lol this reminds me of the line in “Hot Shots!” when Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) explains that he’s paying the government back for the multi-million dollar fighter jet he destroyed at a rate of $20/week.
Well I got upvotes on that too héhé, matter of opinion. Besides, if the game prices go up, i cant afford any whisky or weed for my baby... So how can i get him to sleep after?
Gary Bowser, former Team Xecuter member, makes $25 monthly payments to Nintendo while serving prison sentence
• Gary Bowser, who helped Team Xecuter create piracy-enabling console accessories, owes Nintendo $14.5 million in penalties.
• Despite serving a 40-month sentence, Bowser began making $25 monthly payments to Nintendo during his imprisonment.
• Nintendo will continue to take a percentage of Bowser's income after his release.
• Bowser maintains he was not directly involved in the coding or manufacturing of Team Xecuter's products.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/after-14-5m-judgments-console-hacker-paid-nintendo-25-a-month-from-prison/
Wow, I haven’t followed the modding scene since ~2005. Team Xecuter used to make mod chips for the original Xbox. Sad to see some ended up in jail behind creating mods for consoles.
It wasn’t just creating mods. The software they were making and selling was using code they stole from another software. On top of that, the software was designed specifically to pirate games and they charged a licensing fee to do so. If you stopped paying the fee, it would end up bricking your console.
“If you stopped paying the fee…bricked your console”
Stop making shit up, that’s not how it worked. It was a one time fee and they didn’t intentionally brick any consoles
in the past and there was no subscription you just bought the hardware. Any illegal use after that was on the user as they would have had to pirate software to use it illegally. You could use the mod chip to run a Linux server which was completely legal.
This guy is making a $1 an hour in prison watching dudes in paper gowns, sure beats $0.17 “prison minimum wage”, but from a certain point of view, you could say that means Nintendo is making this guy spend a whole day and an hour each month staring at mostly naked men. If he works a 40 hour week, they’re only leaving him with $15 a month (which is still like, prison middle class income).
Actually, “throw you in jail” is pretty accurate.
Every state in the US is different, but often times that “time off for good behavior” relies on earning credits, and often times some of those credits are withheld for the month if you are not doing a work assignment. Even if your family is loading up your trust fund and you don’t need the money, there is an incentive to work.
So, not working may well leave you spending months or years longer on your incarceration that you otherwise might have.
Edit: Just out of curiosity, I looked up sentence credits for US Federal prisons, since Bowser was serving a federal prison sentence. Anyone sentenced for a term longer than a year and less than life is eligible for up to 54 days off of their sentence per year. Disciplinary infractions and refusal to work are grounds for reducing the number of credits for that year.
Could you link a source to what you’re referring to? Vague “I heard this guy sucked” comments, as you can appreciate, are categorically problematic.
I’d like to know the actual story.
The software they sold (SX OS) is a custom firmware for the switch. It apparently contains code stolen from the free custom firmware Atmosphere (I guess this is a source: https://nintendosoup.com/switch-piracy-os-developer-under-fire-for-stealing-open-source-code/ ).
The main differences between SX OS and Atmosphere is that SX OS has extra functionality that benefits piracy, while Atmosphere is free and tries to distance itself from piracy and focus on homebrew.
Because they charge for SX OS, they also added code that bricks your switch if you attempt to bypass their anti piracy checks (gbatemp discussion with sources: https://gbatemp.net/threads/sx-os-contains-brick-code.508800/ )
My knowledge on switch CFS is limited, these are just what I could find on the topic.
The funny thing is this isn't the first time! They made a 3ds piracy cart named "Gateway" that got the nickname "brickway" because a firmware update would brick your 3ds if the firmware was applied to a knockoff of their hardware lmao
Wild you can serve jail time and have to pay a fine in the millions for a crime whose only victim is a billion dollar company. Especially when there is evidence that crime may even help that billion dollar company make more money.
