Nintendo is one of the companies that invests the most resources in combating piracy, video games of the fan made and unauthorized emulations. He has been trying to fight against all this type of practice for years, although in many cases (especially with fan made) has only served to accumulate a good batch of criticism.
In any case, they have always maintained that policy, following very clear guidelines. For several weeks, a new front has been opened in this direction. This is Steam Deck, a console that could compete in the market for portable consoles which also threatens the stability of its video games.
After his first days of life, several users reported that they had managed to configure their Steam Deck to emulate efficiently some of the most outstanding video games of the Japanese company. The players, proud of the movement, viralized various videos and images about it.
Players emulate Nintendo Switch games on Steam Deck
Nintendo did not take long to get down to work, deleting all this type of content. They were not too happy when players from all over the world showed their games on a different portable console than theirs. In many cases, because this implied an unauthorized use of their IPs, as well as a clear example of hacking.
Several players showed their disagreement while showing an original and legal physical edition of the games they had emulated.either. Their argument, in this case -and it is one of the most common in this type of situation- is that they can do whatever they want with their product once they acquire it, as long as they do not receive financial compensation with it.
Well, this situation has become viral again after the intervention of the Twitter user @ PAABLOO64, who has shown several images of players trying various Nintendo Switch titles on their Steam Deck. She did so at the same time that he shared his own reflection on the subject, although we will not go into that subject.
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