Switch 2 is a brick until you connect to the internet to update
Switch 2 is a brick until you connect to the internet to update
This is already known. The Switch 2 out of the box is intentionally lacking operating features to prevent "leakers" from swiping one and showing off content before the official release date. Once June 5th comes, there'll be an update available that patches that hole and it'll work like normal.
Nintendo hates game journos and leakers that much uh? Honestly kinda based.
would nintendo brick it if you try to connect for the patch?
Welcome to modern consoles. Nintendo has finally caught up with everyone else.
based
brownoids and leaktrannies eternally btfo
Nintendo always lags behind the competition in regard to "modern practices" but when they adapt them they go full retard with them
Nice, I never expected Nintendo to go full Xbox digital-only for absolutely no reason. Glad PlayStation makes games still
Is there any electronic device that doesn't do this these days?
based. leakers BTFO
Because fuck people who can't afford internet, right? Bet it asks you to buy their online service too.
fukken based
PS5
So the console itself literally has online only DRM
The games will too
What if someone has no internet connection?
Holy anti consumer! Another win for the pirates not that it wasn't since it's Nintendo.
This. It’s hilarious that people don’t understand this limits their pool of customers to like 1/3rd of the normal systems
Non-issue, since you have bigger problems to worry about if you don't have internet.
*disc drive needs to be connected to PSN to function.
they can go to their local library
BTFO
bangladesh already crying
LOL
Fuck em. Usually third worlders like yourself. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHA like what? The Sun? Holy shit some EXPENSIVE places don’t have internet retard
The digital only edition is digital? Wow!
Still PS5 is the only system you can plug and play offline now
I would not buy this system
This is presumably for pre-release/first batches. Pre order fags, get fucked.
Bro you’re retarded. The systems are coming out of the factory, unable to be play games.
You don't actually need to create an account on an Xbox, nor do you need to have Internet access to play Xbone games. If you have no Internet, it just gives you a temporary gamertag and plays the Xbone discs as-is without the added compatibility layer it usually downloads.
Digital And PS5 Pro*
Give me a good reason why Companies shouldn't do that. Get fucked.
Haha, imagine someone DDoSing the server on launch day
How many people "without internet access" are going to be buying a $450++ luxury product?
As far as I was aware Xbox Series SX is not like this though, you must connect to internet
fuck off
No one! HAHAHAHAHA
This is the most anti-consumer console to ever be released, the lawsuits should be interesting.
the argument of "what if I don't have internet" at this point is retarded, it was a fair point 15 years ago but now everyone fucking has it, and if you don't have it why are you dishing out 500+ dollars for a system like this?
They all are. He’s astroturfing
Super Switch won
$450+
luxury
niggas with $1200 phones and this dude thinks owning a $450 tablet is luxury
What if someone has no internet connection?
Where does that someone live? How does that someone acquire the switch?
Nowadays that question is just as relevant as asking "what if someone has no electricity?". In my country ISP's are required by law to offer a free but very slow internet connection to people.
Having to connect to the internet just once to activate it is annoying but minor. If it requires a CONSTANT internet connection then it's a real problem.
You think they won't update the console at the factory after launch? Do you really think all consoles after launch just don't launch without updates to the system and stay on 1.0.0? What are you, dumb?
Based. This also means game journalists have to wait like everyone else
as far as we know it's just for Switch 1 games (since they need the update to add the backwards compatibility shit) although I am curious if something like Mario Kart World or Cyberpunk (fully on cart games) or game key cards would work with a freshly out of the box system
I assume this is nothing different to how digital pre-installs on Switch check to see if it is release day? If so, this is a complete nothingburger.
t. Never had to pay for internet, which also cuts out randomly
kek leakies
BLOODY BENCHOD I STOL I MEAN I REDEEMED A SWITCH SECOND FROM THE WAREHOUSE LEGALLY LET ME STREAM IT TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE BASTERD SON OF A PROSTITITE
based nintendo
The MILLIONS of consoles they made are UNABLE to play video games anon. Please mention an update lmao
This is what gaming is all about actually
It is LITERALLY ok when Nintendo does it.
Not at all, they will be given special access privileges due to their station as game journos because Nintendo needs their reviews...to be good.
wtf I stole a console and it doesn't work???????????
reviews
he doesn't know
Not to people with money, bro. Look at Doom.
Sony gets endlessly shit on for always needed an online connection to play your games.
Nintendo: Silence
Anon thats the equivalent of suing a store for not letting you shop in it before it opens.
Fortunately we have a product for that, it's called xbox 360.
Literally every version of the system needs to connect to be playable.
go to mcdonalds and update it once
This will be their Wii U 2. No one wants to buy something that doesn't even work.
Why should I need to connect to your servers to play games, ever?
Will your servers exist 30 years from now?
What if I want to keep the device offline for privacy/security reasons?
What if I just find it disrespectful to require me to register my information on your servers to play a game card I bought?
They should have prepared a patch ahead of time that bricks any console that tries to update before the street date.
Nintendo's physical game releases have included firmware updates since the Wii. There is nothing to indicate that will change with Swtich 2.
but what if someone doesn't get a Swtich 2 game
Nigga why are you buying a Switch 2 if you're not buying a Swtich 2 game with it?
$0.02 has been deposited into your eShop account
Sony has more physical releases for the ONLY offline console than Nintendo could hope for on this dogshit
Miss this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe
Are you implying that a 1200 dollar phone is not a luxury?
Nintendo don't trust Jornos anyways.
Anon Nintendo HATES journos and journos HATE Nintendo, why else do you think Nintendo has pivotee to directs and their new app for exclusive news broadcasting?
What if someone has no internet connection?
2013 called and said no one cares
We have a system for people without any sort of connectivity, it's called the wii
so stick with thee wii is your message
lol lmao roflcopter
Shouldn't
Nope
You miss out
You miss out.
Every single Switch game was leaked like 1-2 weeks before release
It's not about firmware updates, it's about an online-only DRM activation at release date
madagascar bros...
leakers BTFO
Stay
Even tribes in Africa with no running water have smartphones. Why don't you?
Madagascar still has barely any internet
Come on man, become Africas Japan already.
The message specifically says to update the system. You can update the system without connecting to the internet.
So it's 100% functional except for one feature?
What's the problem here? It's not like it won't work without online like the PS5.
Retards forgetting the wii u and xbone disasters.
