I am in a rare position (for me) to finally get my hands on a switch 2.
I really want to play the zelda remake on the hardware it was designed for, Hookshot has been fantastic, but I want the physical game. also, I will need a switch 2 for the upcoming pokemon games.
so I’m gonna bite the bullet, and have saved up for a good while (laughably low income) but I am at a crossroads.
Do I buy a new in box switch 2, or a cheaper used one that is on older firmware that I could jailbreak?
I have always been one of those guys, forcing hardware to do things it was never designed to do, but this is almost 6 months worth of saving, and I usually experiment on hardware that gets donated to me. I have never bought parts for a project.
So, Lemmy, Am I being stupid in my sidequest of having a jailbroken switch? should I just bow to nintendo and play by their rules for the “best” experience? or is it worth it to risk having a jailbroken switch 2 so I have full control over the system? (moving saves, dumping roms, mig card)
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Buy it used unless you know the seller well.
Is it defective in some subtle way you wouldn’t know from quickly testing it when you buy it used? Did the first owner do something shitty to get banned by Nintendo and now that whole console is shitlisted and bricked? Is it still under warranty if you’re not the original owner?
I wouldn’t chance buying a game console used if it was money I couldn’t afford to lose. The savings simply aren’t enough, especially with how well Nintendo and Apple shit retains its value.
Personally, I only find jailbreaking consoles worthwhile later in their lifecycle. Otherwise I might be locked out of some of the games releasing for later firmware versions.
My rule of thumb is used has to be at LEAST 20% cheaper, maybe more depending on the condition.
I would also suggest waiting to see what the price on Black Friday is before comparing.
Whatever you decide, I hope you have fun and enjoy your little luxury!
your jailbroken switch will get banned if you ever connect it to the internet.
just pay for a new one, a used one isn’t going to be significantly cheaper, and the black friday deal coming up dropped the price back down to where it was before the $50 price hike
if you want a ‘jail broken’ switch, just get a steamdeck style device and use an emulator on it
on the hardware it was designed for
Those are same pixels anyway.
laughably low income
Buying a Switch is a bad idea whatever you want to play, even more if you can play it for free.
The emulated version/AI-recompilation needs high-end hardware to run and even then, it runs like crap in most areas and is full of glitches. So it’s not really “the same pixels”.
I totally get it, but a steamdeck is way out of the budget. I could do one of those cool 3ds lookin anbernic things. I really want the real hardware so I can link with some IRL friends though, and they dont know what emulate is.