The Windows Store policies have been updated by Microsoft, and it no longer allows the publishing of game system emulators
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for week of June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch 2 – 947,931 (New)
PlayStation 5 – 14,535 (5,690,661)
Switch OLED Model – 8,040 (9,060,680)
Switch Lite – 6,089 (6,581,795)
PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,230 (218,056)
Switch – 2,482 (20,109,545)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,017 (974,094)
Xbox Series S – 163 (337,686)
Xbox Series X – 113 (320,660)
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 57 (20,820)
PlayStation 4 – 24 (7,929,628)
So its official. Switch 2 dethroned PS2 in Japan for the biggest hardware launch ever.
Tripled the switch launch numbers, yeah Nintendo's domination of the Japanese market is going smooth
And take note. This is just for retail sales only; sales from the Nintendo Japanese website are not yet included.
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Tempting... but I have to say I am more of an arcade deluxe cab fan. I loved the ones for Galaxy Force, Thunder Blade and After Burner.
There goes your stores
Oh yeah, and Microsoft better not try to pull off some crazy "closing of the marketplace" moves with this setup. If they do ever streamline Windows to the point that everything has to go through this storefront, its essentially going to delegitimize emulation even further, when the opposite should happen.
Alone this is not an issue. I get that selling emulators can seem little dodgy to some stores. Especially when the only legit way of obtaining ROMs is to rip them yourself (which could be alleviated with publishers/original devs selling them for dirt cheap). In the case of cartridges, you are looking towards a pretty large investment just to rip them.
And the "developers" update for Win 10 is out in only 4 days. #4thedevelopers lol