• CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I’ve created developer accounts with numerous companies for personal use with home automation and have never once been charged a fee. They’re ripping people off with this (ala reddit API access) plain and simple. What resources of theirs will you be using running an emulator on your console to play game files that your provide yourself?

    • Irisos@lemmy.umainfo.live
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      1 year ago

      How is that a rip off? You pay 20€ once and get the ability to sideload any UWP app and develop for the console.

      Compare it to both Nintendo and Sony where:

      • You have to pay multiple times the price of the console for the dev kit
      • You don’t own said dev kit
      • Their SDKs are not publicly accessible
      • You have to sign multiple NDAs on top of all those issues
      • Assuming you have no problem with all this, you can be rejected as a developer for any reason

      Considering how locked consoles were and still are (Except for the PS3 “other OS”) period. Being able to get a decent current gen console, that doubles as an emulator, with development capabilities for an additional 20 euros is a gift, not a rip-off.