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I mean, of course Nintendo would hate piracy. You might say emulation can be used with legit roms, or roms for games you’ve purchased, but let’s be honest. The

I mean, of course Nintendo would hate piracy. You might say emulation can be used with legit roms, or roms for games you’ve purchased, but let’s be honest. The fact Nintendo even exists at all in the face of competitors orders of magnitude bigger is impressive. Nintendo’s position is and always will be that you can only play their games on their platforms.

lostgame 5y ago
>> Nintendo’s position is and always will be that you can only play their games on their platforms. We all felt the same way about SEGA in the early 90’s…
- themikesanto 5y ago
  ...and now I play Sonic Mania on my Nintendo Switch
  - mattl 5y ago
    And Nintendo will even sell you a Genesis controller. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sega-genesis-control-pad/ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sega-genesis-control...
- threeseed 5y ago
  And people have been talking about Nintendo's demise since the early 90's.
JoshTriplett 5y ago
> You might say emulation can be used with legit roms, or roms for games you’ve purchased, but let’s be honest. I have an actual physical NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Gamecube, and Wii, along with games. The NES and SNES don't reliably run games anymore. I expect the others to eventually follow. And emulation provides better graphics, better features, portability (e.g. playing on a device you can travel with), creativity (romhacks, translations, etc). So yes, emulation can be used with games you actually own, and doing so has great advantages.
- endisneigh 5y ago
  > So yes, emulation can be used with games you actually own, and doing so has great advantages. I'm not denying that is one use case, what I'm saying is that it's very unlikely it's the regular one. Nintendo's argument is basically that even if that were true, just because you purchased it once doesn't give you the right to it indefinitely. You might disagree with that, but that's their stance (when you buy e-Shop games you don't even get access across Nintendo consoles).
  - snarfy 5y ago
    > just because you purchased it once doesn't give you the right to it indefinitely Did I buy it or rent it? If I bought it then I damn well do have the right to it indefinitely.
    - asimops 5y ago
      One might say that you bought a license to a game. And that license includes only being run from the physical copy you received. Nintendo is only getting worse with this over time. Just see for example the Breath of the Wild DLC... No physical copy to be obtained, forever bound to your nintendo account.
      - JoshTriplett 5y ago
        > One might say that you bought a license to a game One might claim that, and that claim should be rejected.
        avindroth 5y ago
        Isn’t this how the market works? You don’t own the game - you own the game on the platform, for as long as it lasts. This is the base rule for console games. You kinda know the deal when you buy it.
        5y ago
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lostgame 5y ago

>> Nintendo’s position is and always will be that you can only play their games on their platforms. We all felt the same way about SEGA in the early 90’s…

themikesanto 5y ago
...and now I play Sonic Mania on my Nintendo Switch
- mattl 5y ago
  And Nintendo will even sell you a Genesis controller. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sega-genesis-control-pad/ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sega-genesis-control...
threeseed 5y ago
And people have been talking about Nintendo's demise since the early 90's.

JoshTriplett 5y ago

> You might say emulation can be used with legit roms, or roms for games you’ve purchased, but let’s be honest. I have an actual physical NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Gamecube, and Wii, along with games. The NES and SNES don't reliably run games anymore. I expect the others to eventually follow. And emulation provides better graphics, better features, portability (e.g. playing on a device you can travel with), creativity (romhacks, translations, etc). So yes, emulation can be used with games you actually own, and doing so has great advantages.

endisneigh 5y ago
> So yes, emulation can be used with games you actually own, and doing so has great advantages. I'm not denying that is one use case, what I'm saying is that it's very unlikely it's the regular one. Nintendo's argument is basically that even if that were true, just because you purchased it once doesn't give you the right to it indefinitely. You might disagree with that, but that's their stance (when you buy e-Shop games you don't even get access across Nintendo consoles).
- snarfy 5y ago
  > just because you purchased it once doesn't give you the right to it indefinitely Did I buy it or rent it? If I bought it then I damn well do have the right to it indefinitely.
  - asimops 5y ago
    One might say that you bought a license to a game. And that license includes only being run from the physical copy you received. Nintendo is only getting worse with this over time. Just see for example the Breath of the Wild DLC... No physical copy to be obtained, forever bound to your nintendo account.
    - JoshTriplett 5y ago
      > One might say that you bought a license to a game One might claim that, and that claim should be rejected.
      - avindroth 5y ago
        Isn’t this how the market works? You don’t own the game - you own the game on the platform, for as long as it lasts. This is the base rule for console games. You kinda know the deal when you buy it.
        5y ago

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