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They actually said "smash", or was that just some vague translingual approximation.
Anyway, as little as I know about the legalities of such matters(although, I'm not sure anyone knows much more for sure), the don't seem to be doing anything illegal. Downloading carts you don't own probably is, but I can't see how providing the means to do so, as a side effect of a perfectly legal homebrew platform, infringes on any of nintendo's shit.
Anyway, as little as I know about the legalities of such matters(although, I'm not sure anyone knows much more for sure), the don't seem to be doing anything illegal. Downloading carts you don't own probably is, but I can't see how providing the means to do so, as a side effect of a perfectly legal homebrew platform, infringes on any of nintendo's shit.
What human being doesn't want free games, apps, systems, tv's, ect...
Sure this sux for 3rd party developers, or at least the ones that pay a team of intelligent people to create a real game. But feeling bad for Nintendo while they are raking in the dough and charging $5 for NES games is not something I can do. IMO it's there responsibility to stop us from pirating because assuming that we would rather pay for something rather then get it for free is just off base and crazy.
P.S. I don't own an R4.....yet
Sure this sux for 3rd party developers, or at least the ones that pay a team of intelligent people to create a real game. But feeling bad for Nintendo while they are raking in the dough and charging $5 for NES games is not something I can do. IMO it's there responsibility to stop us from pirating because assuming that we would rather pay for something rather then get it for free is just off base and crazy.
P.S. I don't own an R4.....yet
There will always be a percentage of people who will pirate, but I bet Nintendo can make the R4 less attractive if they begin to offer downloadable demos of DS games over the Wii.
What's strange is that Nintendo has an ugly history of sending a cease and desist to anybody that sneezes, so I have a hard time watching them knowingly let this slip. Fasten your tin foil hats boys, they are letting this ride to sell the old DS hardware off the shelves before they introduce their new handheld console.
What's strange is that Nintendo has an ugly history of sending a cease and desist to anybody that sneezes, so I have a hard time watching them knowingly let this slip. Fasten your tin foil hats boys, they are letting this ride to sell the old DS hardware off the shelves before they introduce their new handheld console.
@ Niero
Hell yes, I'm betting we hear about the new handheld within a year. And you'd better believe there will be firmware updates this time.
Hell yes, I'm betting we hear about the new handheld within a year. And you'd better believe there will be firmware updates this time.
@ diversionmary
I don't know where you're looking, but there are a handful of sites that have them readily available for purchase. But maybe the situation has changed since last summer when I...I mean a friend purchased an R4 + 1gb Kingston Micro SD card for just over $40.
Also, Nintendo can't do crap about the R4. It's not as easy as just patching the DS so it doesn't recognize the software. They took out Datel's Freeloader and Action-Replay recognition from the Wii with trickery, and got me pretty pissed off while they were at it. Thinking about it just makes me want to rip Nintendo off a fraction of a percent of the gajillions of dollars they're making. ;[
I don't know where you're looking, but there are a handful of sites that have them readily available for purchase. But maybe the situation has changed since last summer when I...I mean a friend purchased an R4 + 1gb Kingston Micro SD card for just over $40.
Also, Nintendo can't do crap about the R4. It's not as easy as just patching the DS so it doesn't recognize the software. They took out Datel's Freeloader and Action-Replay recognition from the Wii with trickery, and got me pretty pissed off while they were at it. Thinking about it just makes me want to rip Nintendo off a fraction of a percent of the gajillions of dollars they're making. ;[
Just perfect. How are we to expect real updates for this thing if you reporters keep spreading the word about it?
Shut the hell up reporters, I still haven't picked one up yet.
I honestly want an R4 just to load all the games I own onto it, so I don't have to carry a tin around with me all the time. I wouldn't mind getting to play my SCUMM CD-rom games on the go either. Not a fan of piracy myself, it just serves to fuck over gamers in the long run.
I honestly want an R4 just to load all the games I own onto it, so I don't have to carry a tin around with me all the time. I wouldn't mind getting to play my SCUMM CD-rom games on the go either. Not a fan of piracy myself, it just serves to fuck over gamers in the long run.
