There is no doubt that what Gateway did for the 3DS scene has absolutely been helpful, and many of things we're capable of with CFWs probably wouldn't be possible without the work that the Gateway team put in.
Hell, they should at least use some form of version control, even if it is a local or private repository. If they don't... well. I don't know what to say to that. lulSince they are hosting their project on github, it's easy to grab the source from any release.
I don't know how Gateway manage that, but it's pretty much "no backup"
Maybe so. There's no confirmation that yellows8 and other closed source devs would have ever released their exploits, but Gateway served as the first confirmation that the 3DS could even BE hacked, aside from ichtfly's MSET exploit and a frozen progress bar on a certain overhyped flashcarts page.CFW would have surfaced with or without them, as the community has done a lot more and has more talented coders, instead of some triad group in some disused warehouse in Guangdong Provience, which is were my console probably got lost in.
I am not mocking them. What I said is actually true. Gateway's CFW was once broken by an OFW update and they spend well over 2 months before making an announcement that they were working on it.What's funny is how people mock Gateway when they're the ones who gave you everything you have today. I fully agree that Gateway is basically useless right now (save for their vastly superior cheat system), but the fact remains that Gateway:
1.) Gave us the first proper method to load back ups.
2.) Gave us the first way to access 9.2+ games, ESPECIALLY games like FE:If.
3.) Gave us the cheat menu.
I'd be at least somewhat thankful, and rather impressed that they even bother to continue giving support to the card.
I don't think you've had to use a Gateway to know what a shitty company they are. I mean hell, if there is any truth to that video posted by @zoogie it's clear they don't give a rats ass about their customers anyway. Which is only confirmed in their business practices, like bricking anyone who used a different launcher.dat file, or even a corrupted one in some cases, knowingly doesn't have firm protection when they could have had it long ago, absolutely no priority to their customers by updates taking months. I don't think "continued support" is a good enough argument when their support is bullshit anyway. Especially with other options that are free, updated almost in realtime and have working support as well. Gateway may have set a precedent, but it's very clear they aren't going to do the same anytime soon, if ever again with the way they are going now. I'm just an observer.
EDIT: Okay well the video is a farce, I know but it's still the attitude that rings throughout their product.
Because if they didn't, there'd be a witch hunt by those who spent £50 - £80 on the card in the first place.
Even as somebody who owns a Gateway, I don't buy this. Gateway put code in which specifically targetted clones and intentionally bricked consoles using those clones knowing full well that clone compabies would miss the malicious code. It's not a case of the consoles being bricked due to the clone's poor compatibility, Gateway intentionally bricked consoles by planting brick code.About the brick, they didn't really bricked other consoles. They just put a protection. The fault are from the clones which didn't break the protection properly when they modified the "Launcher.dat" to reuse it for themselves.
(also lmao at that last part, sorry about your brick m8, your lost 3ds will be remembered forever)
Even as somebody who owns a Gateway, I don't buy this. Gateway put code in which specifically targetted clones and intentionally bricked consoles using those clones knowing full well that clone compabies would miss the malicious code. It's not a case of the consoles being bricked due to the clone's poor compatibility, Gateway intentionally bricked consoles by planting brick code.
Just FYI, you are both right.Even as somebody who owns a Gateway, I don't buy this. Gateway put code in which specifically targetted clones and intentionally bricked consoles using those clones knowing full well that clone compabies would miss the malicious code. It's not a case of the consoles being bricked due to the clone's poor compatibility, Gateway intentionally bricked consoles by planting brick code.
This is not an acceptable way to 'protect' your product, and Nintendo would rightly be roasted over the coals if they pulled a similar stunt. What if Nintendo put brick code into a new firmware update which targetted any console with an arm9loaderhax.bin file on their SD card, for example? Would that be acceptable?
Hint: They mean couple of months.As it is now getting very close, we might have to delay the Emunand latest Nintendo firmware support by a couple of weeks max
Bricked only on clone consolesI don't give a fuck about Gateway and their 80$ bricking devices but please don't ever compare hackers who offers their code, exploits and technical specs for free with those greedy motherfuckers.
Bricked only on clone consoles
Yes, they really are huge cock suckers.Bricked only on clone consoles