It's been shown that the reason people pirate isn't because of cost, it's because of convenience: if you make a product easier to buy than it is to pirate, people will buy it instead of pirating it. A huge reason things like r4 cards were so popular was the convenience it gave you when switching between / carrying around your games. If Nintendo tailors their software to make it easy to play whatever games you own whenever you like, and makes it equally as easy to get access to said games, then the incentive for piracy decreases significantly. To decrease it even more, include features that can only be available through software that was purchased and registered via their systems. Want an example? Steam. I personally know people who pirated Skyrim, then later bought it on Steam simply because of the Steam experience and ease of access.
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It's been shown that the reason people pirate isn't because of cost, it's because of convenience: if you make a product easier to buy than it is to pirate, people will buy it instead of pirating it.
A huge reason things like r4 cards were so popular was the convenience it gave you when switching between / carrying around your games. If Nintendo tailors their software to make it easy to play whatever games you own whenever you like, and makes it equally as easy to get access to said games, then the incentive for piracy decreases significantly. To decrease it even more, include features that can only be available through software that was purchased and registered via their systems.
Want an example? Steam. I personally know people who pirated Skyrim, then later bought it on Steam simply because of the Steam experience and ease of access.