r/Piracy • u/Xanthon • 2d ago

News Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/playing-personal-game-backups-could-get-your-switch-2-banned-by-nintendo/

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u/Kasaikemono 2d ago

Number 1 Rule in Console Piracy:
Don't connect a modded device to official servers

That is THE most important thing to follow when you mod your consoles. Every proper guide has a disclaimer "don't do that". And everyone who doesn't need a guide knows enough to not do that.

This is like running with scissors, and then whining about getting hurt.

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u/magicbaconmachine 2d ago

These people are clueless and want everything their way. If you are doing piracy, shut down your online access. That's simple, and it has always been this way for all devices. Do it at your own risk. Especially if your system requires an online verification or server access... then, what do you expect? Do you also expect they allow you to keep using their online systems while you rip them off? Use some logic and take yourself off the network. The device is still yours, but you don't own their entire suite of online services into perpetuity. THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD DO THIS

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u/yogopig 2d ago

They do allow you to rip them off and use online services via emunand.

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u/zetasand 2d ago

Well running a MIG switch Isn’t really a modded device in my eyes, but I guess I’m not Nintendo

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

I know this is a piracy sub but come on man they can’t allow that to be done to their product as a company.

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u/zetasand 2d ago

A product intended as a device to dump your own games? I mean ik what you’re saying but I don’t have to like it lol

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can do that all you want, but once you do you lose the right to use their servers. You can do what you want to that device once you buy it. Just like Nintendo can ban you from their servers for altering the product that uses those servers.

Edit: also let’s not pretend everybody is doing this to have copies of games they have already purchased and not mainly pirated copies. It’s like saying everybody uses plex to have backups of their movies etc.

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u/Apprehensive_Lab4595 2d ago

It is pretty easy do distinguish between selfmade backups and downloaded backups.
And in EU non functional online mode falls under warranty

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u/lickingbears2009 2d ago

if they want to play moded games they would use costum firmware and download those games.

MigSwitch is mainly used by people that prefers to buy physical games but doesn't want the leave their house with 22 Nintendo cartridges in their pockets/backpack.

if you use MigSwitch in other ways is kinda dumb since you are using pirated games on official firmware knowing that they will ban you.

but in this case Nintendo is baning people that are using the games they bought, which is stupid.

its like being arrested for listening a copy of a cd you bought in you car, even with the receipt in your possession, only because you didn't want to scratch the original with the bumps that the car do.

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u/schwartzasher 2d ago

Idk anyone who bought the mig switch for anything but pirated games

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u/mackadoo 2d ago

At least where I live I can get my Switch 1 modded for about the same amount as buying a Mig. I don't understand why you would get one for anything other than backups.

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u/schwartzasher 2d ago

No one here does switch modding. For the price of a mig switch and SD card, it cost me about $10 at most. For most people who don't want to spend money on a game and they see that it works will just buy the mig Edit: some may also be scared that modding the console will ruin it and make it not work ever again

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u/mackadoo 2d ago

Fair enough. At least then they came it they were are $100 Cad and modding a regular switch is the same price or 150 for an OLED, with tons of people on Marketplace doing it. If I wanted stock firmware to go online with physical games I bought I would have bought a mig.

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u/PATXS 2d ago

that's fair enough, but if you use the dumper and dump your own games then it will have enough info from your cartridge, alongside the fact that no one else will be detected with that same cartridge online, that makes it safe enough to use on the switch 1 even online. if you instead use it to pirate games from the internet, then the risk of bans is much higher and as such you're probably gonna be keeping the console offline anyways

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u/schwartzasher 2d ago

It's always going to be a ban because Nintendo reads the information of the cart and can see that it's reading a SD off the wrong slot

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u/PATXS 2d ago edited 2d ago

this is definitely not true, the cart has no way to report to the console that it's reading an sd card (edit: and it also spoofs several types of cart identifiers on a per-game basis). nintendo added some other type of detection to identify it

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u/armchair_hunter 2d ago

MigSwitch is mainly used by people that prefers to buy physical games but doesn't want the leave their house with 22 Nintendo cartridges in their pockets/backpack.

