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Not much info here but I wonder if these were some sort of fake NES/SNES/Mega Drive minis or just handheld emulation devices in general

I was wondering if shipping SD cards full of ROMs would ever come to bite the manufacturers in the ass and I guess it might have. Will this be a one-off thing or a sign of a wider EU crackdown? I think there was a warning earlier issued by some agency this month about how the solder in one of the Anbernic devices exceeded EU's maximum lead levels

Edit: There's a video of the Italian cops' raid on the warehouse where the devices were being held, looks like a large variety of different devices

https://youtu.be/U4lYIzijJSU?si=mmvXSsipSaMEnaOv

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[-] unperson@hexbear.net 53 points 2 months ago

12,000 consoles … for an estimated value of more than 47.5 million euros.

Each console costs 40 grand? doubt

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

It's hilarious when they apply the same math they use to calculate the worth of drug busts to something like this

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

Software licensing. For games you literally can't buy anymore in most cases.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

They probably have 1000 games on each console that you can select from in a list and they're pricing based on that. Ridiculous.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Black Book of Cummunism-ass "math"

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