![]() ![]() ![]() Say if you do only pirate Chibi Robo, that’s still a game you pirated which then begs the question of why Nintendo would re-release it in the future for the 5 people who wants it if the 5 people already pirated the game. Most pirates aren’t pirating Chibi Robo only if they decide to pirate the game, they’ll be pirating other games and eventually theyll be pirating Metroid Prime and Zelda WW and look at that, they happen to be on the switch. “Nintendo you liar, how does downloading chibi robo will ultimately result in the quote Using illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately stifles innovation?”, last time I checked, companies need money to make video games, guess how they make such profit? By making you buy a game rather than pirating. “If Nintendo doesn’t want us to pirate their games, they should release it!” Yes! It sucks and Nintendo sucks for making their games so hard to get access to but that doesn’t make what Dolphin is doing right, two wrongs don’t make a right. “Oh but Dolphin Emulator can be used for something else! It doesn’t specifically say it’s used for pirating Nintendo games!” Really? You really think people are getting the dolphin emulator for some noble cause like playing some home made indie game? You and I both know people are getting that emulator so they can play pirates GameCube and Wii games. If I am Nintendo and people are selling things that are designed to pirate the things I put my money and effort to make, I sure as hell will be mad as well. People saying Nintendo are the bad guys needs to understand that in the end of the day, it’s Nintendo’s product and they have all legal rights to protect it and prevent other people misusing their products. You can get a more detailed rundown of the events so far in our original story: Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies, and in turn expects others to do the same. ![]() Using illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately stifles innovation. This emulator illegally circumvents Nintendo’s protection measures and runs illegal copies of games. Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers. Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we brought this to their attention proactively after the Dolphin team announced it was coming soon to Steam.īased on the letter we received, Nintendo and the Dolphin team have a clear legal dispute between them, and Valve can’t sit in judgment.Ī Nintendo spokesperson previously shared the following statement about the company's stance on "illegal" emulators and copies of games: We don’t want to ship an application we know could be taken down, because that can be disruptive to Steam users. An accusation of copyright infringement, for example, can be handled under the DMCA process, but other disputes (like trademark infringement or a breach of contract claim between a developer and a publisher) don’t have a statutory dispute resolution process, so in these cases we generally will cease distributing the material until the parties tell Valve that they have resolved their dispute. Sometimes third parties raise legal objections to things on Steam, but Valve isn’t well positioned to judge those disputes – the parties have to go to court, or negotiate between themselves. We operate Steam as an open platform, but that relies on creators shipping only things they have the legal right to distribute. Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we brought this to their attention proactively after the Dolphin team announced it was coming soon to Steam.Īnd here's Valve's full response, clarifying this is a legal dispute between Nintendo and Dolphin: Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle has now issued a statement ( via The Verge), confirming Valve originally reached out to Nintendo: Towards the end of May, the team behind Dolphin Emulator revealed its release on Steam had been "indefinitely postponed" after it was contacted by Valve. ![]()
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