Pirating games on your Nintendo Switch? Nintendo can render the system useless.

• Nintendo has warned software pirates it could remotely disable their Switch. The policy change was included in a recent User Agreement update. Nintendo has a history of battles with software pirates.

Nintendo is stepping up its efforts to fight piracy.

As it prepares to launch the Switch 2, the video game giant has updated its user agreement, informing Switch owners that if that console is found to contain pirated games or modifications, Nintendo has the right to remotely render the system useless.