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Meh. That's all I say. I know region locking doesn't justify piracy, but what other people do is their business.
I see a lot of irony in this topic:
"Don't complain when homebrew developers add anti-piracy in their homebrew"
"F*** you Nintendo for adding region locking in your console"
Why should that affect you personally?
The only thing that has affected me personally is staring at your response for 3 minutes without a clue to what you are asking
Piracy says Hi Nintendo.
Importing games is pretty much useless since pretty much every game comes out in all regions.
Except Japan only games.
Guess that's a valid reason for importing games..
I'm asking about your getting upset at this thread. If what people say on this thread is bothering you so much, maybe you shouldn't read the responses. Region locking, no matter what, is anti-consumerists. So far, no one has stepped forward to explain the phenomenon that is the DS. If region locking is so vital, why didn't the DS lose sales?
Everything justifies piracy. Homebrew is not really that appealing anymore on Wii U. Not spending the money on the Ukey either (and ripper chip, and other stuff like a screen). Digging from the vWii side is okay but I've always been about total freedom. Having the main "dash" secured was a good start for some systems. Secured meaning updates blocked then go from there. Anyone who says they want anything else is lying. All anyone has is the "Shot of espresso" blog and a hope that Marcan follows through and gives more if/when that project by Maxternal is done. How is that going anyway? Careful to not be seen talking with me...Megaprick might have a heart attack or threaten to not help out;-)Meh. That's all I say. I know region locking doesn't justify piracy, but what other people do is their business.
Everything justifies piracy. Homebrew is not really that appealing anymore on Wii U. Not spending the money on the Ukey either (and ripper chip, and other stuff like a screen). Digging from the vWii side is okay but I've always been about total freedom. Having the main "dash" secured was a good start for some systems. Secured meaning updates blocked then go from there. Anyone who says they want anything else is lying. All anyone has is the "Shot of espresso" blog and a hope that Marcan follows through and gives more if/when that project by Maxternal is done. How is that going anyway? Careful to not be seen talking with me...Megaprick might have a heart attack or threaten to not help out;-)
No one's arguing that Nintendo isn't within their rights to add in region-locking to their consoles. They're arguing that they should remove it because it's an intrusive, restrictive, anti-consumer policy.I am way at a loss. I never got upset or even remotely close to anything but emotionless. I'm simply pointing out that I've identified a number of scumbag steves who would die to defend the right to add anti-piracy measures to their homebrew because it's their program and they can do whatever they want. Yet the same people feel the need to combat Nintendo's justification for adding region protection on THEIR OWN CONSOLE.
There doesn't need to be any logical justification for region locking.
No one's arguing that Nintendo isn't within their rights to add in region-locking to their consoles. They're arguing that they should remove it because it's an intrusive, restrictive, anti-consumer policy.
Well if we had a homebrew that had drm, wouldn't that be intrusive, restrictive and anti-consumer policy with respect to a different group of people?
Yet the same people who are arguing against regional locking would be saying, It's (whoever developed this homebrew) choice to add drm. Which is a contradiction
fuck you Iwata.... my Game Boys are region freeHowever, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products worldwide," Iwata told me, acknowledging that Nintendo has "historically" worked with region-locked systems. "
...It is the developers choice, we're not arguing about the rights to place region-locking/drm, we're just saying it's a horrible idea. I have the rights to slit my wrists, doesn't mean I go around doing it because I can.
Let me tell you about the drm in homebrew. Discussions once arose saying how it's illogical to add drm to homebrew. It's restrictive blah blah blah. What was the conclusion of that discussion, the developers don't support piracy.
Let me tell you about the drm in regionlocking. Discussions once arose saying how it's illogical to add drm to regionlocking. It's restrictive blah blah blah. What was the conclusion of that discussion, the developers don't support regionfreers.
What's the difference? The same people who are willing to ignore homebrew developers choices and to tell everyone to ignore homebrew developers choices are all of a sudden taking a strong stance and choosing not to ignore Nintendo's choices.