Hacking Question So did anybody update their Switch?

[Captain_N]

Mines been updated. Im not really interested in piracy. I like to collect as well as play. I would like to pirate some digital releases tho.... If i was worried about the exploits id just buy a second switch. Every firmware will be exploitable.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

I'm not interested in piracy. I bought my Switch to play games, and if I can't play games, what's the point? I'm always updating. If the chip can give me homebrew on the latest firmwares while still letting me buy games from the eShop and play online, then that's great, I'll take it. If not, not much lost.

Loving my Switch. No homebrew in the world's worth missing out on using the gosh darn thing for all the games I want to play.

 

[Kioku]

Updated switch since day 1. So we'll see how TX handles this.

 

[SG854]

If I had a Switch I would update.

 

[rac]

not updating probably ever, i doubt any exploit will be futureproof either. at least not this early in the console's life cycle.

plus there's a chance it's just some joke to get people to update off of 3.0.0.

 

[cracker]

If the homebrew scene doesn't offer anything I can't do on my other devices then I won't hesitate to update modchip or not. Having redundant homebrew doesn't make up for only being able to play a small handful of games. I would probably sell it off to someone that wanted homebrew and buy a new one.

 

[cots]

I'm not a fan of mod chips, besides I been updating all the time, since Sonic Manic was released. Nintendo has to make some very bad decisions in 2018 to make me want homebrew, like having Virtual console emulation outdated, and not supporting mostly demanded games like Chrono Trigger, or what not. In that case I just want emulators out of homebrew, I could care less for piracy at the condition these games are. You'll be buying a ton of SD cards for those file sizes of those cart games that can't even fit on to a 16GB cart they are using and won't be upgrading anytime soon. With no HDD support is gonna be expensive for all those SD cards you need those games to fit on, is not even worth it in comparison.

I hate to break it to you, but running ROMS in emulators is piracy.

 

[jaksy]

I hate to break it to you, but running ROMS in emulators is piracy.

That's a bit of an untrue blanket statement.
Not everyone lives in a country that is goverened by the same laws, but even if we assume we're talking about the USA, you do know some people dump their own roms, right?
There's also public domain and freely distributed homebrew roms to consider.

To clarify, it's not illegal to run a rom in an emulator, nor is it piracy. It is usually considered piracy to distribute and download copywritten content.

 

[SG854]

I salute to the Heroes that avoided updating their Switch.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I hate to break it to you, but running ROMS in emulators is piracy.

Thanks for the news flash, but I was talking about nintendo switch piracy.

 

[the_randomizer]

I hate to break it to you, but running ROMS in emulators is piracy.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Thirty3Three]

I honestly think it would be so stupid to do so if you're waiting on homebrew, CFW, etc. This could be a complete hardware solution, and "soft vulnerabilities", may not even be around on later firmwares.

 

[the_randomizer]

I honestly think it would be so stupid to do so if you're waiting on homebrew, CFW, etc. This could be a complete hardware solution, and "soft vulnerabilities", may not even be around on later firmwares.

A little late to be saying that now, no? Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

 

[Thirty3Three]

A little late to be saying that now, no? Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

Not really too late. I think it's good to say either way for those who hadn't updated yet, and good for the idiots who saw this new hardware mod thing and thought, "Sure, updating is okay now!" so they can learn.

So... yeah... not really.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Not to mention the switch is missing a lot of features that will be coming soon and require updates. With being on 3.0.0 I guess the only think people need is usb controller support on dock mode and nothing else. Hoping for more features soon. Kinda disappointed that the video recording only works for 30 seconds and have 30FPS limit, not even 1080P resolution.

 

[Soluble]

Free solution or paid solution, Devs deserve to get paid for their work. I'm betting those whinging about a paid solution have never donated to a Dev anyway.

 

[cots]

That's a bit of an untrue blanket statement.
Not everyone lives in a country that is goverened by the same laws, but even if we assume we're talking about the USA, you do know some people dump their own roms, right?
There's also public domain and freely distributed homebrew roms to consider.

To clarify, it's not illegal to run a rom in an emulator, nor is it piracy. It is usually considered piracy to distribute and download copywritten content.

Yeah, it was kinda a broad statement. However downloading rom images of games you do not own (or do own in the USA) is piracy. Heck, making backups of games you own is also piracy (in the USA). Emulators, for the most part, are just used facilitate piracy. You can hide behind the grey-ish legal matters all you want, but everyone knows what these things are used for.

 

[the_randomizer]

Not really too late. I think it's good to say either way for those who hadn't updated yet, and good for the idiots who saw this new hardware mod thing and thought, "Sure, updating is okay now!" so they can learn.

So... yeah... not really.

Hardware modding isn't for everyone, i.e. not everyone has the skills, and it's riskier than softmod, 4.x.x clearly isn't going to have any kind of exploits, so hard mod is the only option.

Yeah, it was kinda a broad statement. However downloading rom images of games you do not own (or do own in the USA) is piracy. Heck, making backups of games you own is also piracy (in the USA). Emulators, for the most part, are just used facilitate piracy. You can hide behind the grey-ish legal matters all you want, but everyone knows what these things are used for.

Look up Bleem! v. Sony, Connectix v. Sony, Accolade v. Nintendo, in all cases, the Supreme Court deemed emulators as legal, because they don't violate copyrights, and hardware under US law, can't be copyrighted.

 

[Thirty3Three]

Hardware modding isn't for everyone, i.e. not everyone has the skills, and it's riskier than softmod, 4.x.x clearly isn't going to have any kind of exploits, so hard mod is the only option.

I think you completely missed my point.

 

[the_randomizer]

I think you completely missed my point.

Did I? What were you saying then? I'm on 4.0.2, I don't see any other options.