Nintendo has been actively taking down YouTube videos that feature its games being emulated or modded, which has sparked significant discussion and concern within the gaming community.

  • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Nintendo could try make up something like “it’s not computer software since the Switch is a console, not a computer” or something like that. Not a great argument, but they have good lawyers and could probably convince a court that it’s true.

    • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      But the game is running on a computer with the emulator which still strongly lends to it being software

      • helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I think I somewhat recall during the peak Wii U disaster era, during shareholder meetings Nintendo would call the games for the system “Software”. So, that’d definitely backfire on them I’m sure