They set up a company (LLC) to (presumably) manage the funding. I think the last patreon earnings were around 40k per month or so, but who knows what other mean

They set up a company (LLC) to (presumably) manage the funding. I think the last patreon earnings were around 40k per month or so, but who knows what other means of acquiring money they had with that LLC. I'm sure they didn't pull out that $2.4m from thin air. It might be more than what they actually earned, but then again, their target is a company not a single individual so it makes sense that the total settlement is higher. These are not a couple of hackers interested in coding an emulator for fun. It was a commercial venue designed to extract enough money to earn the main devs a comfortable living. That's a whole different goal. I hate Nintendo for their takedowns and lawyers like everyone else on HN, but I tend to side with them in this case.