CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down16
arrow-up1298arrow-down1external-linkThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comCosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down5·11 months agoI don’t really see the point of adding it to Steam in the first place anyways
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-211 months agoFree lifetime cloud storage for my savefiles and an easy way to update would have been pretty sweet…
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months agoDolphin has a one click updater already.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months agoAccessibility, ease of use, community for both discussion and content?
minus-squareCarter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down29·11 months agoI completely agree. Emulators don’t belong on Steam.
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·11 months agoSteam hosts software. Emulators are software. Google Play and Apple Store have emulators, why is Steam any different?
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·11 months agoBecause it’s actually a good storefront? No reason it shouldn’t have emulators, of course, but there’s definitely differences.
minus-squareTheKingBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoThere are already emulators in steam, so…
minus-squareCarter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·11 months agoAnd evidently I don’t think they belong there.
minus-squareAustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoSay goodbye to all the Sega Classics and Mega Man Legacy Collections then.
minus-squareCarter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·11 months agoRereleases that utilise an emulator released by the rights holders is absolutely not the same as a general purpose emulator and you know it.
minus-squarezoomshoes@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoSure but why does that difference matter?
minus-squareCarter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoEasy access to piracy.
minus-squareAustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoPiracy of games that are no longer being sold is piracy in name only
I don’t really see the point of adding it to Steam in the first place anyways
Free lifetime cloud storage for my savefiles and an easy way to update would have been pretty sweet…
Dolphin has a one click updater already.
Accessibility, ease of use, community for both discussion and content?
I completely agree. Emulators don’t belong on Steam.
Steam hosts software. Emulators are software. Google Play and Apple Store have emulators, why is Steam any different?
Because it’s actually a good storefront?
No reason it shouldn’t have emulators, of course, but there’s definitely differences.
There are already emulators in steam, so…
And evidently I don’t think they belong there.
Say goodbye to all the Sega Classics and Mega Man Legacy Collections then.
Rereleases that utilise an emulator released by the rights holders is absolutely not the same as a general purpose emulator and you know it.
Sure but why does that difference matter?
Easy access to piracy.
Piracy of games that are no longer being sold is piracy in name only