New Nintendo DRM bans consoles, makes users beg for ...
Dec 12, 2025 · In the lead up to its Switch 2 console release, Nintendo updated its user agreement and asserted broad authority to make consoles owned by its customers permanently unusable.
Nintendo's new user agreement allows Switch 2 consoles to be ...
13 hours ago · DRM update gives Nintendo the power to render consoles permanently unusable Ahead of the Switch 2's release, the former playing card maker Nintendo has updated its user …
FSF Says Nintendo's New DRM Allows Them to Remotely Render ...
2 days ago · × FSF Says Nintendo's New DRM Allows Them to Remotely Render User Devices 'Permanently Unusable' (fsf.org) 60 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday December 21, 2025 …
Nintendo now says it can disable your Switch or potentially ...
The company could also potentially disable certain functions (render it unusable "in part") which might, for example, mean preventing cheaters from being able to access online services in games.
Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it ...
May 12, 2025 · Switch and Switch 2 users who try to hack their consoles or play pirated copies of games may find their devices rendered completely inoperable by Nintendo. That new warning was buried in a...
Nintendo will break your Switch 2 if you misbehave, new rules ...
May 12, 2025 · Nintendo will be able to render its new Switch 2 console unusable if owners break certain rules, according to a newly updated user agreement.
New Nintendo EULA Says It Can Render Consoles 'Permanently ...
May 11, 2025 · Nintendo updates its end user license agreement to say it may render consoles unusable if players modify their consoles or tamper with its software.