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Nintendo Just Banned a Ton of Switch 2 Consoles, Turning Them Into Offline-only Bricks
- Nintendo has banned numerous Switch 2 consoles from accessing online services after detecting use of the MIG Flash cartridge.
- This ban followed MIG’s announcement around June 12 that their flash cartridge worked with the Switch 2 despite prior Nintendo warnings.
- Banned consoles can still play offline games but cannot buy content or export save data, and factory resets do not remove the ban.
- One user reported their Switch 2 was banned after loading perfectly legal dumps of owned games with a MIG Switch while their main Nintendo account was not banned.
- The ban applies only to affected hardware under updated user agreements, possibly requiring owners to replace consoles or wait for future models before regaining full access.
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Nintendo Switch 2 came out less than two weeks ago and there are already consoles that have been banned for using pirate games. The console detects whether methods such as MIG Switch, a kind of cartridge that loads copies of games, are used. Although some argue that they use their own games, Nintendo does not distinguish: if you modify the system, you risk it. Several users have already seen error code 2124-4508, which blocks access to any onlin…
Nintendo banning some MiG flash cartridge users
Nintendo has always been extremely aggressive when it comes to the issue of video game piracy and their stance is unlikely to change anytime soon. Some users which have been using MiG flash cartridges have been reporting on social media that they have been permanently banned from accessing any of Nintendo’s online services. Some MiG… Read More »Nintendo banning some MiG flash cartridge users Source
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