Apple recently changed their App Stores rules to begin allowing iPhone emulators. Which are essentially apps that imitate game consoles. These have always been available on Android, but until now, could only be added to jailbroken iOS devices. So why is Apple finally allowing emulators in 2024? Well, the first reason is competition.
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okay :3
I'm curious but I will like if you make again subtitles in english
bro just release it already its been a year!
I'm more interested in why are you such an Apple fanatic🤣
@@gandalfwiz20007 because we know what's an iPhone !
Long story short: They didn’t want to, they had to
Same story for: USB-C, RCS, Repairability Rights, Alternate App Stores, Wallets, etc...
The EU saved yall
And in apple style, they act like they wanted to
@@Herrowpries in USB-C case, its ironic since they are the ones pioneering it in the computer space when everything was USB-A
I enjoy using my iPhone, but that doesn't mean that the occasional twisting of Apple's arm to force the addition of more features is a bad thing.
Apple be like: Fine have your emulators, but only because we got sued into it
@@SbinnalaI don't remember Nintendo saying that, iirc they hate emulators and do everything to take them down.
Tsundere apple
And they had to do something to make it worse. You know, the Apple way. This time they‘re not allowing JIT so no emulation past ps1 and many emulation apps wouldn’t work without it.
nintendo: nuh uh
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they basically got beef with the whole world
“The whole world” and it’s just europe and the us
@@CiurkThe whole western world
No, not the whole world. A bunch of old people and a bunch of whiny techno douches who think they know the exact way every single piece of technology should operate and whatever everybody’s needs and wants out of tech are
The EU and US hates apple!
@@Ciurk We hate em outside of the US and EU also.
It took years and lawsuits, but it’s good to see competition
Now we need JIT on ios
Nintendo vs Apple in a lawsuit I would pay a ticket to see this fight 😭😭
Nintendo only bullies smaller companies, Apple too big for their taste
@@eblaze143and children sometimes
Honestly it’s good it happened, mainly because it’s introduced so many people to emulation. The fact Delta is #1 on the App Store is proof of that. And best of all Nintendo can’t stop it as their ninjas pale in comparison to Tim Cook’s entire legal department.
It's sad. Delta is such a barebones app compared to what Android offers, like Gamecube, wii, PSP, and ps2 emulation. iPhone users are happy with scraps.
@@AndreVictorGoncalves Put the phone warring down for a sec and look at the bigger picture. While yes emulation on iOS is nowhere near as good as on Android, so many new emulation users are being born because of it, and it’s a giant middle finger to Nintendo. We share a common enemy
@@AndreVictorGoncalves salty android user lmao
@@AndreVictorGoncalves Apple didn't open everything. Unfortuanately for consoles like these who are a little more CPU heavier to emulate you need something called JIT. But Apple doesn't allow JIT apps on the AppStore and since the newest iPhone would have 20 fps gameplay without JIT, these emulators aren't in the AppStore but only available through non-Apple Sideloading. That way you can get JIT although it's a much less ideal process.
Hey there, it’s you again! Sincere apologies for talking your ass off in another comments section-hope I wasn’t too much of an annoyance. I would hesitate to see Apple as a “champion” in here as well; they too recently got involved in their own lawsuit against an emulator and lost, on top of all the competition business. And companies actually do not like engaging in tedious litigation against other big companies, so I think it’s likely Apple would side with Nintendo if Nintendo gave them good cause to take down Delta. But Nintendo’s bound to know of Delta now, it’s been out for a couple weeks and in news headlines + at the top of the Apple charts. I think what’s actually giving Nintendo pause in acting against Delta is 1) potentially trusting Apple’s vetting process enough to not feel the need to intervene, since Apple has taken down emulators for not meeting their guidelines even after lifting the overall emulator ban (and remember, the Dolphin incident happened after Steam reached out to Nintendo for confirmation first), and 2) less potentially (though it’d be surprising) Nintendo actually seeing the widespread reach of this product for once and fearing about the potential PR impact. I know it’s not likely since they’re so brazen though and just took down every Nintendo-related GMod creation after 20 whole years, which is why it’s probably more of 1)-surely Nintendo has had enough time to take down the game by now. In any case, it’s a good thing to get into Nintendo’s heads. I want them to do better, be better, and be more worthy of the massive pool of fan loyalty they have. The way I see it at present is-Nintendo are IP landlords, and they’re as irrational about monetising, controlling and restricting use of their property as real abusive landlords can be. Why let houses stand empty as prices continue soaring and people are out on the streets, for instance? It’s the same deal with Nintendo.
iPhone now emulates DS. Android now emulates Windows. 😂
Sure have a laugh, but is that emulated windows a pleasant experience? (you deserve a slap the moment you mention samsung dex)
Well, UTM exists...
