CosmicSploogeDrizzleM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1295
arrow-up1295external-linkThe GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steamwww.nintendolife.comCosmicSploogeDrizzleM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish32•2 years agoI don’t really see the point of adding it to Steam in the first place anyways
minus-squareNefyedardulinkfedilink33•edit-22 years agoFree lifetime cloud storage for my savefiles and an easy way to update would have been pretty sweet…
minus-square@Whirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoDolphin has a one click updater already.
minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink17•2 years agoAccessibility, ease of use, community for both discussion and content?
minus-square@Carter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoI completely agree. Emulators don’t belong on Steam.
minus-squareNefyedardulinkfedilink30•2 years agoSteam hosts software. Emulators are software. Google Play and Apple Store have emulators, why is Steam any different?
minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink5•2 years agoBecause it’s actually a good storefront? No reason it shouldn’t have emulators, of course, but there’s definitely differences.
minus-square@TheKingBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoThere are already emulators in steam, so…
minus-square@Carter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAnd evidently I don’t think they belong there.
minus-square@AustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoSay goodbye to all the Sega Classics and Mega Man Legacy Collections then.
minus-square@Carter@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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-square@zoomshoes@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoSure but why does that difference matter?
minus-square@AustNerevar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years 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