Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu

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Shatts said:

Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

I hate the people at Nintendo, they're the worst company when it comes to preservation of games.

But they're not wrong in this particular case. Switch is their current system, and emulate it right now could damage them. But taking down ROM sites for sharing games from over 30 years ago is not a good thing when you're doing an awful job at making classic games available.

Pretty sure that time they took down the ROM site was because they were making money off of it which is completely illegal and valid for Nintendo to go after them. Also, not to defend Nintendo for their lack of preservation (because they are terrible at it), but Nintendo is the only one with a long history in the gaming market, with known titles, and platform owners that is still surviving today. So I think it's a little harsh to call them the worst company for preservation when others either no longer exist, have significantly fewer titles and generations to worry about, or lack of games people care for so the lack of effort in preserving is not as serious.

I think the designation of worst company for preservation is perfectly fitting. Sega still exists and they don't go around suing every site that hosts Sonic roms. Also the original Famicom is only 10 years older than the PS1, that's almost the age of the PS4 (sorry if that makes anyone feel old). And although Sony did try to sue Bleem for their emulator back in the day, they really haven't done anything of note since, even though they have plenty of legacy content that they try to sell on PSN. Nintendo really is just the worst for preservation.