Hacking Why does Nintendo ban consoles and not accounts?

[Ondrashek06]

If you install CFW and do not hide it on a switch and play online, they will ban your console.
But they have the ability to ban your account, but they only use it when you beg nintendo support for game codes or purchase game codes from G2A.
So, why do they ban consoles and not accounts when you hack?

 

[BigOnYa]

Prob so you will go buy another console from them....

 

[Gamerjin]

more than likely it to avoid the:
"hello nintendo? yeah, hi. listen my friend here was using my switch (and without telling me did some hacking) and now MY account is banned?!
Why is MY account getting banned when i didnt do ANYTHING?!"

 

[Potato Paste]

Prob so you will go buy another console from them....

this is the correct answer.

u have to make the cost high enough to prevent people from hacking so they will stop hacking. see all the cri babies who qq about thier switch getting banned. lolrekt

 

[Clydefrosch]

banning an account would likely void the bought items on it, which is likely kind of an illegal act

 

[tech3475]

1) Reduces the risk of bad PR
2) It still accomplishes what they want (no hacked consoles online)
3) You may still buy a ‘stock’ console and stay within the ecosystem long term

 

[1B51004]

i'm thinking that if you do get banned from an account, you can just make a new one and repeat the process.

 

[Potato Paste]

banning an account would likely void the bought items on it, which is likely kind of an illegal act

someone should bring that to court it would be funny.

"yes i tried to hack and not follow TOS but i want my games"

 

[Clydefrosch]

someone should bring that to court it would be funny.

"yes i tried to hack and not follow TOS but i want my games"

you can absolutely kick someone out from services, but you can't just void a bought and paid for license.

 

[Hayato213]

Doing an account ban wouldn't solve anything, would just make the user to create another account, doesn't dis-encourage to do illegal acitvity, console cost money, so getting a console ban is to teach people lesson not to do stuffs you that you agree not to do with the user agreement.

 

[wiiNinja]

Next gen Nintendo devices will have sensors to read your biometrics, then Nintendo will ban the person from playing a hacked Ninty device. Of course, you can then buy fake fingers from AliExpress to continue playing. It's Yin/Yang, good vs. evil for eternity.

 

[godreborn]

personally, I think it's to give you incentive to go legit. that's where sony fucked up. they ban both giving you no reason to pay for anything.

 

[Hayato213]

If you install CFW and do not hide it on a switch and play online, they will ban your console.
But they have the ability to ban your account, but they only use it when you beg nintendo support for game codes or purchase game codes from G2A.
So, why do they ban consoles and not accounts when you hack?

Buying eshop card isn't illegal also, I have bought eshop card from SEAGM, but never tried G2A, only when you buy something on the eshop with your own credit card and then you chargeback you would get a ban, going online with pirated game is obviously going to get you a ban, so why bother since you are breaking the rules.

 

[Philipp_94]

someone should bring that to court it would be funny.

"yes i tried to hack and not follow TOS but i want my games"

Well they may restrict the usage of their licensed OS, but the hardware is mine. I'm pretty free to so with it whatever I want. If I were to use a switch lite with a self developed OS (Linux, android thanks open source), they could do jack shit with my console.

 

[Inaki]

Well they may restrict the usage of their licensed OS, but the hardware is mine. I'm pretty free to so with it whatever I want. If I were to use a switch lite with a self developed OS (Linux, android thanks open source), they could do jack shit with my console.

yes, that is the common way we europeans see this, but other parts of the world seem to see it otherwise :/

 

[thaikhoa]

Nintendo called my wife to let her know I'm wasting too much time for the Switch and she banned me from playing games forever.

 

[Jayro]

banning an account would likely void the bought items on it, which is likely kind of an illegal act

If nintendo outlines in their ToS that using a hacked system online will ban your account, then they're covered from a legal standpoint if the user breaks that ToS agreement.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Because that way you make them more money when you buy another to be unbanned

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If nintendo outlines in their ToS that using a hacked system online will ban your account, then they're covered from a legal standpoint if the user breaks that ToS agreement.

Yeah but we both know we never actually read those


Next thing miyamoto busting ya door down and kidnaps you for nintendo's human consolization experiments

Because you agreed to the Tos

 

[Jayro]

Because that way you make them more money when you buy another to be unbanned

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Yeah but we both know we never actually read those


Next thing miyamoto busting ya door down and kidnaps you for nintendo's human consolization experiments

Because you agreed to the Tos

Yep. In court, you not reading the ToS is a trash argument at best, and the company will win against you every time.

 

[ccfman2004]

you can absolutely kick someone out from services, but you can't just void a bought and paid for license.

Tell that to Sony who does ban accounts that went online while on a CFW PS3. Had an account banned for that reason but thankfully I never bought anything on it.