▲ 49 ▼ Nintendo Lawsuit Shuts Down Switch Emulator Yuzu And 3DS Emulator Citra (www.gamespot.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] drengbarazi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Holy fuck it's true permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beatle@aussie.zone 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It reads like they have their family held hostage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is a few days after they hired a lawyer. I'm guessing they were told they either spend a million dollars fighting this in court or shutdown their website. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago Fighting in court probably wouldn't have got them very far, Nintendo would likely just keep going until Yuzu's LLC ran out of money. Even with $30k/mo in patreon donations, totalling around $2.5m since the switch release (assuming Yuzu devs didn't eat or pay bills), it's miniscule compared to Nintendo's $15B value and lawyer army on standby. They probably also saw what Nintendo did to Gary Bowser (he's practically Nintendo's property now) and decided this is the safest way out without having their lives destroyed, while they still have some protection under the LLC permalink fedilink source parent [–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) They settled for 2.4 million dollars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Damn seems you're right: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-and-yuzu-developer-settle-lawsuit-for-24m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beatle@aussie.zone 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It reads like they have their family held hostage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is a few days after they hired a lawyer. I'm guessing they were told they either spend a million dollars fighting this in court or shutdown their website. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago Fighting in court probably wouldn't have got them very far, Nintendo would likely just keep going until Yuzu's LLC ran out of money. Even with $30k/mo in patreon donations, totalling around $2.5m since the switch release (assuming Yuzu devs didn't eat or pay bills), it's miniscule compared to Nintendo's $15B value and lawyer army on standby. They probably also saw what Nintendo did to Gary Bowser (he's practically Nintendo's property now) and decided this is the safest way out without having their lives destroyed, while they still have some protection under the LLC permalink fedilink source parent [–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) They settled for 2.4 million dollars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Damn seems you're right: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-and-yuzu-developer-settle-lawsuit-for-24m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is a few days after they hired a lawyer. I'm guessing they were told they either spend a million dollars fighting this in court or shutdown their website. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago Fighting in court probably wouldn't have got them very far, Nintendo would likely just keep going until Yuzu's LLC ran out of money. Even with $30k/mo in patreon donations, totalling around $2.5m since the switch release (assuming Yuzu devs didn't eat or pay bills), it's miniscule compared to Nintendo's $15B value and lawyer army on standby. They probably also saw what Nintendo did to Gary Bowser (he's practically Nintendo's property now) and decided this is the safest way out without having their lives destroyed, while they still have some protection under the LLC permalink fedilink source parent [–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) They settled for 2.4 million dollars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Damn seems you're right: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-and-yuzu-developer-settle-lawsuit-for-24m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago Fighting in court probably wouldn't have got them very far, Nintendo would likely just keep going until Yuzu's LLC ran out of money. Even with $30k/mo in patreon donations, totalling around $2.5m since the switch release (assuming Yuzu devs didn't eat or pay bills), it's miniscule compared to Nintendo's $15B value and lawyer army on standby. They probably also saw what Nintendo did to Gary Bowser (he's practically Nintendo's property now) and decided this is the safest way out without having their lives destroyed, while they still have some protection under the LLC permalink fedilink source parent
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) They settled for 2.4 million dollars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Damn seems you're right: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-and-yuzu-developer-settle-lawsuit-for-24m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Damn seems you're right: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-and-yuzu-developer-settle-lawsuit-for-24m permalink fedilink source parent