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Per the article, it wasn't a pirated game though, it was used. That's the issue here.
They can be ban happy with pirates if they want, but banning people from being able to just swap games in real life is fuckin dumb.
Well technically, it was both, at least from their perspective. And as soon as they were contacted, the situation was resolved.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be pissed if this happened to me, and I'm not saying I like the whole "we block your internet access" thing. But what I'm saying is that this is normal practice for decades (!!!) now for all console manufacturers, and that the only reason why this is a "news article" now is because "Nintendo = bad" clicks so damn well.
And on a side note, let's please not forget that there was ONE reported case. One. Not a systemic issue, maybe even just a technical quirk.
Banning people who play games they bought second hand most definitely is not an industry practice for decades for all console manufacturers.
Nintendo thought is was pirated. The original seller copied the game, then sold the original and kept the copy. Nintendo saw both copies running at the same time and disabled them both.
They don't care. They're on a mission. Let's move on.