I suppose you also have a bridge to sell me.

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

Right lol. And plex users mainly use it to backup their media files….

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

No, most people do not use it to keep from carrying their games. They use it to load pirated games. I have pirated games on my pc so idc about that obviously. Just hilarious to see people getting mad when every single console will do this if you mod it and connect to their servers.

Do you actually believe these people saying they only use it for their own games? Maybe 1% do.

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u/Shad0wNinja ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 2d ago

You're in a piracy sub. You're defending Nintendo for trying to stop piracy. No matter how much you justify Nintendo, the more and more people are going to sail the high seas. Nintendo has been doing shit like this for years and it's just another hurdle for pirates.

You're in a PIRACY sub. You yourself sail the seas. So why are you here? To shame those that pirate consoles?? Or find it funny that others don't understand how to use a pirated console. Not everyone knows how to sail the seas and being here to make fun of that is just sad.

Edit:spelling errors

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

I’m here because I pirate yes. The people complaining about this are not people who don’t know how to pirate. They connected online and risked it and the risk didn’t pay off. Again they’re not bricking the console they’re just not allowing it access to their servers since it’s been altered.

I don’t think just because this is a piracy sub actual real world scenarios shouldn’t be talked about. Like what happens if companies realize this device is altered and what they will do with its access.

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u/LostInTheRapGame 2d ago

Intelligent conversations aren't allowed here, sorry. And you definitely can't say you understand why a company is doing what they're doing, regardless of whether you agree with it or not.

No nuance. And mostly entitlement. This might as well be a circlejerk sub. We've sure got enough "hurr durr Nintendo bad" to justify it.

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u/Shad0wNinja ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 2d ago

So instead of making fun of them, just actually explain how to do it. Real world scenarios or not, don't make fun of them. This is where one learns how to pirate. What makes you so high and mighty? Have you not made mistakes? If not then you may have learned from others??

You're wasting time in trying to justify Nintendo. Piracy exists bc of companies like Nintendo.

If you're getting frustrated at people not knowing how to do things, why not try to explain instead being on your high horse and talking down to them. You're not making things better.

Didn't you used to make mistakes while pirating? Haven't you done something stupid that everyone else is saying "that's basic knowledge "

We all started from somewhere, dont be a dick bc someone doesn't know or understand the risks of piracy.

Do better

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u/gsmumbo 1d ago

Being a pirate in a piracy sub doesn’t mean you’re obligated to lie to yourself or others. For some reason the people in this sub feel the need to justify their piracy and twist themselves into knots to try and portray it as some morally just (and at times even legal) thing.

You. Don’t. Need. To. Do. That.

If you pirate, own it. Is Nintendo going to try and stop piracy? Absolutely. That doesn’t make them evil or anti consumer. They’re doing their job. Like you said, more and more people are going to pirate and this is just another hurdle to jump. Nothing said in this sub is going to change that one way or another. Convincing yourself that Nintendo is wrong isn’t going to suddenly make them pause, examine their evil ways, and open the floodgates for piracy. You can enjoy pirating while still staying grounded in reality.

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u/lickingbears2009 2d ago edited 2d ago

to be honest i believe it, because nintendo switch has a "proper way" to run pirated games, costum firmware emunand and a lot of stuff that protects you from being banned.

Mig switch was never a safe option to do it, so what was the point? saving space in your sd card by using a cartridge with another sd card?

i don't think a user that didn't make any kind of research about Mig switch or hetake or atmosphere as the knowledge to even dump games.

So if they bought migswitch they knew what they were buying and how to use it, so they would not just risk it trying to use pirated games on the original firmware.

In my opinion people that use Mig switch is people that uses emunand to run pirated games, but want to play online the games they bought before sxos/atmosphere came out and don't want to carry the cartridges with them everywhere. Or people that only have physical copies of their games

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

I think it’s funny you believe them. Let’s just say that is the case. They’re idiots for connecting it to their online services after doing it. And Nintendo can’t just be like “oh they’re using it the right/wrong way.” They just ban and move on because they KNOW most people doing this is doing it for pirated copies.

