How Nintendo Locked Down the Switch 2’s USB-C Port and Broke Third-Party Docking

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Nintendo is probably even more formidable than Apple when it comes to locking up its ecosystem: blinds for each console model, consoles that turn into bricks if one tries to crack them, and now also hardware components that are completely cracked: The Verge site ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (link App Store) Read more Switch 2: Nintendo bridl…

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For its Switch 2, already sold to millions of copies, Nintendo has put in place locks so that its official dock does not suffer from competition from third-party solutions. According to The Verge, the USB-C protocol here is hampered by a encryption key...

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The Nintendo Switch that came out in 2017 became, 8 years later, the third-selling console in the world and if it continued like this it would soon surpass the Nintendo DS and probably the PlayStation 2. However, we have already seen that since June is the brand new Switch 2 that surpasses practically everything the previous one and can play its games to more resolution and FPS. Although the Switch 2 is better at almost everything, now we have N…

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Switch 2 docks manufactured by third parties would have a serious problem because Nintendo would have blocked its compatibility using a trick from decades ago.