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Nintendo Switch 2: why your console can get banned without doing anything wrong (playstationcouch.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by bat1000@kbin.earth to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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A server glitch banned Switch 2 consoles out of nowhere this week. But the incident reopens a bigger question: who actually controls the hardware you bought?

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[-] piyuv@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

Are you aware of game cards? Or Sony phasing out physical disks?

Future is, sadly, all digital

[-] dudeface@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Don’t disagree with you but the post made it sound like the hardware was bricked

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

Without the service what can you use the hardware for? Play the games you already downloaded?

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