More technical analysis: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchHacks/comments/8rxg26/psa_strong_antipiracy_measures_implemented_by/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchHacks/comments/8rxg26/psa_str...</a><p>(this is the post the Ars Technica post is referring to)
I haven't owned a console in decades, so bear with me: is it currently possible to buy a game and lend it to a friend? I used to borrow my friend's cartridges as a kid. Is that now piracy?<p>What about second-hand rentals, is that also immoral now?
I'm a bit confused here. I have two Switch consoles, one for myself and one for my daughter. Say I buy the cartridge for the new Smash Bros game. We take turns between my console and her console using the cartridge (not at the same time, for obvious reasons).<p>Because her unique console and my unique console are sharing a cart (with same cert, I imagine), is that going to lead to us being banned? I honestly haven't done online yet (BotW mostly, some Bomberman local multiplayer), so I don't know if this is an obvious "no" or not, but I do plan to play Smash Bros.
>If you download an illegitimate copy of a Switch game that was purchased on a different console/account, Nintendo can detect the mismatch as soon as you log in and immediately ban the console from its network.<p>What is stopping hackers from purchasing one game legitimately and just spoof the data after?
How will they handle online banned units when they start getting resold on Craigslist to people who don't know to check it's online access status?
Sounds like the EU will have to invite Nintendo to go fuck themselves for disabling resellable devices. The other thing they do that's pretty nasty is requiring their permission to buy a developer kit instead of something like wifi or a USB cable.
The Switch is already hacked meaning that you can have cheaters online, none of what Nintendo is doing prevents that so it's a huge fail ( where Sony and MS are secured )
Since its Nintendo, how easy will it be to break their system?<p>I can only imagine after beating Zelda and this years Smash people will have plenty of time to make their 450 dollar system(after necessary hardware) interesting.<p>Im teasing, but after a decade of awful Nintendo systems and letdowns, I'm not above trashing this company.