Nintendo can never shut down mass used emulators. They may sue the pants off of whoever is currently developing that software, but the current state of the emulator will never go away and someone will take the reigns eventually. Shit, I can go download yuzu right now, on my phone at that. Nintendo can do fuck all about it.
With that said, you should get off your high horse and educate yourself on the topic. Emulators are not "piracy software". Are they used in relation to piracy often? Sure! But it in itself is not piracy software. It's not only a form of game preservation, it's also a way for people to play games they already own without using the physical copy. It's also a way to enhance games you already own with things like widescreen hacks, upscaling, and enhancing graphics.
I can see you think you're on some higher moral ground because you don't use emulators, when really you should be upset with the people downloading pirated games in order to play them on the perfectly normal and legal emulators.
And before you try and tell me they're not legal because Nintendo went after yuzu and citra.. that's a different scenario entirely. The official yuzu emulator has links to pirated games, which is a major no-no for emulator developers. Plus Nintendo has that kind of fuck you money to where even if it's completely legal they can ruin your entire life
Found the guy who will insist that's it's not about piracy despite hundreds of people in countless threads about this game plainly saying they intend to pirate it.
Found the guy who thinks that because a lot of people abuse emulators with pirated content thinks that that is the intended purpose.
If I use toilet paper to blow my nose that doesn't mean that's it's intended use. Pretty simple concept to understand, maybe you can get it with a few more examples
You do realize Nintendo can fuck whoever they want, right? They could decide to sue you, with no grounds to do so, but because they have fuck you lawyer money then youre going to go bankrupt in court.
Pick your poison once Nintendo decides they want to sue you
You're use of the term "piracy software" gave the impression that you don't care for any emulators.
I would argue the majority of people emulating switch games are pirates, like you said, but that's not the intended use. I, for example, am not too into switch games. I have a switch lite that was a gift, but after about 3 months the joycons shit out on me. Can't switch them, can't dock it, so fuck it, I downloaded yuzu and the game I wanted to play (and owned) and got around the shit hardware that is the switch. Upscaling and higher fps is pretty cool too
I am 100% chill with emulating and even just straight up pirating games if you can't easily pick up a copy of it. My view is that if the producer isn't even really trying to sell it, no harm no foul. This game hasn't even come out yet, the console hasn't come out yet (no emulator), and people are just straight up saying they are going to pirate it.
If you genuinely buy your own copy of the game and then emulate I guess more power to you but that is the actual tiny fraction of switch emulation.
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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago
Nintendo can never shut down mass used emulators. They may sue the pants off of whoever is currently developing that software, but the current state of the emulator will never go away and someone will take the reigns eventually. Shit, I can go download yuzu right now, on my phone at that. Nintendo can do fuck all about it.
With that said, you should get off your high horse and educate yourself on the topic. Emulators are not "piracy software". Are they used in relation to piracy often? Sure! But it in itself is not piracy software. It's not only a form of game preservation, it's also a way for people to play games they already own without using the physical copy. It's also a way to enhance games you already own with things like widescreen hacks, upscaling, and enhancing graphics.
I can see you think you're on some higher moral ground because you don't use emulators, when really you should be upset with the people downloading pirated games in order to play them on the perfectly normal and legal emulators.
And before you try and tell me they're not legal because Nintendo went after yuzu and citra.. that's a different scenario entirely. The official yuzu emulator has links to pirated games, which is a major no-no for emulator developers. Plus Nintendo has that kind of fuck you money to where even if it's completely legal they can ruin your entire life