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It's not surprising, but still disappointing. Emulators preserve games of eras past.
So do "Virtual Consoles" which are releasing more and more past games on different platforms and charging for it. I'm guessing if emulators weren't so rampant on the PC then companies like Nintendo would have or would think about creating a Virtual Console on PC for NES/SNES/N64, etc.
It's not surprising, but still disappointing. Emulators preserve games of eras past.
So do "Virtual Consoles" which are releasing more and more past games on different platforms and charging for it. I'm guessing if emulators weren't so rampant on the PC then companies like Nintendo would have or would think about creating a Virtual Console on PC for NES/SNES/N64, etc.
I guess in 10-20 years we will be telling our grandchildren about the old days, where you can do whatever you want on your computer, limited only the abilities of the hardware* . And they won't believe us. *Simplification, of course.
You can still run any emulator on Windows 10, you just cannot download it from their app store.
It's not surprising, but still disappointing. Emulators preserve games of eras past.
So do "Virtual Consoles" which are releasing more and more past games on different platforms and charging for it. I'm guessing if emulators weren't so rampant on the PC then companies like Nintendo would have or would think about creating a Virtual Console on PC for NES/SNES/N64, etc.
I don't know about XBox, but does anybody actually use anything from the Windows Store? The only app that I have gotten is the SlingTV app, except I ditched it for the older native app, because the UWP Store one was so hideously broken and slow.
Compared to the Xbox side and its costs, the App Store app review is a walk in the park.
I might understand this for AAA titles, but for indies this must be a nightmare.
I guess in 10-20 years we will be telling our grandchildren about the old days, where you can do whatever you want on your computer, limited only the abilities of the hardware* . And they won't believe us. *Simplification, of course.
Holy poop, and I thought Apple is being quirky with its App Store! Compared to the Xbox side and its costs, the App Store app review is a walk in the park. I might understand this for AAA titles, but for indies this must be a nightmare.
It's not surprising, but still disappointing. Emulators preserve games of eras past.
If you allow emulator on your console that will eat into your game sales. I think this happened to the psp when it got jail broken .
Good original games sell consoles, the PSP had PS2 ports with worse graphics.
But then again I guess it shows how often people actually use the App Store, I never looked at it, and I don't think anyone I know has either