The title doesn’t say what Nintendo will do. It says what they state can do.
Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part.
That very much sounds like they have the power to brick the device. I’ll believe it existed on prior consoles, but it should’ve been called out back then too.
To me this reads as 'We might push an update that bricks your console should you have hacked your device."
Which has been a risk when modding consoles for at least 20 years now. I don’t think it refers to there being an actual kill switch.
Just more legalese to further scare people from doing to and to reduce the chance of getting sued should it happen.
That said, with so many games being digital or gamekey only, and later games probably requiring system updates anyway, just being blacklisted from the Nintendo servers alone would already gut a console’s functionality to the point it might as well be seen as one.
The title doesn’t say what Nintendo will do. It says what they state can do.
That very much sounds like they have the power to brick the device. I’ll believe it existed on prior consoles, but it should’ve been called out back then too.
To me this reads as 'We might push an update that bricks your console should you have hacked your device." Which has been a risk when modding consoles for at least 20 years now. I don’t think it refers to there being an actual kill switch. Just more legalese to further scare people from doing to and to reduce the chance of getting sued should it happen.
That said, with so many games being digital or gamekey only, and later games probably requiring system updates anyway, just being blacklisted from the Nintendo servers alone would already gut a console’s functionality to the point it might as well be seen as one.
They’ve had that same power for the Switch 1 though
Ok?
So why does anyone expect the Switch 2 not to have the same exact restrictions?