[sarsway]

> As someone who bought a Steam Deck almost entirely for the purpose of handheld emulation

And you seriously can't see the problem? The Steam Deck is direct competitor to the Switch, that also just happens to be the best Nintendo console ever made. Valve profits from it, but can deny any wrong doing. I think you just don't want to admit that intellectual property is a thing - something we hold in high regard in western economies.

[selfhoster11]

Then perhaps Nintendo should release their own best Nintendo console ever made.

> intellectual property is a thing - something we hold in high regard in western economies

Citation needed. Both me and lots of us here on HN certainly don't hold intellectual property in high regard, because as framework it's done a lot to damage progress.

[goosedragons]

Do you think the Steam Deck ships with a Switch emulator installed? It doesn't, nor does Steam even have one for download. You can load one on because it's literally just a handheld computer but you can also load on pirated PC games...

It's not the primary purpose of the device. I've yet to even bother loading up an emulator and have just been playing PC games.

It's basically as ludicrous as suggesting Microsoft is also supporting Switch piracy because Yuzu also runs on Windows.

[tristor]

> I think you just don't want to admit that intellectual property is a thing - something we hold in high regard in western economies.

Intellectual Property law in the US is a complete mess and any rational analysis would acknowledge that.

That said, I don't play Switch games on my Steam Deck, I don't even have any Switch roms. I own a Switch, why would I play those games on a Steam Deck when I can just play them on the Switch?

Yes, the Steam Deck is the best Nintendo console ever made, for emulating Chrono Trigger (my favorite game, and arguably the greatest RPG of all time, released in 1995 for the SNES), that for some reason Nintendo has never re-released on the Switch or provided in their first-party emulators on Switch, despite it being the most requested game for the platform.

So... I reiterate my original statements. You are blowing up a non-issue out of proportion.

[goosedragons]

It's a Square Enix game so Nintendo has no control on whether or not to re-release it. There is an admittedly rough PC port of Chrono Trigger on Steam playable on Steam Deck.

[tristor]

The PC port doesn't have proper controls on Steam Deck, I already own it on Steam.

That said, Chrono Trigger originally released in 1995, when Nintendo entered into pretty serious agreements with publishers. No, they cannot unilaterally republish it, but they have significant power here and have worked with Square on re-releasing other games. Chrono Trigger is one that they've never republished (possibly due to agreements with Sony since it was republished on PSX).