▲ 904 ▼ After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/games@lemmy.world 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) Needless to say I will not be buying a Switch 2 today. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I imagine the steam deck will be capable of emulating switch 2 titles nearly immediately, so there’s little reason to buy it. They really need to make their hardware comparable to their software (minus the notoriously awful Japan™ netcode) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Emulating Switch 2 games on the Steam Deck would be a challenge. Even though it's on an outdated process node, I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). Deck 2, though... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* They’d have to sell it for $500, if it’s comparable to the steam deck. I find that unlikely, personally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] russjr08@bitforged.space 1 point 2 years ago Hardware aside, to my knowledge no one is really actively developing any of the Switch emulators due to the prior legal action that was taken. Now, eventually it's possible someone might do it for the Switch 2, but I wouldn't expect anything quick as whomever does so will very likely incur the mighty wrath of Nintendo's legal team. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago Good luck getting someone to continue emulation development. The only potential chance for development is exclusively on the under web, and the dev has said that "this was supposed to be a hobby" meaning they have an out if they don't want to continue permalink fedilink source parent [–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Yeah you'll have to wait until at least march permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I imagine the steam deck will be capable of emulating switch 2 titles nearly immediately, so there’s little reason to buy it. They really need to make their hardware comparable to their software (minus the notoriously awful Japan™ netcode) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Emulating Switch 2 games on the Steam Deck would be a challenge. Even though it's on an outdated process node, I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). Deck 2, though... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* They’d have to sell it for $500, if it’s comparable to the steam deck. I find that unlikely, personally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] russjr08@bitforged.space 1 point 2 years ago Hardware aside, to my knowledge no one is really actively developing any of the Switch emulators due to the prior legal action that was taken. Now, eventually it's possible someone might do it for the Switch 2, but I wouldn't expect anything quick as whomever does so will very likely incur the mighty wrath of Nintendo's legal team. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago Good luck getting someone to continue emulation development. The only potential chance for development is exclusively on the under web, and the dev has said that "this was supposed to be a hobby" meaning they have an out if they don't want to continue permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Emulating Switch 2 games on the Steam Deck would be a challenge. Even though it's on an outdated process node, I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). Deck 2, though... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* They’d have to sell it for $500, if it’s comparable to the steam deck. I find that unlikely, personally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] russjr08@bitforged.space 1 point 2 years ago Hardware aside, to my knowledge no one is really actively developing any of the Switch emulators due to the prior legal action that was taken. Now, eventually it's possible someone might do it for the Switch 2, but I wouldn't expect anything quick as whomever does so will very likely incur the mighty wrath of Nintendo's legal team. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point). The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* They’d have to sell it for $500, if it’s comparable to the steam deck. I find that unlikely, personally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 1 point 2 years ago Hardware aside, to my knowledge no one is really actively developing any of the Switch emulators due to the prior legal action that was taken. Now, eventually it's possible someone might do it for the Switch 2, but I wouldn't expect anything quick as whomever does so will very likely incur the mighty wrath of Nintendo's legal team. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago Good luck getting someone to continue emulation development. The only potential chance for development is exclusively on the under web, and the dev has said that "this was supposed to be a hobby" meaning they have an out if they don't want to continue permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Yeah you'll have to wait until at least march permalink fedilink source parent