Having one isn’t the same as a steady connection, which is why everyone hates online-only. One day, the Switch 2 is not going to work for a person who paid full price. That’s fucking disgusting.
PS5 and Series X/S had this as well, its so you don't break the release date.
Because you listen to Snoys on Anon Babble instead of googling it for the first page result.
You don't need a steady connection to download a 50kb update once in a blue moon.
The current Switch requires system updates to play current games too and nobody takes issue with it.
nobody
Bro, your corporate-approved line of dialogue is not everyone. Fuck you
The original PS5 does not. You can boot one up, insert a game logged into a guest account without internet, and the game will boot. PS5 Pro and the digital models are another issue, however.
Sucks to be them!
caring about unboxing spoilers
AAAAAW LAHWD
I hate the Switch 1, but I was totally going to buy a Switch 2 if only they didn't do exactly what they did with the previous system!
You're not fooling anybody.
Honestly based. Leakies get nothing.
Why should I need to connect to your servers to play games, ever?
They're not mine. I don't give a fuck whether you buy a console for 15 year olds and NEETs.
Will your servers exist 30 years from now?
Probably not. But the console will be cracked 30 times over by then.
What if I want to keep the device offline for privacy/security reasons?
Way to out yourself as a retard who can't into basic networking
What if I just find it disrespectful to require me to register my information on your servers to play a game card I bought?
Return them and/or don't buy them in the first place, retard. Nobody is shoving Nintendo's balls down your throat. You just enjoy the taste.
Yeah completely functional except for the thing it was made for... LOL
So much for reselling a new Switch 2 in 20 years. Shit will be a paperweight.
Of course they will, even Nintendo, which would probably support the execution of consumers by dictatorships, isn't going to take the risk of launching a console that doesn't run games out of the box by default, especially if it's a handheld.
The original PS5 does not
Yes, yes it does.
Ps5 does too?
It's only OK when PS5 does it
You will own nothing and you will be happy.
Yeah completely functional except for the thing it was made for...
Except he didn't take a switch 2 game. No one has played a switch 2 game on it.
they didn't steal it, the distributor in dubai is selling consoles early for whatever reason
Yes, literally every console requires an initial online setup now because they Jew you on disc drive fees.
After that they work offline no problem
this but unironically .
They're not mine.
But what if you didn't eat breakfast today?
Aren't the updates on the game medium (cards as far as switch)? like Sorny games have the update needed to run it on the discs?
"Heh ... but what if I buy a Nintendo Switch 2 twenty years from now?? Won't the Switch no longer work? Checkmate Atheists ..."
Maybe if you buy a day 1 Nintendo Switch 2 and for some reason don't have internet 20 years in the future. Otherwise this is a retarded argument to make
Will your servers exist 30 years from now?
the wii update/shop servers are still up almost 20 years later so i wouldn't be surprised
dude they didn't steal it they just aquired it illegaly ok they dindunuthing they good boy you fascist nazi
Five minutes in Google says neither system does that but the switch can share them between systems locally.
I know of the japanese version of BotW with the DLC on the cart, but I didn't hear about others
the customers didn't do anything illegal, the (apparently official) distributor probably violated their agreement with Nintendo though
The unboxing experience
Who gives a shit?
gacha players
the customers didn't do anything illegal,
Knowingly buying something that isn't supposed to be on sale is illegal.
meh, I'll wait until the end of the year. Right now there's no game I'm interested in on Switch 2. Then maybe I won't have to update the console when I buy it
buying stolen good is highly illegal jamal.
Good, hopefully this means that rumor of a $400 digital-only Switch 2 is real and coming next year. I also can't wait for the dockable Xbox handheld in 2027, found out that while it's Windows-based it won't have access to PC storefronts due that putting the cost to around $800+ so chances are they may actually get it down to $450 instead of $500 now. Xbox next gen home console is fucked though, that shit will have third party storefronts so expect $1000+ for that, no market.
PlayStation won't exist after the PS6.
Always online DRM is okay when Nintendo does it lmfaooo
What if someone has no internet connection?
i live in the middle of nowhere USA and there's 4 public wifis at any given time.
stop acting like internet is scarce like water in a desert
walk into store
a video game console is available for sale
buy it and go home
FBI busts down your door because the store wasn't supposed to sell it for another week
Do you really think this is how it happens? Video game consoles are not illegal, buying one is not a crime. The store violating their agreement with Nintendo on when to sell the console is their problem, not the customer's.
Regular PS5, Nintendo Switch.
it's not always online though
you seem to be forgetting the MTG fiasco and the judge ruling in the Pinkerton's/WotC's favor
Nintendo fans excited for the next generation? Are you retarded.
If you don't have internet fuck you!
Literally "it's okay when nintendo does it!"
MTG fiasco
I don't follow shitty card games. QRD?
Then they can bus their ass to Starbucks and download it there. How do you have NO access to internet in 2025?
The PS5 requires online to use.
This is actually pretty good. Most tendies are brown, and they'll be hella pissed when they get hit face-first by the scam they fell into.
Nintendo dick riding has gotten insane recently. Jesus.
And how is this different from every other console before launch day? You guys are just making stuff up to get mad about now.
They were shipping finished units back in November of last year. Imagine if someone got their hands on one back then
Guy gets his hands on a Magic the Gathering set from a legal purchase
Streams himself opening and spoiling the cards a couple of weeks before the set releases
24 hours later, Wizards of the Coast hires the Pinkertons (Yes, the literal Pinkertons) to invade his home and threaten him with violence
Guy takes down his videos, makes an apology video after being held at gunpoint
Wizards of the Coast gets away with this because more shiny cards come out that divert everyone's attention away from their illegal thug activity
Most tendies are brown
The obsession that Nintendo has over controlling the flow of information is reaching levels of retardation I didn’t think they’d hit.
The Switch leaks must have completely mindbroken them
This. Always online DRM is okay when Nintendo does it because they’re my friend.
but was the guy who bought the cards charged with a crime and convicted
Nintendo is a Japanese company and literally every single square inch of Japan has access to internet so having to update the system is a non-issue for them.
it's kinda based actually. fuck leakers. fuck "journalists". fuck youtubers.
Nintendo is bar far the scummiest and greediest game company and I’m hoping the switch 2 fails to knock them down a peg. Fuck their cultist fanbase too.
