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The Switch Flashcart Thread (Mig Switch etc.)

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With their encryption apparently being impenetrable, I'm surprised that after over 2 years on the market there hasn't been a price cut. Maybe with Nintendo introducing the Switch 1 to the Indian market finally that will give them the impetus to cut the price.
 
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rayida said:
With their encryption apparently being impenetrable, I'm surprised that after over 2 years on the market there hasn't been a price cut. Maybe with Nintendo introducing the Switch 1 to the Indian market finally that will give them the impetus to cut the price.
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Their FW was dumped and (partly) released, but it seems nobody cared enough.
Even the information how it was acquired was shared.
There was also a public talk about it at a hackers conference in russia 😅
I was under the impression that unlock switch would finally be able to release their cart but it seems like they couldn't replicate the dumping process.
 
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unlock switch would finally be able to release their cart but it seems like they couldn't replicate the dumping process.
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They didn't originally intend to release anything:
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Forget about UnlockSwitch already. It was essentially a fake campaign (most likely orchestrated by the MIG team itself, to stall for time and prevent others from developing an alternative flash cartridge).
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They didn't originally intend to release anything:]
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It's a theory.
The way I see it, is that they finished all the hardware and stuff and they hoped that someone would be able to provide a dump of the MIG FW.
They probably even worked with someone who let them down in the end.

To me it makes no sense to create hardware samples and send them out to people.
That's basically burning money for nothing.

I also don't see the MIG team behind it.
What would be their point?
All of this basically halted my MIG Switch purchase, because I was hoping to buy something cheaper from the Unlock Switch Team.
I'm pretty sure I'm not alone with this plan, which would cause nothing but loss in potential profit for the MIG team.
 
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What would be their point?
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The goal was simple: to show everyone that a "cheap" chip was already being developed, thereby scaring off developers who really wanted to get involved. The price for the samples sent was so small compared to the revenue generated by MIG sales that it's almost laughable. Moreover, these samples were simply repainted MIG boards without firmware. It was a well-thought-out scam, which I've been watching from the very beginning.
The MIG developers did a very good job of correcting their mistakes after the SXOS, protecting their product very thoroughly from every angle.
 
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