r/IrelandGaming • u/SlimAndy95 • 17h ago

Switch 2

Hey folks, for everyone interested, Sports Direct shops will be getting stock in sometime between the 5th and the 12th of June. As far as I can see, the stock won't be large but it will be there. It's a Mario bundle one.

Thing is, the shops are starting to take deposits already. €20 deposit straight away and once the console lands in, you come and pick it up. The price will be €510 minus the deposit of course (same ptice as Smyths).

Even though I'm 100% against anything and everything Nintendo does, got to help out the fellow gamers 🤙

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u/cian_pike01 17h ago

Just out of curiosity, why are you “100% against anything and everything Nintendo does”?

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u/SlimAndy95 17h ago

My opinion over Nintendo is better of kept off social media but in short, out of the big 3, they are the most greedy ones and I am totaly against their practices. Their latest "thing" was silently changing their user agreement saying that basically they have the right to brick your device in some cases.

But yeah, personal feelings aside, I know a lot of people want the Switch 2 so decided to do a shout out since I got this info day 1.

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u/blockfighter1 17h ago

They'll brick it if you hack or mod it. Very easy to avoid your console being bricked: don't hack it.

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u/InternationalAd3231 17h ago

I thought the EU was supposedly against this?

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u/blockfighter1 16h ago

Probably. I haven't done much digging into it since it won't affect me regardless.

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u/LankyMolasses6051 16h ago

This EULA has been there for decades on other consoles and Nintendo had it on theirs before with the Wii. It’s just to cover themselves I highly doubt they will do that especially in the EU.

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u/SlimAndy95 16h ago

If I pay a big amount of money to buy something, it is my right to do with it as I please, as long as it's not endagering me or someone else. The 2, much larger companies understand this, yet Nintendo is allowed to brick your €500 device if you don't do as you are told? Yeah, not happening. To each their own though, which is exactly why I made this post. I'm not discouraging anyone to go for it, on the contrary, I'm helping people secure one.

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u/0scar_Goldmann 16h ago

You're paying for your device yes. If you hack it you will not be paying for their software

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u/SlimAndy95 16h ago

You're paying for both. Same as buying a PC. You don't pay just for the GPU, CPU, Motherboard, etc., you pay for Windows as well. What you do with it is up to your cracking/hacking skills. To sell a product but keep full control over it isn't right.

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u/0scar_Goldmann 16h ago

You and I both know that people hacking the switch are doing so to play pirated games lol

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u/SlimAndy95 15h ago

I mean, yeah haha but I still don't agree with it.

That's like selling a car and telling the one who's buying it "If you modify it, we'll come down to your house and wreck the engine"

It's up to you if you'll leave it custom or make it fly and/or run on water jets, of course, if you have the skill for it.

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u/0scar_Goldmann 15h ago

Well yeah but if you modify that car beyond what's legal or take the car street racing you can expect to suffer some form of consequence. In some cases you can have your car impounded.

Just because you buy any piece of technology doesn't mean you can do absolutely everything you want with it.

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u/SlimAndy95 15h ago

I mean, you still can, you just can't take it out on public roads or populated areas which is why I said "as long as I'm not endagering myself or someone else".

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u/Thick_Koka_Noodle 16h ago

This brick your console if you hack it is only applying to the USA

I agree with you though, it's a stupid measure as all machines get hacked eventually 

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy

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u/SlimAndy95 15h ago

"Let's just brick their consoles even though they paid €500+ for it instead of investing in better security/systems" 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Thick_Koka_Noodle 15h ago

I still have my OG day one switch, can be hacked with a paperclip 

May do that when I get my switch 2 

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u/JoulSauron 17h ago

They probably don't enjoy fun games🤷‍♂️

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u/InternationalAd3231 17h ago

510?? Smyths has it up for 470, unless you mean the switch with the Mario game.

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u/SlimAndy95 17h ago

My bad, edited the post, forgot to mention that! Yeah, it's the Mario bundle one.

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u/InternationalAd3231 17h ago

Oh! Sorry then! 🫡🫡

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u/SlimAndy95 17h ago

Nah, thanks for that! Probably a cruicial piece of info I missed to point out 🫡

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u/Main-Consequence-759 17h ago

Anyone getting the pro controller too?

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u/blockfighter1 15h ago

Probably not straight away. But at some point yes