On February 11, foreign media The Verge reported that the US Department of Justice revealed that Gary Bowser, who sold cracked Nintendo Switch devices, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and he also had to be fined more than $10 million.
Gary Bowser is part of the Xecuter team that cracked devices such as the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation Classic, and Microsoft's Xbox, selling cracked hardware and software, and profiting from it. Gary Bowser was arrested in Dominica and subsequently extradited to the United States.
Sony PlayStation is based in Japan, Microsoft Xbox is based in the United States, and the Nintendo Switch is a two-pronged one, with good sales worldwide. From the perspective of the United States, creating a good business environment will help attract more and more high-quality enterprises from all over the world to invest in the United States.
Switch has such a large user base in the United States, it is bound to establish a game studio in the United States, or hire American staff to develop a game that is more popular with Americans. Nintendo will also build more retail stores and after-sales service outlets offline, creating a lot of jobs for the United States, and paying a lot of taxes. The U.S. Department of Justice helped Nintendo catch the hacking group, which was of great benefit to both sides.
What's more, the organization not only cracked switch, but also cracked Microsoft's Xbox, Xbox hardware is not very profitable, pointing to selling games to make money. The organization has seriously affected the revenue of enterprises such as Microsoft, which is even more intolerable to the US regulatory authorities.
If players really like the games developed by Nintendo, they should also try to support the genuine version. Take the example of "Heroes Invincible 3" played by Xiao Lei, which has been released for more than 20 years, and basically only civil organizations are still updating. If there are no more player donations, the update may stop.
As far as the Nintendo Switch is concerned, its physical cassette is still quite valuable, and the player will not drop too much after playing it. Players can also purchase a cartridge with friends, which makes the cost of a physical cartridge lower.