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Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2? (www.polygon.com)
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[–] MudMan@fedia.io -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And theoretically you can install Windows on a Steam Deck. Not making something specifically unsupported doesn't mean you're not building your business model around the default use case.

For the record, Nintendo games can be legally run on an emulator, much as Nintendo may protest this. It's a pain in the ass to do so without technically breaking any regulation, but it sure isn't impossible, and the act of running the software elsewhere isn't illegal.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes but the act of dumping a game or acquiring it in any capacity is illegal (circumventing DRM measures) as well as running the game (which also requires circumventing DRM measures)

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I will acknowledge that when it's tested in court. And I mean internationally.

The notion that copyright is absolute as long as the content is hidden behind any and all DRM is nonsensical, as is the assumption that literally any function not enabled to the user on purpose is illegal to use. I suspect the reason nobody has had to really defend that softmodding their console and dumping their owned keys and carts is legal is that no game maker, Nintendo included, wants to see how that goes in any way that would set a precedent.