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Xbox Is Suspending Players Caught Using Emulators (gameranx.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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For a good while, there was a bit of hype built around the Xbox Series S, in particular for the retro gaming scene. It was a cheaper device that offered a small form factor. Likewise, it allowed consumers to download emulators and enjoy various retro video games. But while this process was available, some consumers were skeptical. Of course, it didn’t take Microsoft too long before they outright banned emulators from being available in the marketplace, making it impossible to download and enjoy. That’s just the emulators being used in the Xbox Series X/S retail mode.

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RETAIL MODE ON XBOX IS DEAD!

15-day suspensions handed out to users of retail emulators as a warning shot from Microsoft.

Devs warning users to delete emulators

Retail Mode team disbanding and shutting down the Patreon. Sorry to bear the bad news. RT to warn others

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[–] Spudwart 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pro-tip: Linus torvalds won’t ban you from using Linux if you use emulators

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neither will Windows. But issue is this was a way to use emulators, play purchased Xbox games, and still have an active friends list at the same time.

[–] InternetUser2012 15 points 1 year ago

Neither will Windows, yet. It won't be long before they start telling you what you're allowed to do, for your own benefit of course.

[–] AndrewZabar 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seriously. I never understood why people do consoles and buy into every sleazy tactic the companies pull.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not both?

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[–] demonsword 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

well, you see... not long ago, Valve barred Dolphin from their store because Nintendo told them to

but yeah, you can also run other stuff on the Steam Deck, it's a full featured Linux machine

[–] Voytrekk 9 points 1 year ago

They may not host it on their store, but they still allow you to play through steam.

[–] pory 4 points 1 year ago

You don't need the steam store to play games on the steam deck, it's a PC. they even have EmuDeck to make it seamless with your steam library.

[–] captainlezbian 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used them for years until I switched to a gaming pc and steam link. The steam link is unfortunately dead as a concept so I just keep my tv as mirrored screen of my main monitor and plugged into my desktop.

But for what it’s worth it is easier to just buy a console if all you’re interested in is couch gaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I recommend the Moonlight/Sunshine Combo for this.

[–] captainlezbian 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you know if it works with arch based distros?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a file called sunshine_aarch64.flatpak, maybe this is the one for you? https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases/download/v0.20.0/sunshine_aarch64.flatpak

[–] captainlezbian 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much! I’m loving Garuda but it can be inconvenient that it’s built on arch whenever I want something that isn’t a detailed explanation of what’s broken