Nintendo is suing the developers of Switch emulator Yuzu (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 8 months ago by ShiningWing@lemmygrad.ml to c/games@lemmygrad.ml

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is pretty disastrous, the things Nintendo is suing over are things that apply to pretty much all emulators, it would be a very dangerous precedent to set if Nintendo were to win this one

And even if they don't win, it's still very shit that they're even able to use lawsuits as a scare tactic, that they can ruin people's lives even without needing to win

Also, daily reminder that "piracy equals lost sales" is nothing but corporate propaganda, often it's the opposite actually:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/pirates-more-likely-to-pay-for-legal-content-choice-survey/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/evkmz7/study-again-shows-pirates-tend-to-be-the-biggest-buyers-of-legal-content

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 8 months ago

Emulation is not piracy

[-] ShiningWing@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 8 months ago

This is true but also it's always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games

It does very much bug me though how, unsurprisingly, there's plenty of people on reddit and Twitter acting like piracy is the only reason one would use Yuzu, as if it isn't such a huge value to be able to run games you paid for at a more playable framerate and better resolution than Nintendo's outdated hardware

Like, hell, Tears of the Kingdom having such awful performance drops on official hardware even compared to BotW is basically the big reason I haven't bothered picking it up

this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024

61 points (100.0% liked)

Games

1623 readers

19 users here now

█▓▒░📀☭ g a m e s 💾⚧░▒▓█

Tag game recommendations with [rec]. Tag your critique or commentary threads with [discussion]. Both table-top and video game content is welcome! Original content or indie/DRM free material is encouraged!

Not a place for gamer gate talk or other reactionary behavior. TERFs and incels get the wall.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml

Makan@lemmygrad.ml