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s3phir0th115 said:Coming from someone that has hacked most of his consoles, (Wii, PS2, Xbox 1, DS (dead), DS Lite, and PSP. Nintendo 64, SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance remain unhacked due to lack of need and lack of ability.) I generally hack the thing to enable increased functionality. Arguably they are used for pirating, but you can't ignore the increased functionality.
For example, on the PS2, it's very handy to have the media player for that. Using ESR, I can go up to most PS2's and just put in my memory card to allow it to play media from a USB device.
On the DS, using lameboy, I am able to restore the backwards compatibility that Nintendo has removed and am able to play Gameboy and Gameboy Color, saving a lot of space compared to carrying my gameboy collection. (And not to mention that I have the no-intro set of it, allowing more than I even had before.)
On the same DS, I can play most nes games with nesds. This is very handy since there are many NES titles I like despite not having owned a real nes.
On the PSP, I'm able to play Sega Genesis games and SNES games using the emulators when I go somewhere. (If I don't play them on my laptop, that is. I use the laptop when I can, but sometimes you can't carry that anywhere.)
On the Xbox, I can enjoy all kinds of emulators, more than even the Wii due to it's x86 architecture, and the wonderful media compatibility of XBMC. (Unfortunately it can't do HD or a lot of x264 media I have, but it does well with the power it has.)
And on the Wii, I'm able to emulate all kinds of systems. I'm also able to use Mplayer, and all kinds of good homebrew for the wii.
So it's not just about pirating. It also enables a lot more functionality.
Mostly this.
And I use the try-before-you-buy method. I only buy games that I think are worth playing, and mostly from third party developers. I try to share my money with the ones that need it the most, or who just make money on other ways. For example I didn't bought the Wii Sports Resort game. But only the WM+. So they still make money on the hardware. And when I need to choose to pirate a nintendo game, or a third party developer game, I pirate nintendo because they already make alot of money on the Wii's.
On this way I try to support the guys who need it so we can still enjoy a wide area of games entertainment.