Lawyers Nintendo they can claim another victory in the war against emulators. Tropic Haze, a free software company Yuzu stops supporting the Switch gaming emulator and will pay Nintendo compensation $2.4 million.
The claim is resolved very quickly. At the end of February, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze. Lawyers of the Japanese corporation pointed to the emulator in connection with the game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which leaked online two weeks before its official release. Apparently the pirated version has been downloaded and played through Yuzu approximately a million times.
Initially, it seemed that Tropic Haze would resist and seek arguments as Nintendo wanted to prove that pirated versions were released through Yuzu. But he eventually hired a lawyer to sort things out. out-of-court agreement. It was signed on Monday, March 4th.
The information was not officially released. As reported by OatmealDome on Twitter, Yuzu will de facto cease to exist, further distribution of the program and development of tools will be stopped, and the official website of the emulator will be closed. Nintendo should even take control of them.
“With Yuzu in hand, there is nothing stopping a user from obtaining and playing counterfeit copies of virtually any game made for the Nintendo Switch, without having to pay a dime to Nintendo or any of the hundreds of other game developers and publishers who create and sell games. for Nintendo Switch” Nintendo’s lawyers said this in a court document. “Essentially, Yuzu turns ordinary computer devices into tools for massive intellectual property infringement of copyrighted works by Nintendo and other companies.”
Let us remind you that the game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sold more than 20 million copies.
Source :Indian TV
