Xbox Emulator Ban: Microsoft's Policy Explained and Possible Good News for Fans.

Microsoft has banned emulators on Xbox consoles, citing a long-standing policy that prohibits products that emulate a game system or game platform on any device family. The move has frustrated the emulation community, who claim to have used legal emulation to play games they already own on older Xbox consoles. Speculation has emerged that Nintendo was behind the crackdown, but Microsoft denies this. Emulation on Xbox consoles is still possible in the console's developer mode, which costs $20.