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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago

Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical

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Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical

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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago
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The fan emulation scene has not only lead to countless innovations over the years, it's directly benefited Nintendo.
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    It would have made syncing saves between multiple devices really easy, which was what excited me. Being able to play on the Deck then continue on a laptop or desktop from the same save without any further third party syncing methods would have made for a really polished experience for device switching.

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      Oh, interesting. I didn’t realize that was a thing.

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        Yeah, I currently run the Steam version of retro arch on my pc and my deck and been really enjoying the automatic save syncing. Even my save states show up.

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          Thanks for the info. This is the first time I’ve seen any kind of reason for it to be on Steam. I use Dolphin a lot but I don’t have a Steamdeck and just use it from my desktop.

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