Me: “Okay, then provide us a means to play your old games on modern hardware for a reasonable price
Nintendo: “No.”
Me:
hshnslsh on
I do find it funny that people think they have some inherent right to have old Nintendo games readily available on modern platforms.
SphmrSlmp on
Nintendo should just make a service like Steam where people can purchase their entire catalogue of games from the past till the present and play on their own devices.
I think this is a great idea. And the easy access will actually make people leave emulation or piracy and just go for their official service.
But, of course, Nintendo won’t do this…. Because they want to make sure you buy their consoles and handhelds every generation.
Zestyclose-Sundae593 on
Nintendo when people emulate games that they don’t even sell anymore. Seriously, people are doing their own work for them to preserves those games because right now emulation is the only reliable way.
multidollar on
They don’t care if you use an emulator to play the games. What they really, actually, care about is that you’re not paying Nintendo money for the games or the “console”.
They can do whatever the hell they want with their own property.
R1SpeedRacer05 on
“It isn’t about the message, it’s about the money.” -Woker
PlayerZeroStart on
Not that I think Nintendo is in the right, but like, it’s not the method that they have a problem with, it’s piracy. You can use flash carts or other methods of playing the roms on the console and that doesn’t change anything.
SecretSpectre11 on
Nintendo shills downvoting everyone in comments lmao
Tommy_Gun10 on
This isn’t the gotcha moment you think it is
H_SE on
Wait until people hear Nintendo make their games on PC.
Lime7ime- on
“Their own game” there you have it
Arachanoid1998 on
It’s their game though? OP thought he made a “gotcha”
CMDR_omnicognate on
Nintendo emulate their own games literally all the time, you get access to a whole bunch of emulated games when you pay for their online, i don’t get why people are making such a big deal over this lol. Nindendo don’t have a problem with emulation, they have a problem with their games being illegally emulated by third parties.
Pongmin on
Are they supposed to sue themselves or smth
Zenai10 on
I don’t understand why people have issue with this tbh. This is very common practice
ChaosKeeshond on
😠 When other people use my credit card
😊 When I use my own credit card
s1lverv1p on
Except for the thing that most emulator programs have stayed up over the years untouched, it’s only recently that people have thrown a fit because of the take down of yuzu and ryujinx.
But those were committing the emulator cardinal sin of emulating a currently on the market console. Emulating switch games and making money off them is a wild thing to try to do and is basically corporate suicide. Then even wilder for people to get up in arms about it like they weren’t selling their own copies of in production games.
You can still go play your favorite ds and gameboy or gamecube emulators.
DaNoahLP on
Or
Nintendo when they sell roms of their games they downloaded from the internet.
or even better
Sony when they sell their games on someone elses emulator.
Psychedelic_Yogurt on
I disagree with their business practices but it is their product. The issue they have is people using their products illegally not emulation itself. I guess I thought that was obvious.
Windronin on
I agree, cause they are indifferent to people using their own bought licenses.
Ver_the_one on
It’s not like I’m against nintendo games, I emulate them, but this is like saying “you take your car for a drive whenever you want but when I take your car for a drive whenever I want you suddenly get mad?!”
FaultySage on
Does nobody around here understand copyright law?
Lurdekan on
Cant you legally emulate games you own, If you also own the console?
LEGOL2 on
The problem is the copyright. They are the owners of the copyright so they can do whatever they want to
eejizzings on
Yep and that makes sense
MikeW86 on
Good lord you’re an idiot
Aggravating_Baker_91 on
I’m going to upvote this because it makes me giggle, but you do know that emulation is not illegal right? it’s the methods that people use to acquire the games that is illegal and because the games are their own property they can subject anyone to any policy they implemented, that includes shutting down emulators if they so choose
goronmask on
Well that’s the point. What are they gonna do? Sue themselves?
General-Fix1603 on
They own the games…
TheHENOOB on
1 – It’s their games, their right.
2 – The emulators are probably PC ports for their in-house emus that we see on Switch.
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Well technically it’s their games
It’s their game tho??
Nintendo: “Don’t emulate our games.”
Me: “Okay, then provide us a means to play your old games on modern hardware for a reasonable price
Nintendo: “No.”
Me:
I do find it funny that people think they have some inherent right to have old Nintendo games readily available on modern platforms.
Nintendo should just make a service like Steam where people can purchase their entire catalogue of games from the past till the present and play on their own devices.
I think this is a great idea. And the easy access will actually make people leave emulation or piracy and just go for their official service.
But, of course, Nintendo won’t do this…. Because they want to make sure you buy their consoles and handhelds every generation.
Nintendo when people emulate games that they don’t even sell anymore. Seriously, people are doing their own work for them to preserves those games because right now emulation is the only reliable way.
They don’t care if you use an emulator to play the games. What they really, actually, care about is that you’re not paying Nintendo money for the games or the “console”.
They can do whatever the hell they want with their own property.
“It isn’t about the message, it’s about the money.” -Woker
Not that I think Nintendo is in the right, but like, it’s not the method that they have a problem with, it’s piracy. You can use flash carts or other methods of playing the roms on the console and that doesn’t change anything.
Nintendo shills downvoting everyone in comments lmao
This isn’t the gotcha moment you think it is
Wait until people hear Nintendo make their games on PC.
“Their own game” there you have it
It’s their game though? OP thought he made a “gotcha”
Nintendo emulate their own games literally all the time, you get access to a whole bunch of emulated games when you pay for their online, i don’t get why people are making such a big deal over this lol. Nindendo don’t have a problem with emulation, they have a problem with their games being illegally emulated by third parties.
Are they supposed to sue themselves or smth
I don’t understand why people have issue with this tbh. This is very common practice
😠 When other people use my credit card
😊 When I use my own credit card
Except for the thing that most emulator programs have stayed up over the years untouched, it’s only recently that people have thrown a fit because of the take down of yuzu and ryujinx.
But those were committing the emulator cardinal sin of emulating a currently on the market console. Emulating switch games and making money off them is a wild thing to try to do and is basically corporate suicide. Then even wilder for people to get up in arms about it like they weren’t selling their own copies of in production games.
You can still go play your favorite ds and gameboy or gamecube emulators.
Or
Nintendo when they sell roms of their games they downloaded from the internet.
or even better
Sony when they sell their games on someone elses emulator.
I disagree with their business practices but it is their product. The issue they have is people using their products illegally not emulation itself. I guess I thought that was obvious.
I agree, cause they are indifferent to people using their own bought licenses.
It’s not like I’m against nintendo games, I emulate them, but this is like saying “you take your car for a drive whenever you want but when I take your car for a drive whenever I want you suddenly get mad?!”
Does nobody around here understand copyright law?
Cant you legally emulate games you own, If you also own the console?
The problem is the copyright. They are the owners of the copyright so they can do whatever they want to
Yep and that makes sense
Good lord you’re an idiot
I’m going to upvote this because it makes me giggle, but you do know that emulation is not illegal right? it’s the methods that people use to acquire the games that is illegal and because the games are their own property they can subject anyone to any policy they implemented, that includes shutting down emulators if they so choose
Well that’s the point. What are they gonna do? Sue themselves?
They own the games…
1 – It’s their games, their right.
2 – The emulators are probably PC ports for their in-house emus that we see on Switch.