I don't work for Modchipsdirect but I will tell you this. I ordered the PRO back on 5/20. They sent me an email a few days ago confirming I was in the first batch. I went to their site now and they have codes IN STOCK. $35 is a tad high, but doesn't cost more than eating a meal out with the wife so it's all good. I just now placed a new order for the SX OS and the time is 1:51 as I write this.
Will update once I get the code.
Cool, I'm actually waiting for your reply to this.
I've rationalized getting the code now too. I don't need the dongle and kinda like the 'Watch_Dogs' like way of loading payloads from my OP5 with the cool ASCII text and everything
I've also rationalized paying for it in this way; I've bought many many mod chips in the past and have even altered satellite TV cards so I'm already damned to Hell
. And although it sucks paying someone for shady hacks it really isn't any different than getting my PS1 chipped... and you have to admit, they ARE first to the commercial market with a working solution for backups after what I'm sure was a LOT of behind-the-scenes work that the open-source community hasn't released yet and I can't see any reason why they shouldn't be rewarded for that (how they distributed the keys could have used a lot of work though!).
While I understand that Atmosphere is going to be awesome (and look forward to using it!) I'm not going to lie and say I'm also not looking forward to not carrying $600 worth of carts with me everywhere, nor am I going to lie about potentially using it for other purposes.
My only REAL concern is hidden brick code that mistakes my legit purchased XS OS for a broken one and nukes the fuses or something. You can't 100% trust anyone after Gateway...
There. This can't be any worse than the other
posts on this forum lately.