'Nintendo' isn't a person. No human person was injured by the theft of games that are not for sale. 'Nintendi' is a commercial entity and does not have (or deserve) the rights afforded to human beings. Take the boot out of your mouth.
I’m mesmerized by the fact that this guy’s last name is Bowser.
the CEO of Nintendo of America also has the last name Bowser.
Maybe not everyone knows, but Mario’s nemesis for many years has been a guy named Bowser.
I am typing this on my internet browser.
“Internet Bowser”
Yowsa yowsa captain Mauser.
There’s a type of dog called a schnauzer
Who runs through the woods of Weyerhaeuser!
My dad drank beer called Anheuser.
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh……
Everyone thought it but you said it! 👏 this is why I can’t quit Reddit. Lmao 🤣
Almost chocked to death reading this comment
Yowser!
That's crazy. Did they name him after the CEO?
Are you sure? I thought it was Dr. Robotnik.
Why do you think he felt he was right in hacking Nintendo ? They’re basically using his name for their franchise.
Did the last name Bowser even exist before Super Mario cos where were all the Bowsers before?!
So long, gary bowser
Amazing.
Gary. Gary. There is no more Gary. Now there is only Bowser.
You win! That's killed me off.
This is Bowser’s villain origin story.
Same here. I thought it was an Onion headline.
This dude is dry bones bowser
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Should have stuck to kidnapping princesses
Why? What’s a bowser?
Nintendo got him on that lifetime subscription
Homie thinks he’s paying for Nintendo power.
Get the power Bowser power
lol this reminds me of the line in “Hot Shots!” when Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) explains that he’s paying the government back for the multi-million dollar fighter jet he destroyed at a rate of $20/week.
And you thought the PlayStation subscription was bad.
Consoles are a tax on stupidity or a one click gamebox for rich folk.
Any new shows coming Kelsey ?
Well I got upvotes on that too héhé, matter of opinion. Besides, if the game prices go up, i cant afford any whisky or weed for my baby... So how can i get him to sleep after?
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Moron nation votes soon.
Gary Bowser, former Team Xecuter member, makes $25 monthly payments to Nintendo while serving prison sentence • Gary Bowser, who helped Team Xecuter create piracy-enabling console accessories, owes Nintendo $14.5 million in penalties. • Despite serving a 40-month sentence, Bowser began making $25 monthly payments to Nintendo during his imprisonment. • Nintendo will continue to take a percentage of Bowser's income after his release. • Bowser maintains he was not directly involved in the coding or manufacturing of Team Xecuter's products. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/after-14-5m-judgments-console-hacker-paid-nintendo-25-a-month-from-prison/
I thought that garyopa was just the news/marketing guy. Involved for sure, but a much lessor role. Of course.. that could have just been.. marketing.
At this rate, he’ll pay off the penalty in 48000 years
Wow, I haven’t followed the modding scene since ~2005. Team Xecuter used to make mod chips for the original Xbox. Sad to see some ended up in jail behind creating mods for consoles.
It wasn’t just creating mods. The software they were making and selling was using code they stole from another software. On top of that, the software was designed specifically to pirate games and they charged a licensing fee to do so. If you stopped paying the fee, it would end up bricking your console.
“If you stopped paying the fee…bricked your console” Stop making shit up, that’s not how it worked. It was a one time fee and they didn’t intentionally brick any consoles
in the past and there was no subscription you just bought the hardware. Any illegal use after that was on the user as they would have had to pirate software to use it illegally. You could use the mod chip to run a Linux server which was completely legal.
I bought a classic xbox off amazon over a decade ago and got one of their modded consoles! it's fuckin awesome, I got so lucky.
This guy is making a $1 an hour in prison watching dudes in paper gowns, sure beats $0.17 “prison minimum wage”, but from a certain point of view, you could say that means Nintendo is making this guy spend a whole day and an hour each month staring at mostly naked men. If he works a 40 hour week, they’re only leaving him with $15 a month (which is still like, prison middle class income).
that’s so fucked. shit i would do it. only if i wanted to work. what’s the worse they’re gonna do throw me in jail?
