Is playing Zelda Breath of the Wild on PC legal?

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OneTime said:

From a practical perspective:

Nintendo probably don't really care as long as you have bought a copy of the game. They have plenty of people who download without paying for it at all to go after.

From a legal perspective:

You have bought a piece of plastic and a license (obviously you don't own the copyright). The license is that massive document that you "agree to" when you play the game. It defines exactly what you can do, and almost certainly will not allow running on non-certified hardware.

Making a copy of the game (e.g. loading it into your PC's RAM, or displaying pictures of it on the screen), is therefore not covered by the license that you have bought, and so technically copyright infringement.

Yeah. Nah. That also depends on the country you reside in.

In most countries the License Agreement/EULA/ToS and so on... Does not and can not override your consumer rights.

For instance if someone were to take a video game publisher to court over licensing here in Australia... There is a very high chance that the consumer would win, as when you go to Purchase a game like on say... Steam, it says "Buy Now" rather than "License now" or "Rent Now". - You own that copy of the game, not just the license as that is how it is advertised as.
We have a massive amount of protections for the consumer here which allows us to legally make reproductions of any and all media for personal use.