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		fiznool on March 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably... As per the article there are 32 fuses, meaning they can support 32 ‘irreversible’ firmware updates. There have already been 13. What happens when update #33 is needed? Or are they banking on the switch being superseded by that point?

chrisdotbiz on March 24, 2022 [–]

13 fuses in 5 years. I don’t think the current Switch hardware is going to be supported for more than 10 years.

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