirated games they put on the cartridge for convenience.
If you're using a flashcart online at all, you're an idiot.
No, it's way worse than merely an account ban.
It's not even an account ban, it's just the console. And that is what Sony and Microsoft do too.
Only online ban? Nowadays most physical games are glorified DRM dongles that require a full download from online servers.
Banned from online means when you buy the $80 games all they can do is showing a cute icon on the launcher
And even if the full game is present on the cart, only a handful is ready at launch and not just a buggy alpha without the day one update
Idea:
Can you return it if is dead? Or displaying on screen something like, software was modified, warranty void,?
It gives error only when you try to login, the inspector would need to create an account and login. Possible but they barely do "it turns on, it works, can be resold", it takes too much time, Amazon many times just disposes perfectly fine stuff just because they don't want to pay $5 for someone to check it
For such a short timeframe you can return it because you just don't want it anymore
wait, they brick the switch itself?? I thought they banned the account or something
the MIG Flash (formerly MIG-Switch) is a specialized, reprogrammable cartridge that's designed to mimic a real Nintendo Switch cartridge, but allows you to store your own game ROMs or backups on its microSD card. This essentially enables you to hold multiple game copies on a single cartridge, letting you conveniently switch between them with the help of a button.
Which is ideal for someone who is constantly on the go/traveling/etc and don't want to risk losing all their carts. Just dump'm, put them on one flash cart, and have all your games in one thing you never have to take out of your console.
You know, like the kinda of people the switch is geared towards
After 12 days, people still buy the Nintendo Switch 2, when a month earlier the price was to high for them.
Nintendo gonna Nintend
Road to hell is paved with good Nintentions
Is that against the terms and conditions?
Just asking!
Yes, they've always banned users for going online with pirated games, and the T&C has always warned you that they would. Sony and Microsoft do the same thing too.
The difference is that Xbox and PlayStation still allow you to access your digital games or completely reset the console and delete your accounts off the console.
Its different with Switch 2, because now you cannot acces the digital games you legally bought. You cannot even delete your account off of the console. If you bought physical cpoies of games that don't have the data on the cart, you can't play those either on Nintendo Switch 2.
The Nintendo online play is a joke. Not connecting to the web is a boon imo
If only it was just that… this bricks your console. You can’t play games on it, or update it.
It would work for piracy eventually probably, but without firmware updates you’re stuck with older games (unless there are new games released with firmware updates included and pirating those games works)
Yeah, if you pirate and whatever... fair enough. Don't expect Nintendo to want to deal with you. But at least you know that is the risk you're taking.
The other group of people this will impact are those who dump (legally) their own games so that they don't have to swap out carts all the time. It's also going to suck for those who pick up a second hand console to find that their online access is restricted. I don't see an issue with Nintendo blacklisting a device from their services should it go against their ToS, but this just seems way too easy of a trap to walk into.
Imagining pirating a PC game and then never being allowed on the internet again...
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ah, the old "let's completely shit on the millions of people who give us money, in order to do nothing to the handful of people who torrent our shit" strategy
The fuck are you talking about? Do you think millions of people are going online with flashcarts that aren't pirates?
You're right. Definitely not even 1 million people are trying that. Good catch.
Oh my your reading comprehension skills are terrible and 11 other people seem to agree with you
Not a good sign for lemmy's future
The only game series I still play from Nintendo are all on steam now I feel so smug with my steam deck :3
They were explicitly told this would happen and still tried... ffs
looks up from steam deck
wait what?
Exactly why I'm going Steam Deck
Exactly my thoughts, but I am waiting for the Steam Deck 2... Or something more future proof (that would be my 1st gaming handheld stronger than my overclocked hacked Nintendo Switch v1).
PC gaming just need a solid Mario Kart alternative and every other genre are covered.
Super Tux Kart is pretty decent tbh
Keep an eye on Sonic Racing: Crossworlds.
Every Mario Kart except World is playable on PC...but of course the online is far more limited since the pool of players is much, much smaller.
Garfield Kart 2 coming soon
PC has literally every other kart racer in existence though.
I've been enjoying Dr Robotnik's Ring Racers. However, it's rather technical compared to mario kart, so I would recommend against using the cheat-code to skip the tutorial.
i wish for hugo biccazoo 2
Looks up from one of my hacked switches which are not banned
Heh, someone (the banned person) wasn't paying attention.
This is the way
Pretty sure Valve encourage people to do fun things with their steam deck. You want to run some custom OS on it? Go ahead!
What a terribly useless top comment, glad that blocks are free
You're blocking for that? Your block list must be huge!
Username checks out.