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How is it not a threat to their business? People don't use these emulators to play 20 year old abandonware, but to play Switch games even before they've been of
by matsemann 3y ago
How is it not a threat to their business? People don't use these emulators to play 20 year old abandonware, but to play Switch games even before they've been officially released through leaks.
I've sailed the sea a lot myself, but I don't believe the meme "pirates wouldn't have bought it anyways". It's not a 1:1 loss, but it's not zero either.
And for me, piracy used to be an accessibility issue. Living in the mountains I could wait for a week to get something by mail, or click download illegally and play immediately. With today's online stores that's no longer an excuse.
- Retr0id 3y agoPC game publishers don't seem to mind that their games are playable on PC. Yes, PC games usually have DRM, but Denuvo offers their services for the Switch platform too. In fact, they specifically claim that they can resist emulation of protected titles: https://irdeto.com/denuvo/nintendo-switch-emulator-protection/ https://irdeto.com/denuvo/nintendo-switch-emulator-protectio... And yet, no commercial games have been released with this protection yet, probably because it isn't worth it for their bottom line.