Hacking PSV Homebrew VS 3DS Homebrew

[sj33]

the psvita is better than the 3ds

Well that's that then, thread over!

 

[Deleted User]

the psvita is better than the 3ds

Hmmm.... nope. Sales less, smaller library and still no iso backup and playing after few years...

Well, there are hardware limitations that prevents devs to go further.
Whatever speculations or not, time will answer our questions and I think that as @sj33 said, the vita scene bursted out so we may even overcome the 3ds.

When you are making a hb game you mosta time dont use the whole power of the console. Only when making huge project or heavy graphics, or a math program. Most of hb isnt either. The emulation has heavy math operations, and lots of the games can be emulated with ninty's own emulator so I dont see ppl making lots of emulators in near future... I dont think specs superiority will make hb scene on some console larger...

 

[metroid maniac]

If only the 3DS'es displays wouldn't be low res pieces of junk..

That would require Nintendo to use hardware which isn't underpowered and cheap as dirt. That's not happened since when, the Gamecube?

 

[Bishibazu]

Hmmm.... nope. Sales less, smaller library and still no iso backup and playing after few years...

When you are making a hb game you mosta time dont use the whole power of the console. Only when making huge project or heavy graphics, or a math program. Most of hb isnt either. The emulation has heavy math operations, and lots of the games can be emulated with ninty's own emulator so I dont see ppl making lots of emulators in near future... I dont think specs superiority will make hb scene on some console larger...

Well.. emulators have their own slice of importance (even tought Android and iOS are already capable of doing that) but what I'm really talking about is made from scratch homebrew games. I still remember when small devs were exploring Kurok engine on the PSP back in the days...
Aren't homebrews (games) -free "titles" played by few people- by the whole way?
Why bother so much going for the superior userbase console then...
Ok, I'm not a dev so such decisions may be unclear to me, but if I was one of them I would rather develop for the more powerful console instead of its underpowered counterpart.

 

[Transdude1996]

That would require Nintendo to use hardware which isn't underpowered and cheap as dirt. That's not happened since when, the Gamecube?

Pretty much, though the Wii U's gamepad is pretty durable.

However, to give credit to Nintendo, the Wii and DS (And, arguably, the 3DS) did prove that consumers don't care about power.

 

[Xuman]

Not sure if its been said in detail but dont care to look, heres my answer.

You have to consider what each system can do to determine whether its homebrew is "better". First off 3DS brew has been around longer and has been worked on more extensively than the Vita, so thats a factor. So let me seperate it for you.

Emulators.

Yes Retroarch seems to work better on Vita so far, and the Vita is stronger so it can do more. Granted, again too early to tell. They both can do alot, and even without retroarch the 3ds can run handhelds from gba and back, as well as consoles like snes and back. Desmume is now on both for ds games, albeit still new. I believe tho that we may see an N64 emulator on the vita, and (if that guy isnt kidding) dreamcast. Still, too early to say.

Applications.

This i may go with 3ds. They both can do ftp, install custom themes (easier on 3ds tho) and run test apps. The Vita has VHBL for psp homebrew, and i believe the 3ds now can do some dsi brew. Theres save editors, but (dont quote me here) i think the 3ds is the only one who can backup saves atm.

Backups.

As it stands, you can backup 3ds and vita games, but you can only install true backups on 3ds.

System utilities

Currently you can only spoof firmware, have emunand, spoof eshop, and downgrade on 3ds. Not sure if vita has or will have that.

Cheats and mods

Afaik only on 3ds but i know theres something for Vita. Still too early for Vita but its being worked on.

I think that covers all i can think of. Its hard to really say which is better between the two right now. Give the vita another good year.

Now if you were asking about the greatest homebrew machine of all time, ill let you decide. Its either xbox, psp, or wii.

 

[metroid maniac]

Pretty much, though the Wii U's gamepad is pretty durable.

However, to give credit to Nintendo, the Wii and DS (And, arguably, the 3DS) did prove that consumers don't care about power.

In general I don't care about how powerful the console is either. Until it gets hacked, then its power starts determining how many more consoles I can emulate on it

 

[Deleted User]

In general I don't care about how powerful the console is either. Until it gets hacked, then its power starts determining how many more consoles I can emulate on it

Same here
I also care about power when comes to 3rd party support (=game library).