but i'm not doing anything illegal, i just posted a screenshot. i'm not implying anything about piracy, nor am i uploading anything illegal
A truly sad and pathetic example of how petty Nintendo is. Don't get me wrong, piracy is illegal and they had every right to go after the person who uploaded their IP, but to sue someone that age for that amount of money is insane. Nintendo actually thinks that its okay to RUIN some young guy's life over one game like that. As his father stated, there was no malicious intent, he did not profit from the leak, he just made a stupid choice trying to make some friends. Plus, Nintendo even commented itself that despite the leak, it was one of the top selling games for the console. Obviously this guy couldn't have done THAT much damage if your "pirated" game is still a fucking TOP SELLER.
What really went on here is clear: Nintendo wanted to make an example out of him. Its honestly disgusting in my humble opinion. I agree that there should be consequences for the person's actions, but the cash amount and the conditions (such as not being allowed to comment on the event) are just FAR beyond what he deserved or what I personally feel would be reasonable. I guess this is to be expected form a company who gives literally 0 shits about their fans and still thinks NES games from the 80's are worth $15 in 2017. Seriously Nintendo, get your shit together.
Last edited by MadMageKefka,
agreed, the game didn't even work for a while, so lets say only a quarter of the people who downloaded it actually played it.
60 * 50,000 = 3,000,000
3,000,000 ÷ 4 = 750,000
so at most nintendo lost $750,000. Which is 2 times less than they sued him for
you know that you accepted a NDA ? You are not allowed to share anything related to the Dev Portal (someone on Discord said the same Thing to me XD)
"http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-pirate-just-a-shy-gamer-dad-20100210-nrlr.html"
Wow his passion to Games and doing something stupid ruined his whole life
Last edited by Gnarmagon,
ok, i took it downyou know that you accepted a NDA ? You are not allowed to share anything related to the Dev Portal (someone on Discord said the same Thing to me XD)
"http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-pirate-just-a-shy-gamer-dad-20100210-nrlr.html"
Wow his passion to Games and doing something stupid ruined his whole life
The hilarious part is that guy could never have had enough to pay that judgement let alone the court fees, so essentially Nintendo just spent money to do fuck all.
Wow Nintendo, you bankrupted someone who had fuck all anyway and butchered their credit record for 4 years.
Good job legal team, well thought out.
Wow Nintendo, you bankrupted someone who had fuck all anyway and butchered their credit record for 4 years.
Good job legal team, well thought out.
But he's now an example of what could happen if you mess with the Nintendo overlords.
They ruined someone's life. It makes me sick to think that someone at Nintendo thought it was OK
tbh, not that hard to hide your identity on the internet, why he had to pull a stunt like that -.-
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