The Windows Store no longer permits emulators

NeoGAF spotted the Store policy change.
Text: Sam Bishop
Published 2017-04-06

Eagle-eyed NeoGAF user PGamer has noticed a change to the Windows Store Policies, saying that apps that emulate any games systems are no longer allowed.

You can find the Policies themselves here, but the part in question states: "Apps that emulate a game system are not allowed on any device family." As PGAmer points out, the Universal Emulator by NEXBox has already been delisted, who also tried publishing an emulator on Xbox One last year, one that also got taken down.

The comments on NeoGAF are filled with people saying they're not surprised the emulators have been removed, but do you think that they should be removed from other places too?

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