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)

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    5·
    30 minutes ago

    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.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    32 minutes ago

    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.

    • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
      1·
      22 minutes ago

      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”.

    • chillxjr@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      25 minutes ago

      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.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    11 minutes ago

    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