Yeah, the OG Switch being emulated so quickly is kinda an exception to how long it usually takes. I imagine Nintendo is going to make it much harder this time round.
Computer hardware quickly outpaced the PS2 and PS3, but it still took ages for those consoles to receive passable emulation. There's usually more to it than just hardware power.
It won’t take a couple years. It’ll be emulating within 6 months. The real question will be how long will that stay up with the recent Nintendo take-downs.
I have faith but you have to put things into perspective.
Switch Emulation was lucky. Nintendo used off the shelf hardware. The Tegra X1 was widely known and well documtented, Nintendo’s security was perfect but Nvidia forgot too hardware patch their launch units, Nintendos security was ultimately undermined by NVIDIA rushing things out…
Let’s continue…Nintendo signed a legal agreement with the two biggest Switch emu devs about them never touching Nintendo hardware ever again, other scene contributors left the scene out of fear to be sued or because of the toxicity within the emu scene…it leads to a very narrow talent pool who could even develop such an emulator.
So you would basically have to fund your project by yourself, work on it full time snd have Nintendo breathing in your neck. It’s not worth it.
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u/SecondBottomQuark 23h ago
Did you know you can emulate Nintendo games on a PC or Steam Deck and download cracked copies?