"A Paris court has ruled against Nintendo in a case involving the production of DS flash cartridges by hardware firm Divineo.
According to Maxconsole, the judge ruled that the gaming giant illegally "locks out" third-party developers from creating hardware and software for its systems. It was recommended that Nintendo should be "more like Windows", allowing external studios to create any applications they wish for consumer distribution.
"[This] could have bigger implications for developers and the like because Nintendo is deemed to be 'illegally' protecting their system by locking users out," the site said.
"Developers should not actually require separate development kits and should just be able to develop applications as they wish on retail versions of Nintendo's consoles."
Flash cartridges such as the R4 are widely used by software pirates to distribute illegal software. However, the devices can also be used for legal purposes, such as homebrew development and music and video playback.
Full court documents from the Nintendo case will be made available soon."
Link http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a1...ridge-case.html
According to Maxconsole, the judge ruled that the gaming giant illegally "locks out" third-party developers from creating hardware and software for its systems. It was recommended that Nintendo should be "more like Windows", allowing external studios to create any applications they wish for consumer distribution.
"[This] could have bigger implications for developers and the like because Nintendo is deemed to be 'illegally' protecting their system by locking users out," the site said.
"Developers should not actually require separate development kits and should just be able to develop applications as they wish on retail versions of Nintendo's consoles."
Flash cartridges such as the R4 are widely used by software pirates to distribute illegal software. However, the devices can also be used for legal purposes, such as homebrew development and music and video playback.
Full court documents from the Nintendo case will be made available soon."
Link http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a1...ridge-case.html