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The stolen title of the game developer, which is sold on several platforms, including Nintendo
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Small indie developers who are susceptible to the stolen games without recourse
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Lack of curation on digital platforms raises concerns for players and developers
A game developer directs the discovery that his own game was stolen and on several digital play platforms, including the Nintendo Eshop. It is unfortunate development and underlines an ongoing problem that can affect the Nintendo platform and others on players and developers.
Nowadays it is easier for small game developers to reach an audience on the Internet. With numerous play platforms, users can now sell titles, regardless of the size or scale of their game or development studio. While this made some indie titles possible as possible Valley In order to remove and become massive global hits, some bad actors can also use the platforms to earn money with material that is not sold to them.
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On Reddit and other social media platforms, Game Developer Steelkrill Studio directs the claim that their game, The Backrooms 1998Was stolen and offered for sale on game platforms such as the Nintendo eShop. The stolen version of the game was renamed Backrooms horror escape and was published by “Cool Devs”. According to Steelkrill, the game was hardly changed, whereby only the monster model and an image were changed. Steelkrill notes that the stolen version of the game on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo's Digital Game Stores was sold, but PlayStation and Xbox have answered their takedown claims, and it is no longer available there.
Nintendo Eshop Answer to stolen game claims
Unfortunately, Steelkrill with Nintendo's eShop did not have the same success, which is why they draw it aware of the Switch community. While you say that you have submitted a DMCA, you claim that Nintendo has answered that there was nothing wrong with the stolen version. The developer has now offered further evidence, but at the time of publication, the rip -off is still available in the Nintendo Eshop.
Numerous players in the comments have sympathized with the developer, some of them state that this is a problem they saw before. Unfortunately, the lack of the curation of some digital play platforms made players suspicious of indie games and suspicious that they bought accidentally stolen games like this. In order to make things worse, platforms like the Nintendo Eshop do not offer any reimbursements such as Steam so that players can be torn down to fix the problem. With a little luck, the increasing attention in relation to the theft of this game will attract Nintendo's examination and remove the rip -off from the eShop, but the underlying problems can continue to exist.
