guybrushfreeman said: What? The two are exactly the same. An emulator can do all those things. It's exactly the same thing Click to expand...

Video running on a game machine is in no way equivelent to games running on a game machine. This is less about legality and more about image. Allowing Nintendo games to be playable on a Microsoft console (games that Nintendo are actively selling) is something neither company would be happy with. Microsoft has full control over the content of their store, so rather than deal with a moral gray area, they choose to not allow games from other companies to be played on their platform. Phones are more akin to computers (and it's not like Google competes directly with consoles) so feelings are likely different there.