Nintendo Switch 2 is already in some people's hands, but it's a brick until June 5
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The Switch 2 is a giant paperweight until launch day

This is bad. Because,

a. Switch 2 can get bricked when Nintendo wants you to upgrade to the “Switch Tree.”

b. If you discover a purely unused switch 2 decades later it will be useless. It’s bricked unless you get that Switch 2 update.

c. It all ties to that Nintendo bricking terms of service terms.

  • Rob299 - she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
    51·
    11 days ago

    That’s the hope. Perhaps maybe on a newer switch 2 model or something they’l have the required update on the newer Switch. Knowing how Nintendo is and how they keep moving the goal post though I am skeptical.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      11 days ago

      FWIW it’s pretty common for subsequent production series, even of the same model, to include updated firmware out of the box. That’s why we see various jailbreak options which might only work on devices made before a certain date, because later releases already include patched firmware.