Dolphin Emulator will now only be supported on Windows 10 and newer
Yeah man, I have over 1800 games in my Steam library, so far haven't found any that I want to play on my Steam Deck that straight-up won't run with one Proton version or another. This objectively makes Switch obsolete regardless of sales, since I've got games dating back to 2003 not even counting emulation, and Switch is still receiving one or two old ports at a time. Nintendo should start selling some of their first-party games on PC already, catch up to Sony at least. They're just leaving revenue on the table.Actually on a similar thought train, but less about a desktop, but my next laptop puchase might just be a Steam OS based laptop with a windows VM in the case the game itself does not run in linux via any of the workarounds(e.g lutris). I don't play(or at least, not aware of any game) of the games that refuse to launch while in a VM that can't already be played in linux directly.
Popular Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin will no longer support operating systems older than Windows 10. Coming just weeks after Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx made a similar announcement, the coming change was hinted at in the last Dolphin progress report, posted on May 17, while discussing an issue caused by Windows 7. Two days later, a change was noticed by reddit user u/DolphinUser on the official website's FAQ, saying that Dolphin is supported on Windows 10 and newer. A Dolphin developer responded, saying they would "have an official announcement with full reasoning and data coming up soon."
Well, can't wait to read the reasoning. As it is, Dolphin is in amazing condition now... And short of amazing optimization and game breaking bug fixes... There's not much cause for worry.
In other words: it is a problem.... this should not be a problem for anyone other than those who love to whine, whine, whine.
Latest stable version of Dolphin is 5.0 released almost 6 years ago.
Which is the latest beta/developer revision working on Win7?
based on the dev blog,
5.0-16035 fix running on Win7 but will crash on very large texture packs
5.0-16214 broke xinput
5.0-16236 fixed the input issue
5.0-16453 changes the readme to remove OS older than win10
but they maybe didn't take action yet.
Dolphin dropped 32 bit support years agoshame too, considering a ton of people (myself included) still use Windows 7 32 bit.
because the aformentioned operating systems are still getting active updates, when windows 7 is essentially depricated at this point. It's not like its not going to work in windows 7, rather if something breaks, windows 7 users are on their own at that front.I don't understand... they will put the time in developing it for Linux, Android and MacOS, but not Windows 7? Seems a bit sus.
"The stable versions below are years out of date and missing countless features and bug fixes. Beta or development versions are a better choice for almost all users; the stable versions should only be used if you have a specific need for them. " https://dolphin-emu.org/download/
I'm using beta 15993 (3 months old) on both my Win7 machines.
Well, that would mean sacrificing the value of their IPs, making them less exclusive. I think they value their exclusivity more than the profitability itself, at least right now, plus more games available on PC would mean less hardware sold.Yeah man, I have over 1800 games in my Steam library, so far haven't found any that I want to play on my Steam Deck that straight-up won't run with one Proton version or another. This objectively makes Switch obsolete regardless of sales, since I've got games dating back to 2003 not even counting emulation, and Switch is still receiving one or two old ports at a time. Nintendo should start selling some of their first-party games on PC already, catch up to Sony at least. They're just leaving revenue on the table.
i love my big windows 8 tiles thoughAt this point, just upgrade to 10, or use Linux. lol
What exclusivity? Switch emulators started showing up like a year after its release, and now we're even to the point where other portable systems can emulate it. If they don't want PC gamers pirating their games (and even getting exclusive early access to many of them), then they need to provide a convenient alternative.Well, that would mean sacrificing the value of their IPs, making them less exclusive. I think they value their exclusivity more than the profitability itself, at least right now, plus more games available on PC would mean less hardware sold.
They would never do such a thing. Most of the devs working on the emulator it self, most likely use Linux. lolI had presumed they dropped Linux support.