A few days ago, my colleague Davis told you about new measures that Microsoft has taken against those who distribute emulators in the Microsoft Store. It is not new that Americans They do not allow downloading of these types of apps to the store, which is why many developers hid them under other types of applications, such as PDF readers or images which were actually these emulators.
Emulators aren’t illegal, in fact you can run them in developer mode on your console without too much trouble. However, Microsoft does not want them to be distributed through its store, Redmond’s has never explained the reasons for this, in fact Steam allows them.
Distributing emulators in the Microsoft Store violates usage policies
But back to the topic of new policies. Until now, the Americans had been lax on this issue, turning a blind eye to these camouflaged emulators. However, this is no longer possible and directly, not only are they tightening their app controls, but they They disable emulators in retail mode on Xbox consoles.
After this fuss, many clues pointed to a lawsuit from Nintendo, or perhaps to pressure from the Japanese. However, it seems that is not the case and Microsoft itself has spoken before IGN
The information currently circulating on Twitter is not accurate. Our actions are based on a broad data policy on content distributed on the Store to ensure alignment with our policies on the Microsoft Store. Per Section 10.13.10, Products that emulate a gaming system or gaming platform are not permitted on any device family.
So okay, that doesn’t solve the problem, but at least it absolves Nintendo of any guilt. Although they really don’t quite, especially since they use the term “not quite right”, which suggests that obviously there are pressures at least.
