Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock. Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock update warns of bricked consoles for unauthorized use to combat emulation and piracy. In a bold and somewhat controversial move, Nintendo has updated its user agreement policies to clamp down on piracy, unauthorized modifications, and emulation—introducing a clause that could allow the company to render
Nintendo is actually the exception in this regard, they sold the switch at a profit from day 1.
I think all the console makers sell consoles at profit anymore.
Hence why the prices are stupid high. especially when you consider they are nothing but slightly modified AMD APU computers.