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Nintendo Battles Makers of the R4

Posted by kdawson on from the another-victim-of-moore's-law dept.

eldavojohn writes "A neat little device called the R4 allows for homebrew on the DS ... and as micro SD prices fall, it is becoming easier and easier to put on these cartridges binary dumps of games people don't have the right to play. Which is why Nintendo will see them in court. Note, it's not just the console maker pressing charges, it's also Capcom, Koei, Square Enix, Tecmo, Bandai Namco, and Sega. Is this truly a case of fighting piracy, or is it also an attempt to stop homebrew from stealing the market?"

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  1. A lot of homebrew games... by QuantumLeaper · · Score: 0, Troll

    have the quality of a Atari 2600 game, which means they stink.

  2. Re:Homebrew is wonderful by Goaway · · Score: -1, Troll

    What makes you think I didn't know all of that already?

  3. Re:Well, that's an easy one to answer by Goaway · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not to anywhere near the same extent, and that is also completely irrelevant to the question at hand.