They're more upset the fact that they won't be able to mod it lol
They've been saying Switch 1 backwards compatibility will be added via a firmware update for months...
This isn't news at all!
lol
Does your dad ever get jealous of how much you suck Nintendo off?
at least I have a dad
Sounds like projection. Is there something you want to share with the class, anon?
Anon Babble siding with Pinkertons
classic
So if not for tariffs please explain why Nintendo charging $130 more for a non-Japan version and $80 games. I’ll give you a hint, it’s because tendies are goyim.
Japs are poor. 10 trillion yen is like $1 USD now.
Why?
I don’t care about leaks, what I care about is the system’s viability in the future once servers shut down.
What I see here is a system that will be completely inoperable in 20-30 years unless it’s been pre-owned. In-box units will be completely useless without homebrew. Beyond all that, if I buy a console with the intent to play video games on it, it should be able to do so out of the box. Nintendo trying to outsmart leakers and pirates (and failing) should not get in front of my rights as a consumer to get what I paid for out of the box.
Tendies will side with Nintendo above all else. These aren’t humans anon.
Based. Pay it up western piggies!
nigger, the DS update servers are still fucking up
If you buy a switch 3 you deserve to get shat on like the cattle you are.
the international version is the same price though. you are pretending to not know what version is cheaper.
because
shit like this is just going to encourage emulators to pop up quickly
They have?
guy buys a magic set that isn't out yet which is obviously an illegal purchase
MTG hires pinkerton detective agency to retrieve the set
YouTuber claims that he and the friend he bought it from didn't know it hadn't been released yet
pinkertons take the set back and give them WoTC employee number who only wanted to know where he got the set from even offering compensation
guy makes video claiming they harassed him and their neighbors.
But if someone does not have electricity, fire...
So Nintendo is charging international goyim more because you cultists will pay for it. I’m aware.
x.com
Is this the fucking video? Thats all?
India only at 50%
call me when pokemon legends gets leaked
emulators
lmao if you think nintendo didn't lock their system down this time after the buttfucking they got from ryujinx and yuzu
Who cares. That only affects sonyfags.
What if someone has no internet connection?
We have a console for that audience, it's called X-Box 360.
Nope. They are taking a loss on Japanese units because they don't want to rise the the price 120% over Switch domesically when everywhere else it's up 50%.
SIE does the same thing by having the cheapest PS5 in their domestic market - USA
I don't think there's any form of security that is truly impenetrable when it comes to technology.
actually wanting to play that soulless tech demo
They’re charging you more because you’re cattle.
How is it legal to sell a product like that? Where on the box does it say that internet connection is required?
It does spoil joycon placement. I wasn't expecting them to be placed diagonally. Nice thinking to save space
What a stupis fucking comparison. You literallt had to be connected at all times to use Xbox One - Switch 2 requiring a day one patch to function isn't nearly the same thing
Launch model has a day one patch to deter people "buying" it early from playing/sharing videos of it online
Day 1 patch will iron out any other kinks and bugs within the system
Original/Revision models after launch year will have the update preinstalled
I don't see the issue. It's not like Xbox where it's needed throughout its entire lifespan or else its a worthless brick.
Probably on the back, in fine print.
Switch 2 requiring a day one patch to function
Keep in mind that it's perfectly functional without it, it's just the BC emulation layer.
the year is 2077
be nintendork
Nintendocorp has acquired colonization rights for the Sirius system
just one more profitable Pokemon NFT trade and you'll afford relocation
mom surprises you for your clone tube day with an original Switch 2
pre WW3 model, unearthed from Old Japan, pure vintage
you want to play the original enhanced 2025 port of Tears of the Kingdom
no psionic integration, no kinesthetic controls, just a joystick as it was meant to be played
no games weren't "clunky" back then, pleb
boot up the Switch 2
verification servers are down
It costs $50 more than cheapest Deck while having
Much better hardware
Much better screen
Wireless controller included in the box
Dock included in the box
Looks like it's offering much more for the same price as other devices in the same category
Don't think reasonably anon. You're supposed to be shit flinging and getting irrationally upset in as many threads as possible.
xbone and series x already did that
He gets his phone for free from his parents phone plan so he assumes everyone else does too
Wii and DS servers are still up 20 years later
lah mao.
360p in 2025 issue
Old game patches sold for a premium
Useless controller gimmicks AGAIN
Paid demo software
Brick on demand issue
$90 games PLUS tax PLUS tip PLUS tariff issue
Cartridges not having the game issue
OVERPRICED issue
Fuck I could go on..... brace yourselves, we're witnessing their last and final console anons, it won't be pretty.
Why does this get me hard?
niggas with $1200 phones
Only the most unintelligent cattle who work minimum wage and are up to their forehead in debt own these.
Nintendo saving us from third worlders and leakers
Based as fuck
year 2077
bought rare sealed first edition switch 2 for 30,000,000 UST from antique shop
plugged to my neuralink via hdmi2ntp converter from aliexpress
"Internet connection and system update required to play games"
Internet was abolished in 2046
mfw I realized I bought an very expensive paperweight
Don't bother anon. The only people "upset" about this are anti-nintendo fags
Mouse
"Useless controller gimmick"
Phoneposter detected
And considering first finished units were being shipped late last year they probably didn't even have the final OS to flash on them anyway
screenshotting just in case this isn't ironic.
you’re the only one mentioning a steam deck in a pathetic attempt to prove you’re not the goyim the jews think you are.
I find it hilarious that game preservation fags usually flocked to nintendo and now they‘re completely getting shit on by them
Well, are the snes servers still up? No? I rest my case then.
It's a pasta
Guess you can enjoy cripple simulator and ..... Uhmmmmm......
what servers?
This is more fucked than the Xbone was in 2013 but troons will eat it up.
So what was that about the steam deck having no guarantees that your old games will work on it?
I'll enjoy Prime 4, which was already confirmed to work with it.
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if you're going to bait at least hide your tracks
What if someone has no internet connection?
That argument in 2025 AD is about as valid as asking "what if someone doesn't have electricity to power this electronic device".
Internet is now a utility like water and electricity.
In the EU 94% of all households are connected to the internet. In the US it's 91%. In Japan it's 97% (and that doesn't include people that have no home internet but phone internet)
Worldwide, which includes the most remote and underdeveloped places, 68% of all households are internet connected. The 32% that aren't probably can't even afford a game system.