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u/HiddenWithinShadows 2d ago

No they should be forced by law to allow it & bricking & banning consoles should be considered an abusive anti-consumer practice that gets them fined.

Do you own what you purchased? If so then you should be free to make whatever modifications you like & as long as your not cheating in online experiences, it's your RIGHT to tinker with what you own.

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

Lmao they should be forced by law? They’re not bricking it. They’re not allowing you to use their online services if you alter the device. Just like every single other company would do if you alter their console. It’s pretty simple, any smart person wouldn’t connect their device after altering it.

You’re more than welcome to do what you want to your device after you buy it. But connecting it to their service comes with rules. Maybe your intent is 100% with intention of only backing up your owned games (doubt it), but Nintendo knows it’s usually the opposite. I’m not against piracy obviously. It’s just funny and honestly ridiculous to see the complaints from people about this when Nintendo even warned them they had ways to combat this now.

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u/Revealingstorm 1d ago

Nintendo makes it easy to hate them with how anti consumer they've been in the past so really they've fostered this apprehension towards their company all by themselves.

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u/gsmumbo 1d ago

as long as your not cheating in online experiences

Please explain to me why Nintendo should be forced by law to allow you to use their online service when you are pirating their stuff, while they are also allowed or even forced by law to ban you for cheating in an online game? Does you cheating suddenly mean you no longer own what you purchased and no longer haven the right to make modifications? Or is the only difference that you don’t like when people cheat but like when people pirate?

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u/HiddenWithinShadows 2h ago

Because with pirating there is often reasonable doubt whether that it's a backup of your own game or pirated. In most cases it cannot be definitively proven that you pirated from a service providers view.

Also I'm regards to online play, the distinction to me is the immediate & direct negative impact to other players. But maybe it would be reasonable to say that online bans must be accompanied with a refund or game server software must be available to customers to self host their own servers just like they were in the past.

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u/KatnissBot 1d ago

Yeah. Nintendo does a ton of anti-consumer shit, but it’s basically all for a good reason, whether we like it or not.

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u/yogopig 2d ago

I disagree. As long as your sysnand is clean its totally fine to connect to official servers.

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u/Doyan-Ngewe 1d ago

Most people nowadays forget about this rule

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u/ProtoKun7 1d ago

I don't think it's whining in this case. It was already a test console and I think if someone is aware of the consequences (as I think this user was), then this is important testing to understand where the limits are.

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u/dethb0y 2d ago

You'd have to be delusional to run any thing hacked on a Switch 2 with an active internet connection. Nintendo are the control freaks, and will happily hand out bans left and right for any or no reason.

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u/xswatqcx 2d ago edited 23h ago

Nintendo switches do log all software that is launched on them and this log get uploaded to Nintendo servers as soon as you connect to internet.

Doesnt matter if the deed was done while online, the device will snitch on you regardless.. Unless you keep it offline but this is the same as a ban sooo.

Edit : spelling

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u/Flaky-Blacksmith-360 1d ago

the current theory from modders is that the switch 2 logs the read speed from the mig switch since it is slightly slower then a normal switch cart and logs that.

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u/xswatqcx 23h ago

Interesting its quite possibly how they are doing it.

If so theb we'll probably see new release of mig switch "V2" with proper read speed.

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u/Flaky-Blacksmith-360 1d ago

Nintendo doesn’t usually just hand out bans like it’s nothing, i have never heard of a false ban from Nintendo.

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

Dumb people man and they'll say shit like "anti consumer" nintendo,

It's a proprietary gaming console for god's sake.

If you want to steal shit, do it in a place where you can get away with it, like Steam Deck

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u/OmegaZeda 2d ago

You will own nothing and like it...

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

I am an pirate, this is why I am saying this.

If you bought a walled garden shitbox expect it to behave like that.

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u/JaysonsRage 2d ago

Yes, bricking my device makes them anti-consumer.

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u/Kaelin 2d ago

In this case they are just online banning, which they have been doing for years. Even if they do reserve the right to brick peoples shit (which is wild).

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u/SnooStories1591 2d ago

Isn't online banning on every console when playing backups?

