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arrow-up1847arrow-down1imageNintendo shuts down Switch emulator Ryujinxlemmy.mlmr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · edit-23 months agomessage-square238fedilink
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 months agoWhile that’s true, it’s incredibly reductive to a baseline of “nintendo should win because they are powerful and others aren’t” How many of these emulators were shut down through legal action or threat of legal action? I mean, the list goes on and on https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_emulators https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_2_emulators https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_3_emulators https://www.ppsspp.org/ https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_Vita_emulators https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_emulators https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_360_emulators Oh right, this happened https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment,_Inc._v._Connectix_Corp. Nintendo is using every action possible to stop switch emulation, because, unlike other console companies, they don’t produce any advanced or specific hardware anymore, and they purely survive through their IP.
While that’s true, it’s incredibly reductive to a baseline of “nintendo should win because they are powerful and others aren’t”
How many of these emulators were shut down through legal action or threat of legal action? I mean, the list goes on and on
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_emulators
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_2_emulators
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_3_emulators
https://www.ppsspp.org/
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_Vita_emulators
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_emulators
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_360_emulators
Oh right, this happened https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment,_Inc._v._Connectix_Corp.
Nintendo is using every action possible to stop switch emulation, because, unlike other console companies, they don’t produce any advanced or specific hardware anymore, and they purely survive through their IP.