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The full response is provided below:
“The information currently circulating on Twitter is not accurate.
TheXbox Series X|Sis more than capable of running emulators, more so than previous Microsoft consoles.
We appreciate your interest and concerns.
To answer your questions, the primary reason for the ban is related to legal issues with Nintendo.
Additionally, we take security seriously, and some emulators require permissions beyond what is typical for an app.
For these reasons, we have made the decision to ban emulators on the Xbox store front.
However, we understand that many users have dev mode enabled to run legal emulation.
Unlike retail emulators, dev mode is limited to certain functionalities and doesnt have system read-write functionality.
That said, we are still exploring ways to allow safe and legal emulation on Xbox.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work through this issue.
If you have any further questions or concerns, kindly feel free to reach out to us.
Windows Central’s take
Nintendo is a very jealous gaming god.
It has even gone hard against fan creations meant to pay homage to the company.
