Switch will make one hell of a homebrew machine; I'm game.
Yep. I have a second brand new switch sitting in my closet that I bought for no real reason. Think I'll just let it sit. Maybe it'll pay off in a year or so.
Playable on my Nvidia Shield TV when?
For the record the Wii U was broken open in one month but didn't become hackable until 2015 and not to a user friendly extent until 2016 - 3DS took about a year and a half if we look at public information but piracy was only possible in a BS fashion two years later, homebrew shortly after in the same form, which kept up all the way until late 2014 in which custom stuff could be loaded without the usage of a DRM bullshit method (you know what I'm talking about if you were aware back then) and not until late 2015 that 3DS homebrew became remotely popular. With all of that said, the progress that's already been made is staggering however I don't expect any public release simply due to how easy piracy is to enable with such little access particularly on Nintendo consoles and I know the guys behind these hacks aren't stupid. Expect news at the 34c3, it will be interesting to see if they think a Switch homebrew community is worth the cost of piracy this early on. Failoverflow were all about Linux and didn't see the point in game hacking or other things while the 3DS group is a lot more open to that and they may surprise us.
if that allows online game cheaters someday I hope Nintendo permabans their accounts and renders their console useless via an emp backfeed command.
Backing up saves and transferring them to another Switch
I asked this one that icons Smash mod and ill ask it here as well.
The people behind this are obviously incredibly talented. Why don't they put their knowledge and energy to good use and do/make something themselves AND make money from it?
[...] However, if Nintendo refuses to give us an option to back up saves, what other option we have?
So is this going to be the official justification for homebrew/piracy on switch going forward?
I love how the community keeps moving that goal post to make them feel better about themselves.
There doesn't need to be any justification. Homebrew is about messing with stuff you bought. No one should ever support taking that right away. If you're on the side of shit like the DMCA just because you fear for your favorite megacorp getting their precious digital toys pirated, you're on the wrong side. Simple as that.
A browser (and save backups)... That's two things that should have been available in official firmwares. Though I know I'll probably never install CFW on my consoles...The more I think about it the more I want it emulation on the Switch would be awesome and a huge selling point itself and I can't think of other stuff Homebrew could offer
The scariest thing about this is that they are not normal cartridge ROMs, but the hackers have already decrypted the contents and posted those in way that they hide the unique identifier that cartridges have.
I asked this one that icons Smash mod and ill ask it here as well.
The people behind this are obviously incredibly talented. Why don't they put their knowledge and energy to good use and do/make something themselves AND make money from it?
You're kinda right in that justification isn't required at all but your tone is all shades wrong.
That's not why many, many people get pissed at piracy at all and it's infuriating that tones like this get thrown in at people.
It's only a few steps above 'calm down snowflakes'
Switch is going to be region-locked next month cuz of this shit
Getting pissed at piracy is one thing, getting pissed at homebrew by automatically equating it to piracy and demonizing any support or interest in homebrew is another thing entirely.
I'd be putting CFW on my Switch as soon as the emulators are of good quality. Could the Switch handle Dolphin?
Im shocked at how fast they ripped the carts. The skills of hackers never cease to amaze me.
and as some of them have reported, the Switch OS is based on the 3DS one, making things easier.
Agree.
Define handle?
Mobile devices can already handle it. Just not in a great way.
In case there was any misunderstanding, I don't support piracy, I don't think people are entitled to pirate, and I certainly think companies are free to protect themselves from piracy as they see fit. I just don't like seeing consumers essentially shame other consumers over trying to get the most out of stuff they bought by taking it apart and playing around with it, just because of concerns of piracy. It's very silly to me.
More like a very fast power point presentation.Its not like watching a powerpoint presentation.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UGdHM8AIhvwI'd be putting CFW on my Switch as soon as the emulators are of good quality. Could the Switch handle Dolphin?
Im shocked at how fast they ripped the carts. The skills of hackers never cease to amaze me.
In case there was any misunderstanding, I don't support piracy, I don't think people are entitled to pirate, and I certainly think companies are free to protect themselves from piracy as they see fit. I just don't like seeing consumers essentially shame other consumers over trying to get the most out of stuff they bought by taking it apart and playing around with it, just because of concerns of piracy. It's very silly to me.
The biggest compromise is the complete NAND flash dump.
It has been hacked. Several times, in many ways. There just isn't any decent stuff put out in the public.
PS4 is so hacked that it's possible to install Linux and play Steam games.
The only thing why I would use hacks or mods or a CF would be to unlock the full power that the switch uses in docked mode for the handheld mode.
I don't care about a warm console or active fan, I just want to use the full power if I want to. Options are the key here.
The O/S is based on the 3DS O/S???? Are you sure?
Well that was fast.
I edited the post providing the original source of that claim (https://twitter.com/qlutoo/status/878968177287458816)
The OS name is the same for both 3DS and Switch. Lots of services are pretty similar, for example SVC calls on 3DS and Switch.
sounds like the switch roms are similar to the 3DS as well. makes me think well see a gateway like flash cart out or announced before years end.
Im surprised Nintendo was dumb enough to build the switch on the 3DS OS. 3DS did well keeping piracy at bay for years but has had its bones picked clean since. Don't build off a broken foundation.
Some of you have some crazy imaginations.
[...] I just don't like seeing consumers essentially shame other consumers over trying to get the most out of stuff they bought by taking it apart and playing around with it, just because of concerns of piracy. It's very silly to me.
[...] If you're on the side of shit like the DMCA just because you fear for your favorite megacorp getting their precious digital toys pirated, you're on the wrong side. Simple as that.
Do the ROMS taste horrible too
Well these dumps are actually really... well, dumb. They are exefs and romfs dumps which basically means they just dumped the unencrypted game data and nothing else. To the scene guys who actually care about preventing piracy, ya these things would taste horrible.
A really half-assed dump which does make me think its a bad-apple in the scene and its going to cause a lot of purging/internal review. They give the scene a bad look.
At the end of the day, this isn't something that helps piracy but the method in which this was dumped suggests someone who is after it, potentially for monetary gain *coughgatewaycough*, or just really stupid and after fame.
You are REALLY taking this personal.