What if I just don't need internet for anything? What if I only browse the chan on my limited data plan? What then faggot?
it's okay when Nintendo does it
Nintendo shut down the Famicom's dial up system.
Can't bet on horse races anymore.
Nintendo betrayed us bros...
it's entirely a (you) problem and you should shop smartly if you insist on being retarded
What if I just don't need internet for anything?
You live in the 21st century and you aren't retired. You do.
It's tarrifs, Japan is just being polite to Trump-sama.
The year is 2050
Nintendo re-releases the NES
Has an online function
Games can't work unless I use online
Money stolen
Buy the model that'll come with the update preinstalled later down the line. It sucks, but it's obviously only being done for the wave of consoles prone to having their street date broken.
I can't decide who's a bigger faggot in this instance, the one caring about the "Unboxing experience" or the mod warning said fag for "threadwhining"
Retardera really is a special place
That’s a long winded way of saying it’s okay when Nintendo does it. When in 2013 people collectively told MS to eat a fat dick. You’re a deranged cultist.
So you have no counter argument
How is it bait? Those are pretty solid issues.
Retards here are unaware but the very first batch of Wiis actually didn't have proper OS on it and it had to be installed from a service disc. Nintendo had full plans to ship Wiis with service disc but got their shit together and flashed it to most units sold on Day 1 (except for some that got out, those had to be sent to service to become operating).
How does this affect me, someone who has internet and who isn't stealing a switch before release date?
The next modern practice is them releasing their games on PC.
PS5 also needs an initial update so you can use the disc drive. (And since you can't download a game without being online making discs the only way to play while offline, being ONLY offline makes the PS5 a brick)
Steam also refuses to boot if installed from a disc without update.
Xbox Series? Also needs internet for the initial setup.
Every single one of the requires internet on first boot.
Very real chance that the launch Switch 2 units can play Mario Kart World game cards, and literally nothing else.
Or that the Switch 2 game card will perform the update for you without needing to connect online, since there needs to be some kind of failsafe for lack of internet (because logically, Switch 1 game cards won't have Switch 2 firmware).
Besides, if you got the Mario Kart World bundle, you 100% need to connect online to download the game, I'm pretty sure it's not a pre-install.
Nintendo already shared information that you need to perform an online update to even use a microSD express card, so they've clearly gone really uptight on security here.
They don't wanna risk early units with vulnerable firmware versions, etc.
stop posting frogslop
Hold up, one of the biggest selling points and things people were shilling was that you own your games and you won't need to connect to the internet to play them unlike steam or other consoles. How does this not fly in the face of that and make Nintendo just like every other company if it necessitates you connect to the internet to play older games?
why would they do that when their games still sell?
What the fuck the Switch 2 uses power??? What if you have no electricity
Ever hear of the tragedy of its okay when Nintendo does it? It’s not a tale you’d learn about from the tendies.
Nintendo isn't going to PC without proprietary OS. You'll be walled either way.
buy a shitty handheld to play our games instead of the (better) hardware you already own
Its ok when nintendo does it!!!!
Xbros saved gaming by rejecting this shit. Nintendies get raped up the ass, makes excuses for why it was necessary, defend the assrapist and ask for another go.
the closer we get to the release date, the more desperate and unhinged snoys become.
Why does nintendo suck donkey balls at security? Ps and xbox don't have this problem. Hell even PC got denuvo to cuck out piratejeets.
if they ever do go PC they will
A) make their own OS
B) make their own launcher
All of it sounds like they're security measures.
It reduces the opportunities to get earlier, more vulnerable firmwares.
Lmao the list of things you tendies will put up with when it’s Nintendo doing it has gotten longer with each passing year.
between this and the game card DRM shit, it is so fucking funny to me that pirates are now causing tendies to have hardware pains
NOOOO how can you live without your daily dose of hecking wholesomerino reddit posts???? How can you go by without watching your daily goychop at jewflix???? Oh my science this chud is in dire need of some walkable reeducation unionized bluepill.
Every anon who says "its OK when nintendo does it" clearly outs themselves as fucking niggers who don't know what the fuck are they talking about and just spout horseshit from their cockhole. Try proving me wrong.
Leaksissies...
How is physical chipping for Switch 1 btw? Are you limited to a specific firmware version. I only ever had the RCM vulnerable model.
fuck pirates
I know that it'll be better overall just to emulate and I know that they are like the Daimyo when it comes to their IP but putting classics that you can't buy from them available on PC like how they're doing with the Switch is quite literally free money.
Hold up, stop buying digital or online games and expecting ownership. Be a smart buyer.
when I get frustrated that I can't think of a way to reply I get so heated that I can't stop thinking about black dick
You've used this argument four times already
I think he's talking about satellaview, but that wasn't servers, that was from a satellite like the name implies and like how cable tv used to be. N64DD did have servers though, but that was a mega flop.
It's the same on xbox
Models that aren't part of the first batch won't need leak protections and will just have the latest version of the firmware. If I buy a Switch today it doesn't come with the 1.0 patch and make me update to current, it comes with the 18.X or whatever they're on.
Give me a list with anything that has to do with the actual console and games themselves. Nintendo isn't the greatest, and hasn't been for a long while, but I never understood this "evil boogeyman" shtick people place on them, when their peers are much worse.
I put up with it on my PCs, Xboxs and Playstations, why wouldn't I put up with it on my Nintendo consoles?
Ps and xbox don't have this problem.
Yeah they fucking do, are you retarded?
PlayStation in particular has some of the worst security in the industry.
You just won't hear about how the PS5 root keys were found because there's no anti-sony group to exploit for clicks.
wololo.net
Always online DRM
Is that going to be the new cope?
I wish you guys would get some new cope outside of “it’s okay when Nintendo does it” if I’m being honest. That shit was worn out in 2014.
If it's a brick how do you connect to the internet?
Dude I have updated my PS5 firmware from the disc for Stellar Blade to play on 1.0
Casual here, all my games are digital, I have face no negative consequences for this in my whole life
Only an issue for paypiggies.
umm drm and selling literally unusable hardware is good actually
sniff packets
save the patch data
600 years later
run local DNS
link the nintendo urls to directories on my network
have it download the file from within my network
It's not a hard solve.
You are killing gaming!!!!!!
Casual here, It's my console also has no disc drive and only 50 GB of internal storage. I'm happy.