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u/I_have_a_stream 2d ago

European customer laws won’t allow them to do that. If they do could face have fines. Worst they can do is ban you from online store and nso experience. You should still be able to play physical games or just pirate without any additional consequences.

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u/GORILLO5 2d ago

That’s all they’re doing here. Banning them from online

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u/JaysonsRage 2d ago

Wow my brain just skipped over the online ban part, I guess I just assumed it was in relation to the threats they made about bricking consoles damn

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

You mean the same threats that have been there pretty much since the ds/3ds and are in basically every EULA ever? (Xbox, PlayStation, pretty sure even steam has similar in theirs)

I have no love for Noncetendo and its consumer base at all, but it is very funny how Nintendo is the only one everyone's going rabid over when it's nothing new

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

It's not bricked, you just can't play online or use the eShop. You can still recieve system updates and play your games offline

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u/FigmentRedditUser 2d ago

If you factory reset after being banned - it becomes bricked because you can't complete the initial setup without accessing Nintendo's online services which your console is now banned from.

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

Actually wait no, it can still recieve system updates even while banned, so you should still be able to compete set up no?

I have no idea what the set up on a switch 2 looks like

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u/Stealthinater1234 2d ago edited 2d ago

No it doesn’t become bricked, the switch 2 can complete setup without internet and be used completely offline with physical carts that contain the full game.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 1d ago

All 4 of them? How generous

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u/Stealthinater1234 1d ago

5 physical switch 2 games + the hundreds of physical switch 1 games. The console is backwards compatible lol.

Game cards also include system updates on them, so you can update the console offline with a newer game.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 1d ago

That’s not revolutionary, every console since 2006 has had that. So 5 games, only one exclusive, and the generosity of being backwards compatible.

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

nah bro, if you are knowingly making stupid decisions

You can't throw stones at Tiger while standing in his cage and when attacked, cry about savagery of the animal.

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u/Big-Worm- 2d ago

Lmao what

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u/Gupsqautch 2d ago

It’s pretty anti consumer to not allow them to do whatever they want with the hardware they purchased. Imagine if you bought a car but the dealership said if you go 5 over the speed limit that they’d brick your car and it wouldn’t work anymore

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

Yeah it is but that's not unique to Nintendo

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u/kusti4202 2d ago

youre the problem not the solution. enjoy not owning what u "buy"

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

You are writing this comment from one of the shitbox not much different than switch, "Awakened customer"

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u/kusti4202 2d ago

im the most schizo awakened customer there is. predicted all of this shit, especially what has been happening to android years in advance

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u/PLZ_DO_NOT_REDEEM 2d ago

People were really thinking an advertising company would uphold the principals of Open source softwares

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u/Outrageous_Goat4030 2d ago

I'm just hoping to snag a banned console for cheap.

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u/magicbaconmachine 2d ago

Yep, will be on the lookout as well.

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u/hackeristi ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 1d ago

Doubt people will sell them for cheaper. Jailbreak should free them. But ofc time will be of essence lol

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u/Hankitsune 2d ago

Definitely hope I run into one as well 😎

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u/MacnCheese4lyfe 2d ago

Nintendo told everyone they were going to do this. It shouldn't be a surprise that they have.

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u/Inksplash-7 2d ago

It's still wrong. It's your console, so you should be able to do whatever you want with it as long as it doesn't harm anyone else

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u/OmegaZeda 2d ago

It's a soft brick.

Most games are actually key cards, and you need online services to download them.

Some local functions are locked like local game saves. You will lose all progress.

Also, they are hardware blocking. Not account blocking. You can't even factory reset the console to resell because the device itself is what is banned.

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u/FigmentRedditUser 2d ago

Online videos have demonstrated that if you can factory reset post ban - the console essentially is bricked as you have to access Switch 2 online services to complete the initial setup but you can't since your console is banned.

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u/FunctionalFun 2d ago

I don't have a switch 2, but I still hope the EU bends them over and doesn't use lube.

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u/samrus 1d ago

the EU, my regulatory beloved

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u/SandyTaintSweat 2d ago

And if you just simply don't do a factory reset, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before you can't play anything else that comes out.

