Agent KaryotoGames@lemmy.worldEnglish·1 day agocross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing(www.pcgamer.com)external-linkarrow-up1712arrow-down113message-square131fedilink
arrow-up1699arrow-down1external-linkThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing(www.pcgamer.com)Agent KaryotoGames@lemmy.worldEnglish·1 day agocross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.commessage-square131fedilink
minus-squarejmcsEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down0·21 hours agolinkfedilinkThat’s definitely not the case for Switch emulators.
minus-squareturtletracksEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down8·21 hours agolinkfedilinkYuzu was charging for early access to their emulator, which is what prompted Nintendo action. Ryujinx doesn’t seem like any legal action was taken, sounds like the creator was given a chunk of cash by Nintendo to take it down. I hate Nintendo, but you gotta keep the facts straight
minus-squareZangooseEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down0·21 hours agolinkfedilinkI don’t think they paid him off, I think it was more along the lines of “We won’t do anything to you if you stop now”
minus-squarejmcsEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·20 hours agolinkfedilinkThey also shut down Yuzu forks using the DMCA. If they paid Ryujinx’s dev it was the equivalent of the Mafia bribing a judge while waving a picture of his family.
That’s definitely not the case for Switch emulators.
Yuzu was charging for early access to their emulator, which is what prompted Nintendo action.
Ryujinx doesn’t seem like any legal action was taken, sounds like the creator was given a chunk of cash by Nintendo to take it down.
I hate Nintendo, but you gotta keep the facts straight
I don’t think they paid him off, I think it was more along the lines of “We won’t do anything to you if you stop now”
They also shut down Yuzu forks using the DMCA. If they paid Ryujinx’s dev it was the equivalent of the Mafia bribing a judge while waving a picture of his family.
Totally the same /s