That shit was worn out in 2014
They've been hypocritical for a very long time and nothing changes. Yes. Maybe if this wasn't the case people would stop saying it.
He'll use it a 5th time and more because he's correct and the argument is valid.
They profit from selling the handheld, so yes. Furthermore, by owning the hardware platform they have incentive to make more than just their best selling games and occasionally make entries in niche series to pad out the library. Once Sega went third party every IP that wasn't Sonic dried up. If Nintendo went third party they'd be Mario and Pokemon because those are the only games that are cost efficient to make.
I wish you guys would get some new cope outside of “it’s okay when Nintendo does it”
Because that's all it is. You're getting mad at something the other platforms have been doing since last gen but before you say "Nah-uh! it didn't happen!" I also own a PS4 and xbox one and guess what? it also required a system update to set it up
when i'm in a being an overdramatic disingenuous retard competition and my opponent is a Anon Babble poster
It's amazing that Nintendo is pulling all the shit that Microsoft tried to pull with the Xbone (and got shit on for) but they might succeed because their userbase is a cult. The power of brands.
They profit from selling the handheld
The console is the loss leader to sell their games. Pretty soon though this won't be the case and you will see them pivot more towards publishing just like Xbox and Playstation.
This.
What happens?
The last nail in the coffin was when the Switch had paid online. That confirmed that Nintendo was not "the good guys" and the only reason they hadn't been engaging in cancerous trends before is because they were slow. Now they've caught up.
Nintendo fan learns what Xbox, Playstation, and PC users have dealt with for his first time
People been saying that for years
pft who cares if the Switch 20 fills your house with poison gas if you accidentally have any Mario related files on your home network, just don't be a criminal?
Defending this garbage on any level makes you stupider than a nigger.
If that were the case then Nintendo is late to that party actually.
The console is the loss leader to sell their games.
That's not the case for Nintendo. Hardware accounts for 50% of their profits. Stop making shit up you know nothing about
he thinks Nintendo sells consoles at a loss
Do PS5 and Xbox Series S/X games not work without internet?
PC I'll grant you but the trade-off is a gigantic amount of convenience and breadth of games that simply isn't possible on consoles. Steam also has regular sales with huge discounts whereas Nintendo sells 10+ year old games at full price.
If your argument doesn't work without making up some ridiculous hyperbole scenario then it wasn't a good argument in the first place
Why do you think the Switch sold so well? Stellar exclusives or the fact that it was the cheapest thing on the market?
Not really amazing at all that Nintendo is fullowing indistry trends that Valve, Sony, and Microsoft set before them.
Im aware. Tendies are legitimately cultists. This is not an exaggeration, hyperbole or a joke.
Makes sense. Didn't they have issues with games leaking early in the switch and having people not just playing them early on switch but even emulating them?
its bad that a filthy criminal stealing someone else's preorder that they spent their hard earned money on can't play the console early
Okay bro. The revision will have the update pre-installed just like literally every other Nintendo console that's ever released. The only people who should understandably be frustrated by this are year one owners that don't have consistent access to internet to install the update.
Switch 2 launches with the sequel to the biggest Switch exclusive.
Switch was more expensive than PS4 in March 2017.
Think before you write next time.
Steam works offline too. I can't speak to how well it works now, but it used to work fine back when I had a need for it.
Not even a revision. All units manufactured after June 5th will have the update installed
So many NPCs defending the fact you don't actually own anything but are just leasing it
What happened to this place? It used to be counter culture but now we're licking boots
The only people who should understandably be frustrated by this are year one owners that don't have consistent access to internet to install the update.
not having consistent internet access in 2025
Maybe they should get the priorities straight then.
You learn something new every day.
keep suckin' that dick nintendy it'll pay off some day
Got BTFO like a little bitch
Ad hominem
Bye, Snoy
Licking boots became the counter culture
Again, l2network, retard. You don't have to have it in the same VLAN as your other devices.
What if you don't need a Switch 2 either? Checkmate atheists.
Switch doesn't have exclusives they are all playable on PC, If Bloodborn on PC is 0 games for Sony this is the same shit.
Not sure if late to the party or retarded
Someone 15 years from now is going to buy a new in box switch 2 turn it on and have a brick
This is objectively going to happen and it is going to be hilarious
The vast majority of units weren't sold at launch, the same goes for literally every console. Think.
Series S is a worthless brick without the internet, no disc drive.
quote the posts you think are mine pissbaby
Looks like you can still own Switch games.
Halo 5 still not playable on PC
Checkmate atheists
Do PS5 and Xbox Series S/X games not work without internet?
some don't (people call them coaster discs but i wouldn't be surprised if sony/MS steal the game key terminology) and you need to connect to the internet to setup an xbox for first time use too (and I think a PS5 too, and for sure for a PS5 to attach a disc drive for the first time)
whereas Nintendo sells 10+ year old games at full price.
You keep repeating that, but Nintendo puts their game on sale multiple times a year. And that's not even mentioning 3rd parties that are on sale all year round.
Would it hurt to not make dumbass posts?
considering the new standard PS5 is the one without dvd drive...
I'm not sure it's defending it, just accepting it as being more and more the reality. Money talks. People bitched when Xbox talked about doing their DRM online shit, but literally everyone else did the same shit and people still pay for games and consoles and whatever else so it's just gonna happen.
The Halo 5 forge mode was actually been available on the windows store prior to the launch of gamepass actually.
Use your phone as a WiFi hotspot then.
If your only use of the internet is leisure and wasting time you may as well get a retro console or just read a book.
i'm gonna buy one used and never connect it to the internet, problem solved
Mario Kart World is on PC?
It's like you're competing who will make the most retarded take.
And MK8 Deluxe is the best selling Switch game with over 60 million copies sold over 8 years. Your point?
just the tendies really. And their opinions don't matter since their brain is so stunted they can only play games made for children and chinks.
NOOOO how can you live without your daily dose of bing bing wahoo???? How can you go by without watching your daily goychop at nintendie???? Oh my science this chud is in dire need of some walkable reeducation in zelda tear of the memedom?
how does it keep getting worse did nintendo japan hire a bunch of jeets or something?
How are you posting without internet?
Youre posting on here so why would you even care. People who can afford a 450 new console on launch day will not have a problem finding internet
bro what if you don't have electricity this is outrageous! Nintendo are putting their consoles behind electricity DRM!
