No, they didn’t. Valve asked Nintendo of America if they wanted Dolphin listed on Steam, Nintendo responded no, Value shut it down. It’s one thing to turn a blind eye to Dolphin for so long, it’s another to be asked to go on record and writing as endorsing its distribution.
As below, Dolphin emulator is running for 20 years and they haven’t “gone after” it.
If you
That makes you a target.
They issued a cease and desist when it was briefly listed on Steam iirc (or otherwise did something to get it removed)
No, they didn’t. Valve asked Nintendo of America if they wanted Dolphin listed on Steam, Nintendo responded no, Value shut it down. It’s one thing to turn a blind eye to Dolphin for so long, it’s another to be asked to go on record and writing as endorsing its distribution.
Valve probably interpreted it as a veiled threat and didn’t feel like calling Nintendo’s bluff. Still a scummy thing for Nintendo to do tbh
Valve interpreted Valve’s actions as a veiled threat to Valve? And somehow this shows Nintendo being scummy? You’re completely wrong on both counts
How can responding honestly to an unprompted question be a threat?