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7/11/2025, 1:59:31 AM
State of mass media in 2025...
And this time, it's not even game journos...
>Nintendo gets away with a lot of negative consumer practices purely because their games and consoles are so popular, but there’s already been concern about their ability to put the Switch 2 permanently offline if you use mod carts, which are often used for playing pirated games.
>Now a different problem has arisen, from a Switch 2 owner that claims he was banned for using second-hand Switch 1 games that he bought from Facebook Marketplace.
>Nintendo apparently realised they were second-hand when he attempted to download patches for them, when starting them up on the Switch 2. At this point, he claims he was banned and while it’s not something that’s been widely reported by others it does raise obvious concerns for the future.
And this time, it's not even game journos...
>Nintendo gets away with a lot of negative consumer practices purely because their games and consoles are so popular, but there’s already been concern about their ability to put the Switch 2 permanently offline if you use mod carts, which are often used for playing pirated games.
>Now a different problem has arisen, from a Switch 2 owner that claims he was banned for using second-hand Switch 1 games that he bought from Facebook Marketplace.
>Nintendo apparently realised they were second-hand when he attempted to download patches for them, when starting them up on the Switch 2. At this point, he claims he was banned and while it’s not something that’s been widely reported by others it does raise obvious concerns for the future.
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