Web store that sold Switch mod chips settles with Nintendo for $ 2 million

An American web store that sold Team Xecuter chips that could bypass the security of Nintendo Switch consoles, has arranged with Nintendo for two million dollars. The store Uberchips.com is also no longer allowed to sell the chips, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Uberchips in March to counter the sale of the Team Xecuter modification chips, TorrentFreak writes. Previously, Nintendo tried to go after Team Xecuter itself, but this would have failed. Shortly after Nintendo’s charges, the Uberchips.com operator took the online store offline and denied “ practically all ” allegations by Nintendo. The parties reached a settlement this week, according to a court document published by TorrentFreak. According to the settlement, which has yet to be confirmed by the court, the operator behind Uberchips has to pay $ 2 million to Nintendo and is no longer allowed to offer the Team Xecuter products. He may also no longer sell other modification hardware or software in the future. He must hand over the Uberchips.com domain name to Nintendo and close the Uberchips Facebook group. He must finally destroy or hand over all SX products and software to Nintendo.Uberchips.com has been selling Team Xecuter’s SX Core and SX Lite chips since this year. These modification chips can be soldered by users to the motherboard of the Switch consoles. The SX Core works on the regular Switch consoles, the SX Lite chips is for the Switch Lite. These chips bypass the console’s security and allow users to install the SX OS operating system, which can run cracked games and homebrew software. The Nintendo Switch (left) next to the Switch Lite