Homebrew Discussion Pre-Installed Games, wouldn't they be installable and usable on OFW?

PRAGMA · Dec 3, 2018

If rev2 units get an exploit to run CFW, wouldnt it be possible to extract the title of a pre-installed game to an installable archive, which could then be installed to any Switch and runnable from OFW (since im assuming their signatures wouldnt need spoofing)

I'm getting this thought due to a similar occurence in the 3DS scene where Pre-Installed titles were able to be extracted and installed without Sig Patching which is usually done by a CFW (Like from a Web-Browser Exploitable Homebrew Launcher without CFW per-say).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HB3HLS5

Above is Lets Go pikachu bundle with the game pre-installed, it IS a rev2 unit meaning the RCM exploit wont work.

masagrator · Dec 3, 2018

No, because preloads need titkekeys to be unpacked and they are nowhere to find until release.

PRAGMA · Dec 3, 2018

masagrator said:
No, because preloads need titkekeys to be unpacked and they are nowhere to find until release.

Im not on about pre-loads

OrGoN3 · Dec 3, 2018

Does it work with Splatoon 2 from the bundles? They should've been rev1 units, right?

PRAGMA · Dec 3, 2018

OrGoN3 said:
Does it work with Splatoon 2 from the bundles? They should've been rev1 units, right?

Splatoon 2's come with a download code. I can confirm as my unit from around april/may last year came with a code

masagrator · Dec 3, 2018

Activation code is not a titlekey.
Edit: my bad.

OrGoN3 · Dec 3, 2018

PRAGMA said:
Splatoon 2's come with a download code. I can confirm as my unit from around april/may last year came with a code

Oh. My bad. MK8D is also a full game download. Hrm, it seems this would be the first pre-installed. The fact that pre-installed appeared only after Nintendo re-enforced their CDN, makes me think they fixed their oversight.

supermariorick · Dec 3, 2018

what don't you get from per-console encryption? of course that isn't going to work. what made you think it would? unless you manage to grab Nintendo's own signing keys that isn't going to work at all lol
and obviously if you haven't used the download code if it has one then you could probably save it and use it on another Switch.

GizmoTheGreen · Dec 3, 2018

Preloaded games won't run until you "redeem" them on a Nintendo ID via e-shop. When you do that I assume the titlekey or internal download code gets used up. Hence this wouldn't work.

Edit: based on what I experienced when I bought the Pokemon letle Go switch bundle.

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