Nintendo Switch piracy can get you banned fast, says prominent hacker


An attendee plays the Bethesda Softworks LLC Fallout: Shelter video game on a Nintendo Co. Switch console during the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. For three days, leading-edge companies, groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products are showcased at E3. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

LOS ANGELES: A prominent hacker is warning people not to pirate games on Nintendo Switch. 

In a lengthy Reddit post (first noticed by Nintendo Insider), SciresM said people who do so will quickly be detected by Nintendo’s robust security measures and banned. 

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