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Re:Ryujinx (Nintendo Switch emulator) has been removed from ... by craftkiller on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @05:11PM (#41714213)
I'd argue the success of the switch emulators proves their games can be successful without changes in the PC space. I'd certainly agree with you when it came to Wii-era games since that had the unusual controller[0] but the switch is a pretty standard controller.

[0] Which they could have sold as first-party PC accessories, further capitalizing on the PC market

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Re:Ryujinx (Nintendo Switch emulator) has been removed from ... by johnnyanmac on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @07:34PM (#41715546)
> the success of the switch emulators

you mean the success of a decade of unpaid labor which has the free time to reverse engineer and iterate on the tech with no regards for regulation, business demands, and a higher quality bar compared to some FOSS-ish tech?

I'd hope a forum like this would understand that the things and time you get for hobby projects is far different from working for a business. It couldn't work because Nintendo has a much larger target on its head for the tech being used compared to a small group of hackers with little to no money to sue for.

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