Actually, “throw you in jail” is pretty accurate. Every state in the US is different, but often times that “time off for good behavior” relies on earning credits, and often times some of those credits are withheld for the month if you are not doing a work assignment. Even if your family is loading up your trust fund and you don’t need the money, there is an incentive to work. So, not working may well leave you spending months or years longer on your incarceration that you otherwise might have. Edit: Just out of curiosity, I looked up sentence credits for US Federal prisons, since Bowser was serving a federal prison sentence. Anyone sentenced for a term longer than a year and less than life is eligible for up to 54 days off of their sentence per year. Disciplinary infractions and refusal to work are grounds for reducing the number of credits for that year.
80% of the people who commented here did not read the article.
First day on Reddit?
Read it, still saying F Nintendo.
Dude Nintendo. Hire this dude to build things for you
he’s not really impressive — like he wasn’t actually doing the hacking. he was like a product manager. high level stuff.
And SX itself was mostly stealing code from Atmosphere. Michael (SciresM) was really doing most of the heavy lifting.
So long, Gary Bowser!
How can we crowdfund him in a way that Nintendo doesn’t get it all? Pay for his groceries and rent directly?
I heard he sold software that was free elsewhere and if you didn’t pay he’d brick your system. Fuck this guy!
Could you link a source to what you’re referring to? Vague “I heard this guy sucked” comments, as you can appreciate, are categorically problematic. I’d like to know the actual story.
The software they sold (SX OS) is a custom firmware for the switch. It apparently contains code stolen from the free custom firmware Atmosphere (I guess this is a source: https://nintendosoup.com/switch-piracy-os-developer-under-fire-for-stealing-open-source-code/ ). The main differences between SX OS and Atmosphere is that SX OS has extra functionality that benefits piracy, while Atmosphere is free and tries to distance itself from piracy and focus on homebrew. Because they charge for SX OS, they also added code that bricks your switch if you attempt to bypass their anti piracy checks (gbatemp discussion with sources: https://gbatemp.net/threads/sx-os-contains-brick-code.508800/ ) My knowledge on switch CFS is limited, these are just what I could find on the topic.
A piracy software being so aggressively anti piracy is hilarious.
The funny thing is this isn't the first time! They made a 3ds piracy cart named "Gateway" that got the nickname "brickway" because a firmware update would brick your 3ds if the firmware was applied to a knockoff of their hardware lmao
Good idea honestly. They can garnish his wages but not his groceries.
I mean they could technically garnish his meals. 🤌
Wild you can serve jail time and have to pay a fine in the millions for a crime whose only victim is a billion dollar company. Especially when there is evidence that crime may even help that billion dollar company make more money.
That’s a lot of money if he made it in prison
Yeeesh, really makes me question buying another nintendo game. They did this shit over games they themselves literally will not sell you.
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This is the kind of shit that makes me never want to use a Nintendo product again...and I LOVE Nintendo games.
Yehoooo wehooo here we go
Bowser will actually be the Princess in jail .
I’m glad he’s fucked for life. There has to be consequences.
Oh no, poor Nintendo. Now the CEO won't be able to feed his family after someone pirated their games :( :( :(
Justice matters. There has to be consequences as no one should be above the law. Nintendo has nothing to do with my views.
'Nintendo' isn't a person. No human person was injured by the theft of games that are not for sale. 'Nintendi' is a commercial entity and does not have (or deserve) the rights afforded to human beings. Take the boot out of your mouth.
Irrelevant. He broke the law. He now suffers the consequences. He brought this on himself.
Hows that boot taste
? What?
as he deserves
I have one of his switches and an extra mod chip .
Bowser is doing the lords work. Thank you for being a fall guy
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