@Natanox The reality is that once you purchase a CD/DVD copy of your game and enter the code, no matter where, the game is not yours any longer. You can not re-sell your physical copy of your game. Except Nintendo. When you buy a #switch cartridge you own that game and you can re-sell the copy of your game!

This may be retro but this is what digital sales do with you. They take away your rights about your stuff.

Digital only is the future and it ain't a bright future ...

@AndyGER @Natanox
Nintendo can still ban people for playing "physical" copies of games if somebody copied the license key, even if the victim wasn't the one that did it. I don't know how this affects Nintendo switch users that never connect online but I suspect most switch users do?

@foxxy @Natanox Why would I copy a license key from a cartridge I own? And how? O.o ...

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For those that purchase used "physical" copies of Nintendo Switch cartridges, somebody who had access to the re-sold cartridge before the sale may have copied the license key and may use it for themselves, and/or give to others resulting in Nintendo seeing multiple instances of the product being used with the same license key on multiple devices; thus prompting Nintendo to ban them as long as Nintendo can get their fingers inside the console through the Internet.

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@foxxy @Natanox Yeah that's illegal and those who do this should be punished ...

@AndyGER @Natanox
I don't think purchasing used cartridges should be illegal! That's morally wrong.
I believe those who purchase used cartridges shouldn't even be in danger of getting banned.

@foxxy @Natanox Not purchasing used copies of the game should be punished but obtaining a key from the game should. It's betrayal.

@AndyGER @Natanox
Oh yes exactly! But Nintendo can't tell the difference between multiple copies with the same copied license key, putting the user who purchased a used cartridge at risk of getting hurt because of an action somebody else did.

@foxxy @Natanox Right. They secure their rights and this is fair enough. So just be careful where you buy your used copies of games ;-) ...

@AndyGER @Natanox
No thanks, I disagree. I will fight for my right to repair and reuse safely. It's my responsibility as a living being on this planet. Any corpo who promotes creating landfill and pollution and claims it's to feed their artists/employees/workers is a non-starter. There would be more food to go around if there was less pollution. And more artists/programmers/etc. Be careful for who's "rights" you're protecting.

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