It was always inevitable when emulation was heavily responsible for one of their "infallible" franchises falling far below expectations. The writing was on the wall when Tears of the Kingdom was leaked weeks in advance and then before release date already had a shit ton of negative press from all over.
They are still shits for constantly releasing garbage games built on gimmicks and have no one to blame but themselves for it happening truly, but threatening a Corpos' money is one of the biggest motivators for them to start throwing weight around and closing up grey areas around their belly.
Pirates dont exist in a vacuum. Paying customers can notice pirates and see they get the same stuff without the price. The customer is converted to a pirate. That's a lost sale.
It was always inevitable when emulation was heavily responsible for one of their "infallible" franchises falling far below expectations. The writing was on the wall when Tears of the Kingdom was leaked weeks in advance and then before release date already had a shit ton of negative press from all over.
They are still shits for constantly releasing garbage games built on gimmicks and have no one to blame but themselves for it happening truly, but threatening a Corpos' money is one of the biggest motivators for them to start throwing weight around and closing up grey areas around their belly.
Lost sales.
That incorrectly assume that people who pirate would pay for it if they couldn't pirate it. Many times they won't.
Pirates dont exist in a vacuum. Paying customers can notice pirates and see they get the same stuff without the price. The customer is converted to a pirate. That's a lost sale.