Nta but I've never seen a Nintendo game on sale I think ever, but I have multiple times in my life been taken back when I see a game that is like 5+ years old still on a shelf at a store for full price. It's wild as fuck
Nintendo has contempt for their overseas audience. They hate that they need them to make their money. So they rightfully treat those cultists like the cattle they are.
Switch doesn't have exclusives they are all playable on PC
Not really. But if we're going that route PC doesn't have exclusives, they're all playable on consoles.
japs were always fucking scum. They just happen to also be super slow so it they take a bit longer than the EAs and Ubiosofts.
scalpers and thieves get their hands on the Switch 2 early
get cucked by Nintendo who put a hard lock on pre-release so they can't make use of the thing they got
Lol
Lmao
Based Nintendo
And the single player?
Mario Kart 8 is a GAME being SOLD AT FULL PRICE with MULTIPLE DLCs for 8 years. The Switch is HARDWARE that has had the bulk of it's sales from when it was DISCOUNTED and SOLD CHEAPER THAN AT LAUNCH. The HARDWARE is sold as a LOSS LEADER to get people into the ecosystem to BUY GAMES.
I highlighted the important parts for you.
So this is how physical gaming dies? With thunderous applause.
In reality that doesn't matter as long as the device has enough battery.
The hardware isn't sold at a loss.
Both are true, PC probably has some obscure exclusives but nothing anyone would care about
If the whole cult thing had any credibility then Switch wouldn't have sold over 100 million units.
Start mass production late: cry there's not enough units on launch. Muh artificial scarcity!
Start mass production early: cry the unit that was shipped to Bardstown, Kentucky half a year ago doesn't have the most recent OS preinstalled
Happened two decades ago when PC storefronts decided you own nothing.
Do i have bad news about the switch 2.
Damn, i feel bad for the guy who buys a new unopened and never used Switch 2 on ebay in the year of 2069 - he won't be able to use it cause Nintendo shut down the Switch 2 authentication servers in 2054 and now he has to buy a dirty ugly used Switch 2 on the market instead
LCD
480p upscaled
90$ game
only 2 games
2016 hardware
you must be always online to play
what a failure of a console
Once again... we're here.
How can you be this stupid?
Correct. I call them indie games and yes some do get console ports.
Man, you sure pulled that pic out of your ass again.
Here's the real one.
What a fucking idiot.
Every console for at least the last 3 generations, the first thing you do is connect online and update it.
It's going to outsell years of Steam Deck sales in 24 hours. Eat shit Steamie.
The Switch is HARDWARE that has had the bulk of it's sales from when it was DISCOUNTED and SOLD CHEAPER THAN AT LAUNCH. The HARDWARE is sold as a LOSS LEADER to get people into the ecosystem to BUY GAMES.
None of those is actually true.
90$ game
Actually after taxes, fees, inflation, and more taxes, Switch 2 games are actually $296 dollars. Guess you didn't hear the latest news.
No it's not. Every Xbox fan got a PC and the last great Xbox was the 360. Nintendo is getting uglier each iteration.
Anon, we have to have something to doom about or the tendies will win!
my first nintendo console online was the switch, wii/u both worked out of the box same with the ds.
So, what's got the snoys so scared this time?
Based Gaben saved gaming
So this is how physical gaming dies? With thunderous applause.
nintendies ruin everything
Hey, let people be outraged over nothing. The Snoys need atleast keep the illusion alive that the Switch 2 will fail for the last few days. Cause everything after that is gonna be one massacre for the snoybrönies.
Holy utter retard
Pretty much any of them worth a damn do. Which is good, exclusivity is retarded console faggotry
lmao this fucking retard again
Not true. On Wii and Wii U some games wouldn't be playable unless your console's firmware was updated, granted some games included the firmware update, that was done in other consoles too. In fact on Wii's case that was how people often found that there was a new console update.
He's so desperate for something to stick. Every attempt just points out how fucking thick or hypocritical he is.
Nintendo fanatics have become the worst of the ones of the "big three". I don't know what the fuck happened, but it's pathetic.
True, but a lot of consolechads used to be against digital only gaming. Shame how they became nothing but shit eaters and apologists after only a bit of anti-physical propaganda. If Microsoft had just waited a few years to introduce the Xbox one’s online only features, no one would have cared and instead would have defended them. They were just a few years too early. The Jews won again like usual.
switch worked out of the box too with switch games, i assume switch 2s will work with non game key cart switch 2 games without updating too
No it's not.
Yes, it is.
what if the internet is down from a storm across the whole block yesterday and I wanna play mario eats out of a toilet 64
PC graphic card drivers. Every Switch 2 sold after the launch period will have the OS fully installed. I don't see the issue and I buy physical. If you update the console and wipe the OS to sell it, it'll be on the latest firmware aka it isn't DRM anymore. It's a day one console OS patch. What's the issue? And again, PC drivers for your brand new GPU need to be installed.
PC completely stops making physical games and relies solely on digital store fronts.
Xbox and sometimes Playstation start selling discs that don't have the full game on it/needs to be heavily patched to play
Nintendo selling Switch 1 carts with only half the game on it/DLC codes in an empty box.
Shit's been fucked for years numbnuts.
If you can afford a $450 console on launch day but have no way to connect it to the internet for a firmware update you've got bigger problems to worry about.
The Switch 1 also requires you to download firmware updates periodically in order to play newer games, as does the PS5, XSX, PC, etc.
Keep crying snoy. Maybe you should play games such as-oh, right.
Move to a first world country or use your phone's data.
What if someone has no internet connection?
This isn't even an excuse anymore, they straight up just connected over 3 billion people to the internet this year, which was a horrible fucking idea. But none the less you can't even use this stupid excuse even if you live in a shit desert country or even fucking africia.
Xbox One >=(
Switch 2 =O
They’ve always been the worst anon.
What if someone has no internet connection?
Then they most likely don't have electricity either lol. What was Nintendo thinking? How am I supposed to play the Switch 2 in a trench when suicide drones take passes at me?
If anything this means it's more vulnerable to being exploited.
I never wanted a Xbox One on the first place but I'm getting a Switch 2 anyway.
Or the universe proves him wrong because Sony does something insanely retarded.
gamerant.com
it's ok when nintendo does it
Tendies have always been this bad.
