Microsoft and Sony don’t brick your console if you hacked it; they’ll ban you from online services and possibly deny any warranty claims but not make your device a paper weight.
shiroininja@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I don’t see how this is different from any other company. Xbox has forever done the same. I’m pretty sure Sony has too
Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 hours ago
Einhornyordle@feddit.org 21 hours ago
Sony may not do it, the same way Nintendo might not do it either, but both reserve the right to do so
simple@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Hilarious that this comment is so far down, Lemmy can be such a circlejerk.
Sony and Xbox absolutely reserve the right to brick your console. IIRC Sony bricks stolen Playstation consoles if they ever connect to the internet. This is nothing new.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Yeah the Nintendo vitriol for the past month has been funny. I get it, companies are not our friends, and Nintendo has done a lot of shit to be mad at. The game keycards are dogwater, but this concept of buy cartridge and download the rest is not new. Sony and Xbox have literally done the same shit for years, and Nintendo did this with some large games on Switch 1.
Another comment showed Sony will brick hacked consoles that get on the internet. Switch 1 also does this.
The price sucks, but it’s definitely tariffs, since the console is like a whole hundred dollars cheaper in Japan.
If you wanna pirate/emulate, pirate/emulate. I just don’t like pirating current gen consoles, and it’s a hassle to do so on Switch 1 if you got a newer one. Plus switch emulation on steam deck seems to be iffy for some games… I pirate/emulate old consoles cause they’re dead and they’re not making money on them anyway. Sometimes you just want to buy a game and enjoy them, especially for online ones like Splatoon.
I’ll just wait for the price to be reasonable one day.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
I don’t see why I should be okay with that either.