Hacking Now that Nintendo has abandoned Wii U, will the hacking scene take off?

[Bryon15]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-11-01-nintendo-to-end-wii-u-production-this-week

Also the last firmware for it was 5.5.1 which came out way back in January. So it seems like nintendo doesn't care anymore. This is good news for the hacking scene since they don't have to worry about nintendo blocking them with updates. I can't wait until this thing gets cracked open. Oddly enough the most thing I want is a fully functional N64 emulator. Without the dim screen and black bars on the side.

 

[proflayton123]

I mean they still could drop a last minute update, no one knows when or if they will or not, which could patch some stuff like browser sploit and things.

 

[CLOUD9RED]

well PS3 received an update yesterday... and how old is that brick?

 

[Kohmei]

Discontinuation of the product isn't going to make it more popular. I don't believe it will ever be a viable homebrew target simply because not enough people have one and there are so many other, cheaper devices out there that have very similar specifications and features and yet aren't bogged down with shitty proprietary operating systems. The only useful and exclusive functionality of the Wii U is playing Wii U games

 

[The Catboy]

well PS3 received an update yesterday... and how old is that brick?

The thing about Nintendo is, once they drop something, they just drop it.
If Nintendo is killing the system they will either make a few updates, but will drop it very quickly. Nintendo doesn't seem to dwell much on the past.

 

[nero99]

just like sony with the vita, nintendo has come to realize that their system has failed them.

 

[proflayton123]

just like sony with the vita, nintendo has come to realize that their system has failed them.

that's what the switch is for

 

[Jayro]

I mean they still could drop a last minute update, no one knows when or if they will or not, which could patch some stuff like browser sploit and things.

The PSP had the 6.61 update not too long ago, and it's been a dead platform for ages.

 

[Deleted User]

The hacking scene doesn't depend on whether the company still supports it or not.
It depends on whether hackers are interested in hacking it.

 

[Glassed Silver]

just like sony with the vita, nintendo has come to realize that their system has failed them.

Pretty sure they realized this much sooner, but what are you gonna do? Have nothing at all in store for 1-2 years before the successor releases?

I for one am glad my Wii U got a little bit of third party and a fair amount of first party support in the end and it's one of my favorite consoles, something my Vita is as well, which got a little bit more third party support - at least for the kind of things I'm playing.

tl;dr: love them both, glad they got their turn, fun to collect for, but yes, not big hits in the West.

The hacking scene doesn't depend on whether the company still supports it or not.
It depends on whether hackers are interested in hacking it.

True, but I and I believe many others don't want to hack their console as long as they still need a legit one for online play.

My PS1 was modded not long after I got it back in the day, but ever since my PS3 I made a distinction and quite frankly, my Xbox 360 was modded right away, but I didn't care much about online play back then.

 

[Jayro]

The hacking scene doesn't depend on whether the company still supports it or not.
It depends on whether hackers are interested in hacking it.

Yes, but When the system becomes unsupported by it's maker, development can continue without update fuckery disrupting everything like on 3DS.

 

[QuarkTheAwesome]

Let's not get too hasty - there's still BoTW, and there was that DSi update...
That said, what Nintendo's up to really won't affect the homebrew scene much at all. As long as we don't lose PowerPC kernel everything should be fine and homebrew will keep on chugging along.

 

[Deleted User]

well PS3 received an update yesterday... and how old is that brick?

Sony hasn't dropped support for it yet, though.

 

[zoogie]

Hacking scene activity tends to be somewhat proportional to consumer interest in the system.
I don't see how hardware production stopping helps things. If you think it's because they'll stop updating, I think you'll be proven wrong. Nintendo will eventually update WiiU and fix the current exploits.

 

[Jayro]

Hacking scene activity tends to be somewhat proportional to consumer interest in the system.
I don't see how hardware production stopping helps things. If you think it's because they'll stop updating, I think you'll be proven wrong. Nintendo will eventually update WiiU and fix the current exploits.

Considering the browser is the biggest entrypoint right now, I'm actually shocked it wasn't fixed months ago.

 

[Pachee]

just like sony with the vita, nintendo has come to realize that their system has failed them.

I think it is more like Nintendo has failed the system and its owners.

Pretty sure they realized this much sooner, but what are you gonna do? Have nothing at all in store for 1-2 years before the successor releases?

The PS3 is still supported by a lot of third party companies with games while the Vita is still pretty alive in Japan getting more third party games that the Wii U have ever seen... The Wii U had only first party games since late 2013, and Nintendo stopped making new Wii U games since late 2015. Today we only get crappy indie game attempts at best most of the time.

Anyway, since Nintendo pulled this bs of leaving Wii U owners for more than a year without any decent release for the masses until BotW launches in march 2017(even after Iwata himself said they would support it until owners were satisfied), my recommendation is don't get lazy and keep an eye in those router blocks and DNS settings because it seems pretty obvious that Nintendo will do one last dick move in march by releasing an system update that is mandatory if you want to play Breath of the Wild.

Of course i hope i am wrong.

 

[Dvdxploitr]

just like sony with the vita, nintendo has come to realize that their system has failed them.

Yet the Vita just got a firmware update....wasn't that long ago that it got 3.61...then it just got 3.63...

 

[NWPlayer123]

Let's not get too hasty - there's still BoTW, and there was that DSi update...
That said, what Nintendo's up to really won't affect the homebrew scene much at all. As long as we don't lose PowerPC kernel everything should be fine and homebrew will keep on chugging along.

kernel? psh, you don't need kernel for iosu, just homebrew launcher is a convenience

 

[QuarkTheAwesome]

kernel? psh, you don't need kernel for iosu, just homebrew launcher is a convenience

You're acting as if HBL isn't my end goal ;D
In my eyes, IOSU is the convenience here.

 

[Jayro]

I just want to eventually launch homebrew launcher from the Home Menu as an icon, instead of the web browser. Combined with the brazilian usb thing, that's my dream come true. Homebrew with free games.