CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down16
arrow-up1276arrow-down1external-linkThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comCosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down5·1 year agoI don’t really see the point of adding it to Steam in the first place anyways
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-21 year agoFree lifetime cloud storage for my savefiles and an easy way to update would have been pretty sweet…
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoDolphin has a one click updater already.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoAccessibility, ease of use, community for both discussion and content?
minus-squareCarterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down29·1 year agoI completely agree. Emulators don’t belong on Steam.
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 year agoSteam hosts software. Emulators are software. Google Play and Apple Store have emulators, why is Steam any different?
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·1 year 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-up11·1 year agoThere are already emulators in steam, so…
minus-squareCarterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·1 year agoAnd evidently I don’t think they belong there.
minus-squareAustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoSay goodbye to all the Sega Classics and Mega Man Legacy Collections then.
minus-squareCarterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoSure but why does that difference matter?
minus-squareAustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year 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