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Surprise! Nintendo Tracked Down Alleged Switch Pirate in Arizona via Reddit Posts and Repair Orders (www.ign.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't think he quite did that, actually. From memory he ran a few "shops", but these didn't really sell anything and were just download portals to install pirated games directly from the internet (rather than downloading to a PC first and then copying to an SD card or installing over USB). However, I think he did take donations for early access to new titles, which would have been hard to get elsewhere at first.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

However, I think he did take donations for early access to new titles,

When video game companies accept money for early access to their games, that's a sale. You give them money, they give you access. I'm not sure why that wouldn't also apply here.

From your description, unless you were allowed to donate $0 for access, that sounds a lot like a sale to me.