In the latest development in Nintendo's battle against Switch modders, the company has won a whopping $2 million in damages from the website known as "Modded Hardware."
Nintendo Wins $2 Million Lawsuit vs. Modded Hardware
Engadget's new report details the latest developments in Nintendo's lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the website known as Modded Hardware, particularly the awarding of $2 million in damages to the Japanese gaming company.
It has been reported that there is likewise a permanent injunction that asks to shut down the website.
Through this win, Nintendo is also asking Daly to forfeit the Modded Hardware domain to them apart from shutting it down. Additionally, the lawsuit orders Daly not avoid being involved in devices that circumvent Nintendo's safeguards against piracy, including selling, creating, hosting websites, or contributing to this kind of technology.
Daly's Modded Hardware is significantly known for offering the MIG Switch flashcart, which is best known for acting as a proxy physical game cart. While the MIG Switch flashcart is not entirely made for pirating Nintendo Switch titles, many modders have opted to use it for illegal reasons.
That being said, there are others who use the MIG Switch flashcart to clone their legitimately bought Switch physical game carts so they would not have to replace carts to access various titles.
Nintendo Actively Pursues Switch Piracy Mods
Last June, the lawsuit between Nintendo and Daly saw the presiding judge ruling in favor of the Japanese gaming company as the creator and his modding website were found guilty of violating the platform's technological protection measures (TPMs).
Previously, Nintendo made changes on its platforms like the Switch and Switch 2 consoles which banned the devices from using pirated games or technology. Through this crackdown, Nintendo bricked Switch consoles that were found using these devices, effectively rendering them useless, with their connected Nintendo accounts also facing trouble.
Apart from this, Nintendo has also cracked down on Nintendo Switch emulators and websites that distribute pirated copies of titles, with the most prolific one being the Yuzu platform, which was shut down earlier this year.
Moreover, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also lent its helping hand to Nintendo, which targeted other piracy websites that distribute Switch titles online, with Nsw2u facing a takedown from the law enforcement agency.
