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[jackdanielchan]

Yeah, I don't usually type with www infront of my links, the main section and .com is usually fine...

 

[Beige]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

 

[Another World]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

thats funny... no offense please, perhaps it's my age, but i do not consider an online forum to be a BBS. a bbs to me is on dialup, has shitty dos ascii graphics, and runs games like LORD and Mage Fight. =P

-another world

 

[kobykaan]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

thats funny... no offense please, perhaps it's my age, but i do not consider an online forum to be a BBS. a bbs to me is on dialup, has shitty dos ascii graphics, and runs games like LORD and Mage Fight. =P

-another world

bbs also = BE BACK SOON maby!?

 

[Beige]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

thats funny... no offense please, perhaps it's my age, but i do not consider an online forum to be a BBS. a bbs to me is on dialup, has shitty dos ascii graphics, and runs games like LORD and Mage Fight. =P

-another world

Eh, that's what they call it, it's more like a forum.
PS: I consider them the same thing myself. I had internet back when it was mostly an office thing. Business people parents=fast technology access.

 

[chickenmatt5]

All those weeks spent downloading and playing homebrew.... WHY NINTENDO!?!?!?

 

[dragonbladerxx1]

*sob* *sob*
Why, why , why... Nintendo!

 

[Beige]

As sad as it is, people don't use flashcards for just homebrew. Most people I know who own flashcards (mostly R4 fanbois who think it is the best thing ever, but I just slap my awesome Acekard 2i and overmodded PSP in their face) use it for piracy. They download a ton of ROMs and never pay for a game again. Those kinds of people make Nintendo want to kill flashcards.

 

[TrolleyDave]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

thats funny... no offense please, perhaps it's my age, but i do not consider an online forum to be a BBS. a bbs to me is on dialup, has shitty dos ascii graphics, and runs games like LORD and Mage Fight. =P

-another world

Eh, that's what they call it, it's more like a forum.
PS: I consider them the same thing myself. I had internet back when it was mostly an office thing. Business people parents=fast technology access.

A BBS and the net are very very very different things.

 

[saggio]

why I never update my handhelds

 

[chickenmatt5]

As sad as it is, people don't use flashcards for just homebrew. Most people I know who own flashcards (mostly R4 fanbois who think it is the best thing ever, but I just slap my awesome Acekard 2i and overmodded PSP in their face) use it for piracy. They download a ton of ROMs and never pay for a game again. Those kinds of people make Nintendo want to kill flashcards.

I hate people!

 

[goosemang]

Well I wouldn't worry about flash card updates not coming anytime soon as Nintendo is making a killing selling their handhelds with the promise of flashcard possibilities. Yea, they're losing some dough with the flashcard revolution, but how many people would Never have bought a DS or DSi in the first place without the possibility for homebrews? Nintendo was wise with issuing this update as it's free publicity and curiosity for their device kicking up dirt in the forums for New buyers. The big N gets a % from third party devs anyway, and for every in house title nintendo cranks out, there are 300+ half assed games which N still cashes in on. I suspect a fix for flashcards sooner than later; it's just business and nintendo will lose alot of business if flashcards are forever blocked

 

[doyama]

Well I wouldn't worry about flash card updates not coming anytime soon as Nintendo is making a killing selling their handhelds with the promise of flashcard possibilities. Yea, they're losing some dough with the flashcard revolution, but how many people would Never have bought a DS or DSi in the first place without the possibility for homebrews? Nintendo was wise with issuing this update as it's free publicity and curiosity for their device kicking up dirt in the forums for New buyers. The big N gets a % from third party devs anyway, and for every in house title nintendo cranks out, there are 300+ half assed games which N still cashes in on. I suspect a fix for flashcards sooner than later; it's just business and nintendo will lose alot of business if flashcards are forever blocked

While I applaud the homebrew community on their efforts, to say Nintendo is making a killing on the NDS because of homebrew and flashcarts is hubris, and an ad hoc rationalization for piracy. Certainly some individuals like hacking devices for fun. Certainly being able to customize a device you own is a fun thing too. But be realistic. 99.9% of people who buy a flashcart, do so to pirate games.

One will note that you can't walk into a BestBuy, Target, Yodobashi or Bic Camera and get a flashcart. Thus one has to question how much of a value proposition Nintendo makes of these devices. You may also recall that Nintendo works with many custom agencies in an attempt to ban or arrest distributors of flashcarts. This is one of the main reasons why flashcarts now don't ship with any existing firmware. It would seem Nintendo is not concerned about 'losing' this market segment.

Oddly you make the point that Nintendo makes money off third party devs, then somehow equate the piracy of those games as a 'good' thing for them?

Now Nintendo could utilize the NDSi to promote homebrew, while stamping out the piracy flashcarts. They could provide a basic 'homebrew' sdk and make games available via the NDSi Store or via wifi downloads, similar to the XNA initiative for the XBOX360. Then you'd have the development platform for legitimate homebrew devs, while getting rid of the flashcarts that basically promote piracy. If you want homebrew on the NDS/NDSi we should be pushing for an XNA type of platform, not trying to sugar coat flashcarts into something they're not.

 

[Beige]

All we know is they said "working on it" in their BBS. That's it.

thats funny... no offense please, perhaps it's my age, but i do not consider an online forum to be a BBS. a bbs to me is on dialup, has shitty dos ascii graphics, and runs games like LORD and Mage Fight. =P

-another world

Eh, that's what they call it, it's more like a forum.
PS: I consider them the same thing myself. I had internet back when it was mostly an office thing. Business people parents=fast technology access.

A BBS and the net are very very very different things.

I wasn't saying they were the same thing.

 

[goosemang]

Hardware sales my friend Doyama, I'd love to see Nintendos' sales numbers for their pricey Dsi as soon as flashcards compatible with dsi became available. As far as homebrews, it's not exactly fair to N yet it's a competition that should push N to produce them themselves and charge for them in the Dsi shop; I'd pay. N needs to take a page from Apple and their App Store as well as learn from apples' mistakes, give people what they want because they Will pay for it and we wont have to jailbreak or acekard it. With Nin HUGE library of classic retros, there's no excuse for the Dsi shop to be a bachelors cupboard; basically barren. I would totally pay .99$ or even 5$ for a clean version of Mike Tysons' Punch Out or even game bundles would be smart. N needs to understand what their customers want and as shitty as it sounds; flashcards are giving them a nice kick in the pants wake up call

 

[Christopher8827]

Nintendo could do what Microsoft did for their Xbox 360. Homebrewer on the Xbox cracked it open and made it do things Microsoft never intended it to do. Instead of trying to stop homebrew attempts, they are currently encouraging Xbox 360 homebrewed content with XNA, though at a charge of $99 per year.

 

[TrolleyDave]

I wasn't saying they were the same thing.

My apologies then, I misread what you'd put.

 

[chickenmatt5]

Homebrew, Iplayer, Pirates, hell Action Replay. If you dont have that Nintendo Seal.......they want you dead!!

I'm beginning to want them dead... JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK Nintendo is the cure for boredom

 

[elixirdream]

Homebrew, Iplayer, Pirates, hell Action Replay. If you dont have that Nintendo Seal.......they want you dead!!

I'm beginning to want them dead... JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK Nintendo is the cure for boredom

whats the root of all evil ? money
just accept the fact and learn how to be patient
otherwise go get a brand new DSL

 

[lenselijer]

the update is a dream come true for flashcart makers/sellers, every update nintendo does, people need a new flashcard.