Hacking WiiU is a lost cause

Memoir said:

This should have been opened up as a blog post. It holds no relevance to anything WiiU hacking.

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Viri said:

3 consoles in one! Comfy as fuck tablet to play all your Gamecube games(I hope) and emulators on!

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whatupdog said:

The wii was a system with universal appeal and a gigantic library of games. This meant that there were millions of consoles just waiting for an easy way to pirate games. This laid the foundation for a thriving homebrew scene and made the wii an emulation super console. The wii is still my most played console.

The WiiU is dead. It's library of must have games can be counted on a top ten list, most of which will be in the $5 bargain bin in a matter of months. Plus relatively few people even own the console. At this point I feel like emulation is a more viable means of playing "backups", which let's face it, is all anyone really wants. At this point I feel like a user friendly soft mod is too late to be meaningful.

Sure the people lurking in these threads will be happy, but at this point is there any real motivation for hackers to finish this project?

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whatupdog said:

The wii was a system with universal appeal and a gigantic library of games. This meant that there were millions of consoles just waiting for an easy way to pirate games. This laid the foundation for a thriving homebrew scene and made the wii an emulation super console. The wii is still my most played console.

The WiiU is dead. It's library of must have games can be counted on a top ten list, most of which will be in the $5 bargain bin in a matter of months. Plus relatively few people even own the console. At this point I feel like emulation is a more viable means of playing "backups", which let's face it, is all anyone really wants. At this point I feel like a user friendly soft mod is too late to be meaningful.

Sure the people lurking in these threads will be happy, but at this point is there any real motivation for hackers to finish this project?

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Viri said:

3 consoles in one! Comfy as fuck tablet to play all your Gamecube games(I hope) and emulators on!

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QuarkTheAwesome said:

Thanks for the vote of confidence. All us Wii U homebrew developers who pour hours into a project that refuses to work with no tangible gain on our part really feel encouraged by this sort of thing, really. I'm actually considering quitting school to take this on full-time just because this post exists - it's such a unique viewpoint that I've never seen before and is clearly well researched; the author must know a hell of a lot about the homebrew scene and how this sort of thing works. My motivation for doing this is obviously all about the e-fame and having my work in as many people's hands as possible and has nothing to do with personal hobbies, ownership of the hardware, or a surprisingly tight and friendly set of developers. I am completely self-centred and need to be pushed to do anything because again, my total motivation for being here is to feel important and to have my code used by literally every person on Earth. I'm glad I chose the Wii U for this purpose since absolutely everyone owns one and as we all know from the Sega Dreamcast, the most popular console is the only one worth playing and is the only one worth my time. As usual, I'm measuring popularity by the number of games available for the system since this number could never be skewed by advertising, development troubles, licensing policies or other bias. These numbers are the most accurate in the world, I am the most important person in the world and I use the Wii U since it is clearly the most important console in the world.
Thank you.

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whatupdog said:

The wii was a system with universal appeal and a gigantic library of games. This meant that there were millions of consoles just waiting for an easy way to pirate games. This laid the foundation for a thriving homebrew scene and made the wii an emulation super console. The wii is still my most played console.

The WiiU is dead. It's library of must have games can be counted on a top ten list, most of which will be in the $5 bargain bin in a matter of months. Plus relatively few people even own the console. At this point I feel like emulation is a more viable means of playing "backups", which let's face it, is all anyone really wants. At this point I feel like a user friendly soft mod is too late to be meaningful.

Sure the people lurking in these threads will be happy, but at this point is there any real motivation for hackers to finish this project?

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whatupdog said:

Sure the people lurking in these threads will be happy, but at this point is there any real motivation for hackers to finish this project?

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OriginalHamster said:

Your thread will help alot, you should mention the devs that way it's more easy for them not miss out your post.

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