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by JoshTriplett 879 days ago
> Even with that though, home-brew games are almost nonexistent on the Switch, or extremely minimal.

One major reason for that is that Nintendo aggressively permabans Switch devices that appear to be modded, preventing them from ever being used online.

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This usually won’t happen if you don’t pirate anything, cheat or do anything that looks like either of those, but there’s always a risk
It's just a worse Steam Deck at that point.
Homebrew exists on other consoles with this like the PS4 or PS3. There are zero online games worth playing on switch.