PC vegans are factually the worst since that's an actual cult. Then snoys. Then tendies.
switch 1 games only
So how long have we known this?
PC graphic card drivers
You used to get those in the box with the card, little zoomy. God, I just realised there's a whole generation of kids who have never had a peripheral come with a disk for the drivers.
You don't see the issue because you're retarded. You won't even be able to buy physical, didn't you get the memo? Every third party is doing game key only launches.
WAIT ITS BASED
Most first party Switch games works perfectly fine without a day one patch. Nintendo was the last big holdout to the digital Jew. This is the final nail in the coffin. Physical is truly dead now. Gen 10 consoles will be all digital.
hey hey
ho ho
nintendies get a pass
as they kiss the ass
when people say that they never go on sale they really mean "drop to 5-10 dollars a month after release like xbox and sony games."
This isn't even an excuse anymore
You own a console, the console should work aside connection. There is no "ifs" or "buts". Even smartphones work without internet.
AIM YOUR SUICIDE GUN
YOU CANNOT PLAY US
EVEN WITH YOUR JOY-CON DRIFT
YOU CANNOT PLAY US
DOWNLOAD NEW UPDATES
YOU CANNOT PLAY US
PRICE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS
YOU CANNOT PLAY US
WE ARE NINTENDO
YOU CANNOT PLAY US
True but here's how I'll deflect to someone else
Lol
I'm trans btw
You own a console
Need to agree to the license agreement to use it though
You won't even be able to buy physical, didn't you get the memo? Every third party is doing game key only launches.
damn, as someone who plays on PC I'd never support an ecosystem that does that
This. Only difference is now people are paying attention.
About two months.
What the hell is this slut saying?
Who is buying the console before June 5th?
Unironically based Nintendo, get fucked leakers, scum of the earth. Kamiya is right.
I wasn’t deflecting. PC trannies still deserve most of the blame for not resisting Steam. I’m just disappointed that console owners became just like them after spending several years criticizing digital only.
Agreed
Based as fuck. I love Nintendo for making Anon Babbletroons fart blood endlessly.
people in the central, mountain, and pacific timezones in the united states if they're going to a "midnight" launch
not that that has any real relationship to this thread
tendies will argue to the death that more expensive games are a good thing
I wasn’t deflecting
Yeah you were
PC master race triumphs again
Snoys definitely did that when they accepted a port of a remake of a remaster for $110
Tendies are cultists. They'll probably even call you a sony or xbox fanboy for saying that.
I’ve not touched a naughty dog game since uncharted 3. That being said you’re trying to compare 2 games in one package; that will eventually go down to being dirt cheap while Nintendo is selling an 8 year old Wii U game for more money than it was in 2017.
Eat a dick you cultist faggot.
So what happens in 20 years when someone finds a sealed Switch 2 in their late grandpas attic? They can't even get the console working because servers are gone?
Game retains its value over multiple years
This is a bad thing somehow.
what is supply and demand
Go bitch about capitalism like faggot
it's literally how both the ps5 (if you buy the disc drive separately and have to attach it) and xbox work, as both of those require an internet connection for initial setup
at least in the switch 2's case it'll just be for launch units (outside of game key carts) more likely than not unlike the permanent requirements for new ps5s and xboxes
implying people buying consoles in 2025 will ever have grandchildren
it'll probably work fine considering you can still update a Wii almost 19 years later with no signs of the update servers being turned off soon
Even smartphones work without internet.
Because its primary use is being a phone, but the phone doesn't work without a subscription plan. Guess I can't use my phone without a phone network, guess my phone is bricked.
he paid extra to break street date for a console and got a brick instead
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GET FUCKED LMAO
I never understood people like this
Is waiting an extra week for bing bing wahoo really such an impossible task that you have to bribe people to sell you one early?
Now that we’re officially in the digital only era. I hope Publishers go full penny pinching Jew. I want to see gaming licenses just become rentals. They rent them out to you for $80 for six months, then after six months you have to keep paying them $30 to renew them. Don’t pay up? Your license gets taken away from you. You digital only trannies created this horrid timeline. Now I want to see Mr. Goldberg and Yamamoto-San ram their tiny penises up your steamie and consolefag asses. I’ll be laughing at all of you from my tower built out of retro games and multiple hard drives full of pirated games. I especially hope steamies get FUCKED. Once the fat man drops dead you are going to regret falling into the digital only trap.
two months from now, a backdoor that needs the console in this state is discovered
nintendo starts begging people to return switch 0.0 consoles and to not jailbreak them
NNOOOOOO Think of the mudcave dwellers
Always online DRM to play Switch 1 games
Kek, the sales for this thing are going to fucking crater once everyone has their preorders.
it's really dumb, if you were getting a console before street date why wouldn't you get a (non-game key cart) game before street date with it? you know they're not gonna let you download anything before launch and we knew switch 1 games were gonna require a downloaded system firmware update to work
They’ll have a fine paperweight to display in their communal worker pods.
you will own NOTHING and you will be HAPPY
Why are we all so angry about the Switch 2?
My lawyer will help him
What if I don't have slow assed WiFi? Does the Switch 2 even have a network port?
losers hate winners
And Nintendo is winning
Because the resident schizos want us to hate it
Yeah, specially since he has no Switch 2 games.
People tend to shit on greedy gaming companies and Nintendo is by far the greediest.
intentionally disingenuous or retarded?
Kind of baffling that there are people this genuinely obtuse and illiterate.
it also has no sales
because it's not out yet
go grab a burger at mc donalds or something
The dock has a LAN port.
Meant for
just saying this wouldn't have happened if you retards kept your fucking mouths shut about pirating and emulating shit especially when games broke their street dates
I will be watching the Midnight Launch from the sidelines.
I am looking forward to everyone's cheers.
Snoys are mad that their console is a fucking joke 5 years in and that it has no games because their live service slop plans have all been failures.
What I mean is that he only got the console, so other than trying to play Switch 1 games there isn't anything else he can do.
It wasn't a fair point even 15 years ago. If you can't afford even internet for the initial setup of a system you shouldn't be buying game consoles. Not in 2025, not in 2010.
i shall trade the burger to get me internet, understood
B-but what if I don't have a car? What if I don't have gas?
mcdonald's delivers now
I'm not angry. I couldn't get a pre-order so I'm just enjoying other people's seethe.
