Nintendo is suing the developers of the Yuzu Switch emulator, citing the fact that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was leaked prior to release and downloaded one million times, according to a legal document shared by Stephen Totilo on Twitter. The lawsuit lists "Tropic Haze LLC," the company who operates Yuzu and its Patreon page.
While Nintendo points toward the one million number as some kind of irreparable harm, it's important to note that Tears of the Kingdom still sold 20.28 million copies by the end of 2023. In the same span of time (about 7 months after launch), Breath of the Wild sold about 16 million copies on Switch. As always, equating every pirated download to a lost sale is something of a logical fallacy.
