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Comment by rahkiin | Hacker News Reader

Netflix, Steam, and Spotify show that the best deterrent from piracy is easy access.

Eg I would love to play Zelda or Mario but I do not feel like getting a whole switch for it that is just another console in the closet used a couple of times per month at most.

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You can get new Nintendo games as fast as you can download them from the E-Shop, which is as easy access as anywhere else.

Obviously you need a Switch to play them legally (it's that whole console gaming thing).

As fast as the terrible wifi on the switch will let you

You can plug an USB to ethernet adapter in the dock.

I refuse to get any more switch games because you cannot do offline backups of your saves like PlayStation (and I presume Xbox)

For what it's worth, I did this with the PS4 to play like two or three games. On the other hand, I've played 100%ed more games on the switch than any console since probably super Nintendo or N64. It's had such an amazing run. I do wish they'd release more games though. I played all the donkey Kong country games, super Metroid, and super Mario on the emulator and it was great. I've been thinking about busting the Wii u out just to play wind waker.

> Netflix, Steam, and Spotify show that the best deterrent from piracy is easy access.

Right, and the problem is that piracy in Yuzu is easy. Piracy on a real Switch is much harder (you have to track down an early model Switch if nothing else).

Piracy will almost always be the more convenient option. It is up to companies to provide a better service, as is the case with Steam and (until recently) Netflix. Attacking and shutting down avenues for piracy without doing anything to make your own service more convenient is a losing strategy. Nintendo got 2 million here, but has done virtually nothing to stop the average person from pirating a Switch game. It's for that reason that I honestly don't believe their goal was to stop piracy or emulation with this case, they just saw an easy buck and took it.

I think they crippled pirating new Switch games because Yuzu won't be able to update to support new titles anymore.

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