Nintendo Had To Play Detective To Find An Alleged Switch Pirate
The anonymity of the internet seems to make some people believe that they can get away with almost anything online. But Nintendo may have just given future Switch pirates some reasons to reconsider their actions after tracking down a man by playing detective online.
Earlier this year, Nintendo sued James Williams, a moderator for a Switch pirates page on Reddit who posted under the name Archbox. At the time, it wasn't clear how Nintendo had determined that Williams was the man behind Archbox, but Game File's new report details some of Williams' alleged missteps along the way.
Williams' first apparent mistake was that he posted some genuinely personal intel on Reddit that indicated he had previously attended Midwestern University and currently lived near Phoenix, Arizona. Nintendo didn't elaborate on how it used that info to narrow down Williams' identity, but it did note his second mistake: He sent in his Switch to Nintendo for repairs.
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