PC gaming remains undefeated: Nintendo now says it has the right to brick your Switch if it thinks you're pirating games or modifying the console

First spotted by Game File (readers may encounter a paywall), Nintendo has recently changed its online user agreement in multiple consumer-unfriendly ways just before the launch of the Switch 2. Chief among them: Nintendo asserts the right to render your console "permanently unusable" if it determines you're in violation of the agreement.

Nintendo's specific new phrasing, distinct from its prior EULA from 2021, is that "You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the foregoing restrictions...