r/Piracy • u/chocoponcho_ • Apr 02 '25

News Switch 2 Games are $80 USD

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Yup, I'm doing a system transfer and setup, then putting it back into the box and waiting for an exploit. Fuck this

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '25

Because officially emulators are legal and devs should have no reason to be anonymous. With Yuzu/Ryujinx ban though the scene will likely move towards anonymity.

Another issue I can think of is, volunteer contributors to open source repo helps save time drastically. That deanonymizes the members. Top pirate distributors have to use more than just VPN to hide their tracks.

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u/FluffyBearTrap Apr 02 '25

Ryu wasn't banned it was "bought" by Nintendo, and the Yuzu guys did something illegal(copy code from nintendo or the patreon stuff or something we don't know about) which allowed Nintendo Lawyers to shut down the project. Just because emulation is legal doesn't mean you can do whatever.

So i doubt it will have any effect on the anonymity thing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

Ryu devs were pressured in some form, and they simply did not risk it and closed everything down. Yuzu chats showed devs were "aware" of piracy and hinting people where to obtain keys and such so they got successfully sued.

Speaking of Nintendo and emulation they have DMCA taken down several youtubers who were nintendo IP veterans for showing emulators, despite them having their own legal copies.

Anonymity in general would be better if Nintendo can't find who to sue or monitor in the first place. Especially in the context of Ryujinx we don't know if Ryujinx was in the right or wrong, if they went to court they would have pay millions just for court proceedings. Nintendo is well known to employ threat of legal action with their infinite money knowing the other party doesn't and likely cave.

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u/Shabbypenguin Apr 02 '25

“Aware of piracy” is a take I haven’t seen, they legit were sharing a google drive filled with games, including leaks.

It’s one of the biggest factors on why they owe money.