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I imagine Ryunjinx is next

by simse 3y ago

dark-star 3y ago
probably not, as they are not selling the emulator for profit. If Nintendo were against ALL types of emulation they could (and would) have gone against all the other emulators that still exist. But they're mostly focused on shutting down for-profit emulators, so that's why they targeted yuzu.
- dotnet00 3y ago
  Nintendo does oppose all types of emulation that isn't their own. Most of them are just too hard to intimidate with legal threats.
- crtasm 3y ago
  What difference are you seeing between Yuzu's patreon and Ryujinx's patreon?
  - 1231232131231 3y ago
    They simply share progress reports there. Yuzu sold early access IIRC
    - crtasm 3y ago
      It's true Yuzu did early access builds for patreons yes.
      - sjs382 3y ago
        Not just for Patreon supporters—they had nightly builds available on GitHub.
        crtasm 3y ago
        They instructed Patreons to make use of an "early access key" to access EA builds. Of course people shared them publicly, are you thinking of one of the unaffiliated github accounts that reposted them?
- mmh0000 3y ago
  May I point you to: https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-defends-dolphin-lawsuit-says-emulators-stifle-innovation/ https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-defends-dolphin-lawsuit-sa... Nintendo Defends Legal Action Against Dolphin, Says Emulators "Stifle Innovation" and my favorite: "While we recognize the passion that players have for classic games, supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products. Wherever possible, Nintendo and its licensees attempt to find ways to bring legitimate classics to current systems (via Virtual Console titles, for example)." https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55888/~/intellectual-property-%26-piracy-faq https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...
  - water-data-dude 3y ago
    It’s wild that they can say that with a straight face.
  - cassianoleal 3y ago
    > supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products So does the original Switch which is trivial to hack and dump games from.
1231232131231 3y ago
I think it may have mainly been the Patreon that killed Yuzu
- GardenLetter27 3y ago
  And having a business entity in the USA as part of that.
  - kazinator 3y ago
    USA is built entirely on litigation. Lawyers all the way down. That's part of the reason why it costs millions of dollars to build half a mile of light rail and such.

I imagine Ryunjinx is next

by simse 3y ago

I imagine Ryunjinx is next

probably not, as they are not selling the emulator for profit. If Nintendo were against ALL types of emulation they could (and would) have gone against all the other emulators that still exist. But they're mostly focused on shutting down for-profit emulators, so that's why they targeted yuzu.

dotnet00 3y ago
Nintendo does oppose all types of emulation that isn't their own. Most of them are just too hard to intimidate with legal threats.
crtasm 3y ago
What difference are you seeing between Yuzu's patreon and Ryujinx's patreon?
- 1231232131231 3y ago
  They simply share progress reports there. Yuzu sold early access IIRC
  - crtasm 3y ago
    It's true Yuzu did early access builds for patreons yes.
    - sjs382 3y ago
      Not just for Patreon supporters—they had nightly builds available on GitHub.
      - crtasm 3y ago
        They instructed Patreons to make use of an "early access key" to access EA builds. Of course people shared them publicly, are you thinking of one of the unaffiliated github accounts that reposted them?
mmh0000 3y ago
May I point you to: https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-defends-dolphin-lawsuit-says-emulators-stifle-innovation/ https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-defends-dolphin-lawsuit-sa... Nintendo Defends Legal Action Against Dolphin, Says Emulators "Stifle Innovation" and my favorite: "While we recognize the passion that players have for classic games, supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products. Wherever possible, Nintendo and its licensees attempt to find ways to bring legitimate classics to current systems (via Virtual Console titles, for example)." https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55888/~/intellectual-property-%26-piracy-faq https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...
- water-data-dude 3y ago
  It’s wild that they can say that with a straight face.
- cassianoleal 3y ago
  > supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products So does the original Switch which is trivial to hack and dump games from.

1231232131231 3y ago

I think it may have mainly been the Patreon that killed Yuzu

GardenLetter27 3y ago
And having a business entity in the USA as part of that.
- kazinator 3y ago
  USA is built entirely on litigation. Lawyers all the way down. That's part of the reason why it costs millions of dollars to build half a mile of light rail and such.