jordanlund
@jordanlund@lemmy.world
- Comment on Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2 1 day ago:
For point 1, this sounds like a class action waiting to happen.
You buy a Nintendo console, Nintendo says you broke the rules and bans that console, now non-Nintendo games won’t work on it because it’s banned from reaching online services.
- Comment on Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2 1 day ago:
“2124-4508”
I’m going to spoiler tag all the Nintendo legal-ese because it’s A LOT.
It boils down to this console us banned from logging in online. So a couple of questions:
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Do you HAVE to be online to play Switch 2 games?
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If the ban is correct for user violations, why ban the hardware? Why not ban the account?
spoiler
nintendo.com/…/error-codes-2124-4007-2124-4508/?s… You’re unable to connect to an online service and you receive the error code 2124-4007 or 2124-4508. You receive the error message “The use of online services on this console is currently restricted by Nintendo.” What to do: This error code indicates that the Nintendo Switch console you are using has been permanently banned from connecting to the internet due to a breach of the user agreements. A breach of user agreements may include, but is not limited to, activities such as: Fraudulent or unauthorized transactions Violation of the Code of Conduct accounts.nintendo.com/term/eula/AU 5 Nintendo Code of Conduct When using the Nintendo Account Service, you must comply with the Nintendo Code of Conduct and ensure that your Nintendo Account is not used in breach of the Nintendo Code of Conduct. The Nintendo Code of Conduct prohibits all illegal, harmful or otherwise inappropriate conduct, including, but not limited to, the following: Illegal, harassing, hateful, defamatory, embarrassing, offensive, obscene, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable actions performed with the Nintendo Account; Soliciting, accessing, storing or distributing prohibited materials; Providing any incorrect or false data when registering or using the Nintendo Account; Submitting false reports (either in a game or through an online service) regarding other users or content; Making, sharing or playing unauthorised copies of games, applications, software, add-on content, music, images, videos and other content available via the Nintendo Account Service; making new versions of Digital Products or other content available via the Nintendo Account Service (“derivatives”); Using cheats, automation software (bots), hacks, mods or any other unauthorised device or software designed to modify the Nintendo Account Service or any part of it or using any unauthorised User Device or any unauthorised modification of a User Device; attempting to derive source code of the Nintendo Account Service; Gaining unauthorised access to any of Nintendo’s computers, hardware, equipment, servers or networks used to support the Nintendo Account Service; hosting, intercepting, emulating, reverse engineering any part of the Nintendo Account Service or redirecting the communication protocols used by Nintendo as part of the Nintendo Account Service, regardless of the method used to do so; Engaging in any commercial or advertising activity, or arranging meetings using a Nintendo Account; Selling, trading, assigning or otherwise transferring a Nintendo Account to another person or entity; Posting, sending or otherwise making available via Nintendo Account Service any content that infringes the rights of others, including any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, privacy rights, portrait rights or other intellectual property or proprietary rights; Posting, sending or otherwise making available via Nintendo Account Service any content that contains personal information (including photos, images and videos) of any third party without their permission; Selling, trading, assigning, licensing, or otherwise conveying virtual property for real money or for funds credited to a Nintendo Account, where “virtual property” refers to any features of games or other content that can be traded with other users for free or for in-game virtual currency; Fraudulent activities performed in relation to the Nintendo Account Service (in particular in relation to transactions in Nintendo Shopping Services).
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- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 2 days ago:
I kinda had the opposite experience, I had been a PC gamer for years before the Xbox came out, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Aliens Total Conversion, Hexen, Rise of the Triad, Quake, Unreal…
By then I had kind of burned out on FPS, so when I heard about Halo I was like “I dunno… another FPS…”
Then I played a demo in the store and was like “Shut up and take my money!”
- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 2 days ago:
Speaking of consoles here.
- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 2 days ago:
Valve really operates in a different market from Microsoft or Sony, but what hurt them was a couple of things:
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Repeatedly skipping Ganescom essentially told Sony “Yeah, we don’t care about Europe.” And the sales numbers show it. Sony owns Europe.
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No differential between console and PC. Launching the same game at the same time on PC and Xbox doesn’t incentivize people to a) buy games on Xbox or b) develop games on Xbox. Why bother if it’s on PC the same day?
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Focusing on digital vs. physical takes games out of stores. On a recent trip to Target they had a nice big Playstation section and a nice big Switch section. Hey? Where are the Xbox games?
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- Comment on What are the games you played in your youth that you still play today? 3 days ago:
Solitaire.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 3 days ago:
He has no idea what the medicare requirements are, does he?
