Nintendo is trying to limit piracy pending the release of a new generation of Switch

Nintendo continues the offensive against piracy. It must be said that the manufacturer has already encountered a few years ago with the Wii and the DS. Hacked consoles, but still very successful

For the Switch, the problem arises again. Last month, hackers had fun diverting the system from the machine through a small flaw of its Tegra X1 Custom processor. Today, since a software patch can not provide solutions, Big N has decided to take things in hand directly from the production plant.

Clogging up the gap

The processor of the Nintendo Switch is weakened . The open door, called Frozen Rocket, allows users to run custom homebrew software, such as the famous Nintendo GameCube Dolphin emulator. Nintendo countered by banning the switches identified as noncompliant. But, in order to annihilate this breach of material origin, it would be necessary to make a change directly in the processor of the machine.

Waiting to launch a new generation of Switch, Nintendo wants to limit the case. It is for this reason that the manufacturer seems to have applied a piece of code in the ROM of the consoles that are in the process of arriving on the shelves in order to lock this unfortunate access. Consoles that are – also delivered – with the old firmware 4.1.0, a version of the software that suffered from a flaw called "Deja Vu", corrected by version 5.0.0. released in March.

This is SciresM creator of "Deja Vu", who identified the implementation of the code in the ROM. Unsurprisingly, the Switch hacker does not recommend upgrading to purchase, to keep the 4.1.0 firmware. and proceed to a possible hack of the console.

One thing is certain, such a situation is likely to create a new market, that of Switch first-generation easy to hack and whose prices may well flambé.

The damage is done. Nintendo struggles, but when a rift has left the door open to hackers … hard to get rid of …

Source:
ArsTechnica