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NATO said:

Over the past couple of days, console hackers known for their work on the Vita and other consoles have started work on the Switch console, already dumping the systems NAND flash and finding some reference for AndroidN7 (Android Nougat 7.0) due to it's use of libstagefright  but because of that discovering that the NAND flash itself is at least partially unencrpyted, over on a channel (that I won't mention since it goes against VGC rules) hackers have been systematically peeling back the security of both the system and it's interaction with game cartidges.

Contrary to previous guesses, the hackers claim that the base system does not run on a modified FreeBSD kernel, but instead a kernel based on the same codebase as the Nintendo 3DS, with so many eyes and hands already tinkering with the inner workings of the Switch, it's only a matter of time before news that Nintendo would no doubt dread, may hit the front page of gaming sites.

So question is, do you think piracy happening so early in the consoles life would be a death toll for the console, or an unexpected boost to sales?

Sources:
https://twitter.com/qlutoo
https://twitter.com/maximus64_

I really don't think it matters all that much one way or the other.