• @Yermaw@lemm.ee
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    95 days ago

    The target audience still goes online. Generally Facebook and mumsnet. Wait til it happens to one of them and the stories go round like wildfire.

    With that market, especially at big luxury prices like a console, you exist solely on good faith.

      • @Yermaw@lemm.ee
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        95 days ago

        They won’t give the first shit about piracy policies or anything like that, but they’ll care that MummyD123s DH bought their DD an electric brick that won’t keep them quiet any more.

            • @arakhis_@feddit.org
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              14 days ago

              what nintendo child will do that is my question, the third time.

              idk if im missing something or you all repeat the same bit in hopes of something…

              • @Yermaw@lemm.ee
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                44 days ago

                It only takes one, and they’re not going to admit to their mum that they tried taking it apart or installing some dodgy stuff on it. Once word gets out they can be “randomly” bricked they’ll stop selling so well.

                There’s also the risk that it’ll actually get randomly triggered.

                • @arakhis_@feddit.org
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                  13 days ago

                  idk I dont see that issue specifically, I see the issue of them choosing the vulnerable customers (families with pre-teen children) over the conscious ones (gaming etusiasts who are less likely to choose nintendo first and if so then better be a diehard cultist)

                  but a lil kid who cant even control mario in mario kart without the auto drive assists…? idk how this little guy would install or screw open a console xd

              • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                14 days ago

                Right, children are known for being well behaved and following the rules…

                I remember as a child playing 2 player Tetris on the original Gameboy, which required a cable connecting the two devices. I figured out if I watched my opponent’s height indicator on my screen and saw it drop suddenly I could unplug the cable from my device and not get sent the extra lines. It was a cheat and an exploit that I stumbled upon because I was curious what would happen. That “I wonder what would happen” attitude can now apparently cause Nintendo to purposely brick the device.

                  • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                    13 days ago

                    You haven’t met a pre teen. You’re also ignoring the problem of false positives.

                    “It doesn’t matter how strict the punishment is, only criminals will be punished” only works if only criminals are punished. There’s plenty of stories of accounts being banned when no rules were broken.