Bowser agrees to $10 million fine for selling Nintendo Switch hacks

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The Nintendo lawsuit was settled by Gary Bowser with a $10 million payment. Team Xecuter is a group of people who have created mod chips or jailbroken consoles.

Team Xecuter has a product called the SX Pro that allows the Nintendo Switch to run games that are not real. Nintendo has been chasing Switch hackers for a long time, and last year a federal case was brought against them. He was ordered to pay over $4 million for hacks on Nintendo. Nintendo is paying at least $14.5 million in restitution.

The decision by Bowser to sell console mod was controversial in the community that usually focuses on open-source efforts that avoid federal authorities. Nintendo has a history of aggressively pursuing unauthorized use of its intellectual property, and the company has often gone after websites that host game files.