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A sad day for emulation and open source advocates, and a reminder that Nintendo can and will destroy you if they see fit.

Hopefully their works will live in the saved repos just as ReVanced was able to live on after YouTube shut the original project down.

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[–] allan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The switch is probably the cheapest mainstream gaming device. The games are expensive, granted. But they would definitely also be pirated on PC...

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

But they would definitely also be pirated on PC…

There's a reason why Valve became an industry giant. Piracy is an issue of service, not price.