Nintendo needs to be stopped. This is so wrong on so many levels for the consumer.
EDIT
For those who do not understand: emulation is NOT piracy. This hurts the consumer because now you do not have the capabilities to dump your (Switch) games and play them for perservation. Nintendo knew it could end these projects the way they wanted (no more emulation) by sueing the developers over the security measures being abused.
Hopefully you all understand now why this is bad for the consumer. And if you do not, I encourage you to do your research into the topic. Emulation doesn’t = piracy. It never has, and never will. You should not be praising Nintendo doing this.
fivepointkick
Mess with Nintendo, you get the spikes.
StubbornNobody
Ok.
Tetrotheocto
I get why they’d do this, we’re still in the switch generation. It makes up most of the sales of the current moment, something slowing down those large sales isn’t a good thing to a companies revenue.
Wait until the games aren’t on the shelves anymore, guys.
CapPhrases
Emulating currently available games is wrong. And no “muh graphics” is not a valid reason to do so.
Sufficient_Ordinary9
Man this comment section is something else and is just so fucking sad
Are we in an era where supporting thieves and piracy is the right thing to do now?
notwhoyouknow12
It isn’t a Nintendo steps on the little guy comment section if it isn’t consistent justifying everything Nintendo does.
Before the inevitable comment arrives you can dump games you own from a modded switch and run them on the emulator. Nintendo gets paid, and you get a better experience.
brandonj30000
Tbf its kinda crazy how quickly Switch emulation/piracy proliferated compared to older consoles like the Gamecube/Wii/Xbox 360 etc, where reasonably functional emulators weren’t developed until years after the consoles were already discontinued, or at least were near discontinuation. So I’m not exactly surprised Nintendo is clamping down so hard on Switch emulation compared to previous generations
cosmicsmosmic
The offer from Nintendo: Turn it off, or we drone strike you
Salt-Speech7968
Go to jail and do not get 2000$ ?
KatsutamiNanamoto
Nintendo could just release their games on PC. Y’know, just do the reasonable thing. And everyone would benefit from that.
RittoxRitto
For fuck sakes….
OGMannimal
What’s with all the corporate shills here?
confused-as-frick
Go offline or we send in the Nintenjas
blauw67
Nintendo and Emulation is such a grey area to me.
Like on the one hand Nintendo should be allowed to protect their product.
On the other hand if it’s through law suits, than it’s a lose lose for the small time developer. If you win you still gotto pay your lawyer. If you lose you have to pay your lawyer and Nintendo. So it seems like Nintendo only needs to pressure these Devs even if all they did was above board they’d likely fold.
I won’t discuss other shitty behaviour from Nintendo (I think we can all name a few) since this topic is about emulation and the shutdown of one by Nintendo
SativaPancake
Oh I bet they hired them to lead a team to make an official Nintendo EMU that will be free and open source.
normpman
At this rate, even Dolphin isn’t safe
TheOneAndOnlySenti
Gonna mass download some roms before the site I use goes offline too
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Yuzu and Ryujinx.
Nintendo needs to be stopped. This is so wrong on so many levels for the consumer.
EDIT
For those who do not understand: emulation is NOT piracy. This hurts the consumer because now you do not have the capabilities to dump your (Switch) games and play them for perservation. Nintendo knew it could end these projects the way they wanted (no more emulation) by sueing the developers over the security measures being abused.
Hopefully you all understand now why this is bad for the consumer. And if you do not, I encourage you to do your research into the topic. Emulation doesn’t = piracy. It never has, and never will. You should not be praising Nintendo doing this.
Mess with Nintendo, you get the spikes.
Ok.
I get why they’d do this, we’re still in the switch generation. It makes up most of the sales of the current moment, something slowing down those large sales isn’t a good thing to a companies revenue.
Wait until the games aren’t on the shelves anymore, guys.
Emulating currently available games is wrong. And no “muh graphics” is not a valid reason to do so.
Man this comment section is something else and is just so fucking sad
Are we in an era where supporting thieves and piracy is the right thing to do now?
It isn’t a Nintendo steps on the little guy comment section if it isn’t consistent justifying everything Nintendo does.
Before the inevitable comment arrives you can dump games you own from a modded switch and run them on the emulator. Nintendo gets paid, and you get a better experience.
Tbf its kinda crazy how quickly Switch emulation/piracy proliferated compared to older consoles like the Gamecube/Wii/Xbox 360 etc, where reasonably functional emulators weren’t developed until years after the consoles were already discontinued, or at least were near discontinuation. So I’m not exactly surprised Nintendo is clamping down so hard on Switch emulation compared to previous generations
The offer from Nintendo: Turn it off, or we drone strike you
Go to jail and do not get 2000$ ?
Nintendo could just release their games on PC. Y’know, just do the reasonable thing. And everyone would benefit from that.
For fuck sakes….
What’s with all the corporate shills here?
Go offline or we send in the Nintenjas
Nintendo and Emulation is such a grey area to me.
Like on the one hand Nintendo should be allowed to protect their product.
On the other hand if it’s through law suits, than it’s a lose lose for the small time developer. If you win you still gotto pay your lawyer. If you lose you have to pay your lawyer and Nintendo. So it seems like Nintendo only needs to pressure these Devs even if all they did was above board they’d likely fold.
I won’t discuss other shitty behaviour from Nintendo (I think we can all name a few) since this topic is about emulation and the shutdown of one by Nintendo
Oh I bet they hired them to lead a team to make an official Nintendo EMU that will be free and open source.
At this rate, even Dolphin isn’t safe
Gonna mass download some roms before the site I use goes offline too