
(More often people who wish to support a game’s developers will pay for the game and then download the ROM separately, which isn’t strictly legal, but considered a wash in many people’s minds.Nintendo has come up with another hit with its Switch. While some people likely pirate whatever Switch games they use the emulator for, it’s also possible to legally buy a Switch game, dump the ROM on a PC, and then use Yuzu or another emulator to run it, often at higher resolutions and framerates than is possible on Nintendo’s device. Traditionally that’s meant PCs, but because of Valve, and the flood of other portable gaming PCs hitting the market, there are other options now too. “I will definitely be emulating Switch on the Steam Deck.”Īs an emulator, Yuzu lets people play Switch games on devices that aren’t the Switch. “Streisand effect is strong with this one,” wrote one commenter. But the damage was done: One of the biggest gaming companies in the world had officially broached the taboo subject of video game emulation. Valve's new official video for the Steam Deck has a very interesting game icon in it /uPsw3hOpogīefore the end of the day, Valve removed the video and swapped it with a new one in which the Yuzu thumbnail has been replaced by art for Portal 2. Nissan to Offer Pay-as-You-Go Lease Options for Buyers The Week In Games: Dragon Ball Baddies Break Outįat Bear Week Rocked By Egregious Cheating Scandal New details emerge about Bill Murray’s alleged misconductĬhainsaw Man Is a Bloody, Somber Story of a Boy and His Dog

The Yuzu thumbnail on the home screen is only visible for a split second, but it’s absolutely there, and presumably was downloaded by whoever at Valve assisted in making the YouTube video. You had to be pretty eagle-eyed to spot the reference in the less than three-minute YouTube clip, but Twitter gaming insider Nibel did, and pointed it out in a tweet that immediately blew up. Valve admitted as much in a recent YouTube video showing off the handheld’s very Switch-like HDMI dock.


And some people use it to run a Nintendo Switch emulator called Yuzu. Others use it to get the most out of Xbox Game Pass on PC. It lets them take beloved Steam games on the go.

There are a lot of reasons why people buy Steam Decks, Valve’s new portable gaming PC. A screenshot of a Steam Deck YouTube video shows the Yuzu Switch emulator.
