Dolphin emulator gives up on Steam — but won't remove Wii decryption key
Don't wait around for Dolphin to help bring Nintendo GameCube and Wii games to Steam — it's officially no longer happening. Nearly two months after postponing the release “indefinitely,” the Dolphin Emulator team now says it’s completely given up on the idea. “We are abandoning our efforts to release Dolphin on Steam,” they write.
Remember when we showed you the receipts where Valve torpedoed the launch, telling Dolphin it would have to get permission from Nintendo if it wanted a place in the store? Today’s Nintendo was never going to give that permission, and Dolphin is now coming to terms with that:
Valve ultimately runs the store and can set any condition they wish for software to appear on it. But given Nintendo’s long-held stance...