Hacking Its not worth hacking the switch

[PatrickD85]

The basic principles of hacking; because we can and because we want too. It's a challenge driven culture.
Then comes the ... cool now what can we do stage.

But in all fairness; for the Switch I kinda hope the whole playing actual Switch games part, stays away just a little bit more.
The Nintendo Switch or even better put Nintendo needs to do good this time around ... and they in fact are. Let's not as a community turn that around for them.

/prepareforincomingpropiracyposts

Nah I see the merits sure, but im already at 50 games on my Nintendo Switch. When I got it at launch ... I estimated 10. And no no endorsements or review copies in there seeing I am starting with my own Nintendo based news etc entity.

 

[Dudamax]

So like you mistakenly updated and now your desperate for other people to follow in your foot steps? Lmao

 

[dpad_5678]

maybe we will get flashcarts?
or something like gateway for the 3ds

I feel like a flashcart could happen relatively soon. It would be a drive emulator like the Sky3DS RB/BB/OB, though. Almost certainly not something exploit-based.

 

[SciresM]

There is no way to player newer games on older firmwares like the 3ds or have newer firmware but still keep the cfw like the 3ds not to mention i think online bans will happen way more often on the switch.

I strongly and sincerely disagree

 

[peteruk]

I strongly and sincerely disagree

now that is a very exciting comment coming from you !

 

[Greg956]

I strongly and sincerely disagree

Wow, we hope so!

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

I strongly and sincerely disagree

only if your lucky enough to find a 3.00 switch

 

[SciresM]

only if your lucky enough to find a 3.00 switch

Wow, we hope so!

now that is a very exciting comment coming from you !

Heh, I should amend: I sincerely and strongly disagree that it is "not worth hacking the switch".

I do think that OP is far, far too preemptive with his claims about games/firmwares, though, too, but can't comment on specifics haha.

 

[g00s3y]

Oh wow, OP is another person with no actual knowledge of "hacking", but he knows exactly what "hackers" will do and say on this system.

 

[Arck]

That what my friends keep telling me, they hacked their wii, nds, 3ds, but they don't want to do anything to their Switch...

I think I am "alone" in my circle of friends that will "hack" my Switch in a few years when something will come for the actual latest firmware.

 

[Bladexdsl]

it's not worth keeping this thread open

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

i agree i should have posted it in edge of the fourm

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Good luck playing newer games. What can a hacked Switch do that other hacked consoles can't?

Well whatever it is a year from now I'm sure you'll be complaining about it.

Spoiler

 

[Jackson98]

Well whatever it is a year from now I'm sure you'll be complaining about it.

Id love to be wrong , but considering a channel hasn't even gone public yet(or to my knowledge exists), In a year I highly doubt their will be anything available thats larger or superior than the threshhold of any of the other consoles, or any better. You need to also take into considering the few amount of people on 3.0, and people that are not end users that have the ability to take full advantage of the webkit and everything else pegaswitch provides. The one good thing going for it is that many emulator ports may need very little adaptation considering the similarities of the switch OS to many other mobile devices. Something good will definitely come eventually, weather its worth the wait? Weather its superior homebrew to other consoles? Weather its possible to play newer games? Weather efuses will be able to be bypassed? Weather future software will offer something? This is all speculation. Who knows? Its even possible that way into the future of the switch, nintendo decide to include a web browser in an update. Once sales start declining, my guess is homebrew would more than likely boost them, and despite the fact that nintendo will never admit the reasoning, everyone knows the only reason no browser exists on the default switch is because they are trying to avoid piracy early on .

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

when i got my switch it came on a newer firmware then 3.00 so i can't hack mine anyways

 

[upfromtheskies]

I agree it's not worth it at the moment. Even though they have found an exploit, it doesn't mean we're any where close to running game dumps or spoofing firmware versions to play newer games. If the Switch is anything like the other Nintendo systems, it's going to be at least a few years before anything big really happens.

 

[weatMod]

Online is but a minor perk for some, and as it is Nintendo it is not like it will be similar to MS' or Sony's halfway competent efforts.

Also as mentioned in the other thread you posted something like this in there have been plenty of devices with similar setups (updatable kernels, downgrade prevention methods and more besides), for those we variously got the games decrypted, the kernels virtualised and the kernels stripped of fuse checks and similar such things. It makes modding and piracy harder, far from impossible though.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

I agree the switch offers very little to the would be homebrew enthusiast compared to the likes of the GBA and DS which were reasonably powerful devices, probably best in class, and relatively open to boot. Today and since the rise of android and ios (aka the thing that ended the DS and PSP scenes) that is not the case and incentives are all over the place for those wanting to make cool programs to go elsewhere. Still does not mean you don't try.

how do you figure?
show me one android phone or tablet that rocks an x1 and is capable of running playable GC emulation
there are none
inb4 pixel C
overpriced overrated tablet that has a miniscule user base and older architecture and nothing more than a novelty

the switch is the most advanced portable right now with a rapidly growing user base which will most likely surpass the DS and wii installed userbase if trends continue , Nintendo users only have one console to buy for this gen instead of having to buy a home and portable console which will double the sales right there
hopefully piracy will be a big enough incentive for flashcard teams to jump in to the game i honestly can't see them not doing so
the incentives will be bigger than ever

 

[Wonder_Woman_]

i just want hombrew i dont care about pirated games so yeah it is still worth hacking

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

i just want hombrew i dont care about pirated games so yeah it is still worth hacking

yeah but i hope cfw devlopers this time are smart enough to hide ninty from knowing we have cfw you saw the huge ban wave with the 3ds and switch has paid onine so thats money wasted if you paid for online and get banned.

 

[Wonder_Woman_]

yeah but i hope cfw devlopers this time are smart enough to hide ninty from knowing we have cfw you saw the huge ban wave with the 3ds and switch has paid onine so thats money wasted if you paid for online and get banned.

my 3ds wasnt banned but i never played online either and can still access the store