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Do you still have your Switch 2 offline with Day 1 firmware?

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I've held out so far! Launch system, day one firmware, airplane mode. But it's getting harder and harder for me to hold off, with Pokopia getting all the praise that it's getting. Is there any reason to still hold out hope, or has everyone else already given in?
 
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I'd be very surprised if a vulnerability was found in the next 5 years or so. It's been nine years since the original Switch was released, and there's still no softmod exploit for iPatched units.

Hell, there is no softmod coldboot exploit for non-patched units either. Even with AutoRCM on, you still need to re-inject on every boot.
 
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Ondrashek06 said:
I'd be very surprised if a vulnerability was found in the next 5 years or so. It's been nine years since the original Switch was released, and there's still no softmod exploit for iPatched units.

Hell, there is no softmod coldboot exploit for non-patched units either. Even with AutoRCM on, you still need to re-inject on every boot.
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I agree. I recently picked up an Ayn Thor. Between that and my laptop, my appetite for a hacked Switch 2 is entirely gone. In fact my appetite for the switch as a console is entirely gone (still crazy you can't backup your save files) so I'm just hoping for an exploit for emulation development.
 
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At this point I don't expect any hack to happen within the next few years and if it does, I highly doubt it targets only the first firmware. I know something like this happened on the Switch where you had to be on 3.x for first exploits to work but almost noone is keeping their Switch 2 on low FW at this point so the "audience" to such a hack would be a niche group not worth even creating a homebrew environment for.

Imho if we ever get a Switch 2 hack that goes beyond a user space exploit, it would be a hardware mod and for this, the FW would highly likely be irrelevant nonetheless.

That's why I decided to just keep my Switch 2 up to date. Honestly... as much as I'd love something like Atmosphère on the Switch 2, I have a hacked OLED Switch and a Steam Deck where I can already do what I want.
And currently the Switch 2 exclusives aren't interesting to me anyway. I'm fine buying the few I want (like Donkey Kong Bananza) and getting everything else via Steam.
 
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still holding up. Not even 1 year has passed since the release..... apart from the switch (and it took more than 1 year), no modern console has been hacked quick, this is normal.
 
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No. I don't know about you but I like playing games. That's why I bought the console. I'm not so opposed to paying for games that I'm not willing to pay for a single one. I'm fine paying the Nintendo tax until a mod is available. It's worked well for me on every other console so far.
 
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karmesin said:
I have the exact same issue... Pokopia looks great but i was very lucky in the past with my 3DS and also the Switch to not upgrade too early...

made the mistake with my PS4 and upgraded it just for a game... and got punished very hard...
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Funny enough, I got original Vita TO wait for CFW thus almost forgetting I even owned it for years and next time I remembered out of boredom - viola - cfw and mem card adapter galore era.
 
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No. I don't know about you but I like playing games. That's why I bought the console. I'm not so opposed to paying for games that I'm not willing to pay for a single one. I'm fine paying the Nintendo tax until a mod is available. It's worked well for me on every other console so far.
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People who are waiting to hack their Switch 2 consoles to play what... Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Banana?

Switch 2 is great for its backwards compatibility support and for that reason I prefer using NS2 for NS1 games.
 
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I bought my Switch 2 with absolutely no intentions of keeping it pristine for a "day 1" hack; I have my Switch OLED for cheats/mods for Switch 1 games. Once the Switch 2 OLED (AKA Switch 2 Pro) is released, then I will consider buying a console just to collect dust until a hack is released. I am thoroughly enjoying my Switch 2 on the latest firmware, and I can use my OLED to mod, cheat, etc. in OG Switch games while I wait until the inevitable day when someone finally comes public with the Switch 2 hack that we all are waiting for.
 
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I have 2 switch 2's.
One never turned on day one and the second updated.
Regarding the updated one, there isnt anything i want to play right now, 3rd party games are fine on ps5 or PC.
If all my switch 1 games automatically upscaled to 1440p/4k and 60 fps, id probably use it more.
 
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It was difficult, but I've held out since day 1. I downloaded Split Fiction and Mario Kart, played a total of five hours, and haven't played it since. Some intrepid folk may assume that I don't find a single game enjoyable for the Switch 2 that isn't on every other console in the world but I swear it's just...uhh...I'm holding out for...hacks...

Just like the first switch, the majority of my time on the console will be spent updating the hacks...and not actually playing games.
 
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Seems like the community splits into two groups.

First: people who bought the Switch 2 to actually play it: younger, tighter budgets, no real alternative. They'll update. They'll buy key cards because there's nothing else.

Second: people for whom $500 doesn't hurt, already sitting on a Switch 1, a gaming PC, a Steam Deck. No urgency, no dependency. If an exclusive ever justifies it they'll grab a used unit for $300 on the side. These people will never update, and Nintendo has no way to pressure them.

The irony: group two is exactly the audience that drives homebrew and security research.
 
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I've got two Switch 2's, one sat in the attic unopened and one I actually use/d. I played Mario Kart World, completed Donkey Kong Bananza and Metroid Prime 4 and then it was just sitting around unused so I lent it to a friend for now, until the next Switch 2 exclusive comes out that I'm interested in playing.
 
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I've got two Switch 2's, one sat in the attic unopened and one I actually use/d. I played Mario Kart World, completed Donkey Kong Bananza and Metroid Prime 4 and then it was just sitting around unused so I lent it to a friend for now, until the next Switch 2 exclusive comes out that I'm interested in playing.
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Well, but Prime 4 isn't an exclusive. It should have been just to try and push sales though that game is pretty rough and boring.
 
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Thanks for all of the responses, all!

@lordelan - so if a modchip is the most likely outcome, then OFW would actually be irrelevant? Hmm, this is a tempting argument...

There must be some reason half of the community is still holding out, though. Are we all mistaken to do so? Is there any argument to holding out still? What are the genuine chances of a software hack arriving before a mod chip?
 

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