@@mr.cringe61that’s not on the App Store yet, but android has had windows emulators for hmmm… probably half a decade or something now on the play store
@@countryland69 Regardless. Sideload UTM and you're good to go. You can even use JIT that way. Android may have had Windows Emulators forever but iOS has gaming emulators since its existence even before the AppStore released.
@@mr.cringe61I wish UTM SE was on the App Store but the developers don’t care about releasing it to the App Store.
Emulation through Delta (one of the bigger names in the iOS console emulation space) has been available for non-jailbroken devices for years through Riley Testut’s Altstore and AltServer app signing and installation system that released in 2019. AltStore could also be used to add other emulators or even other alternate app repositories to a non-jailbroken iOS device. Sideloading’s been there for years. Only just now Apple’s forced to admit it actually did support sideloading of some form.
Correct. Though non-JB Sideloading kinda exists since iOS 7 and in some form even iOS 6. AltStore indeed is a thing since 2019 though. Before then there were other options.
Now that it’s available in the App Store there’s no more need for signing. It’s all a matter of convenience & I welcome it
@@171sako There is. If you want JIT you need to Sideload because Apple is Apple.
Nintendo should just make their own emulator for App Store and Play Store and sell the genuine roms and make a profit out of it.
Hell if they put the Nintendo emulator which is more than capable for emulation would probably kill the emulation scene(for Nintendo emulators specifically).
Nintendo is anti fun
Whatever makes Nintendo angry makes me happy
No one at Nintendo is probably angry though
@@dampkingoh they totally are.
@@dampkingThey sell their old games for 60$ in the Nintendo eShop, of course they will get mad if you can emulate them for free instead.
Perhaps, but they would’ve taken action against Delta earlier if they really wanted to since they’re bound to know it by now; it’s at the top of the charts and their lawyers keep up with the news. And Apple would be willing to cooperate with them too if Nintendo gave them good cause to take down Delta with a DMCA claim, companies do not actually like getting in tedious litigation with other companies for fun. Realistically, I think one reason for this might be that they trust the stringency of Apple’s vetting process since they aren’t just letting EVERY emulator on there + have actively taken down other emulators even after lifting the overall ban for violating regulations. Plus, Nintendo has no shame at all, but maybe, just maybe, seeing the game maintain its place at the top so long has finally given them pause for the sake of the potential PR backlash they might receive. I can only hope so.
@@dampkingif that was true, they wouldn’t constantly go out of their way to threaten/sue and shut down any fan and their fanmade games, for the past 20 years
If Nintendo doesn’t like emulation; they should sell their games on the Switch online store for $5 and call it a day. They act like they are losing money but they’re not selling what the customer wants!
thats very true, well iirc a lot of their games were rereleased on Wii and Wii U as an "virtual console", usually Wii version was far better than Wii U. Of course on switch they are nowhere to be found. So if someone wants a "legal" (after the shop has closed You need to get files from somewhere else than nintendo xDddd) way to play these games I recommend a modded Wii.
Honestly, I see no reason why Virtual Console and NSO can’t co-exist Just keep NSO the way it is but put a bunch of the retro games on the eShop for $5-$10 and you make everyone happy
@@TheDiamondCore Exactly. It’s not difficult. The money we burn buying re-released games for every system they release is MORE than enough to host the games.
@@TheDiamondCore there is some reason why they didnt do this already, and tbh it can be everything after we seen the quality of first nso n64 emulator
I remember that all Nintendo fanboys cried when Virtual Console was still around and that a subscription would be better and now that they get this subscription they want Virtual Console again.
If the course does become available, will I be able to watch it for free on KZhead or will I have to pay to watch it? I am more interested in the software you use than anything else.
love the "bite size" content!!
Emulation keeps games alive!
Oh no, something had its time and died? How fucking terrible!
Whiny and pretentious.
Think that just because someone else’s creativity gave you some happy memories as a child you have the right to steal it and bastardize it.
@@MoffieGirl Emulation allows other people to experience the game again or for the first time. And yes, media preservation is extremely important.
@@MoffieGirlBro is literally a Nintendo executive
Outside of Pokémon go at launch I never enjoyed playing games on my phone. Being able to play all my childhood gameboy/GBA games on iOS has turned me into a mobile gamer finally. I take any chance I get to nuzlocke Pokémon yellow.
can you use gamepads? Not being able is a dealbreaker for me unless it is a word or card game
Thanks for the great video about emulators on Apple devices, Greg! I learnt a few things watching this. 1:38: I never thought I would ever see Peppa Pig in an Apple Explained video, haha.
