@bruce755
You just have to troll, don't you. lol!! I don't need a N64 or PS1 emulator as I still have the systems and games to plays them on. My cousin had an arcade emulator system built into a arcade cabinet. It had over 300 arcade classic games. That was the only emulator that impressed me as there were arcade games like Tempest (with the wheel), Matmania, Track & Field, Millipede, Deluxe Asteroid, Star Wars, Bagman, Dig Dug, Tapper and Mappy. I was in heaven. Unfortunately he had to move and sold the unit on Craig's List.

Take a look at the hate some people like me received in previous threads when we tried to warn them this was coming, you'll understand this actually comes to a surprise to many.
All right, here's a nice song to try and ease the pain (and with a little bit of luck I won't get 20+ disagrees again just for stating the obvious):
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

People want N64 emulation so bad like Dolphin, only so they can boost the games higher than the average of 15fps that plagued the OG system. ;)

@4Show

On PC, who do you sue?

On a closed system however, Nintendo could sue, or put pressure on MS, because they are enabling a program which can be used for piracy.

All legal loopholes aside, it's not as black and white as some people make it.

MS likely would have taken this down anyhow, as I doubt they gain much from it, and they probably don't want the legal quagmire it could become. Even if they were sued, and managed to win in court and keep selling the emulator, it's a costly endevour to pay lawyers for such purposes, and I doubt they see much revenue from the emulator itself, and I doubt the existence of the emulator makes a strong selling point for the console itself. Not to mention it opens the doors for emulators of their own software to be put up on other systems as well, so it's more of a thing that was likely a mutual consideration.

MS doesn't support piracy anymore than the other console makers do, so they will be more prone to protecting the interest of the industry in general. On top of that, they wouldn't want the publisher pressure to not enable such things on a system where they can directly control such things, because those publishers may very well have an interest in not allowing those old ROM's be played on that system for some reason....say they want to release those games on the store like they do with the Virtual Console on the WiiU.

What it comes down to is that MS can decide if it will sell a certain product on it's store. They control the store, and they aren't obligated to support this emulator, or any other. The longer they do such things, the more problems it's going to cause for them, and to me, it isn't in their best interest just so people can have some bragging rights, or they can gain some marginal advantage that an emulator may bring to their system.

Who do you sue?

Uhm Well I think if Nintendo actually cared about these emulators after a bit of research they'd track down the makers of the emulator and sue them/shut them down...not likely they have much to sue for. Again Microsoft simply owns the vehicle for which some have misused, rarely has any lawsuit ever been creditable when you are suing someone for damages who isnt the one who purposely caused the damage, tech company occasionaly are sued for breach of security only because they have a inherent responsibilty to protect privacy of their consumers. In this case this data is old games already publically available. Which is why I think any law suit against Microsoft would fail, especially given Microsoft response in taking them down...and would be very costly for the other side as well. You see the law doesn't have the view that you can't create something for a lawful purpose just because someone might exploit it for another purpose. NO, the law says go after the wrong dooer.

Other than that your post is pretty much is a longer post that is saying the same thing I said briefly.

@4Show

Not saying you're wrong or anything, because honestly, it is kind of a legal quagmire.

But that quagmire is why MS could just not deal with it. The Xbox division itself has an interest to many publishers who may feel they could have negative effects based on an emulator. At the same time, it could open the doors for any other company to simply allow an emulator on their own console, thus MS is in a position to have to try and explain why it's OK for them to do it, while they decry it on another system.

The quagmire alone may not even be worth MS trying to defend either, just from a monetary stand point.

What it boils down to, is that it's really not that financially beneficial for MS to support this emulator. Even looking at it from a ROM's perspective, they can potentially lose money on a sale from their store for older games that may be released on it, because people would more likely purchase an official release if they don't own an emulator, or have the ROMs to play it on the system. Of course, this is how companies think, not what may happen in actual practice, but the years have shown it's about the publisher perception of piracy on which they make their policies.

Yes,emulators are LEGAL and the game ROMS are NOT LEGAL. Unless you already own the game and can prove it. The emulator doesn't come with any ROMS. He download the ROMS on his PC to his OneDrive. They can't sue M$, but they can sue the guy who downloaded ROMS.

@rainslacker, I think there is a misunderstanding here, read what I said carefully.

lol, I don't get it I am saying exactly the same thing, the only thing I questioned is that I don't believe Nintendo could win such a lawsuit against Microsoft. Again but I'm not saying Microsoft should leave it up or risk any kind of disagreement with Nintendo just because legally they have not broken the law. Sometimes it's better to just play it safe, so again I'm stressing I never said it was worthwhile or anything, I simply disputed the legality of suing the platform manufacturer instead of the creator of the emulator= not sure what you're even disagreeing with me about???...but yeah again Microsoft played it smart and took it down, nothing else here to see.

@4Show

In that case, I guess I agree with you.:)

I just tend to be wordy.

@red_renegade

Until there is a law that does have consoles in mind, there are no grounds to sue.

As it stands, it isn't illegal to distribute emulators. Period.