Nintendo bans Switch 2 owner after they played used Switch 1 games — decision eventually reversed after ‘proving innocence’:

[Nintendo] confirmed that their console was indeed banned because of the use of pirated games. Nevertheless, they were able to prove their innocence by pulling up the Facebook Marketplace listing for their games and sending the photos of their purchased cartridges.

I get that piracy is bad but this person is still out whatever they paid for the games and they would’ve been extra fucked if the original marketplace post wasn’t still listed.

Honestly I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t started going into second hand stores and busting heads. I don’t see how reselling legally bought games is much different, and I can’t imagine they’re any more okay with that.

They should patent an official Nintendo cartridge shredder for when you’re done playing something.

In all seriousness I think simply disabling the pirated cart from running on the Switch would suffice.

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