39 Tropic Haze LLC (the company that created Switch emulator Yuzu) is settling out of court with Nintendo for 2.4 million USD and permanently shutting down as a part of that settlement (storage.courtlistener.com) posted 233 days ago by redman012 233 days ago by redman012 +39 / -0 31 comments share 31 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Wait, when did the emulator development turn into a "company"? Wasn't this an open source emulator?
It makes sense now why Nintendo acted the way it did; the fact that Yuzu was developed by an LLC made it a target of an actual lawsuit. If it was just some guy in his basement, he probably would've been scared off by a simple cease-and-desist.
Over 20 years ago Sony murdered Bleem! with lawfare, despite losing every injunctive ruling. (The case died with the death of the company.)
It's a tactic that works.