Nintendo's aggressive anti-piracy protocols are drawing new attention after a new Switch 2 owner found their console banned shortly after playing used physical games. While the ban was eventually ...

Switch 2 user warns about accidental ban after playing preowned game cards A Switch 2 user claims to have been banned thanks to used Switch 1 cartridges bought off Facebook Marketplace.

Reddit user dmanthey said they grabbed four used Switch 1 titles off Facebook Marketplace and updated them on their new console. The next day, Nintendo greeted them with a ban hammer and locked ...

Other users expressed some skepticism over Funaoe24's account, since Nintendo seemingly issued an extreme system ban for a single user using words that are not on the built-in Switch 2 automated ...

The Switch 2 user contacted Nintendo support and discovered they were banned, but they provided proof of purchase and were unbanned shortly after. The Redditor said the “whole process was ...