As in, actually buying physical games to load on the console? What did you think I meant? Newer games need newer firmware, good luck being able to play those on low system versions.
I understand that newer games require newer firmware. I guess one of the points that I was trying to make was that different users have different preferences. With regard to 1.0.0, you said in one of your posts that...
Yeah, nothing like being limited to only running five games lol.
However, for some users, perhaps those five games are enough to more or less satisfy them (by the way, it's actually thirteen cartridge games, by my count, that can be run on 1.0.0
). If you wish to use hacks/homebrew, sometimes sacrifices have to be made, such as some of the discussion in this thread about potential online bans for hacked Switch consoles.
The second point that I was making was that 3.0.0 users are cut off from newer games as well, but obviously, they have a higher selection of games to choose from than 1.0.0 users. Your post that I originally quoted could just as easily say...
I'm talking about being forced to stay on 3.0.0 and not being able to play new legit games
Also, if an exploit were to eventually appear on, for example, 4.0.0, eventually those users could be cut off from newer games as well. To use my mention of Super Mario Odyssey as an example, if that is the only game that both a 1.0.0 and 3.0.0 user is interested in, at this moment, they both more or less have these options...
1. Update their current Switch to play it.
2. Buy a second Switch.
3. Skip over it.
To go a little further with that example, I have thought about buying a second Switch, preferably when there is a price cut, to play Odyssey and newer games. However, for me personally, I will skip over it for now. Someone else might decide differently, however, and both 1.0.0 and 3.0.0 users are in the same boat with the Odyssey example. I will admit though, I hope that something comes along to allow me to play newer games (I'm not referring to piracy) while retaining homebrew capabilities, and after this news today, I am a little more optimistic about that happening. For now though, I'll make use of the options that I currently have available to me.