Idea to prevent piracy - but getting homebrew

Homebrew Channel would need a lot of security to prevent people messing with that filesize loading thing. Also doesn't stop people using the readily available code sources to make their own loaders.

 

As Jamstruth says, you would need a ton of security in the channel itself to get around a mod of this, so it's not very practical. Let's not forget that the people who originally designed usb loading on the Wii purposefully left out "backups", but that didn't stop anybody from enabling them relatively quickly.

 

It depends on what is considered piracy.... If homebrew is for Emulators of past systems up to and not including the current system games then yes. But some people consider any type of emu as piracy. If that is the case i say No i'm not for it. I do enjoy homebrew games and apps, but i don't like buying lets say Final Fantasy VI for the 4th time just so i can play it on my current system.

 

Well it's not like hackers who get an exploit such as the Homebrew Channel on the Wii really want to limit it by putting restrictions on it. Even then, odds are other hackers would bypass the feature. Plus pirating apps aren't designed for pirating, they're designed to "play backups of games you legally own". But of course most people just pirate games they don't own and use a back-up loader.

Even then, generating an exploit or some type of "Homebrew Channel" type system only to have limits imposed on it by its developers seems pretty contradictory to the purpose of homebrew.

 

This is just so unfounded my brain is bleeding...

 

There's nothing stopping a commercial 3DS game from beeing say, 32MB.
The 2gB is just a MAXIMUM limit (for now) and all games will vary from very small (under 100mB) up to 2gB, which means by your idea that alot of commercial games still would be able to be pirated...

 

iPhone says hi.

Allow people to program stuff for a device and they WILL find exploits and holes to get past restrictions.

 

I'd personally be more than happy if something like petit computer was released this side of the planet. Maybe with the ability to edit the source files on a PC, maybe saved as plain text on the SD card. I think a lot of homebrewers would jump at the chance to code something that can in no way disrupt the commercial market.

 

They'll just use the excuse "I want to code in java/C/whatever".

 

Thing is, due to the 3DS being MUCH stronger than the DS/i, chances are Homebrew makers will be more ambitious, and thus make bigger projects. This would limit some of their ambitions and ultimately the type of homebrew that is made specifically for the 3DS.

 

Why give any thought into preventing piracy at all.
You can't stop it, that's just the simple truth. Even worrying about piracy is a pointless waste of your life.

 

I'm not sure, but I think that the minimum.

 

It's true, it's inevitable. No reason trying to delay it.

 

The goal is often just to delay it until it doesn't make a major cut in profits.

 

no, maximum.
pilotwings is around 1 gb.

 

Giga"bit" or Giga"Byte"? anyhow how did you get that number if they can't extract a rom right at the moment?