Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Deck from YouTube

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Post by throwaway2048 » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 8:15 PM UTC

Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Deck from YouTube
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Post by jeroenhd » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:51 PM UTC

Nothing new here. Nintendo hates emulation with a passion. It passionately hates ways people enjoy their devices and platforms in ways they didn't intent. It hates fan projects, it might even hate its fans. Nintendo has a long history of lying in legal documents like DMCAs to take content that doesn't please them down. To be a dedicated fan of Nintendo's franchises is to be a masochist.

The Steam deck doesn't just threaten the outdated hardware of the switch in terms of games and gaming performance, it threatens Nintendo's platform on its own turf.

Nintendo can't compete with the Steam deck on hardware terms or even game availability. Brand exclusives and a low console price are all it's got, and they seem to know that that's not enough to keep all of their customers glued to their platform.

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Post by 0x500x79 » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:55 PM UTC

There should be more accountability for incorrect DMCAs. I see why Nintendo is doing this, but it is wrong. Nintendo is famous for reselling old games on each and every new platform they build and this takes away that revenue.

According to a thread on Reddit this video only showed emulators and not ROMs. Pretty wild that there is no accountability for these actions.

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Post by shmerl » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:56 PM UTC

Someone is scared Switch got competition that can run Nintendo games that even Switch itself can't.

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Post by sneak » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:57 PM UTC

jeroenhd wrote: post #2

Nothing new here. Nintendo hates emulation with a passion. It passionately hates ways people enjoy their devices and platforms in ways they didn't intent. It hates fan projects, it might even hate its fans. Nintendo has a long history of lying in legal documents like DMCAs to take content that doesn't please them down. To be a dedicated fan of Nintendo's franchises is to be a masochist. The Steam deck doesn't just th…

Nintendo hates emulation that isn't generating Nintendo revenue, to be specific. They sell emulator hardware and emulator software via their platforms.

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Post by fermentation » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:57 PM UTC

Nintendo has a history of being very anti-emulation (see https://www.nintendo.com.au/legal/information).

With their stance it's no wonder their own first-party emulators are so poorly made.

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Post by candiddevmike » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:57 PM UTC

jeroenhd wrote: post #2

Nothing new here. Nintendo hates emulation with a passion. It passionately hates ways people enjoy their devices and platforms in ways they didn't intent. It hates fan projects, it might even hate its fans. Nintendo has a long history of lying in legal documents like DMCAs to take content that doesn't please them down. To be a dedicated fan of Nintendo's franchises is to be a masochist. The Steam deck doesn't just th…

There has to be an alternative reality where I can purchase Nintendo software on Steam, right? Nintendo would make so much money...

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Post by jay_kyburz » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

jeroenhd wrote: post #2

Nothing new here. Nintendo hates emulation with a passion. It passionately hates ways people enjoy their devices and platforms in ways they didn't intent. It hates fan projects, it might even hate its fans. Nintendo has a long history of lying in legal documents like DMCAs to take content that doesn't please them down. To be a dedicated fan of Nintendo's franchises is to be a masochist. The Steam deck doesn't just th…

I think the interesting question is, how are they doing it?

I would think if you kept the game shots short and incidental the copyright would be fair use.

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Post by shmerl » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #5

jeroenhd wrote: post #2

Nothing new here. Nintendo hates emulation with a passion. It passionately hates ways people enjoy their devices and platforms in ways they didn't intent. It hates fan projects, it might even hate its fans. Nintendo has a long history of lying in legal documents like DMCAs to take content that doesn't please them down. To be a dedicated fan of Nintendo's franchises is to be a masochist. The Steam deck doesn't just th…

Nintendo hates emulation that isn't generating Nintendo revenue, to be specific. They sell emulator hardware and emulator software via their platforms.

No one stops them from selling DRM-free images of their games to be run with any emulator on any platform and generate revenue from that. They don't, so it's their own loss pirates provide that flexibility instead.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 10:00 PM UTC

0x500x79 wrote: post #3

There should be more accountability for incorrect DMCAs. I see why Nintendo is doing this, but it is wrong. Nintendo is famous for reselling old games on each and every new platform they build and this takes away that revenue. According to a thread on Reddit this video only showed emulators and not ROMs. Pretty wild that there is no accountability for these actions.

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