"NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game's release; says Yuzu's Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu's business model helps piracy flourish."

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[–] specseaweed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I bought the game and I still considered emulating it just to run it at higher res.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 1 year ago

This is something that makes the Nintendo numbers bullshit. how many of those 1mill downloads were people who already owned/purchased the game? How many of those people don't even have a switch and would have never purchased the game to begin with?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm thinking of it so I can play older patches of the game.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of interest, at a high level, why?

Did they patch out interesting exploits/speed run things?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's some easy duplication glitches.