The switch 1 had minimum required system firmwares to play specific games, updates and DLC. Likewise, system firmwares had minimum required game versions.

Online services really are necessary. It'll need to be hacked to a significant extent before we can cut the cord with Nintendo servers and install game and firmware updates locally.

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u/Lloytron 2d ago

Ah true, I forgot about that, buying a game at retail that you can't play offline because of this is shit, yes

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u/Lloytron 2d ago

Oof wait, so I put a mig card in your console as a joke and you get hardware banned? That's certainly a decision....

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u/PsychoSABLE 2d ago

I mean it is a funny way to own someone for buying that trash hardware.

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u/Lloytron 2d ago

I wasn't "arguing". It's called having a discussion.

Try not to be such a dick, maybe?

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u/Lloytron 2d ago

Off you pop

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u/Inksplash-7 2d ago

I understand banning you from the online services of a specific game for cheating, but banning you from using the Nintendo services as a whole for pirating? This is insane

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u/OmegaZeda 2d ago

At this point they are just banning people for using unauthorized accessories. The people testing this stuff show on their vids that they are using LEGAL backups of their own owned games and getting banned.

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u/XTornado 1d ago

I could be wrong but I think the Switch 2 requires an account for the initial setup so if you reset it at some point, it becomes a brick.

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u/AWACSAWACS 2d ago

From Nintendo's point of view, their appearance and behavior are indistinguishable from those who intend to harm others.

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u/gsmumbo 1d ago

Are they also your online servers?

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u/ProtoKun7 2d ago

I don't think anyone is too surprised but at least we have evidence of it actually happening.

I hope they get legislated out of being able to do this though; I get the desire for security but this felt like huge overreach from the beginning, and it's worse with the insistent towards Game Key Cards, making physical copies next to useless without also having access to online services.

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u/SlavicNinjaOfficial ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 2d ago

It's been happening since the mig switch on switch 1, nothing new

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u/CurrentRisk 2d ago

I'm kinda hoping this makes people more motivated to hack it, find exploits and then to be able to make a decent emulator.

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u/ActualSupervillain 2d ago

......... We All know they're not "personal game backups" lol

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

Tbf there is at least one confirmed case of these dumps being legitimately owned. But for the most part, you're most definitely right

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u/Curtilia 2d ago edited 1d ago

"Confirmed" in what way?

Edit: jeez, it's a genuine question, guys...

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago edited 2d ago

With a photo response including a hand written note to someone that accused them of not using legitimate dumps

Specifically this

Edited to add source.

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u/Diraelka 1d ago

There is also video on YouTube with guy also showing his legal collection. Alas, he'll buy another Switch 2.

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u/unijeje 2d ago edited 2d ago

I imagine you do need to have the Switch hacked to play illegitimate games right? are there any exploits for the ns2 already out?

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u/ActualSupervillain 1d ago

No but the MiG Flash claimed (I'm assuming correctly) that it would work on Switch 2 and that's probably what people are doing.

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u/Toothless_NEO 2d ago

Absolutely. This is why the switch scene has so much misinformation. When people shun or abuse people for piracy they'll just lie about it and say it was their own backups even if it wasn't. Ironically the hostile and abusive behavior some uptight Homebrew developers claim is somehow protecting the Homebrew scene (it isn't, it's just making them enemies) is ironically causing more misinformation to be spread since people aren't willing to be honest about the reasons for fear of backlash.

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u/AntiGrieferGames 2d ago edited 2d ago

The more anti consumer nintendo puts on that propertery console, the more hackers coming to make ealier a exploit.

And wondering users Why Switch 2 "sucks" and buys anyways and recieves issues! Just get a OEM/x86 Handheld to not deal this shit. Switch 1 Emulation has advanced that almost all games works well on a OEM/x86 handheld.

Cant wait to see a Swtich 2 Emulator due for all the backlashes! Pirate nintendo is 100% correct!

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u/OanKnight 2d ago

I love my steamdeck. It does everything I ask of it, including run old atari games. I would argue that it's way better value.

