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Nintendo switch 2 to require phone number after paying, to use gamechat? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not the Nintendo I grew up with, with the Wii and Wii U.

A phone number to use vice chat on switch what is this Twitter 2.0?

sources: https://www.theshortcut.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-gamechat-only-works-if-you-register-your-mobile-number

https://www.indy100.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-gamechat-requirements-phone-number

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not a bad way to create a barrier to griefers. Nintendo's market is mainly children, and they don't want random assholes creating accounts to troll kids.