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Nintendo won $4,5 million from the owner of pirate game sites for Switch
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- Sep 25, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC
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Nintendo secured a $$4,5 million judgment against a distributor of pirated games for the Nintendo Switch.
An audacious for-profit Nintendo Switch pirate has been destroyed in court to the tune of $4.5 million USD.
James C. Williams used the online handle 'archbox,' and allegedly helped distribute 'thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of unauthorized copies' of Nintendo games since 2019.