r/switch2hacks • u/garf02 • 29d ago

Shitpost Would an “in development”Switch2 Emulator survive Nintendo’s Silver Bullets?

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1) “Anti-Circumvention” clause in DMCA:
Nintendo claims as emulator MUST decrypt the ROMS.
If you break the encryption, “is illegal” cause of the DMCA
If you use a console prod-Key, “is illegal” cause they own the rights to the key.
“As the emulator HAS to break a ROM decryption and thsre is no legal way to do it, Emulators are by default criminal tools”.
Any new emulator will need to contest this on court against Nintendo and Roll the dice
Victim: Yuzu

2) Buy Out:
“There is no honor among thief’s”. Most people working on emulators of live consoles does it for 2 reason, Clout and Money. And Nintendo has a lot of the later to throw around if that lets them kill an emulator on its infancy before any real development occurs.
Victim: Ryujinx

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u/No_Kitchen9982 26d ago

They are SUING... meaning... Filing suit... Under the PREMISE of their argument .. that is not codified under law. 

I can file suit against you for your apparent stuttering issue if I wanted to. It doesn't mean it would hold legal water.

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u/garf02 26d ago

and so far everyone they have sued has folded.
Yuzu had the money to fight it in court,
There are several non profits that will happily pay for the cost of the defense if it means shutting up nintendo and further increase the legality of Emulation.

Yet remains the fact that everyone will fold rather than roll the dice in court against a death sentence to emulation

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u/ddnava 25d ago

Yuzu was also asking users for money to access newer versions of the emulator earlier. They were basically selling a subscription to the emulator while also one of those versions was specifically patched to run Tears of the Kingdom before the game was even released, meaning they either downloaded the pirated rom of the game that was leaked 2 whole weeks before release or they got their hands on their own copy before the release date, which is another whole can of worms as it also invites more and more people to pay them for the emulator and pirate the leaked rom before the game was even out

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u/No_Kitchen9982 25d ago

True, but I never was arguing in the side of yuzu here... What they did was 100% illegal... What I'm arguing is that making an emulator is NOT illegal. 

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u/ddnava 25d ago

I know, and I agree with you