THIS.

Let's say a company released a new form of UHD Blu-Rays. They have a monopoly on the content which is printed on their discs. Would it be wrong ethically to have alternative drives that can play these discs to the proprietary one, even if you didn't use any of the original software necessary to read and write to these discs? Of course not. You created a device which plays a medium that somebody else produced. You are not obligated to play the medium you paid for in that company's player. Now if Nintendo wanted to make this legally binding, all they have to do is make it contractual upon purchase. But they don't do that, because they know they can still make money off people who buy their games but no longer have a working console to play it on, or would rather play it on their own hardware. Sure it is a small percentage, but its money nevertheless. And there is nothing Nintendo can do to make the actual emulator illegal, just the act of playing their games on it through contracts, which they've chosen not to do. 

What about people who actually bought it, deemed it subpar and are now waiting for someone on the internet to improve their experience for free because the platform holders are not willing and or able to do so.

Nintendo already has my money... not that they deserved it.

I'll give it a try. Wii U's CPU is very similar to the one used on Wii and GC, just beefed up. I believe that this sped up the development of an emulator. With Dolphin, even Wii emulations was usually easier and more reliable than even PS2 emulation.

Thats your opinion its subpar, i dont know, maybe your spoilt and cant appreciate something for what it is and are one of these people that always wants and demands more from developers and whine when you dont get what you expected, dont ever expect anything just be happy with what you get.

even if we own the disc or not, that is how the term piracy was built upon. duplicating the disc illegally.

console emulation may or may not pursued by any business (Sony, MS or Nintendo), it is somewhat illegal. Imagine after a few weeks of a console launch, a group of people able to emulate it properly 100% working fine, then I'm sure the big three would pursue these culprits.

regarding if it is subpar or not, it is one personal opinion to begin with. I'm not a saint or so, i have all the current gen consoles, and played old games through emulation since I don't have the money back then and the games are hard to find nowadays.

Console emulation is 100% legal in the United States as long as it doesn't distribute proprietary software (like a bios.)  Nintendo recently took down YouTube videos of a fan-made Twilight Princess HD texture pack/mod. Trust me, if they could get rid of Dolphin (and a plethora of other emulators) they would. Also, it is perfectly legal to copy a disc for archival purposes, and it is almost impossible to prove that the copy isn't being used for archival purposes (as one can always say their disc broke and they're playing their backup.) 

Piracy originally meant theft (old time pirates were on ships stealing from mercantile corporations.) Copying something you purchased is not theft. 

While this was possibly true on one-hand, the GPU for 7th generation (level) consoles were apparently a bitch to emulate until DX12 released. That is probably what lead to the breakthrough. 

Just buy the f***ing console you cheap bastards... there I said it.



It's kinda funny most people complaining about Nintendo are from people who would never even buy a Nintendo console but yet complain about not playing them.

Here's my stance. FUCK Y'ALL IM EMULATING SHIT ANYWAY!!!
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