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.

 

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.

 

I have no idea, how to check, if you play a backup from your game, or play a downloaded game. I think there must be found a compromise. The argument "backup" is good, but in past, it shows, that the "backup-feature" is used for piracy. OK, Nintendo, sony, Microsoft, etc. say the same about homebrew. They say homebrew is OK, but it will used for playing piracy and for this reason they hate homebrew.

 

OK. Stop. I only want to give an approach, but it seems, that there are to much thoughtless error and to big problems to prevent piracy. But it was worth a try

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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