[belkinpower]

You’re giving TX way too much credit here. Most of what they were selling was GPL-violating rebranded Atmosphere code with piracy tools preinstalled. They were screwing over the open-source hacker community and Nintendo at the same time. They probably don’t deserve a prison sentence this harsh, but I’m not particularly sympathetic toward them.

[smoldesu]

Hah, I largely feel the same way towards them. It's a real "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" situation, but even as someone who loved the Atmosphère project, I think TX deserves at least some credit for being competitive. Yes, they cheated and cut corners (and eventually paid the price), but that doesn't make them monsters. Bowser's arrest is fair, and while it is sad that team is facing health troubles, that's something they should have considered before taking a multinational corporation head-on.

All of this could be seen from miles away from the beginning though. Thoughtfully-built software tends to live longer than hastily made products, Atmosphère had already won the second TX decided to step in the ring.