Total intransigence with respect to computer pirates. With the imminent arrival of Switch 2, Nintendo updates its conditions of use. However, there is talk of a measure. The Japanese company now reserves the right to digitally deactivate the console if a user came to break certain rules on their products.
Among other things, the US version of the new confidentiality policy stipulates that the user undertakes not to “publish, copy, modify, reverse engineering, rent, decompile, disassemble, distribute, offer sale or create works derived from any product of Nintendo services.” Therefore, a list of facts considered reprehensible by Nintendo.
Strong consequences
Playing computer pirates with Nintendo could cost big. Failure to comply with this new policy leads to the risk of not being able to benefit from Nintendo Internet services. In more extreme cases, a user could see that their console becomes “definitely unusable.”
We do not know if it only refers to the future switch 2 or if the switch (1) is also subject to these new rules. However, this device correlates with the hostility that the platform maintains with computer pirates.
The collateral victim of these new decisions, the modes community, very active in the Nintendo Games, will be affected. The Switch and previous Nintendo consoles benefited from a large amount of software and games scheduled and modified by enthusiasts. Their activities could be hindered by these new measures.
Nintendo on several fronts
The download of the illegal game represents a massive financial loss for the Japanese ogre. For example, almost one million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom It had been illegally downloaded on the Internet before the game was launched in 2023 (the game cost 70 euros when it was launched), according to Nintendo.
For several months, Nintendo has also assumed a very firm and protective policy towards its products. In 2024, several famous switch emulators closed as Yuzu or more recently Ryujinx. This made it possible to execute switching games on a computer, as well as modify its content.
The Japanese giant wants to fold his detractors to one by one. At the beginning of the year, the French host 1fichier, where he could download free games, leaves a legal battle that opposed Nintendo.
The latter also exerted pressure on discord to obtain the identity of the person caused by the “Teralaak”, a massive leakage of data on the license Pokémon. Finally, the game Palworldinspired by the universe of PokémonNor has he escaped the video game leader.
At the beginning of May, the American accessorist Genki was also in the Nintendo viewfinder. The latter filed a complaint against Genki, accusing him of having filed a (non -functional) model of switch 2 before the announcement to promote his accessories.
Source: BFM TV
