While piracy is very much an issue for any company, Nintendo in particular is known for taking measures to prevent people from playing its games via illegal means. Most recently, it has filed lawsuits regarding anonymous hacker group Team Xecuter, which develops software and hardware that allows people to hack their Nintendo Switch consoles and play pirated games.
Specifically, Nintendo has not been targeting the group itself, but rather stores that would resell these hacking devices, such as the brand new SX Core and SX Lite chips that were created after Team Xecuter managed to crack the console’s original technical protections and have been designed to work on Switch Lite consoles as well.
One of these resellers in question was Uberchips.com, which went offline not long after the lawsuit was filed. Operator Tom Dilts Jr., through his lawyer, denied the allegations that his store was offering these hacks in court. But, after having gone silent for the last few months, it appears that he and Nintendo have reached an agreement behind the scenes.
According to the joint filing and permanent injunction, Uberchips is prohibited from selling Team Xecuter’s chips or any other similar devices, must destroy any remaining stock, and pay £2 million in damages to Nintendo. Dilts must also give Nintendo the domain name for Uberchips and is no longer allowed to maintain the Uberchips Facebook group or any other related social media channels.
As mentioned earlier, Uberchips wasn’t the only store to be distributing these sorts of hacking devices, but it was the only one known about. Another eight, unidentified store operators have been targeted by a separate lawsuit, which is still ongoing. Since Nintendo hasn’t been able to identify the owners, it has asked for a permanent injunction, which would allow it to request the sites to be shut down by the domain registrars and hosting companies.
Nintendo has found itself being hit with a lawsuit too. Only last week, it was accused of deliberately designing Joy-Con controllers to more easily break and be affected by Joy-Con drift. If this lawsuit doesn’t go in Nintendo’s favor, it could result in the company needing to completely change how it makes the controllers and potentially end the Joy-Con drifting issue once and for all.
And only yesterday, the company suffered from another leak that has led to more classified information becoming available online, including details for a Game Boy Advance successor that was never released.
It hasn’t all been bad news for Nintendo. In fact, it’s doing extremely well this year financially, with it being reported that profits are up 500% thanks to a combination of the current coronavirus pandemic and the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Source: TorrentFreak
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