Hacking Isnt Gateway losing money by brick all these 3ds?

[frown]

OK, shills aside, let's play pretend for the sake of audience.
"I don't see how this would discourage new customers, either."
New customers come only from the pool of 4.x FW users, and GW just killed a bunch of 4.x consoles which are getting sold out already. Now think about where the missing users to be converted into new customers are going to appear from.

Gateway was probably hoping everyone would just believe their "memory corruptions due to flawed copying" line and in turn buy their cart just to stay safe.
(cost of a GW cart vs another compatible 3DS)
Why else would they set it to brick at random as opposed to 100% of the time?
They didn't want to drain the pool. They just wanted to make a splash.

 

[Cyberdrive]

How do you provide better service than someone who is copying you letter for letter? You keep saying this, but have provided no examples on how to actually do it. Hint: you can't.

And why exactly should I help GW, let alone for free?

You sound pretty angry about the whole thing. I'm not your enemy here, regardless of which flash cart you use. I'd simply warn that you get what you pay for in most cases, this one included. C'est la vie.

Dismissed. And don't spread misinformation while I'm hunting around, thank you for your cooperation.

 

[Mr_Pichu]

The great 3ds bricking of 2014, that is how this year will be remembered.

The story will be told for many console generations.

 

[Xzi]

And why exactly should I help GW, let alone for free?

In other words, you have no idea how to solve that conundrum. You could've tried to be a little less transparent, at the very least.

 

[Black-Ice]

Gateway 2 tears 2014
Featuring Gbatemp

 

[Senbei Norimaki]

Lol, at all of this. I guess there really is no honour among thieves. Don't blame Gateway, blame the pirates that stole Gateway's software.

 

[the_randomizer]

Gateway 2 tears 2014
Featuring 3DStemp (formerly known as GBAtemp)

Fixed that for ya

 

[Foxi4]

4.5 is rare? Since when? XL's, maybe, but definitely not 3DS'es in general. Ever since the XL and 2DS came out, standard 3DS sales declined - there's loads of 2012 3DS'es avilable online, both new and used - sufficient stock to supply the pirating minority.

 

[tecra_a8]

they should have bricked the clone cart instead of the console, coz the console is yours and clones steal gw ideas, they have no right to brick

 

[Mr_Pichu]

they should have bricked the clone cart instead of the console, coz the console is yours and clones steal gw ideas, they have no right to brick

Not sure the clone cards can be bricked, but the GW card could possibly be brickable, if you know how to do it. You never know, but it could be possible for a software developer to put code into a 3ds game to wipe a GW card. There is a known case of a bricking countermeasure against a backup device in at least one N64 game.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

I suggest everyone to read this thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-ing-bricked-never-even-use-clones.360657/

OP did everything right, no corrupt file's, no region patch, nothing.

Try defend Gateway now lol.