Well, I'm patient enough to wait for some games to drop in price before purchasing them, but for pete's sake, FFIII's been out on the DS for a year now people. Is it still worth gouging people for $40? Keeping prices on games marginalized permanently drives people to do this shit.
If you don't drop the prices of games occasionally, you lose sales to this shit.
Peddling the "legitimate backups" excuse doesn't carry water anymore guys. With the DMCA in place, just extracting a digital copy of the game from the cartridge is illegal. Owning a backup is illegal in itself. It doesn't matter if you do it for any reason you give.
That said, my R4 should be here next week.
If you don't drop the prices of games occasionally, you lose sales to this shit.
Peddling the "legitimate backups" excuse doesn't carry water anymore guys. With the DMCA in place, just extracting a digital copy of the game from the cartridge is illegal. Owning a backup is illegal in itself. It doesn't matter if you do it for any reason you give.
That said, my R4 should be here next week.
We live in a generation where people think nothing of being thieves. Which is what anyone who uses this product is. But hey, if you don't lose sleep being morally corrupt, go for it. I just hope it doesn't kill support for new game development for third parties in the process.
As a DS owner, I'd consider an R4 for one reason, and that's to try out all those import titles I could never play or afford. Buying an R4 for me would only lead to me eventually buying more import games, since there's nothing like the real packaged deal.
I bet its only a matter of time before Nintendo do release that second DS update that we've heard whispers about. If that does come out, it will have onboard memory, which will at last see us downloading and storing demos or full games onto the DS itself (this would make perfect sense for WVC games too). Another DS would also make sense to nip gadgets like R4 in the bud, with similar updates like PSP to lock them out.
To put it more simply though, if Nintendo got their act together and offered more consistent DS demos (official and import), more people would surely buy more games.
We'll see how much Nintendo care about giving us a better deal soon enough (like DS and Wii hard drives). For hard drives, via updates, are the key to solving such piracy problems. Take a hint out of Sony and MS's books here, Nintendo.
I bet its only a matter of time before Nintendo do release that second DS update that we've heard whispers about. If that does come out, it will have onboard memory, which will at last see us downloading and storing demos or full games onto the DS itself (this would make perfect sense for WVC games too). Another DS would also make sense to nip gadgets like R4 in the bud, with similar updates like PSP to lock them out.
To put it more simply though, if Nintendo got their act together and offered more consistent DS demos (official and import), more people would surely buy more games.
We'll see how much Nintendo care about giving us a better deal soon enough (like DS and Wii hard drives). For hard drives, via updates, are the key to solving such piracy problems. Take a hint out of Sony and MS's books here, Nintendo.
Thank god someones talking about this. I bought one of these bad boys a month of so back, BEST PURCHASE EVER.
I makes life with the DS so much more fun. Hell it even got me to go out and buy another DS for my gf, so SHE would be able to have one.
It only cost me 80 bucks, thats including the r4 chip, a 2gig micro sd card, and priority shipping.
www.realhotstuff.com
I know it sounds like a porno site lol but theyre based out of NJ which is a hell of a lot better then ordering from out of the country. And damn it took 2 days to get to my house!
I makes life with the DS so much more fun. Hell it even got me to go out and buy another DS for my gf, so SHE would be able to have one.
It only cost me 80 bucks, thats including the r4 chip, a 2gig micro sd card, and priority shipping.
www.realhotstuff.com
I know it sounds like a porno site lol but theyre based out of NJ which is a hell of a lot better then ordering from out of the country. And damn it took 2 days to get to my house!
@dvddesign
You are right about the DMCA thing. Let's all hope that they get around to passing it's revised version so we can all you know, own the stuff we pay for again.
You are right about the DMCA thing. Let's all hope that they get around to passing it's revised version so we can all you know, own the stuff we pay for again.
I really wish it didn't have multimedia. I know they're competing with PSP and Japanese cell phones (have you seen those things?), but I feel about DSi features the same way I feel about texting on phones and other multitaskers.
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