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Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)

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Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu'::Nintendo of America is suing the maker of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, saying it "unlawfully circumvents the technological measures" that prevent Switch games from being played on othe

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[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Just being an expensive pain to the developer dissuades future developers.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Why now then? Why not a couple years ago when Valve teased that you could use Yuzu on the Steam Deck?

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They do specify cite the Tears of the Kingdom release and increasing revenue to Yuzu, maybe that motivated them more.

Anyway I don’t mean they certainly have no case. We'll see.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That was 9 months ago. Still odd that it took so long.

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