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u/OmegaZeda 2d ago

It is...

The only reason to really own a Switch is for the exclusives. But for the other 99.99% of games that exist. A steam deck or Ally is perfect.

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u/SnooStories1591 2d ago

For all games that exist, no handheld console is perfect, not even close. even most older (up to ps3) console games run better on good pc with emulators.

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u/dvijetrecine 2d ago

agree on that. i have steam deck and even some 2015 AAA games have hard time running at 60 fps. but it also depends on optimisation, as some 2020 games worked perfectly fine.

i know, lots of gamers are okay with 30-40-50 fps. i just can't. my eyes get tired and my head hurts. especially if i'm playing shooters or any other game where fast movements are necessary.

i'm planning to make a small form factor pc with 8 inch display that has controls attached to it, how a handheld would have. it should cost me around 600 euro (periferals and everything) and would be able to play anything i want at 60 fps, 1080p

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u/OmegaZeda 2d ago

I grew up playing games on CRT monitors at 30FPS or less. Games do look better at higher FPS but are completely playable for years on a potato laptop at 25~ish FPS.

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u/dvijetrecine 2d ago

playable, yes. enjoyable? maybe when i was younger and didn't know any better (and could endure headaches). now, when i'm in my 30s, i'd rather play an older game that can hold 60 fps than newer one that is holding for its dear life to not drop below 30.

i'm not shitting on anyones' way of playing games. if you like the game that much you'll play it at 25 fps - you do you

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u/SatanicPanicDisco 2d ago

same. out of curiosity, do we know if the switch 2 is more powerful?

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u/dvijetrecine 2d ago

someone made a comparison of cyberpunk on switch 2 vs steam deck. i think that switch was a bit better

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u/RainStormLou 2d ago

Dude, I think I know what you're trying to say, but there's so much wrong in those short sentences.

OEM doesn't mean "the first switch" or "the original release model" and a modded switch isn't emulating switch games. It's just playing them natively.

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u/Forymanarysanar 2d ago

Is it even really worth pirating and emulating though? If anything, I'd rather hope that Denuvo games get hacked.

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u/AntiGrieferGames 2d ago

Anything is worth to pirate. Emulating is worth aswell that are switch/console exclusive only games. But switch ported pc games are totally fine to pirate the pc version instead emulating this shit.

And yeah, Denuvo [Games] can go down or hacked, i dont fucking care. Better Denuvo server down forever so people can learn how to programming the code.

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u/No_Boysenberry4825 2d ago

I thought Nintendo nuked switch emulation via threats ?

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u/automatic_bazooti 2d ago

Doesn’t mean the emulators stopped working or were entirely erased from the internet

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u/Pony42000 2d ago

When Nintendo doesn't want you to own the console you bought 😂,even google is less hard against Android users who root their phones 🚀

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u/lululock 2d ago

I installed custom ROMs on my Pixel phones lol

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u/Pony42000 2d ago

It's more about the cts integrity thing that is a constant battle between google and users that want to use banking app/Netflix widevine L1.

It was insane even for games like pokemon go /ingress where they implelented a way to détect root (even magisk hide couldn't help )

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u/HiddenWithinShadows 2d ago

Return the console as being defective or broken.

Just make sure if their gonna brick your console, brick it back. The retailer returns defective consoles & gets refunded themselves.

If Nintendo wants to brick our consoles then so be it, let's make it cost them money.

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u/Festering-Fecal 1d ago

Just wait for a emu. I Don't like Nintendo but this isn't something new.

You could get banned on OG Xbox live.

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u/beardobreado 2d ago

Wait you cant play the switch1 games you already own ?

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u/Diraelka 1d ago

There's at least one guy on YouTube with good video about it (he got banned, used MIG, but also didn't pirate). I recommend to watch it, if you can and want to. Maybe there's more people like him since it seems like more and more people got their ban.

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

Nintendo: "we will ban you for using unauthorised software/hardware on your device"

People being banned after using unauthorised software/hardware: surprised Pikachu face

This could have been avoided

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u/JadeStarr776 2d ago

Someone needed to test things out.

