Early last month, Team Xecuter's Gary Bowser pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking in circumvention devices and conspiracy to circumvent technological measures, resulting in a $4.5 million fine, destruction of property relating to Team Xecuter, and possible jail time. That plea deal was for his federal lawsuit, which is separate to the civil case filed against him by Nintendo of America. The final judgement for that suit came down today, hitting him with another $10 million fine, and ordering a permanent injunction against him from reactivating the Team Xecuter website or utilizing the SX OS, Gateway3DS, or similar brands in any way.

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[MrVtR]

I guess now TX is dead

 

[ShadowOne333]

I guess now TX is dead

Hard to believe.
They might be going underground for a while, until the whole situation eases up, but Gary was far from being the main person in charge of the TX operation.
The actual ones with the technical knowledge are still out there, and if money is involved, and they can work it out in a country that gives no shit about the corporate bullshit that is Japan and US, they might attempt it later at some point.

 

[Lacius]

and ordering a permanent injunction against him from reactivating the Team Xecuter website or utilizing the SX OS, Gateway3DS, or similar brands in any way.

Oh no, I guess my Gateway 3DS isn't getting anymore updates.

 

[linuxares]

Hard to believe.
They might be going underground for a while, until the whole situation eases up, but Gary was far from being the main person in charge of the TX operation.
The actual ones with the technical knowledge are still out there, and if money is involved, and they can work it out in a country that gives no shit about the corporate bullshit that is Japan and US, they might attempt it later at some point.

Honestly the "TX" brand is dead. But something else will most likely pop up.

 

[subcon959]

It's funny how these American courts always think their judgements are binding worldwide.

 

[pwjpssdfvqyuhweuxx]

I'll barely, if ever buy their stuff again since the online fee became a thing, Mario kart should at least be exempt from the charge. I hope Nintendo games end up on Xbox & PS like sega to be honest.

you'll be waiting a long time then

 

[weatMod]

Honestly the "TX" brand is dead. But something else will most likely pop up.

does this mean we will have to pay again for a whole new license for our existing hardware

or will the new rebranded thing be back compatible in terms of "updates"

 

[the_randomizer]

Should've gone to a country without an extradition policy, like Belize or the Cayman Islands

I would assume...

 

[linuxares]

does this mean we will have to pay again for a whole new license for or existing hardware

or will the new rebranded thing be back compatible in terms of "updates"

I honestly think it's dead. I suspect HWkey is them, but who knows. Most likely it won't be a new SXOS but just hardware if so.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hard to believe.
They might be going underground for a while, until the whole situation eases up, but Gary was far from being the main person in charge of the TX operation.
The actual ones with the technical knowledge are still out there, and if money is involved, and they can work it out in a country that gives no shit about the corporate bullshit that is Japan and US, they might attempt it later at some point.

TX is dead. They'll reappear under a different name with a new product just like they have been doing all this time. But the TX name and their products are dead.

 

[linuxares]

Should've gone to a country without an extradition policy, like Belize or the Cayman Islands

I would assume...

Neither did the Dominican Republic until 2015.

 

[the_randomizer]

Neither did the Dominican Republic until 2015.

10 million is BS. How the hell is going to pay that? Nintendo is being way too litigious as usual. I feel no remorse for downloading their ROMs, not gonna lie.

 

[MasterJ360]

Me: (Plugs in my sxos dongle to boot up hekate) eh whatever Nintendo

 

[linuxares]

10 million is BS. How the hell is going to pay that? Nintendo is being way too litigious as usual. I feel no remorse for downloading their ROMs, not gonna lie.

No company expect a person to repay that. It's a deterrent others to try the same

 

[Kioku]

10 million is BS. How the hell is going to pay that? Nintendo is being way too litigious as usual. I feel no remorse for downloading their ROMs, not gonna lie.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I get the frustration, but he should have known what he was getting himself into.

 

[linuxares]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I get the frustration, but he should have known what he was getting himself into.

Well it's not his first rodeo with the feds

 

[DbGt]

And what happened with the other 2 person's that were caught?

 

[Kioku]

Well it's not his first rodeo with the feds

Won't be his last.

 

[guily6669]

This is another loss for the hacking world of consoles. I have used a few TX products over decades on different consoles.

Being good or bad for the open source hacking world it's always a loss with/without stolen exploits or whatever.

 

[the_randomizer]

This is why permanent CFW should've been priority for the Switch.