I don’t disagree that the whole thing is over the top, but they weren’t just selling bypass devices. They also admitted running a service that provided pirated game downloads. I think that’s where they fucked up, because even a lot of less restrictive countries would’ve popped them for directly supplying pirated games (even if the country didn’t have an issue with the DRM bypass).
Bowser also admits he and TeamXecuter “created and supported ROM libraries” for its customers to use through websites like MaxConsole.com and rom-bank.com.