I mostly use Windows games with Lutris and just switch around the executables so I can keep my save games in case I ever want to revisit a title and avoid additional setup steps.
Some megathreads mention a user by the name of JohnCena or something on 1337x but I haven’t tried their releases myself.
Speaking of which does anyone have a quality article about that recent time where Nintendo’s lawyers showed up at someone’s door and confiscated something? I believe that’s what happened but I could be incorrect.
Searching online I am just finding other examples of Nintendo shenanigans.
Eidt: I was thinking of this story regarding Magic the Gathering Cards and Wizards of the Coast not Nintendo
I mean the piracy community is a hydra, if you cut off one head there’s another waiting, but they do make it annoying. Look at how many websites are hesitant about posting Switch content. It might be a “dragging heels in the sand situation” but it does provide a bit of resistance towards piracy.
All that said I don’t think Nintendo realizes how many people are in the piracy headspace of “they wouldn’t have purchased it even if piracy wasn’t an option”. I imagine a lot of people who pirate Switch games don’t even own a Switch. They just want to play one or two games don’t view the cost of the console and game as worth it.
I imagine a lot of people are in that mindset. They want to try out a console that’s a little past it’s prime and not pay collector or new prices for games that are only a few years old.
Fair enough. Most people don’t seem to use Vimm’s Lair for downloading sets. They mostly seem to use it for sporadically downloading a couple titles. Especially for newer systems like the PS3 or Wii for example.
Their labeling of what hasn’t been archived is also neat to see.