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In the section on the development of the Nintendo Switch, it makes no mention of the information on its development that was obtained through the Nintendo Gigaleak such as their work with STMicroelectronics (Project INDY, Mont Blanc). Would it be within guidelines to have that information in the article? MrSwedishMeatballs (talk) 18:22, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I can't find the figure in the PDF that is used on this page for the claim of the console having sold 141.32 million units, seen here - [1]. Unless someone can show the claim of 141.32 million is given within this PDF then I'll look for an alternate source to add to the article to show its current sales figure. Helper201 (talk) 20:13, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Many outlets compared the unit to that of the Steam Deck. Valve stated that by happenstance, they came out with a device that was similar in function to the Switch.[2] The Verge stated that generally, the Steam Deck was a more powerful machine compared to the Switch, but that power came with a tradeoff in battery life which was greater with the Switch. 78.144.96.156 (talk) 16:22, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
I went back and read the prior discussion and I don’t understand why we aren’t listing the Wii U *and* the 3DS as a predecessor. On the 3DS page we list the Switch as its successor. I get that the Switch breaks the normal definitions of console and handheld, and Nintendo doesn’t want to put labels on it, but it’s clearly become Nintendo’s de facto handheld too. RickyCourtney (talk) 18:47, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
Ripped from the Security section
In April 2018, two separate groups discovered a method to use an exploit chain in the Tegra chip system that can be used to boot other software on the Switch. The exploit could not be patched through a software update, as the BootROM of the Tegra X1 can not be modified after the chip leaves the factory. Both groups had notified Nvidia and Nintendo of the exploit before publicly announcing their findings. Users studying the hardware determined that Nintendo has the capacity to permanently ban specific Switch consoles used to obtain software via this exploit from the Nintendo Network, as the Switch console includes a unique device identification code used as part of the validation to the Network. As games downloaded from the Nintendo Network include encrypted information that ties the Nintendo ID to the console, which is transmitted to Nintendo when users start playing games, Nintendo can track unapproved software downloads and take action. Nintendo has reportedly fixed the vulnerability in newer Switch units as of July 2018.
Nintendo Network and Nintendo ID should not be used here. Nintendo ID should instead be console ID and Nintendo Network should be referred to as "Nintendo's online services" instead. Network should no longer be capitalized. I am unable to edit this as I can't edit any semi secured pages yet BeanWiiU (talk) 21:47, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
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Change wording on Facebook/Twitter integration from ""Instead, profiles can be linked to existing social networks such as Facebook and Twitter for social and sharing features" to "Instead, profiles could be linked to existing social networks such as Facebook and X (then Twitter) for social and sharing features, though integration with X has since been removed" to reflect that integration with Twitter (now X) has been removed (under Online services section).
Change a sentence in the following paragraph reflecting this as well, from "Support for registering friends on the Switch via Facebook and Twitter was added on March 13, 2018, as part of the 5.0.0 system update" to "Support for registering friends on the Switch via Facebook and X (then Twitter) was added on March 13, 2018, as part of the 5.0.0 system update, though support for X was removed as part of the 18.1.0 system update."
Source for these changes: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-update-1810-pulls-xtwitter-support-bringing-it-in-line-with-playstation-and-xbox
or any other news site that reported this MossMan666 (talk) 15:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC)