Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata had a few words about piracy on his company's platforms recently, and noted that piracy is an "endless battle" but that the company will continue to fight it for the benefit of not only the software developers but also consumers.
"I recognise there is more software piracy, playing downloaded software data without purchase, than some years ago on many of the current platforms, including Nintendo DS," said Iwata, via GI.biz.
Iwata says that piracy has become more rampant in Europe than in the United States, specifically because many nations there do not have any piracy regulation.
Nintendo will continue to use legal measures, as well as firmware and hardware updates, to combat piracy, but did allude to the fight as a cat-and-mouse chase.
"As the piracy itself is underground, someone somewhere finds out the solution to evade our measures. When we shut one hole of the mice, they have dug a new one somewhere else. We have acknowledged that this is an endless battle and we believe the best measure is to keep fighting it technologically and legally," he concluded.
Iwata says that piracy has become more rampant in Europe than in the United States, specifically because many nations there do not have any piracy regulation.
Nintendo will continue to use legal measures, as well as firmware and hardware updates, to combat piracy, but did allude to the fight as a cat-and-mouse chase.
"As the piracy itself is underground, someone somewhere finds out the solution to evade our measures. When we shut one hole of the mice, they have dug a new one somewhere else. We have acknowledged that this is an endless battle and we believe the best measure is to keep fighting it technologically and legally," he concluded.
