I don’t understand the business model. It’s single player but gacha?

They don’t care. They’re on a mission. Let’s move on.

Well technically, it was both, at least from their perspective. And as soon as they were contacted, the situation was resolved.

I’m not saying I wouldn’t be pissed if this happened to me, and I’m not saying I like the whole “we block your internet access” thing. But what I’m saying is that this is normal practice for decades (!!!) now for all console manufacturers, and that the only reason why this is a “news article” now is because “Nintendo = bad” clicks so damn well.

And on a side note, let’s please not forget that there was ONE reported case. One. Not a systemic issue, maybe even just a technical quirk.

They haven’t bricked it, they disabled the online function. Something that all console manufacturers do in such cases for years, including Nintendo for the Switch 1.

The only news in this article is that Nintendo has awesome support. Everything else is just rage bait and half the internet is biting.

And here we are again, having our pitchforks ready.

Maybe read the article for once. Nothing new about what happened there. We saw the same happening with the Switch 1 for years and nobody cared, but now it’s a thing because we’re all on the “screw greedy Nintendo” hype train.

Nintendo has a unique way to track pirates games via their cartridges’ UIDs. That’s nothing we should really be surprised about, given how long this system is around.

Maybe, just maybe, blame the seller of that copied game. In the end, Nintendo quickly reacted - again, read the bloody article.

Thank you! Still way better than my SF5… 😅

I’ll give Endeavour a try next week.

Thanks, I’ll give it a shot!

Any chance you could run basemark on the 4?

I’m on CachyOS, as Garuda was not a good experience. Also Arch, thought.

Only step from the instruction I skipped was the safe boot one. Anyways, touch pad isn’t that important. I just hoped I could get more out of the 620 integrated graphics.

Hey, just wanted to provide an update: gave it a shot and installed everything. Then there thing didn’t boot anymore. Reverted to previous kernel. 🤣

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/gear-up-for-borderlands-4-borderlands-x-wonderlands-bundle

Thanks - looks interesting from what I’ve seen. Not sure where to get it tho, the version on itch just launched in browser?

When installing a new kernel, you basically stop getting kernel updates from the main repository, right?

I really have to look into all this a bit more I guess.

Thanks!

Funnily enough, Bluetooth is already working. I’d say the only thing missing is touch screen and, well, proper GPU performance.

Thanks!

I don’t dare to ask, but any suggestions in the idle area? That genre is infested with nasty p2w and dark patterns.

Thanks! I saw that but… honestly, that’s not what I can do given the experience and time I have.

They have to add age verification. The old owner just didn’t want to make the investment/ effort. This has nothing to do with enshitification.

It’s a multiplayer freemium game. Even if they let you keep your “copy” of it, servers will be down and the game will not be playable anyways. At least they offer a refund.

TL;DR: People used MIG, Nintendo bans console. Who’d have guessed.

It’s likely the same for the Steam Deck. Valve might produce them at a loss, because sales on Steam outweigh the initial low / negative margin.

Now think about it. You have heavily subsidized hardware because you control the market on which games can be purchased.

Now take that control away. What happens most likely?

Current consoles (playstation, Xbox etc) are heavily subsidized on the hardware side.