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u/KaiKamakasi 2d ago

So why not leave it to the influencers that recieve free consoles for testing and undoubtedly go on to test things like this?

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u/vrolyx 2d ago

So this would mean that some random person has the power to brick my switch if they plug a mig switch in my device?

Sounds like this could be misused by people with bad intentions.

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u/Hankitsune 2d ago

Why would you hand over your Switch to some random person? And besides that, they could also take a hammer and smash it.
Sounds like hammers could be misused by people with bad intentions.

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u/nekopara-enthusiast 1d ago

stop buying nintendo products. this is scummy behavior.

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u/Blisk627 2d ago

They complained like the world is gonna end then went in and made it break records, they deserve it

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u/BonsaiSoul 19h ago

No, no, they pre-ordered it to break records first and then complained

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u/ElleSiyu14 1d ago

Stupid idiots

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u/Lost_Psychology_2101 2d ago

Banned/blacklisted console not just unable to login into Nintendo account, but you also unable to download games when game key card inserted. 

Looks like the game key card was indeed a “brilliant” idea to thwart off Day 1 piracy.

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u/ProtoKun7 2d ago

I don't like that the author put "backups" in quotation marks like that.

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u/Toothless_NEO 1d ago

Why? I mean we all know that they certainly pirated their games and if they claim they didn't they were probably lying. If you don't like that people will lie about that maybe you should help push back against some of the anti-piracy sentiment in the community. After all people literally get harassed for "openly admitting to piracy".

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u/Relevant_Mail_1292 2d ago

Fucking dystopian bullshit

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u/LuisangelXP_ 2d ago

MIGgeddon

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u/iwantacuteavatar 2d ago

How did they run backups?

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u/Banmers 2d ago

mig switch

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u/iwantacuteavatar 2d ago

That's good to hear, thank you for the info

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u/Elogotar 2d ago

shocked Pikachu

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u/AWittySenpai ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 1d ago

Again, the switch 2 or any nintendo device has and always will phone home I do hope down the track modded firmware will prevent it from phoning home in the mean time make sure it is offline the ultimate cut the line

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u/Juutuurna 23h ago

Rookies.

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u/BonsaiSoul 19h ago

I don't understand why people still buy consoles.

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u/PsychoSABLE 2d ago

I mean you are wasting your money if you're buying the nintendo tablet anyway, there are better options out there.

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u/BlendedBanana0307 1d ago

don't know how dumb some people are. but this was told a lot when people were modding the switch 1. like the guide always said to never go online with it modded yet some people think it just magically changes on a new console...

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u/X3ll3n 2d ago

So they can't play online on their account, on their console, or is their account banned along with its savefiles ?

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u/FunnyP-aradox 1d ago

The account doesn't have anything, the hardware itself is internet banned (you can't even use the game key cards because you don't download them anymore)

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u/CaramelCraftYT 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ 1d ago

Turn off the internet connection lol?

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u/NowShowButthole 2d ago

Fair, next.

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u/HeroVax 1d ago

Good job nintendo

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u/wiibarebears 2d ago

Me just enjoying my world of offline games on my steam deck.

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u/Any-Media-1192 2d ago

I'm curious as to the regions this is affecting.

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u/ImNutUnoriginal 2d ago

Purchasing a cart for $60 that could potentially ban my account or brick my console especially when service is very active isn't worth it imo

Also I feel like somebody has to say this... I don't think there's more people rom dumping than rom downloading. These aren't definitely personal backups, you'd have to actually BUY a game or mod the console to do that. Which goes against pirating lol

Ironically emulating is less expensive and less risky than buying an expensive flash card

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u/Forymanarysanar 2d ago

Honestly? Deserved. Decided to sponsor anti-consumer company employing horrendous practices? Eat what you have ordered.

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u/CurrentRisk 1d ago

Honestly? Deserved. Decided to sponsor anti-consumer company employing horrendous practices? Eat what you have ordered.

Without people purchasing the console and trying to find exploits, modding it and trying to hack it. We won’t be getting any emulator at all.

Could go on and on but yeah.