I just got an iPhone this year and playing with an emulator is something I missed a lot and I'm kind of sad it wasn't allowed on iPhone (there are methods online to download some but I don't trust installing from external sources) and now I am happy again to receive this news!! :)
You didn’t have to jailbreak to get emulators, you could simply sideload them.
right, I was looking for someone to point that out. I don't know how one can make such a simple mistake, and the fact that app isn't available in EU app store, but will be trough downloading from web
You could side load them, but not simply.
@@ThatsPety are you sure you tried to?
@@ThatsPety I think I did it when I was 13. It didn't take much
@@omariboy1995 and even then it comes with annoying restrictions like how you can only have 10 sideloaded apps total. And not even 10 because the altstore itself takes 2, and then some apps also take 2
What's your source for the first reason, or is it just speculation? I just don't think it has to do with staying competitive at all, or wanting to finally allow them to compete with Android. I think it is all just a side benefit of the EU requiring them to allow app side loading.
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Everyone got rickrolled after seeing your comment 😂😂😂
Developers have been sued emulators on the Google play store, right? Then they will not sue emulators on the App Store. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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I don’t know.
Just search up Apple explained song
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@@MK8MasterJunjie Thank you for your sincerity.
@@CynicalDude Thank you, I will do that
I just have one thing to say: Can we get the Infinity Blade series back on iOS?
Damn man so true, and all of the gameloft games they were so good in the iphone 4-5 era
Honestly, I am happy about this. With apple devices, I always felt locked in for having to use browser-based emulators. I’m glad that I no longer need to use Javatari or Emulatorgames.
Well on Android, emulators for Android is there for more than almost a decade.
You don’t say…
They got sued to remove emulators, now they got sued to add emulators💀
Maybe we will finally see Amiga emulator for iOS. The catalog of Amiga games is huge and there are dozens of Amiga games which could be still very popular today (I’m not talking about remakes).
Any emulator for ps 2 games ? Without jailbreak
It always take some government arm twisting to get these companies to open their markets up to allow users to use the products purchased from said company in the manner they wish to use them without oversight.
Delta emulator is now available in the App Store PPSSPP is coming, but unfortunately dolphin is not :(
Becuase JIT is still restricted...
Really looking forward to ppsspp
I don’t see delta emulator in the app store why? I live in the netherlands
Because you're from the EU. You need AltStore PAL to get it. Or a US AppleID.
Honestly the first point is so valid. I nearly switched over to android because I wanted to tinker with the phone
I had no idea they allowed this now… Went to the App Store right after the video started and by the time it ended I was playing a certain firey pocket monster game lol
Geforce now for appstore? Did I miss something?
I want to see a Windows emulator or Android emulator
To the last point... Nintendo and Sony never go after emulator devs unless it's for a current gen system that games are still being made and sold for. But they don't bother with older systems and you can find emulators for them all over Android's Play Store.
I can’t change KZhead lockscreen which is very annoying to click pause
My only complaint with the delta APP is that I can’t resize or move the control bottoms lol Besides that I’m glad Apple is Finally allowing us to use this feature ❤❤❤
Pokémon Emerald here I come! 🎉✋🥳🤚🎉
But its still a bit of a pain to get in if you live in the Eu ...As you cant download Delta directly from the App store ..
Folium releases every day now. Must importantly all around the world. It will be paid but it's 100% worth it. I would argue that the app is better than Delta even if Delta is much older. The dev just knows what good design is.
How do I play the emulators on iPhone?
Only previously on Jailbroken devices? Thats's completely wrong. Not even JIT requires a Jailbreak. You just needed something like AltStore, SideStore, TrollStore or a signing service using Apples dev programm. Not the most ideal options but never impossible and especially possible without Jailbreaking.
Yeah, back in the days people would use things like Cydia but now you could just use those you mentioned, AltStore and so on.
@@mohdshahzlan6242 AltStore exists since 2019 and Sideloading without a Jailbreak since iOS 7 in in some degree iOS 6. It’s been like that forever.
I genuinely thought this was an old April Fools video when it first appeared in my feed
No you didn’t
Hi apple explained. I know you probably won’t see this, but I need an explanation for this. I was at a concert the other day, and I had my IPhone 13 in my pocket. I usually like to fidget with my phone in my pocket, and sometimes I search up something random, so it was no surprise when I found out I had accidentally taken some videos in my pocket. The first weird thing with this video is that in one place it says it’s 6:48 minutes long, but in another it’s close to 40. I started listening. About a minute or 2 into this video, I was listening to a song from the concert, and then the audio cut out. Not abruptly though, it had the “bew” sound if you know what I mean. Like a slowed down laser sound effect. And I thought there was no audio after that, but then when I maxed out the audio on my phone, it sounded very creepy. It was like a heartbeat, and there was maybe remnants of the song in there? I don’t know. Just tell me what happened.
