A Washington federal court has ordered r/SwitchPirates moderator James ‘Archbox’ Williams to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in damages.
A Washington federal court has ordered r/SwitchPirates moderator James ‘Archbox’ Williams to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in damages.
Yeah, the ease and safety (and incredibly good/available guides) of piracy on 3DS made it so a lot of kids/noobs got in during the freeShop days and just kind of expected piracy to always be that easy. “Actually finding and having a reliable source for the game files” is always the actual hardest part of piracy, but freeShop kids never had to do it.
Oh I was pirating before 3DS piracy became easy. I got on as soon as browserhax was discovered, and then you still had to go through a whole process where your 3DS could get bricked if you did the wrong thing. RXTools made it a little easier, but the guides for it weren’t that written for it, and eventually the creator ragequit because he hated piracy.
Well then…
Then Luma3D came and basically made piracy a one-click solution. Well, almost.