Hacking 7/9/17 - History was made

[Bladexdsl]

history was made alright the day the switch was marked for death

 

[Tony_92]

It took years for the Wii U to be hacked, yet the console's success was abysmal. Piracy in itself doesn't kill a console. Bad business choices are a much bigger factor.

 

[linuxares]

To download free games, we need access to eShop servers.
I don't think that Switch is using .tik

Well sort off. You can always download a ROM from a site for example.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

It took years for the Wii U to be hacked, yet the console's success was abysmal. Piracy in itself doesn't kill a console. Bad business choices are a much bigger factor.

That and the fact that hombrew/cfw users for consoles are a very small minority of the user base, meaning very little impact. Even with cfw being popular the 3ds games that came out still sold well.

And on top of that, homebrew != piracy. Remember the 3ds had homebrew for a while before piracy and cfw became prevalent.

 

[WeedZ]

Can anyone source a single software title that was scrapped because the platform was hacked? Anyone?

 

[Deleted User]

Can anyone source a single software title that was scrapped because the platform was hacked? Anyone?

see but the problem is, it stops them from developing before they even start. so nothing is "scrapped" just prevented

 

[Deleted User]

So happy this happens, cant wait to run the same emulated games I run on all my consoles... and I dont care when it will be released

 

[Deleted User]

So happy this happens, cant wait to run the same emulated games I run on all my consoles... and I dont care when it will be released

^
This.

Not piracy, but this. Everybody in the 3ds scene just pirates, there is hardly any fun homebrew any more

 

[WeedZ]

see but the problem is, it stops them from developing before they even start. so nothing is "scrapped" just prevented

That would mean that third party developers would have released for that gen's console that weren't hacked but withheld the same titles from those that were. Can you name one?

 

[Deleted User]

That would mean that third party developers would have released for that gen's console that weren't hacked but withheld the same titles from those that were. Can you name one?

no but you never can tell what goes through developers minds.

performance is a big part, but piracy can run through the devs minds as well

 

[KevinLSX]

Once again, Nintendo is fucked

 

[WeedZ]

no but you never can tell what goes through developers minds.

performance is a big part, but piracy can run through the devs minds as well

The idea of a hacked console losing thirdparty support seems to be an ever receding one when you try to find evidence.

 

[Deleted User]

The idea of a hacked console losing thirdparty support seems to be an ever receding one when you try to find evidence.

i can see where your coming from. i agree now that I look back for evidence

 

[WeedZ]

i can see where your coming from. i agree now that I look back for evidence

Did I really just change someone's mind??

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Did I really just change someone's mind??

I think you just won the internet

 

[WeedZ]

I think you just won the internet

I feel like a superhero

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Wha.. what happens now?

 

[Dominator211]

This could totally fuck up the Switch's future catalog, services, and third party support. Hurray.

Ikr

 

[Kourin]

tbh though I pirate but what I'm looking forward to most is save hacking, FTP so I can get screenshots without posting to social media/taking out SD and the potential of cheats to give more life to games I'm done with.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

As I said on the other thread, I hope he accidentally updates his Switch/the work gets corrupted. It's too early for this.

Again, I hope you get corrupted.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

To all people saying that hacking a console, its equal to destroying the console support from third party developers, i just want to remember them, that PSP was released in 2004, hacked in 2005, and on 2013 companies where still bringing games to the PSP.

Not to mention that on 2014, 2015 and even 2016, some games where released on this system..

So, hacking a console is bullshit on killing the third party support..