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10/11/2021 1:10 pm
Last weekend Kotaku published an article where they talk about an emulator of Pc able to run Metroid Dread on 4K and unlimited frames per second. So far so good, right? Since several other sites were also talking about this, however, in the note from Kotaku in particular, the publisher appears to have encouraged people to engage in piracy. Yes, a formal video game site promoted the use of piracy.
The note was so controversial that Kotaku it became a trend in networks yesterday, since thousands of users began to criticize the previously mentioned point, and with very good reason. There came a time when the aforementioned media modified the note, but by then it was too late. What exactly did they say that caused such a stir? We leave it to you below:
“If you want to play the rest of the Metroid franchise and you don’t want to spend a huge amount of money on old consoles and games, then the best thing you can do is go for emulation. As is the custom with Nintendo (and several other publishers) the company does not do a very good job preserving access to its old games, unless they sell extremely well. Thank goodness for modders, piracy, emulators, and hackers. “
Yes, that text was written and published by an editor of Kotaku. As I said before, after all the fuss, the publisher of the site in question updated the note to clarify that their intention had never been to promote piracy, and here you can see what they said about it.
“A past version of this story was understood by many readers as a direct suggestion to illegally download this newly released game. We regret this interpretation. Kotaku believes that emulation is a vital part of the gaming world, even when we talk about preserving games, but we are not directly encouraging anyone to break the law and download games they have not purchased. We believe that our readers are intelligent adults capable of making decisions on their own, regardless of what we say. “
Remember that here in Atomix we already had a chance to play Metroid Dread and here you can take a look at our written review, in video and of course, gameplay.
Editor’s note by Defa: Needless to say, how unfortunate and in very bad taste the way Kotaku approached this whole thing was. It is unthinkable that a formal medium encourages the use of piracy, and despite the fact that the editorial part of said site denied that this was its intention, it is more than clear that due to issues of sensationalism and sensationalism the story was published with the tone with the one that was published. Let’s say NO to any form of piracy within this form of entertainment that has given us so much.
Via: Trigger App