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Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical
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Pfft. Nintendo has been stomping around for decades right alongside with emulation. In my opinion this sudden change of heart by Nintendo is just another idiotic move made by a desperate leader.
For the longest time Nintendo has been actively "Ignoring" emulation so long as the pirates were reasonably not making any kind of money. Yes they've been going after anyone who has a whiff of opportunity of making serious cash on their works; but they've been playing nice when the fans do.
Hell; Nintendo has even been profiting off of Free and Open Source emulator code for their Virtual Console.
To Nintendo I simply say this: "Put up or shut up." Make all of your older games on older consoles that you no longer choose to manufacture available on your latest generation of console(s) or maybe even try to hire off some devs from the FLOSS emulation scene and make all of them available on the PC. I swear to god Nintendo; you can make bank on your IP if you just listen to consumers; what they want and need; and go from there. Stop being such a stolid and traditional Japanese company and get with the times. You don't need to abandon the core of what you are.