Let's Argue: Best console for homebrew?

[godreborn]

the 3ds is definitely a good system when it comes to homebrew. if you've ever watched the video of how it was hacked, it's a very interesting video. it makes you bow in awe of some of these hackers.

 

[Tarmfot]

I would prefer this thread was about best for developing homebrew.

I simply dont know.

Well. 3ds and Vita have Unity.
Gba had a simple hardware but I loved their homebrew.
Tapwave Zodiac had an "open" os like palmos but was difficult to develope.
Then Gp32 and GP2X with linux inside. And dingo a320.
Wii has not opengl. Ps3 is difficult with cells inside.

 

[Enlapse]

PSP/Wii/PS3 era best, since that was the last era when console homebrew was actually more than just "emulators/retroarch/open source game ports and maybe things for save backing up/editing/cheating". Give me back my weird custom homebrew games and programs, please.

To be honest, the new 3DS will be poblably the best console for homebrew, but damn, the PSP era was gorgerous. Every update was hackable day one (at least when I started with the PSP, with version 6.xx if I am not wrong), and the homebrew was amazing. Also the fact that was portable and the battery quite nice is a plus. In my opinion, except from 3DS, the best handheld console (scene talking) that has existed. NDS was great, but needed a flashcart, sadly.

 

[Flame]

Anybody who said Wii U doesnt now anything about homebrew. i own all homebrew consoles.Wii U is best for playing pirated games yes. homebrew no.

playing stuff made by nintendo is not homebrew damn it.

DS, 3DS Wii, PSP and Vita, Switch has real homebrew on it.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

Wii U for life. The Wii U can use Wii Homebrew and has a lot of emulation

 

[AncientBoi]

Is this another Poll [y] ?

 

[KiiWii]

Switch.

AVP gold.

Nuff said.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I don't see any Sega consoles. Megadrive literally gets games made for it. Xenocrisis, Tanglewood, Pier Solar, Paprium, Ultracore, darius on sega mini in 2019. (Does this count as homebrew?)

 

[Taleweaver]

Anybody who said Wii U doesnt now anything about homebrew. i own all homebrew consoles.Wii U is best for playing pirated games yes. homebrew no.

playing stuff made by nintendo is not homebrew damn it.

DS, 3DS Wii, PSP and Vita, Switch has real homebrew on it.

Have to agree on this.

I really wish the WiiU had better homebrew, as my girlfriend hogs the television all the time. But if you take haxchi and the wii homebrew out of the equation... Just what exactly do you have on the WiiU front nowadays?

Anything comparable to priiloader? Sneek? Bootmii?... Anything?

 

[CrimsonMaple]

Personally, I'm most attached to the 3ds scene. It's really what kicked my interest in computers as well as created friendships I will treasure forever.

 

[Vila_]

Wii is the best imo, the fact that ModMii exists makes it very easy to hack also, almost everyone owns a Wii so you can buy one for crazy cheap especially in japan where buying a whole Wii with cables and everything is often cheaper than buying a single wiimote...

 

[fazz208]

I’ve actually only installed CFW/Homebrewed the 3DS, and I got to say looking at others, it seems Wii and 3DS are my favourite. The 3DS is portable with 2 screens, and having it homebrewed means you got probably the best pre-3D emulator, and with the New 3DS, you can run early-3D games; up to N64 & PS1, with it being primarily smooth.

 

[subcon959]

My brain says Switch, but my heart says PSP.

 

[Pomegrenade]

Everyone who didn't say DS is wrong.

 

[Steven711]

Wii U for NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U games. The New 3DS for GB, GBC, GBA, DS and 3DS games. PS3 for PSX, PS2, and PS3 as well as PS3 PSN games. PS Vita for PSP and Vita games. As far as Sega and Xbox games, I would also stick to modding original hardware for those as well. Probably the Dreamcast and the Xbox 360 so you can play as many generations on each console as possible but I am unsure about those. If your after anything before the psx just go with a Raspberry pi 4 but for anything after that original hardware is where it is at. The closer to original you can get the better. For example PS2 is kinda glitchy on PS3 slim emulation. PSP more so. For best results you would use the PS Vita or PSP for PSP games and mod a PS2 for PS2 games or emulate on a PS3 or go fat PS3 for backward compatibility vs emulation. That is my list for best consoles to mod because I have yet to find one console that will properly do it all.

 

[Deleted member 568892]

I would have to say the Switch for portability. Anything else is better done on the PC.