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The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the Wii U and competed with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One; it also competes with the ninth-generation consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
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Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and manufactures both video games and video game consoles.
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James “Archbox” Williams, a Reddit user and moderator, was fined $4.5 million after a federal court ruled he was liable for pirating Nintendo Switch games and aiding others in jailbreaking their consoles. Despite repeated cease-and-desist warnings, Williams continued to operate forums promoting piracy and distributed…