Hacking Does this seem like a good price?

[thealgorithm]

Correct. Brand new O3DS is 9.2 or lower guaranteed.

The one I purchased new a few days ago came with version 2 I think the latest (as long as it has not been opened and updated) sealed is 9.0

 

[Quantumcat]

The one I purchased new a few days ago came with version 2 I think the latest (as long as it has not been opened and updated) sealed is 9.0

The highest one I have heard of is the Smash Bros console on 8.1.

 

[Ronhero]

The highest one I have heard of is the Smash Bros console on 8.1.

I still have 4 or 5 of them, got them an updated them all to 9.2

 

[RikuKawai]

Sky3DS compared to CFW.

Sky3DS is like buying a DVD player that can only play copies of retail DVDs. And you have to buy a TV separately as well.

Buying an exploitable 3DS is like buying a computer that can play any type of video file, not just retail DVDs. And you don't have to buy anything extra.

So - same as everyone else has said, really. Sky is still good if you want to do region swaps or similar (since you need several copies of Cubic Ninja and Sky can emulate them). But for just generally playing games, it is not really well-suited. Well maybe if you're giving it to a young child who might not understand about not updating.

Sky3DS is like a PS4...CFW is a PC

 

[thealgorithm]

Sky3DS is like a PS4...CFW is a PC

and can store 50% or so more rom "backups" on CFW in comparison to Sky3DS due to not using the full cartridge rom size

 

[RikuKawai]

and can store 50% or so more rom "backups" on CFW in comparison to Sky3DS due to not using the full cartridge rom size

You can trim ROMs though.

 

[Ronhero]

I thought sky3ds trimmed the rom, anyways I know cia is as compressed as it gets

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Looks like it was a blue button anyway (aren't those fake?)

 

[RikuKawai]

Looks like it was a blue button anyway (aren't those fake?)

No they're the second gen model that has no game limit.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

No they're the second gen model that has no game limit.

oh okay I was told they were fake

 

[thealgorithm]

I thought sky3ds trimmed the rom, anyways I know cia is as compressed as it gets

Sky3DS does not trim the rom. It allocates the full cartridge size for the rom on microSD regardless of the size of the actual game.
The optimize feature on the sky3ds is merely a "defragmenter" if there are any empty gaps inbetween each rom (due to deleting some roms and writing larger ones somewhere else), it will save a backup of the files on SD and rewrite them in order again...

The CIA files are the actual size of the game (Further advantage for archiving purposes is that you can create unencrypted CIA's from encrypted 3DS dumps and then back them up on your harddrive using zip or other archivers to save another 20-30% of space that it takes up on your harddrive)

 

[RikuKawai]

Sky3DS does not trim the rom. It allocates the full cartridge size for the rom on microSD regardless of the size of the actual game.
The optimize feature on the sky3ds is merely a "defragmenter" if there are any empty gaps inbetween each rom (due to deleting some roms and writing larger ones somewhere else), it will save a backup of the files on SD and rewrite them in order again...

The CIA files are the actual size of the game (Further advantage for archiving purposes is that you can create unencrypted CIA's from encrypted 3DS dumps and then back them up on your harddrive using zip or other archivers to save another 20-30% of space that it takes up on your harddrive)

I'm rocking 4TB so space is not an issue, but yeah.

 

[thealgorithm]

oh okay I was told they were fake

There are some blue button models that are known to be fake, but hopefully not too common.
The blue button sky3ds can sometimes play up a bit with freezing during the button press or/and microsd incompatibilities so perhaps it was the user that assumed it was a fake one?

 

[Selim873]

Ehh, I honestly wouldn't go for it if I were interested in a Sky, but I have trust issues with Craigslist anyway. I never liked the idea of it. If you have something worth around the same that you don't want, see if anyone in the trading forum here would like to trade. I had a good experience there! If not, I would just find a trusted seller, confirmed legit by others, and get one from there. RealHotStuff was a good site, I got the R4 and my 3-in-1 cart there for homebrew and backups for my fat blue NDS back around the time it came out, 2009 I think, but I guess they shut down. :/ That was years ago though.

 

[thealgorithm]

Here in the UK, the Old Model 3DS systems (new and sealed) are selling for £80 which includes a free game and £5 argos voucher with the firmware guaranteed 100% to be exploitable. This defeats the whole objective of spending £70 on a sky3ds card that is very limited in comparison to custom firmware with CIA game installations. Now if the sky3ds was £30 or so, then perhaps may have been viable

 

[RikuKawai]

Here in the UK, the Old Model 3DS systems (new and sealed) are selling for £80 which includes a free game and £5 argos voucher with the firmware guaranteed 100% to be exploitable. This defeats the whole objective of spending £70 on a sky3ds card that is very limited in comparison to custom firmware with CIA game installations. Now if the sky3ds was £30 or so, then perhaps may have been viable

3DS and a free game to use the private header from?
Sounds good to me.

 

[thealgorithm]

3DS and a free game to use the private header from?
Sounds good to me.

Only two free games to choose from however.. Dead or Alive Dimensions or Professor Layton but considering its £80 for everything - 5 (voucher) - approx. £20 for the game) that gives you a 3DS at £55