- Comment on Hesitating getting a Switch 2 (1st game console in 15 years)... 4 days ago:
Every piece of news on the Switch 2 made it sound less and less impressive.
I’m the opposite of you, I pretty much buy EVERY console and I’m skipping the Switch 2 for now.
- Price is too high.
- Game prices are too high.
- Cartridges aren’t games, they’re download keys.
- Demo that should have been included is a paid demo.
- Features are pay gated after 1 year (camera).
If you absolutely need to entertain the 7 year old, get a Switch OLED. It’s a better deal.
- Comment on What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? 6 days ago:
A GREAT game to play with kids is called “Stacking”. Looks like there’s a Linux version so you might be able to get it running on the Pi:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_(video_game)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, OS X, Linux
The gag is this…
You play the smallest of a set of Russian nesting dolls and you want to re-unite with your family.
In order to do that you have to solve a bunch of puzzles in a world filled with other Russian nesting dolls.
You can jump into any doll one size larger than you, and you can jump out to be one size smaller.
Each doll has a specific skill or ability, so by swapping bodies, you use the various skills to solve the puzzles.
The challenge is, you might find one that has the right skill, but you’re too small to jump into them, so you have to find the right chain of dolls to size up and size down to do what you need to do.
Trailer:
- Comment on What’s the best, reasonably priced, handheld device I can buy to play GameCube games? 1 week ago:
Well, define “Reasonably Priced”. I dig the Steam Deck for that kind of thing.
- Comment on New report suggests third-party Switch 2 game sales are "below estimates" 1 week ago:
There are 3rd party Switch 2 games? 🤔 I thought it was all 3rd party ports of Switch 1 games…
- Comment on is there is any Lemmy server that care about privacy(does not require email), Does not impose limits on community posts like my current instance and does not have high amount of restrictions? 2 weeks ago:
Lets say you find an instance that meets your requirements, given the lack of email validation, what’s going to happen is that instance will be host to trolls and spammers, top to bottom, and then it will get defederated from the rest of lemmy.
- Comment on Did nightreign flop? 2 weeks ago:
From the Wiki:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring_Nightreign
“released for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on May 30, 2025. It received generally positive reviews and sold 3.5 million units.[1]”
So, first, it doesn’t matter how many concurrent players it has, it sold 3.5 million so it’s not s flop.
Second, it was released on 5 platforms, you are looking at concurrent players on Steam only.
- Comment on Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I gave up on Discovery when they went 1,000 years into the future. I did enjoy the first two seasons though!
Strange New Worlds has been more my jam.
- Comment on Streaming overtakes cable and broadcast as the most-watched form of TV 2 weeks ago:
CNN is not an antenna station. :)
- Comment on Streaming overtakes cable and broadcast as the most-watched form of TV 2 weeks ago:
I get live television through Sling. Piracy doesn’t really work if you want live TV.
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
No, but someone going to buy 100 drones is going to raise eyebrows.
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
“Without getting caught”.
- Comment on Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ 2 weeks ago:
Generations happened before the Kelvin timeline rebooted everything, so there’s no reason to think those events still happened. :)
- Comment on Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ 2 weeks ago:
Generations is out the window now since the Kelvin timeline, so why not?
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
One person making a drone is far different from China staging an attack.
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
Border patrol / coast guard. There’s really no way to get a large amount of drones close enough to stage the attack without getting caught.
- Comment on Marathon is delayed 2 weeks ago:
Having to replace or pay for all the stolen art assets will do that…
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
Highly unlikely.
- Comment on Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? 2 weeks ago:
Drones have an incredibly limited range, so any drone attack would have to originate either inside the United States, off our coasts, or within the borders of Canada and Mexico.
- Comment on What is your age range for dating? 🤔 😮 2 weeks ago:
I’m 9 years older than my kid sister. We had an agreement, she doesn’t date anyone older than me and I don’t date anyone younger than her.
We both married people in that range.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Price Has Been Confirmed 2 weeks ago:
Still too much given BL3 and pre-sequel.
I’d consider it at $40. See you on Black Friday!
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 2 weeks ago:
As long as they aren’t networked, there’s no problem there!
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 2 weeks ago:
Your business critical system will no longer be supported with security updates which will leave it vulnerable to attack.
- Comment on First/notable 3D games where you could dive below water (and walk on land) 2 weeks ago:
I blamed it on Altair growing up in the desert. Not a lot of opportunities to learn how to swim. :)