Nintendo is notorious for suing others, whether it's for individuals hacking their games or going after other developers for copying their gaming properties. Now the tables have turned, with Brazil taking legal action over Nintendo's recent announcement that it can "brick" consoles whenever it wants.
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> On June 25, the São Paulo branch of Brazil’s Consumer Protection and Defense program, Procon-SP, shared a press release requesting Nintendo to change its end-user license agreement. Procon-SP initially stated: “Procon-SP notified Nintendo requesting changes to clauses considered abusive in contracts signed with Brazilian consumers. The main complaint involves the unilateral and unjustified cancellation of subscriptions to the company’s services.”
> Essentially, Procon-SP believes that Nintendo is violating consumer protection rules by canceling subscriptions and denying access to online services, including the eShop. While Nintendo has stated that the bricking of a console is only done if someone uses pirated software, the ability to do this to customers who already paid for the Nintendo Switch 2 and its services is not sitting right with representatives in Brazil.
> Nintendo has no legal presence in Brazil, so Procon-SP had to contact the company’s US headquarters to discuss the matter. In response, Nintendo has appointed a law firm to deal with this case, which includes a change in Nintendo’s bricking policies and even appointing a representative in Brazil. Nintendo now has 20 days to respond to Procon-SP’s request.
Isn’t Brazil notorious for promoting piracy?
How is this any different than PlayStation or Xbox “console banning”?
I’m sure Nintendo can just exit the Brazilian market and would just be fine.
And when I made a comment about countries possibly doing this, I got down voted to oblivion lol
Brazil has pretty robust consumer protection laws, which I think is great. The ability to long-distance brick and stop someone from using a product they paid for is very abusive, I think. A third-party mod is not necessarily a pirate product, it could simply be a game mod afaik.
If someone is breaking the law and commiting piracy and Nintendo knows it, they should contact the authorities to punish someone to the extent of the law. In that case, someone can be sued or pay a fine, but they have legal recourse in case something goes wrong (like being wrongfully accused). As a company, Nintendo doesn’t offer the same recourse if someone is wrongfully punished for piracy they didn’t commit, for example. And forbidding someone from modifying software they paid for on hardware they paid for for their own amusement or personal use is ridiculous.
More countries should do this.
I pointed out this was a possibility in some other thread and everyone was shitting all over the idea.
Just because something is in a contract doesn’t mean it’s legal or enforceable. A good example is a contract with a hitman/woman. If they take my upfront fee and don’t kill the target, I can’t exactly go to court and sue for my money back.
Was this written by a 3 year old? Nintendo has been sued many times. As recently as the class action about Switch Joycons.
A previous thread on this was already taken down for being misleading.
The bans that have happened are due to people using flashcarts to pirate, and are just online bans, the same as MS and Sony do. This lawsuit is calling that bricking when it’s not, and articles wre running with that for drama. No consoles have actually been bricked.
“Nintendo is getting a taste of their own medicine.”
I highly doubt their vast legal teams are getting all bent out of shape over this.
Finally. The united states isn’t involved in something stupid for once. Its someone else! Lol
This is a nothingburger that will get quietly settled, if it ever proceeds.
This is established industry practice. *If* the case goes against Nintendo, all they’ll do is implement restrictions on people playing their consoles in Brazil. Don’t imagine this will make Nintendo reverse their policy.
They aren’t bricking them, they just cant access online. They should change the wording to banned.
Also people are doing things intentionally to get banned so they can complain about it online or try to sue. Since they are intentionally violating the TOS then they will get laughed out of court.
Brazil seems to think its courts can do a lot of things lately
Nintendo sucks
“Taste of their own medicine”
Lmao yeah sure
You guys keep posting ad-bait articles meant foe clicks. The title is pure misinformation as it takes about Nintendo banning you from all online services, not bricking your console.
I swear, reddit loves their misinformation.
To be honest I’d love to see an activist group break into Nintendo’s servers and brick every Switch worldwide, assuming that capability exists. At minimum, ban every Switch from online connectivity and log everyone out.
Nintendo would sort things out over the course of a few days. But the outrage that would be sparked by that would force Nintendo to soften their stance on things.
i agree withe law suit BUT Nintendo blocking pirates and punishing them by blocking their network access isn’t new, microsoft and sony have been console banning for a decade or longer.
F Nintendo! They’re turning into Apple
A taste of their own medicine? It’s nothing. Big companies face lawsuits all the time. And certainly a Brazilian one means little.
The cretins in here masterbating over any post anti-Nintendo.
You know you f’ed up when BRAZIL lawsuits you. We are famous for not caring about anything
also to note: Brazil is one the countries that pirates software the most in the world