“Streisand effect is strong with this one,” wrote one commenter. But the damage was done: One of the biggest gaming companies in the world had officially broached the taboo subject of video game emulation. Update your settings here to see it.īefore the end of the day, Valve removed the video and swapped it with a new one in which the Yuzu thumbnail has been replaced by art for Portal 2. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Nissan to Offer Pay-as-You-Go Lease Options for Buyers The Week In Games: Dragon Ball Baddies Break Outįat Bear Week Rocked By Egregious Cheating Scandal New details emerge about Bill Murray’s alleged misconductĬhainsaw Man Is a Bloody, Somber Story of a Boy and His Dog The Yuzu thumbnail on the home screen is only visible for a split second, but it’s absolutely there, and presumably was downloaded by whoever at Valve assisted in making the YouTube video.

You had to be pretty eagle-eyed to spot the reference in the less than three-minute YouTube clip, but Twitter gaming insider Nibel did, and pointed it out in a tweet that immediately blew up. Valve admitted as much in a recent YouTube video showing off the handheld’s very Switch-like HDMI dock. And some people use it to run a Nintendo Switch emulator called Yuzu. Others use it to get the most out of Xbox Game Pass on PC. It lets them take beloved Steam games on the go.

There are a lot of reasons why people buy Steam Decks, Valve’s new portable gaming PC. A screenshot of a Steam Deck YouTube video shows the Yuzu Switch emulator.

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