There's no point in doing so. Modchips can be used for other things like autoboot discs than playing backups. Most of Wii consoles wont play disc backups due to the D32 drives anyway. Besides a softmod is superior than a hardmod.SifJar said:
The point in them doing so would be stopping SOME people using pirated games. Which to Nintendo is a very obvious "good thing".WiiBricker said:
SifJar said:
But you are not Nintendo, arent you?
Again, this would also stopping SOME peope using modchips for brick fixing autoboot things and such.
Would stop more people pirating than it would stop fixing bricks. And so what if I'm not Nintendo, doesn't mean I want piracy to happen on the Wii. I am not my next door neighbour, doesn't mean I want them robbed.WiiBricker said:
SifJar said:
Again, even IF Nintendo somehow can make modchips stop working, pirates can easily bypass that by softmodding their Wiis. But those people that use modchips for brick fixing autoboot things cannot bypass anything, they would be screwed.
I know someone who bought only the Wii because it was easily modded (hardmod, at the time) and had no online problems playing "backups". Since then, this person (not really a friend of mine) has bought Sony batteries, extra controllers (Wii Remote + Nunchunk), Wii Motion Plus, some original games (like SSBB, MOM, etc.), DVD-Rs (a lot of them, mostly Sony's), a PC DVD-RW drive, an external HDD (for USB loading), one bigger internal HDD (for backing up his "backups"), an SD adapter (to softmod), a GC controller, a GC memory card and who knows what else he might buy in the future (I know he'll buy Xenoblade and Last Story if they come to America; he's a RPG fan). Although, more than 90% games he plays are pirated, he buys only original hardware and many thing related to the Wii.
You see, pirating in Central and South America and in India, generates capital in the VG- and PC-related area (including internet, which he's paying more since he switched his ADSL plan/pack to a faster one). Although North America, Europe and Japan are the main market, the sub-market (if I can call it this way) from the southern part of the globe is responsible for a part of revenue which are not true only for bad/so-so games.
Just to round things up, this person is now considering buying a PS3 (if a "Wii 2" doesn't show up soon) due to custom firmware. Which translates into more expense with ISP, HDD, power bill, batteries and the list goes on...
You see, pirating in Central and South America and in India, generates capital in the VG- and PC-related area (including internet, which he's paying more since he switched his ADSL plan/pack to a faster one). Although North America, Europe and Japan are the main market, the sub-market (if I can call it this way) from the southern part of the globe is responsible for a part of revenue which are not true only for bad/so-so games.
Just to round things up, this person is now considering buying a PS3 (if a "Wii 2" doesn't show up soon) due to custom firmware. Which translates into more expense with ISP, HDD, power bill, batteries and the list goes on...
And why do people need modchips to do brick-fixing autoboot things? Because modchips let you mess up the system with out-of-region updates.WiiBricker said:
We need modchips because we need modchips!
Remfin said:
LoL, do you really believe what you just said or do you just want to argue with me? As a reminder, Team Twiizers and many other devs used modchips while development and there are still developers with hardmodded consoles around.
Also without modchips a lot of semi-bricks would have not be fixed in the early Wii scene days. And how the hell can modchips "mess up" the system?
No, this will never work with USB loaders.shadowtroop said:So will this work with USB loaders? My disc drive is broken
WiiBricker said:No, this will never work with USB loaders.shadowtroop said:So will this work with USB loaders? My disc drive is broken
It works with a WODE, stealth mode and FW 2.8, I've heard
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@TacoBrayden You extract the files from a Wii game WBFS or ISO using maybe Wiimms ISO Tools or Dolphin's Filesystem tab.
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