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Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times, Nintendo Claims In Lawsuit (kotaku.com)
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[-] Euphorazine@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago

I feel like everyone is missing the line that says "before it came out". However, I find that hard to believe that 1 million people played a pirated copy before the release date and i can't remember any leaked gameplay or screenshots.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

They probably mean in regions it wasn't available in yet, which is a key reason people would pirate. If they just made the game available everywhere then they wouldn't have these problems.

[-] DeadOfMind@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Nope, 2 weeks before tears of the kingdoms worldwide May 12 release, someone uploaded it to torrents.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

It was actually leaked two weeks in advance...

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Can't even blame emulation as the main culprits playing it either with first gen switches being able to be jailbroken and hardware mods existing for current ones.

[-] Euphorazine@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I do think Yuzu should win. I'm in favor of emulation. I just read all the comments being like "I only emulated after I bought it for the 1080p 60fps". Which wasnt in line with what the article was asserting.

[-] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

People streamed the game on twitch for weeks prior to it being released

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