The switch already results in online ban if you play an online game with a hacked console, which they need to do to protect against cheaters.
Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 days agoDepends how it is done
Full console brick? You have an argument.
Disable of all online functionality? Perfectly valid and no different than banning someone from a store.
And the latter effectively provides the former if you can’t download any updates, connect to any online servers, or even download your game from a “game key card” or whatever the hell they are calling those.
plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The latter is also how Microsoft and Sony handle it.
You go online with a modded console? Console ID gets banned and you can’t ever access online services of any kind with that console.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Its only “valid” if its preventing future purchases. Not allowing someone to access a digital item they already own is kinda like the book store going in your house and taking the book you already bought.