15 years ago
2010
everyone had an internet connection back then did you live in some fucking mudhut or something?
tendies defending the don Mattrick approach 12 years later
You love to see it.
Then go by your own means or take public transport.
walk to mcdonalds and then walk back if its that long of a walk you burn whatever calories you gained eating the burger
What if someone has no internet connection?
if you do not have any access to the internet whatsoever in the year of our lord 2025 then you have other things to worry about because you are probably living on a fucking island
The point is going to mcdicks for the free wifi so that doesn't help
I hope devs keep putting out PS5 and switch 1 games for the foreseeable future, wonder when sony and nintendo will pull the plug, I mean, people are technically still releasing physical games for NES, SNES, game boy and GBA, and there's N64 homebrew too, but those cartridges use a different form factor and the switch and PS5 have a connection to the internet which could make it so any unauthorized sofware bricks the system
OH NO IT NEEDS TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNETS?!?!
What is this the 90s how is that an issue in any way even my fucking fridge connects to wifi
What are you brown and poor and ugly
but you have burger, you don't need internet or switch 2
its a one-time update bwo
it doesn't matter if your internet goes down a week later
cant wait for when the system stops being sold for it to be a litteral paperweight
BUT WHAT IF MY HEADCANON THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN IN THIS SOCIETY PERMANENTLY CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET HAPPENS?!
I'd rather get some well done nuggets.
I'm sure the doordash driver'll spot you a hotspot if you ask nicely
You don't understand! Nintendo doing the thing that every console has done for the past 3 generations means that Nintendo is DOOMED. Somehow.
Unironically Don Mattrick was right
this kind of conduct needs to be made illegal immediately and Nintendo needs to be fined a few billion dollars
Don't console updates come on the games? My 360 and Wii were never connected to the internet but would still get updates when I bought a new release game
don't you have phones?
based nugget enjoyer
Literally only good for hacking.
which also cuts out randomly
its not a 24/7 type of DRM you troglodyte
connect once, download an update, done
Equivocating the Xbox One reveal and the current debacle can't be more intellectually dishonest and I seriously doubt you were there in 2012.
Switch 2 will require a firmware update to play Switch 1 games
vs
Xbox One will require you to connect to the internet every 24 hours or you will be locked out of your entire physical and digital library until you do
I know this might be difficult but corporate needs you to find the differences between these two statements.
that's reasonable
Inworked for a hardware company. They always shipped with the latest firmware. This only exists for the first wave to fuck leakers, and I'm all here for it.
How dare Nintendo forces me to leave the house
Yes but the retard who got the console early didn't get any games. While not the same it reminds me other console launches where people would outright unplug their console while updates were being installed only to complain their console got bricked.
Yes and no. Tendies are a special kind of cultists. Whereas people rejected this in 2013, subhuman tendies are defending it in 2025.
they are so scared of hackers that they are ready to do anything, i hope they still fail in the end and the console gets a jailbreak almost as soon as it releases
The only people bitching about this are snoys
I'm sensing a pattern here.
implying you have a house
you don't go outside on a whim?
see
Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to stay connected; it's called Xbox 360
He was just ahead of his time
Unless there's another switch tier vulnerability, it isn't gonna be that fast.
the only people defending this are tendies
Also noticing a pattern.
He was a businessman when you actually need to be a shepherd for the ninten-cattle.
It's on people's hands already jailbreak where?
Remember when Microsoft pulled this exact shit with the Xbone leading to the death of the entire brand till the end of time? Yeah nothing's gonna come from this because its okay when Nintendo does it.
see
i don't think they do anymore? or at least from a quick search people say they don't but that seems really stupid short of it being a way to prevent people from being able to use a game to get a specific firmware version
PC vegans like yourself defended Valve doing it since 2003.
Stop nootcing things!
Who else would? Xbots defended it until they rolled it back because it made their console flop, PC vegans have resigned themselves to gaben's fat cock up their ass.
Retards like him would probably bring up emulation too yet nobody has shown any proof documentation exists for the hardware it uses.
This post is an absolute waste in places like Anon Babble.
I can't believe this... People are excited and waiting for this...thing...
Why weren't people excited for the PS5...
It has games...and online...experiences...
Was...was dedicating my life to defend Sony a mistake...?
George Cacioppo...please talk to me...show me the light...
Please whisper to me about Concord's success...
Maybe...maybe Marathon's too...
Please tell me my life wasn't a waste...that these last 8 years weren't a waste...
More right than Phil Spencer, feels like the dockable Xbox handheld of 2027 is his only good idea because the other stuff coming will be a massive failure.
Objectively false since PC vegans have also been defending this practice since 2003
My internet randomly goes down for hours and I live on the American East Coast
nevermind, this video shows that they do with the worst game possible
youtu.be
Let’s close this thread with a nice
you will own nothing and you will be happy
You low IQ digital only retards created this situation. Every horrible Jew scheme that comes out in the future is entirely your fault. Game streaming will eventually replace digital downloads. They’re the true owners of your licenses, you can’t do anything to resist them anymore. Once they decide that you will stream their games only you’ll go along with that too. Amazon already takes away streaming licenses for movies sometimes, the courts have sided with them, they’re allowed to do it with no explanation given. I hope you’re happy.
I will own nothing and be happy
I will happily support anything that makes tendies life miserable.
This but PC vegans
truth nuke
Switch 2 won.
Macaco eaters lost.
He's so miserable that he needs to make others miserable
No wonder why your father left you.
Macaco
dont punch until try brother!
wtf don’t get angry at the cultists who are allowing this shit
screening about "cultists" on Anon Babble isn't going to make you happier broski
Which started with PC storefronts and then expanded to Sony and microsoft consoles starting with online passes for paying $60 for a video game.
Neither is def ending Nintendo yet here you are.
But I am angry at Gabe Newell and the PC vegan cult
Every day that passes by makes snoys more and more scared. It's very fun to watch.
says retarded bullshit
"that's wrong"
TENDIE CULTIST BOOTLICKER STOP STOP STOP WAAAAH
rope at your earliest convenience
ahem
tendies lost
Another 8 years of seethe from this board incoming
I already knew every console since the internet era did this, and also every PC gaming platform does this.
cope
Don't forget to suck your dog dicks. You know who you are.
based
I won.
Tendies still lost
Nope. Enjoy your dog dicks.
Still trying to get the last word
Average tendie mindset
snoyjeets are mentally ill