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Emulators are amazing and these progress reports (and Ryujinx's and Citra's and Dolphin's) are great reads. It just feels a bit icky to see them work on current

Emulators are amazing and these progress reports (and Ryujinx's and Citra's and Dolphin's) are great reads. It just feels a bit icky to see them work on current gen consoles. Preservation is important, but focusing on current gen stuff just feels like they're actively catering to pirates rather than just incidentally helping them.

DistractionRect 3y ago
I own a switch, but higher res and mod support simply provide the better experience.
ronsor 3y ago
If one doesn't do the work now, then it'll soon be too late.
- jamesgeck0 3y ago
  By that logic, we'd have a lot more folks working on the less mature 3DS and WiiU emulation scene. That's where we've got aging irreplaceable hardware starting to fail, and many popular games still not playable without hacks or patches.
causi 3y ago
It just feels a bit icky to see them work on current gen consoles. Nintendo has used legal and illegal bullying to shut down more fan projects and youtube channels than I've pirated games. Until they stop hating the people who love them most, fuck 'em.
realusername 3y ago
Don't worry, Nintendo is also trying to shut down websites sharing 40 year old games, there's never been any limit for them.
wiseowise 3y ago
Oh noes, my poor billion worth gaming companies that milk their player base. Who will think about them?!
- jamesgeck0 3y ago
  The update includes fixes for an indie game released this year. Megacorps aren't the only ones affected by this.
  - wiseowise 3y ago
    So what? You think those people would buy the game if there was no means to pirate it?
cassianoleal 3y ago
There's a lot of people who buy the games but still prefer to play on other machines - Steam Decks, PCs, etc. This is especially true for Switch games that run poorly on the Switch, like Tears of the Kingdom. This might be legally piracy in some countries, but I suspect most people would consider it morally fine.
matheusmoreira 3y ago
Nothing "icky" about it. Emulators are alternative compatible implementations of the consoles. They have every right to straight up compete with the real things even on day one. Look into the history of bleem and virtual game station. Back then emulators used to be literally sold on the market and not one of these corporations ever dared to straight up assert that they were illegal. They sued on complete bullshit grounds like comparison screenshots which the courts decided was legal comparative advertising. They even decided that it was fair use to dump the playstation BIOS for the purpose of reverse engineering it to gain access to the unprotected knowledge within.

DistractionRect 3y ago

I own a switch, but higher res and mod support simply provide the better experience.

ronsor 3y ago

If one doesn't do the work now, then it'll soon be too late.

jamesgeck0 3y ago
By that logic, we'd have a lot more folks working on the less mature 3DS and WiiU emulation scene. That's where we've got aging irreplaceable hardware starting to fail, and many popular games still not playable without hacks or patches.

causi 3y ago

It just feels a bit icky to see them work on current gen consoles. Nintendo has used legal and illegal bullying to shut down more fan projects and youtube channels than I've pirated games. Until they stop hating the people who love them most, fuck 'em.

realusername 3y ago

Don't worry, Nintendo is also trying to shut down websites sharing 40 year old games, there's never been any limit for them.

wiseowise 3y ago

Oh noes, my poor billion worth gaming companies that milk their player base. Who will think about them?!

jamesgeck0 3y ago
The update includes fixes for an indie game released this year. Megacorps aren't the only ones affected by this.
- wiseowise 3y ago
  So what? You think those people would buy the game if there was no means to pirate it?

cassianoleal 3y ago

There's a lot of people who buy the games but still prefer to play on other machines - Steam Decks, PCs, etc. This is especially true for Switch games that run poorly on the Switch, like Tears of the Kingdom. This might be legally piracy in some countries, but I suspect most people would consider it morally fine.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

Nothing "icky" about it. Emulators are alternative compatible implementations of the consoles. They have every right to straight up compete with the real things even on day one. Look into the history of bleem and virtual game station. Back then emulators used to be literally sold on the market and not one of these corporations ever dared to straight up assert that they were illegal. They sued on complete bullshit grounds like comparison screenshots which the courts decided was legal comparative advertising. They even decided that it was fair use to dump the playstation BIOS for the purpose of reverse engineering it to gain access to the unprotected knowledge within.