Does nintendo still make or sell nes, gb or gbas? Why do feel hurt when someone uses an emulator for those devices if they don't even sell them. Rather why not bring the nes back and people may switch back to playing on the console from the emulator?
It needed to be there anyway because of preservation.And because why aren't game developers/allowing old games like from ps2 and game cube and Xbox games when those games you can play offline and it's worth playing with the mechanics and graphics on Apple or Android it should be mandatory.
Can someone teach me how will I play Pokemon Games using an Emulator on iOS? For example GBA, NDS and 3DS Games?
I switched to iPhone with the 12 Pro Max and I'm happy with all of the changes that Apple has made thus far. Bring on "easier" Icon Customization.
0:31 This Android "Shortcuts" print screen is not a real app like the iOS Shortcuts. It's just the Modes and Routines.
Yeah i was not crazy when i said to someone that chrome os have more functionality than your average ios device, and yep that includes GameCube emulators From the play store or Linux available to use on any Chromebook xd
NO WAY!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!! BEST FEATURE EVER!!!
Welcome to 2011 Android capabilities🤣
@@gandalfwiz20007 ok...
way back 2015 i always download riley testut gba4ios then always gettin revoke and going profile since its so hard to continue. going now 2024 it happened.
They did it to prove a point to the EU. They constantly said for years side loading was banned because of harmful apps people would add and those harmful apps are why they needed they're walled garden. Big companies hate consumer emulation and equate it to piracy and I guarentee Apple will use these emulators as leverage against the EU in future and current law disputes. Especially when you have Apple kids putting ROM site names in reviews.
Another thing adds to the list of the things which Apple didn't want to but had to incorporate 😄
its what ive been thinking, instead of apple arcade, apple shouldve made a deal with nintendo to have their library accesible in apple devices. they wouldve made bank! the power of nostalgia is really strong!
Nintendo and Sony would never want to stop people from using emulators. It’s not like they want to sell more GBAs and PS1s. The more people play their old games the better the sequels will sell.
can you update us if Fortnite will ever go back to IOS?
I reeeealy hope a PS2 emulator makes it to the AppStore soon
Emulating PS2 requires a more powerful cpu than phones are capable of.
@@MA-rf6bu PS2 CPU: MIPS R5900 Emotion Engine @ 294.912 MHz GPU: up to 6.2 GIGAFLOPS (147 MHz) RAM: 32MB iPhone 15 Pro CPU: A17 Pro Hexa-core @ 3.78 GHz GPU: up to 2.147 TERRAFLOPS (1398 MHz) RAM: 8GB While these specs are obviously not an apples-to-apples* comparison, there is certainly enough compute power (on paper) for the latest iPhone to be running a PS2 emulator. PPSSPP developers have already talked about getting PSP emulator on the App Store, hopefully it’s only time until PS2 makes it too. *no pun intended
@@MA-rf6buactually they can do it with a special capability called JIT, but it can’t be enabled except on WebKit, or in the EU, for third-party browser engines only.
@@MA-rf6bu no? PS2 emulation is becoming almost trivial on phones these days
@@MA-rf6bu10 years ago, maybe… Just based on specs, a phone now could theoretically run Xbox 360/PS3 era emulation. But PS2, Original Xbox, GameCube, PSP etc are all very possible on phones.
I might try iPhone if it wasn't so much more expensive with such little return for me.
Try an SE iPhone. They're relatively cheaper, but got chips more powerful than flagship androids and get about 5 or 6 years of support. Androids are usually packed with more features, but at the cost of stability, security, and longevity.
@@goat9295 I've got my pixel 6 and it's been going strong for 3 years, my friends pixel 4 is also still supported.
@@goat9295The SE struggles in too many areas to be worth it especially if this dude is focusing on getting emulators, good cameras, decent sized phone, customizability and everything else a flagship or even old flagship androird might have..
Let’s just stick to older systems, keep the emulator releases low profile, and avoid cracking any drm or being packaged with copy protected roms or system files, and hopefully this will last.
I love Delta but i’m still waiting for PPSSPP
The better question is why they were allowed to get away with not having them for so long.
i came here just to enjoy the sim city music in the background
Thanks!
0:32 the only that Apple won’t add is custom launchers
I’m pretty positive Apples main reason was not competition, but eu forced regulations.
