Welp most of us aren't the smartest persons in the room, but yeah that post summed it up pretty well.
From then to now and comparing some of the stuff i do for my work, i think we have gone from a product driven industry which solves problems, and makes peoples lives easier (complimenting a persons life), to heading further and further in to a dynamic of predatory / service driven / orientated hardware.
Well if the older system prices drop, you can get a neat second hand one, and if confident mod it to become a home system.
Just don't try that with the Switch 2 - Big Bad Brother Nintendo has promised to remote brick any and all systems they think are modded in any way.
I'm wondering if you're allowed to mod a console.
I already knew that mod and it is interesting but I was referring to something official from Nintendo, either a home console version with the same specs but cheaper because it has no portable features, or the same price but instead of the portable an improvement in the specs.
Courts have ruled that a product purchaser IS allowed to modify their console.
Who says the ones i service / mod are in any sort of warranty?
For the exclusives?
I'd say that kernel level anti cheat isn't the same thing as trying to jailbreak a hardware but yeah, they shouldn't take that level of control for privacy reasons.
Oh you will pay more then your predicted, Do not worry about that!.
the remote bricking thing is what made me decide to not get the console, If I bought and paid for it, I should be the one who decides what I get to do with it, not anyone else.Oh you will pay more then your predicted, Do not worry about that!.
Do not forget that they can brick your console if your not playing it right, and that is now in the ToS, which they trick people to agree to. You do not own your purchase of the device or the games, you own the license to use it and they have the right to destroy it at any time.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025...-to-brick-switch-consoles-for-hacking-piracy/
Also read this in my email from below. If you have the mail, read the private policy, or heck just click on the consumer rights wiki which points to where it states they can do what they want with this.
https://consumerrights.wiki/Nintendo's_May_2025_Policy_Updates
One unlicensed peripheral, from a company that did not want to pay a licensing fee to the big N, and they turn your system in to an expensive paper weight for connecting it to their system, and booom, by by investment.
The test ground for this started back in 2018, and this is another wilki which explains it. These 3rd party docks looked to resolve the overhearing design floor in the original switch which warped the board, and killed the system in the N official dock.
https://switchchargers.com/nintendo-switch-bricking-faq/
And for any nai sayers, who think this is a leap, remember that planned obsolesce is a branch of engineering, and something that is common place in any form of tech support, server support or ICT / engineering in general.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence
As we have to look at something called mean time to failure for devices, so that we replace them on time, which in business is important to stay in business. This can depend on the advertised length of the warranty related to the device (HDDS as one example), and what the company has to adhere to in consumer rights, which when your buying in volume, the company wants to be reliable to sell more. And ultimately, this is why it is important that consumers do not put up with poor practice, as they will keep escalating the practice.
https://www.emaint.com/mtbf-mttf-mttr-maintenance-kpis/
https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/obsolescence-management
i agree in principle, but god dang they hooked me like a sea bass with that new From game... which i wouldn't have pirated anyway because of the online gameplay
Agreed, they keep moving the goal post on things, and changing the definition to suit their business model.
I buy my games, and that should mean something, when you make it a service and they say you do not own it, then what is the point in buying anything?
just wait a bit and get it when it comes out on steam, you know it will come over there eventually, dont fall victim to the fomoi agree in principle, but god dang they hooked me like a sea bass with that new From game... which i wouldn't have pirated anyway because of the online gameplay
that said, once/if i get a 2, its full-steam ahead on my Switch 1!
To the limits of legality and the user agreement of course (knives are legally available but you're not allowed to stab people with it).
The other consoles you mention do not go boom if the big N are not happy with you, and the big N cannot take them back or require a server to keep them the games running. So that price vs what you get is imo too expensive. You are essentially renting it till they ever turn the activation server off or until they decide to brick your system.
Agreed it is BS, and for more then simply it being too expensive, you are buying a licensee not games. So that's already different, and they can revoke it when ever they decide to turn the server off that keeps the server functioning. So, i still feel this comparison people keep making is an apples to oranges situation, both fruit (fun to play), but one is of a different breed, taste and you do not get the same content, as folks should understand what they are actually buying, a license.
I disagree here, as i like others should have a back of legit titles they can enjoy with out the bs of the current gaming market.
Till it is out of warranty, and till the hackers catch up with it.
To start, but lets see if they can keep it up. The games is what sells systems. Keeping a watchful eye on if they mess up on the license servers / peripheral side of things, and if they brick machines accidentally and if they cover replacements or not.
Look into getting a cheap gen 2 model with a broken screen and mod it with either an OLED or a Laminated screen.
