Why console makers can legally brick your game console
9 hours ago
- #Legal Rights
- #EULA
- #Console Manufacturers
- Nintendo faced backlash for an EULA update allowing them to disable Switch consoles for violations like hacking or piracy.
- Sony's PS5 and PS4 EULAs include clauses permitting disabling consoles online or offline for unauthorized modifications or piracy.
- Microsoft's Xbox Software License Agreement warns that unauthorized software or circumventing security can permanently disable consoles.
- Legal experts suggest console manufacturers are within their rights to enforce these terms.