Hiku said:
Switch was hackable with a paper clip. I would not be surprised if most of the early illegal copies were played on a hacked Switch. As for current games, here's a conversation I had with a friend yesterday regarding Unicorn Overlord.
He buys the games. Dumps them on the emulator, and never uses his actual Switch. Because he wants to play them in a good state. And as for me, the only way I see myself going through the rest of Breath of the Wild is if I mod it so that weapons don't permanently break, because that system only discourages me from using strong/nice weapons, ever. Just ask Fire Emblem where I go through the whole game with Bronze weapons, saving the good ones for a special occasion, that never happens. |
Whatever the method, my problem is the leaking culture. It just kills the hype and excitement. You might say I can emulate the game early as well, but it just doesn't excite me the same way just like you can't handle weapons breaking, it's my preference. It's just annoying and immoral IMO. It's fine if it was just a couple of copies leaking early, but thousands and millions of people make it unavoidable. Emulating is one of those methods, which is why I'm ok with Yuzu gone until the Switch lifecycle ends. It's also annoying seeing people brag about how they are playing a game on an emulator as if anyone cares. People spend way too much time telling others they emulated than playing the game. Once again, it kills my joy of the game seeing those people.
For this case though, ironically I think the main issue would be that Yuzu was making money off of content they don't own through Patreon donations. That's clearly illegal from what I understand.
