This is half true. Japanese culture even considers mods as piracy, so emulation is radical by comparison.
However, American companies (and US branches of international companies) are full of gaming nerds who emulate games all the time. I knew a guy at a major company who even had one of those keychains with a working emulator on it he’d play during breaks. He ended up at Riot, iirc.
Nintendo of Japan doesn’t file lawsuits against DS emulators either. Sony is a Japanese company; they sued Bleem and lost but that was more than 20 years ago. There are emulators for PS3, PS Vita, and PS4 - all platforms for which Sony still hosts network infrastructure and operates digital storefronts - and AFAIK none of them have been subject to legal threats.
This is half true. Japanese culture even considers mods as piracy, so emulation is radical by comparison.
However, American companies (and US branches of international companies) are full of gaming nerds who emulate games all the time. I knew a guy at a major company who even had one of those keychains with a working emulator on it he’d play during breaks. He ended up at Riot, iirc.
Nintendo of Japan doesn’t file lawsuits against DS emulators either. Sony is a Japanese company; they sued Bleem and lost but that was more than 20 years ago. There are emulators for PS3, PS Vita, and PS4 - all platforms for which Sony still hosts network infrastructure and operates digital storefronts - and AFAIK none of them have been subject to legal threats.