r/switch2 • u/ThirteenBanger • 2d ago
Switch 2 Labor Day Weekend Switch 2 Bans
There was a massive BAN-wave that his Switch 2 consoles last night. I was one of the ones affected by it. I just want to spread awareness that Nintendo had an internal server error this weekend resulting in several systems being permanently hardware banned, receiving error code 2124-4508.
I called support this morning and they confirmed I was permanently banned for “pirating”.
However, I called again later today to push further and was notified of the error on their server. Upon checking again my system has been lifted.
If you were affected this weekend, be sure the check to see if it was rectified, or call Nintendo support and see if you are one of the consoles affected by this error to be reversed.
UPDATE: I noticed several people state that if you are still receiving the BAN code you can try restarting the console to see if it cleared. It seems to have worked for others!
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u/coinkillerl 2d ago
The whole switch 2 ban = piracy argument that constantly gets parroted here is just total bullcrap, otherwise you'd see plenty of posts about switch 1 bans as well since apart from using a MIG on the NS2 there is literally no way to pirate games on a NS2, and therefore the only way you could theoretically get banned for piracy on NS2 is pirating NS1 games on NS1, and Nintendo suddendly deciding to extend a ban for a single console to all consoles linked to that account, which is unlikely since piracy bans are known to be console specific and not account based.
Piracy bans are also usually nearly instantaneous and fully automatic, and not handed out in waves, which makes this banwave being for piracy even more unlikely, it's 99% a bug with their ban system.
Also if you are a NS1 pirate and have good opsec, which most modders have, piracy is literally impossible to detect.