In the ongoing global fight against video game piracy, Nintendo of America Inc., has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against the owner of HackYourConsole.com. The site blatantly promotes and sells unauthorized Nintendo games along with devices and services that circumvent the security in the Nintendo DS system and the Wii console.

The operator of HackYourConsole.com has developed a global business focused on selling unauthorized copies of Nintendo games and game-copying devices (such as the R4 device) used to circumvent the technological protection measures contained in the Nintendo DS family of hand-held systems. The website operator, for a fee, also provides services to hack and modify the Wii console and allow the play of illegal software.

HackYourConsole.com also claims to be an authorized distributor for the yet-to–be-released 3DS Gateway cards. The Gateway device is promoted as operating similar to the R4 game copier for the Nintendo DS,which facilitates the play of illegally downloaded games. Game copying devices, such as the R4, severely undermine the sales of video games created by thousands of developers.


“Piracy on the Nintendo DS system has a huge impact on games sales,” said Jools Watsham, co-founder and director of Renegade Kid. “It can affect everyone involved, including the many honest players out there. If independent studios, like ours, are unable to recoup the money they invest into game development, through the sales of their games, we will unfortunately see fewer independent games developed in the future.”

Illegal copying of video game software is an international problem that continues to stifle the growth of the creative development community. Companies such as Nintendo, various law enforcement authorities and trade organizations such as the Entertainment Software Association, continue to take aggressive steps to prevent the proliferation of these devices on a global scale.

I hope they sue for every penny they have and then some.

Why do you never ever include a source?

Also, late to the party, Ninty

since the OP didn't post a source here is one

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/07/nintendo-sues-hackyourconsole-website-owner

Thanks ^

wow i have seen people mad about the fact nintendo is sueing them -_-

Nintendo should sue them too.

Pirates are scum.

it is not actually cause of piracy but cause of region lock and homebrew is why people are mad

The selling of unauthorized software nintendo clearly can sue, and is fine idc.

However, preventing the modification of hardware I'm against. If it becomes a crime to modify or pay to have someone to modify something that you own because the company that created it says it is. It becomes a slippery slope that takes away rights from consumers, for more than just consoles. It sets a bad precedent imo.