Also the speculation is that the Switch 2 is basically just an upgraded Switch, so the thought is that with very little effort emulators like Yuzu would be able to play Switch 2 games. Nintendo wants to shut it down ahead of that happening to try to prevent the Switch 2 architecture from being cracked for as long as possible.
That said with Yuzu being open source, Nintendo won't win that fight in the long term. But it will probably delay the Switch 2 emulator development by quite a bit which their bean counters assume is a win.
But it will probably delay the Switch 2 emulator development by quite a bit which their bean counters assume is a win.
Definitely someone with a spreadsheet out there who can tell you how much money they'll hypothetically make based on the spread between emulators existing and not existing.
Although, I won't lie, I tried out Yuzu for a few months and mostly just got frustrated with all the hoops I had to jump through to make it work. Ended up buying a Switch just to get a seamless play experience (which, in hindsight, I guess I regret?) I have to wonder how much business they're going to ultimately lose because someone emulated the PS5, got frustrated, and ran off to buy that console instead.
Although, I won't lie, I tried out Yuzu for a few months and mostly just got frustrated with all the hoops I had to jump through to make it work. Ended up buying a Switch just to get a seamless play experience (which, in hindsight, I guess I regret?) I have to wonder how much business they're going to ultimately lose because someone emulated the PS5, got frustrated, and ran off to buy that console instead.
I'm the opposite. I have a switch and I'm trying to get emulators working so that Pokemon Scarlet and Xenoblade 3 don't run like dogshit.
Also the speculation is that the Switch 2 is basically just an upgraded Switch, so the thought is that with very little effort emulators like Yuzu would be able to play Switch 2 games. Nintendo wants to shut it down ahead of that happening to try to prevent the Switch 2 architecture from being cracked for as long as possible.
That said with Yuzu being open source, Nintendo won't win that fight in the long term. But it will probably delay the Switch 2 emulator development by quite a bit which their bean counters assume is a win.
This would have been incredible.
Definitely someone with a spreadsheet out there who can tell you how much money they'll hypothetically make based on the spread between emulators existing and not existing.
Although, I won't lie, I tried out Yuzu for a few months and mostly just got frustrated with all the hoops I had to jump through to make it work. Ended up buying a Switch just to get a seamless play experience (which, in hindsight, I guess I regret?) I have to wonder how much business they're going to ultimately lose because someone emulated the PS5, got frustrated, and ran off to buy that console instead.
I'm the opposite. I have a switch and I'm trying to get emulators working so that Pokemon Scarlet and Xenoblade 3 don't run like dogshit.