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La piratería de videojuegos ingresa a una nueva era cuando Japón detiene su primer presunto modder de Nintendo Switch Consols

Autor : Isaac Actualizar : Feb 28,2025

Las autoridades japonesas realizan un arresto histórico en la lucha contra la piratería de videojuegos. Por primera vez, un sospechoso ha sido detenido por modificar las consolas de Nintendo Switch para jugar juegos pirateados.

Según NTV News, un hombre de 58 años fue detenido el 15 de enero. El arresto proviene de presuntas violaciones de la Ley de Marcas. El individuo está acusado de alterar las consolas de conmutadores usadas mediante la soldadura de componentes modificados en sus placas de circuito, lo que permite la ejecución del software de juego no autorizado. Las autoridades afirman que 27 juegos obtenidos ilegalmente se cargaron en cada consola modificada, que luego se vendieron por aproximadamente ¥ 28,000 ($ 180 USD) cada uno.

Según los informes, el sospechoso ha confesado las acusaciones. La policía está investigando actualmente potenciales infracciones adicionales.

Este arresto destaca la batalla en curso entre los editores de videojuegos y la piratería. Nintendo, en particular, ha estado persiguiendo agresivamente acciones legales contra la piratería. Un ejemplo notable incluye una solicitud de derribo de mayo de 2024 que se dirige a 8,500 instancias del emulador de interruptores Yuzu, después de su cierre dos meses antes. La demanda inicial de Nintendo contra el creador del emulador, Tropic Haze, citó la distribución no autorizada de The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , un gran lanzamiento de 2023, más de un millón de veces antes de su lanzamiento oficial.

Los desafíos legales contra la piratería están aumentando. Los casos exitosos anteriores incluyen acciones contra Romuniverse, un sitio web de intercambio de archivos de juego, lo que resulta en daños multimillonarios otorgados a Nintendo en 2018 y 2021. Nintendo también evitó con éxito el lanzamiento de Dolphin GameCube y Wii Emulator en Steam.

Recientemente, un abogado de patentes de Nintendo arrojó luz sobre la estrategia antipiratería de la compañía, enfatizando el vínculo entre la proliferación del emulador y la piratería de software. Koji Nishiura, asistente del gerente de la división de propiedad intelectual de Nintendo, declaró que si bien los emuladores mismos no son inherentemente ilegales, su uso puede volverse ilegal dependiendo del contexto.

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