Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)

Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by water8 on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:35PM (#30773849)

Sorry I modified the dvd firmware when I was a teenager. It was really important to me to get level 50 in Halo 2. Hope you can understand lol.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by Jerrrry on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:39PM (#30773873)

It's okay. I had a 50 in every H3 playlist, and my own cease and desist letter from a few different AAA companies.

We've all been there...

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by sharken on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @02:44AM (#30775677)

Even John Carmack got in trouble with the police at one time. Luckily he got off with a warning.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by _fat_santa on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @11:07AM (#30779226)

I fondly remember flashing my DVD drive on my 360 when I was 15 to play Saints Row (I had an ITCH for a GTA like game). Back then I was scared shitless of possibly bricking it. Now looking back, I laugh because of how trivial the mod was. Pretty sure this was a major contributing factor to me eventually perusing tech in my career.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by KyleJune on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @11:24PM (#30786102)

Modding Xbox/Xbox 360 was for many people. I got started programming with writing CoD MW2 mods.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by water8 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @03:45PM (#30794496)

When I saw that I could fill up my friends list on Xbox live by changing a few variables on the auto aim configuration I learned early on that computers are magic to most people, And if you know how they work that makes you a wizard

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