Emulators are taking over the App Store | The Vergecast

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss third-party iPhone app stores, game emulators, Google Android and hardware team restructuring, the latest TikTok news, and more.

00:00 - Intro
2:40 - Emulators on the App Store
28:52 - PSA regarding speakers on the subway
38:15 - Google combines Android and hardware teams
1:05:00 - Nilay really wants to talk about new Sony TVs
1:19:48 - Lightning Round

[AliMoeeny]

man this is so much more fun to watch rather than the audio podcast, please keep them coming.

[chillinJohnny]

You're the only podcasts I don't skip and probably could listen to for 3 hours

[IgorDellaPietra]

apple allows emulators like delta because of EU regulations
yet, i live in the EU and the "app is currently unavailable in your country or region"

[terrytas]

Ninten-Don't...Nilay's finger wag + Alex and David's laughs. Classic stuff. Love this podcast

[nolann]

A disclosure with in the first 2 minutes?! This is going to be an amazing vergecast!!!!

[swng]

54:54 you promised to link the "love the wiz" thing in the shownotes, where is it

[NoloMabetoa]

This moment in particular 43:58 when Alex explains with technical eloquency, where AI is as a technology in human paradigm is exactly why I watch this vergecast.🤣🤣🤣🤣 what?

[toadlguy]

David's Just Sounds - Every Tuesday on YouTube 😁

[lokes]

Emulators are coming to AppStore finally 🤤

[seste]

Polygon thinking that no one is interested in retro games shows how completely out of touch they are. No one who has played games in the past ten years would think that.

[QuinhoneiroRenan]

So this Delta app is the one with the Verge icon upside down? Is there anything else you wanna tell us Nilay? 😂

[mocutobi]

On the $20/month Netflix-style service for old NES and super nintendo games, this already exists. It's called Nintendo Switch Online. Comes with GBA, SNES, NES, and N64 games on the Switch.

[Flor-ian]

I’m so glad I watched the entire episode. I’m psyched for Saturday Samsung now.

[johnny]

It does not take any more work on android 6:26 .

[kanoansherwood]

Nilay, I love the podcast, but you said something very wrong
“They own the whole back catalogue of games”. That’s not true. Most games released for any given console are by third party companies. So if whatever holding company owns Atari wanted to make a game service, they would have to go talk to Activision to get the rights for Pitfall (as an example). Most companies do have alot of games they owned, but it’s not the majority of games on the platform.

Also the subscription service model you’ve described and asked for exist! Microsoft has Gamepass (Which has recent as well as older games), Sony has one, and Nintendo has Switch Online. Gamepass is to my knowledge the only one with a mobile app, and it is limited to streaming rather than emulation currently

[PokhrajRoy.]

Y’all are hilarious so thank you for that ❤

[ethangreyson]

Just curious, why is David always virtual but Nilay and Alex are always in studio?

[Pandoso]

6:27 "but it'll take some work" yes, its like saying that installing something on windows takes "some work". like going to the chrome download page, click download, then double click the installer, then clicking YES i very much want to do this. AND after SO MUCH WORK chrome is still the #1 browser crazy

before you say yeah but what about the games, its like saying that you ALSO need to work to install the adblocker and other extensions to make chrome usable. yep rocket science crazy how deterrent people are from using those because all the work you need to do

[jranlvskeidthormodsrd]

Why aren’t it chapters in Apple Podcasts?

[joaoarruda]

Sadly, don’t know why, Delta is not on the Portuguese App Store. Is this also happening to other EU folks?