A modder who sold modified Switch consoles settled with Nintendo, agreeing to pay $2 million after a lawsuit that began in July 2024. The settlement includes a permanent injunction against handling or selling hacked hardware, a clear escalation in enforcement against Switch piracy.
Nintendo has pushed hard against emulation and hardware sellers in recent years, pursuing legal action across multiple fronts. The initial suit is available as a public lawsuit PDF and was reported in depth by TorrentFreak. The court filing describes the settlement terms.
Under the settlement, Daly agreed to pay $2 million and accept a permanent injunction that bars him from handling, selling, promoting, or assisting anyone with modded consoles. The restraining language is broad and appears designed to stop both retail and online distribution of modified hardware. No criminal penalties were reported in those public documents. That injunction should make it harder for casual storefronts to offer hacked devices without legal risk.
Nintendo Switch consoles were compromised relatively early compared with other platforms, and the company has increasingly targeted supply chains and emulation projects, outlining Nintendo’s legal action against Yuzu, and a follow-up covers the emulator’s settlement. Independent reports note that some owners of the Switch 2 have had devices bricked when using certain cartridges, with multiple accounts centered on MIG flash cards; that issue is described in a separate report about consoles being banned or bricked. One short quote captured the mood when an industry figure observed, “Sometimes you get brilliant things like the Wii and Switch 2, and other times you get the Wii U, which didn’t work as well.”
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