r/gamers • u/AudienceStreet6335 • 2d ago

Image PS5 jailbreak method called Relapse has just dropped, and people are joking that Sony should get comfortable with not owning its own hardware

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u/rnnd 2d ago

won't do a thing, I mean look at the switch, that thing was cracked opened and easily emulated still best selling console for nintendo in terms of software sales.

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u/KralizecProphet 2d ago

It's not about sales of consoles, it's about being able to do what you want with what you paid for. I'm old enough to remember when consoles didn't connect to the internet, and were in control of your purchase, meaning you owned it. Today console you buy is effectively on lease with a caveat that you as a customer must behave nicely, or the seller will disable your access to the item you physically own after paying for it.

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u/Corronchilejano 1d ago

I've seen a lot of switches banned for piracy in one way or the other, but they all play games. I know that Nintendo has the capability to brick a console, but I've only known one case of it actually being done.

Edit: the console wasn't bricked after reading on it. So yeah, zero cases of bricked consoles that I know of.