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The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Agent_Karyo to c/games

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[–] Nibodhika 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait are we arguing that the owner of something isn't entitled more than someone who bought it?

FTFY. The problem is not with Nintendo being against emulators because of piracy, they're against emulators even if you own the game and the hardware but want to preserve the hardware (just like they do in the museum).

And if the counter-argument is that you don't own the game when you buy it, then by that same logic you don't steal it when you pirate it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

A) Yes, if you buy a game you don't own the game. Only a license to use the software (in this case the game) was bought. This was, in general, even the case back then when games were sold on cartridges or discs. And it is for sure the case now with digital distribution.

B) Also yes, pirating a game is most of the time not theft but it is still against the law to use a unlicensed copy of any software.