EU is like saying F*** you to every Apple concept
Thank you, E.U.!
How can Nintendo go on about cease and desist againts the emulator applications? They have nothing to do with the games itself.
What about delta?
You could get them before without jailbreaking
Can’t wait for Retroarch
some apple users on instagram thought that android didn't have emulators.
ESL
@@SDsc0rch yep, is that bad??
thinked?
Thought*
We all know they thoughted wrong
The EU is the only thing making apple genuinely competitive
Lawsuit initiated by EU, but EU still blocking emulators like Delta while US is allowing them 😂
not everywhere
There is actually legal precedent for emulators. Thanks to the first commercial emulator called *Bleem!* Which was a PS1 emulator that came out in 1999. Sony sued Bleem! (Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem) over violations of copyright... and lost. According to a summary by Wikipedia over the emulation part of the lawsuit: "Sony had accused Bleem! of engaging in unfair competition by allowing PlayStation BIOSs to be used on a personal computer as this would ultimately damage Sony's sales of the PlayStation. The Judge had rejected the notion, and issued a protective order to "protect David from Goliath"." A great video that goes over this is LGR's video titled *LGR Oddware - Bleem! Commercial PlayStation Emulator* Here is a link of those interested, Clint does an amazing job summing up this forgotten and unknown piece of videogame lore: kzhead.info/sun/gKqSaa-uaJVqYIk/bejne.html
Now release transmission to iOS and I have no reason to think about it
anyone else prefer actually buttons and would rather just get a nice cool little device to play retro game like this ?
EU looking out for everyone
Let’s see if the EU and the US government sue Nintendo for antitrust violations over emulators.
I left android months ago and so far, I've been in love with Apple products. I've used an emulator on Android to play my old favorites pokemon and Mario games so I'm actually excited to try the emulator and revisit my favorite games. Gamers, we're eating well 😂 thank you Apple ❤️
apple isn’t doing it because they want, you aren’t gonna get very far into emulation without JIT, but apple hasn’t enabled it so it’s very usesless to have the option to emulate and not be able to
in the first 15 seconds false info was provided. Emulators could be sideloaded via altstore without jailbreak.
0:16 If they wanted to compete more with android they would give us real sideloading and JIT.
emulation isnt a grey are though, theres legal precedent for its protection. the legal issue with emulators is rather that nintendo and sony could strongarm a lawsuit to put the emulator devs out of business through legal fees and out of court settlements, not out of any actual wrongdoing
I don't think the lawsuits should have been filed, but I am REALLY happy to finally have an emulator in my pocket
Avoid any windows computer with eMMc storage at all costs. Even for general use. If you can’t find out what kind of storage it has, avoid any computer with 128 gb of storage or less…. Typically new computers with that small of a hard drive are using eMMc drives.
"Well, the first reason is competition." C’mon we all know what's the first reason
And the Delta Emulator is a game changer!!! If its Apple approved I pledge my allegiance lol
Yeah I feel like it's going to be ironic when shortly after allowing these on iOS, those developers (not Apple) will start getting a lot more lawsuits for trademark and IP infringement if not just plain old DMCA. I look forward to Sony and Nintendo solving this issue for Apple lol
i rly was thinking to get a samsung tablet instead of ipad just bcuz of emulation
0:19 "Apple wants iPhones to be just as capable as android devices" is simply wrong once you don't ignore USB-C, Side-loading, and equal message quality with android needing fights to accomplish. I do feel bad for people who really care about smartphone freedom, and having to complain for a trillion dollar company to do literally anything about it, because ideally, all phones should have the same standards of downloading whatever software you want, and work with any other phone.
Bro if apple is doing so many good things with iOS I have to switch to iPhone. There no reason for me staying android.
Nitendo,sega and all others should just cave in and make their own emulators, and game store in them.
Sadly these emulators are not available in Europe
Apple could single handily uproot Nintendo’s whole business philosophy, and I think it’s a good thing; I don’t want to give a third party seller for example Pokémon Platinum that goes for around $400 (+/- $70) for a complete set manuals and all or half that for just the cartridge and case then halved again for cartridge only. Like Nintendo could still sell their consoles lots of people will still buy however for Nintendo’s out of production/discontinued games those should be available to purchase legit versions that work on any emulator or flash card. But Nintendo is too far up their own ass to see that the consumer wants something so simple yet it would embarrass the whole company that their ip’s are “reduced” respect/decency or someshit like that. Sandwich
that bgsound tho reminds me of a game
1:53 Yeah right 😏
I just want a ps1 emu so I can play Bust A Groove and soul blade.