I'd argue this is actually a bigger loss than the Switch emulator closing up shop, because the Switch is still actively being sold and developed for.
The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS dies and all the emulators disappear, I'm outta luck.
Time to start lobbying Atlus for a Radiant Historia Switch port, I suppose...
Nothing's disappearing except for the official hosting of Citra.
Citra already fully supported every notable 3DS game, I think, and recent development work has mostly come from outside contributors rather than Tropic Haze.
Nothing's disappearing, except the binaries and source. Good-quality archives will surely be assembled, but it at a minimum makes Citra significantly harder to access.
I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.
I think part of the goal is to have, in the record, a statement that any app that is otherwise legal but requires the user to download cryptographic keys to use is a de facto violation of the DMCA. I think that's why they're settling so easily here and likely paying the settlement for the Yuzu folks. They're hoping that they can use that as precedent for future cases.
It's also about the asset value of IP. Most if not all media companies have IP on their balance sheets. (Showing that you are) protecting IP is part of its value justification.
maybe stop putting your face online when you know you are stepping on the toes of a family friendly yakuza ran international megacorp known for suing people into eternal debt slavery
maybe try hosting in countries that arent american satellites and dont enforce dmca, which somehow became a global law...
and finally, support and encourage piracy, fuck em.
Examine all Nintendo software releases for potential violations of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, and if any are identified, take legal action to ensure compliance, similar to their approach with emulator developers.
so is it only the website that gone or even the software that we already download and play also gone ? i just finish my daily play on story of seasons and suddenly "X" trending have yuzu and nintendo on trending and i just found that citra also involved of takedown , MANNNNNN what a luck TnT
They are related but not a dupe. Citra and yuzu are separate emulators and these are separate links. While technically maintained by the same developer, I feel like the argument can be made that the separate topics are warranted
The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS dies and all the emulators disappear, I'm outta luck.
Time to start lobbying Atlus for a Radiant Historia Switch port, I suppose...