Homebrew Why do people want homebrew?

Jayro · Mar 9, 2017

Personally, I'd love to run Linux on it... When docked, it has USB and HDMI with wi-fi and optional Ethernet. It's got every basic computing need, so Linux would be fun on the Switch.

LichbannMejolaro · Mar 9, 2017

Lord M said:
Meh, i'm only interested in Emulators (yeah, maybe some homebrews are fun, but i rarely play them)
Emulators, like many people still believe wrong, are not ONLY a way to play pirated Iso from a playing system on another, but allow new experience for old games.
Maybe when we was a child, we had played everything without any problems, but, after grew up, if try again an older games, maybe we find annoying long loading time (this is unavoidable) but what about the lack of save and checkpoints? But in the emulators, this problem dont' exist thanks to savestate (you can beat a final boss with 1 HP, but depend on the game lol), recording your gameplay and much more. And, for the people addicted to resolution, you can play older games with filter, graphic plugins and so on to give a new look to our beloved good-time games.
Emulation are my definitve game experience and all that i need are to have them on a portable device, up to ps2/wii emulation.
Who doesn't want his or her childhood game memories on the go?

So you only want to play games on easy-as-fuck mode?

Kippykip · Mar 9, 2017

Because of emulators and Doom mainly.
Yes you can get emulators on a phone, but >TOUCHSCREEN<
With the PSP for example, I converted a bunch of my PS1 games over using homebrew and played a fuckton of emulated consoles like the GBA, NES and SNES.
The only actual PSP games I would play on it were the 2 GTA games, all of my playing time was with homebrew.

Virtual console is pretty unreliable when it comes to Nintendo, they're usually only like 30 first party games but never games I actually played back in the day or that I care about.

Pacheko17 · Mar 9, 2017

Memoir said:
No, a shitty $50 Windows tablet can't do more. It's a piece of garbage. Go play with Best Buy's cheap Windows tablets. They run like ass.

I have to disagree with that, I got a tablet for $60 and it's better than an old PC I had, it's pretty good for browsing besides the fact that there really are no good touchscreen browsers on Windows.

I got Skyrim running on that thing, obviously not as pretty as it does on the Switch lol but it ran.

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Kippykip said:
Because of emulators and Doom mainly.
Yes you can get emulators on a phone, but >TOUCHSCREEN<
With the PSP for example, I converted a bunch of my PS1 games over using homebrew and played a fuckton of emulated consoles like the GBA, NES and SNES.
The only actual PSP games I would play on it were the 2 GTA games, all of my playing time was with homebrew.

Virtual console is pretty unreliable when it comes to Nintendo, they're usually only like 30 first party games but never games I actually played back in the day or that I care about.

You can always inject virtual console, getting great compatibility and fast emulation...

Does anyone know, can the switch view pics or vids from the micro sd?

BigPanda · Mar 9, 2017

Personally, I like
- emulators
- trainers
- RPG Translation (Does not happen often that I play those since the snes days.

Also note that 'Consoles' have better controllers than android gaming device such as JXD & GPD.

Backup is a side effect and honestly, I stopped enjoying gaming since I was able to burn games whenever I wanted. Instead of choosing and playing a good title, I was testing all of them, very little.

dogmarch · Mar 9, 2017

I'm for homebrew for save backups but mostly to read ebooks, sadly the 3ds ain't got one yet.

Kioku · Mar 9, 2017

Pacheko17 said:
I have to disagree with that, I got a tablet for $60 and it's better than an old PC I had, it's pretty good for browsing besides the fact that there really are no good touchscreen browsers on Windows.

I got Skyrim running on that thing, obviously not as pretty as it does on the Switch lol but it ran.

The newer atoms I take it? Comparatively speaking, it's not better than the switch. Unless you count being able to browse the Internet as better.

dimmidice · Mar 9, 2017

Piracy is definitely a part. But look at all the homebrew 3DS has. backing up saves, save editing, emulators, homebrew games. All useful stuff.

MasterJ360 · Mar 9, 2017

Aside from piracy and breaking through the limitations of a device there are hackers who take pride on cracking things just for the fun/thrill of it.
Homebrew has alot of useful stuff that can make the experience worthwhile system customization is one of them

Pacheko17 · Mar 9, 2017

Memoir said:
The newer atoms I take it? Comparatively speaking, it's not better than the switch. Unless you count being able to browse the Internet as better.

Well, yeah, I said it isn't better. But it's still pretty damn good for the price tag. That thing does more than it looks.

Kioku · Mar 9, 2017

Pacheko17 said:
Well, yeah, I said it isn't better. But it's still pretty damn good for the price tag. That thing does more than it looks.

What's the specs on it? I'm curious. :o

Maz7006 · Mar 9, 2017

It's just the piracy.

Been around long enough to know its always really been about the piracy for 99% of the people which explains why the "Scene" has always been quite shitty for the past few years

DeadlyFoez · Mar 9, 2017

I like homebrew because i like to be able to do what i want with the device i paid for. Yes, i could carry around 5 different devices and do everything, or i can just carry around 2 devices that can do homebrew and get everything i want and have much more freedom.

DarkOrb · Mar 9, 2017

My hobby is developing in Unity 3D. I would love to develop for the Switch, but I don't want to buy an expensive Dev Kit once its available in the Nintendo Developer Portal. Beside that, I would love to see a Gamecube emulator, which is certainly possible with a Tegra X1.

8BitWonder · Mar 9, 2017

I want homebrew so I can make a couple small games for it. (I'd rather not sign up with Nintendo)

gnmmarechal · Mar 9, 2017

I myself want homebrew on every console I own for various reasons. Because I want to have control over them, the way I want to, and if the company doesn't want me to, even more. Also, I like writing programs every now and then, and I like being able to run my code on my consoles. Other things are pretty fun to have on consoles, like EasyRPG, older console emulators, etc.
Piracy is not really something I need out of a hacked console, though.
Save editing can be fun, too, so that's another thing I like.

lordelan · Mar 9, 2017

@Vipera:
Are you serious?
No matter how bad the hardware might be. All Nintendo first party games will be released on it so it's a device that I want.
And when I have it it would be cool to do some more things.
KODI/PLEX/VLC, make Screenshots whenever I want, use some kind of NTR plugins for cheats or chatting.

And yeah, the most obvious reason people want it hacked: Piracy.

Edit: I forgot to mention -> Allow games on USB when the console is docked.
(m)SD cards are not as cheap as HDDs.

chocoboss · Mar 9, 2017

Emulators are a good reason for HB, with my PSP / VITA, I can play snes, GBA, PS1, that is fun !

Ooka · Mar 9, 2017

I wouldn't mind buying every game I'd like via VC, but since Nintendo doesn't seem to have any interest in making that money I just want homebrew to emulate them.

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