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It's not illegal to play games that you already purchased and own. Piracy is just a convenient scapegoat to hobble emulation.

cubefox 3y ago
"Piracy is just a convenient scapegoat to hobble emulation" is just a convenient scapegoat to justify piracy.
silent_cal 3y ago
If you can find me one person that uses an emulator and doesn't play pirated games on it, I'll send you a dollar.
pierat 3y ago
Thats not the problem. Zelda BoTW being released 7 days BEFORE being on Switch, and 60FPS, and better gameplay on a real computer is what caught Nintendo's attention. And with Yuzu and joycons, you can have EVERY game, including their online only stuff. And if you pay for those online only, piracy is the only way to guarantee that you'll keep them. They've destroyed the: NDS, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU stores/online content. They never needed to. They *chose* to.
- dmonitor 3y ago
  Gamecube never had online
  - pierat 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_online_functionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_online_functionality
aurareturn 3y ago
I'd argue that you should reverse your stance. It's illegal to pirate games. Being able to emulate things you purchased is a convenient scapegoat for people to pirate games.
- kuschku 3y ago
  I own switch games. I do not want to play them at 15fps at a 600p resolution if I can play them at 60fps at 4K. Why should I not be able to emulate them?
  - aurareturn 3y ago
    Because people are not paying for pirated games?
    - ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
      Why is that my concern?
- rbits 3y ago
  But they are not going after the piracy. They are going after the legitimate method of playing switch games on your PC. I'd argue that MP3 player apps are nowadays mostly used with pirated music, yet I don't see anyone going after them.
- eertami 3y ago
  > It's illegal to pirate games. Well, there's a bunch of places where that's not true. Then it's a question of morality, although that usually gets unfairly asked of the individual but never asked of giant mega corporations.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
  Being able to cut cheese is a convenient lie to be able to cut people. /s
crtasm 3y ago
Either way I'd argue it's in an emulator team's interest to not highlight specific games, especially when asking for money. Thinking further on it I wouldn't write "Nintendo" either: "yuzu is a Switch emulator that runs your games on PC/Mac/Android - often with better resolution, framerates, ..." is fine - people already know about the games they want to play.

cubefox 3y ago

"Piracy is just a convenient scapegoat to hobble emulation" is just a convenient scapegoat to justify piracy.

silent_cal 3y ago

If you can find me one person that uses an emulator and doesn't play pirated games on it, I'll send you a dollar.

pierat 3y ago

Thats not the problem. Zelda BoTW being released 7 days BEFORE being on Switch, and 60FPS, and better gameplay on a real computer is what caught Nintendo's attention. And with Yuzu and joycons, you can have EVERY game, including their online only stuff. And if you pay for those online only, piracy is the only way to guarantee that you'll keep them. They've destroyed the: NDS, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU stores/online content. They never needed to. They *chose* to.

dmonitor 3y ago
Gamecube never had online
- pierat 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_online_functionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_online_functionality

aurareturn 3y ago

I'd argue that you should reverse your stance. It's illegal to pirate games. Being able to emulate things you purchased is a convenient scapegoat for people to pirate games.

kuschku 3y ago
I own switch games. I do not want to play them at 15fps at a 600p resolution if I can play them at 60fps at 4K. Why should I not be able to emulate them?
- aurareturn 3y ago
  Because people are not paying for pirated games?
  - ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
    Why is that my concern?
rbits 3y ago
But they are not going after the piracy. They are going after the legitimate method of playing switch games on your PC. I'd argue that MP3 player apps are nowadays mostly used with pirated music, yet I don't see anyone going after them.
eertami 3y ago
> It's illegal to pirate games. Well, there's a bunch of places where that's not true. Then it's a question of morality, although that usually gets unfairly asked of the individual but never asked of giant mega corporations.
PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
Being able to cut cheese is a convenient lie to be able to cut people. /s

crtasm 3y ago

Either way I'd argue it's in an emulator team's interest to not highlight specific games, especially when asking for money. Thinking further on it I wouldn't write "Nintendo" either: "yuzu is a Switch emulator that runs your games on PC/Mac/Android - often with better resolution, framerates, ..." is fine - people already know about the games they want to play.