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Submitted by Chris Leyton on July 29 2008 - 11:38

Japanese DS publishers and developers unite to bring a lawsuit against the piracy device...

In the ongoing saga surrounding the R4 cartridge, Nintendo, Capcom, and other DS developers have recently filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against devices as represented by 'R4 Revolution for DS'.

The R4 card allows DS users to bypass security and run titles illegally downloaded from the internet. It has become such an issue that numerous publishers have expressed concern at the impact on DS sales, amidst some claims that up to 90% of DS users could be playing pirated software.

In an announcement signalling the first move against the device, Capcom confirmed that it is seeking the suspension of further sales amongst other damages and describes the loss of sales as "tremendous".

Capcom also maintains that the unified collection of DS developers and publishers will continue their fight against any similar devices.

[UPDATE] Further details have emerged which specify that 53 other software publishers and developers have joined with Nintendo and Capcom in filing the lawsuit, which is against five Japanese firms.

Notable companies that have joined forces in filing the lawsuit include SEGA, Square Enix, Taito, Hudson, Tecmo, Pokemon Inc., and KOEI.

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By: Anonymous

Added:Sat 23rd Oct 2010 16:18, Post No: 77

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By: SegaBoy

Added:Wed 21st Apr 2010 09:52, Post No: 76

Damn fine answer there...


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By: Anonymous

Added:Wed 21st Apr 2010 02:55, Post No: 75

Maybe if Europe wasn't treated with active contempt by Nintendo, the R4 wouldn't be so damn popular, and there'd be a bit more brand loyalty >_>


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By: Anonymous

Added:Tue 20th Apr 2010 13:29, Post No: 74

"**Recently, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot outlined the problem that they faced with the DS market, albeit not blaming the device specifically:

"The considerable contraction in the DS market during the year particularly affected Ubisoft, leading to a €160 million, or almost 50%, year-on-year drop in the Company’s casual segment sales."**"

I look at this section and think what utter morons ubisoft have working for them.....there is a

world-wide Recession on so casual sales are going to take a huge hit for everyone....not all people can still casually drop the cash for luxuries like new DS carts or X-Box discs etc

 


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By: Anonymous

Added:Fri 12th Mar 2010 01:50, Post No: 73

fuu[#@!?] dude. who the fuuck gives a shiit about your nintendo ds and its bull[#@!?] wifi capabilities. moron


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By: Anonymous

Added:Thu 11th Mar 2010 09:27, Post No: 72

  My nindtendo DSi need wireless, system update. Please give me some software to use the nintedo DSi.


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By: Anonymous

Added:Fri 26th Feb 2010 04:35, Post No: 71

if you want to now go o youtube and find a clue  i will tell mor clews later

 


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By: Anonymous

Added:Fri 26th Feb 2010 04:33, Post No: 70

i know i secoret to locate the nashinul guferment cp on your ds but it is a secoet no one will know about it not even the fuss

 


By: Skipp

Added:Thu 10th Dec 2009 12:45, Post No: 69

cool i have a ds i want i dsi but for some reson i like the ds more then the psp thats just me


By: SegaBoy

Added:Tue 08th Dec 2009 13:05, Post No: 68

What do you want to know - there's hundresd of news stories related to the DS on this index page?!?!


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