Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

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Right?

Like, I get it Nintendo, you want money. That's understandable.

Then let me buy the damn games. I'd love to be able to buy roms to run in an official emulator, or ideally any emulator.

Honestly at this point why even bother with DRM. The roms for classic systems are absurdly easy to get. Hell even switch roms. But Nintendo insists the only way to play retro games legitimately is to buy either a monthly subscription, or a copy of the rom bundled with the official emulator that can only be run on that specific generation console, or buy dedicated system for it.

And even then its only the games they put out on the system/marketplace/subscription service. A tiny fraction of the library.

Now that emulation is allowed on iOS, I would think this is the worst time for either of them to start selling ROMs for iPhones. If Nintendo launched a Virtual Console app years ago? Easy money, no question. Captive audience in a closed ecosystem. Now? If I open the app store and see an app that can play Pokemon Red/Blue for free right next to an app from Nintendo that charges me $5 - $10 for the same experience, why would I pay?

Regardless, Nintendo wouldn't even try to sell you ROMs these days anyway. They'll sell you a subscription service like they do on Switch. No thanks. I'm good with the emulation we have now.