Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.4M in damages

Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by cheeseomlit on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:09PM (#39594585)

Yes but the more expensive device is better in every conceivable way, it's a PC instead of a locked down walled garden that only exists as a platform for nintendo products. Just because someone owns a Deck doesn't mean they would otherwise own a switch, I own a Deck and haven't remotely considered buying any nintendo hardware since gamecube. If I couldn't emulate switch games I just wouldn't play them.

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by prophesi on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:25PM (#39594806)

Anecdotally, the friends that I know who have a gaming PC own a Switch as well. The one guy running TotK @ 4K/60FPS on their rig was also the first to preorder the game. But we're all in our 30's with decent salaries.

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by mcphage on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:53PM (#39595158)

> If I couldn't emulate switch games I just wouldn't play them.

Given this discussion started around whether to boycott Nintendo or not, it seems that you're not a Nintendo customer at all. So I'm not really sure what you would be boycotting?

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by cheeseomlit on Monday March 04, 2024 @03:07PM (#39595308)

I'm just chiming in to dispute the 'Deck owner with a switch emulator = lost sales' point that was made, but yes I've already been unconsciously 'boycotting' them for a while now.

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by gamblor956 on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:50PM (#39595114)

If I couldn't emulate switch games I just wouldn't play them.

And Nintendo is okay with that. If you're never going to be a paying customer, they don't care what you think.

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by Dylan16807 on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:28PM (#39596381)

They didn't say they wouldn't be a paying customer.

Regardless of that particular commenter, many paying customers of Nintendo have the same attitude that they will only emulate switch games.

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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.... by mcphage on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:47PM (#39598492)

> many paying customers of Nintendo have the same attitude that they will only emulate switch games

I think “many” is probably a bit much.

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