Hardware No 10.8 yet: maybe no more Stability™ [Discussion]

[Sachi]

Wasn't that because they screwed up something that deleted saves for some people and they had to quickly patch it?

Obviously it could come out at any time. It could come out tomorrow. But look:

http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/231/~/system-menu-update-history

That was 10.5; 10.4 corrupted SD files

 

[regnad]

This thread is going to go downhill faster than Sonic The Hedgehog covered in lube.

Whoa, don't tell Richard Gere!

 

[Sachi]

Reason 1 is flat out false. Nintendo issued an official statement denying that they were ceasing Wii U production almost a week ago.

The other two reasons are hardly definitive proof.

This thread is going to go downhill faster than Sonic The Hedgehog covered in lube.

I didn't say it was definitive proof

Any thoughts? Maybe something I missed?

 

[Halvorsen]

It's literally been less than a month. They're not gonna release an update every day.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

This thread is going to go downhill faster than Sonic The Hedgehog covered in lube.

I'm adding that to my signature, thanks!

 

[Giodude]

Does anybody really care anymore? Most people downgraded to 9.2 when they had the chance, and even now it's still very possible to downgrade and exploit 10.7. If you're not serious enough to downgrade, you likely wont care about these and just move on or you have a secondary exploit say Oot3d. That and it's piss easy to get your hands on a <10.7 3ds, considering nobody uses 3ds'a anymore (i'm talking about in general, i use mine as much as the next guy, but in general people don't use it) and anybody's could be borrowed for Oot3dhax, the signature game most 3ds users own. Let's just move on. And by that i mean go back in time a year and set up an emunand to be able to move on.

 

[Apache Thunder]

They are releasing "enhanced eShop" on the 31st. So yes there will be an update. They may make the jump to 11.0 and skip 10.8 seeing that it would be a major feature change. All the 10.x updates other then maybe 10.0 have been "stability" patches.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

They are releasing "enhanced eShop" on the 31st. So yes there will be an update. They may make the jump to 11.0 and skip 10.8 seeing that it would be a major feature change. All the 10.x updates other then maybe 10.0 have been "stability" patches.

A quote from the 3ds update history:

• Further improvements to overall system stability, system security, and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

Translation: We patched some exploits and are trying to get everyone to update before @Margen67 says anything.

 

[LunaLogic]

Didn't them update system versions "Regularly"?

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Didn't them update system versions "Regularly"?

If you define "regularly" as once every several months, then yes!

 

[LunaLogic]

Saw the wrong date, my fault..
To be honest I just care about NATIVE_FIRM updates. They affect me the most.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Saw the wrong date, my fault..
To be honest I just care about NATIVE_FIRM updates. They affect me the most.

It happens to the best of us. Anyway, I presume they're trying to build a firmware version that is as secure and impenetrable as possible, probably to be the last firmware version release for the 3ds. As for when it's released, most likely the 31st of March, 2016.

 

[Inochi.no.Zenmai]

I read somewhere that OoTHax is most likely never going to be fixed, as it needs an overhaul of the save feature inside the game itself. How accurate can that be?

And could this new eShop coming in 31st bring new security measures? I think that's more tricky than a new system update.

 

[Giodude]

my guess is, they dont care about this exploit. They're likely patching another downgrade method. This exploit sells new 3ds's like hotcakes. Those emulators and overclocking really helps sell the console.

 

[VaiCorinthians]

update available?

 

[daxtsu]

update available?

https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php

Nope. If it was out, there'd be 7 threads about it, and at least one of the authors complaining that their thread was locked.

 

[VaiCorinthians]

https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php

Nope. If it was out, there'd be 7 threads about it, and at least one of the authors complaining that their thread was locked.

then there is no need to create a thread discussing something that does not exist.

 

[daxtsu]

then there is no need to create a thread discussing something that does not exist.

I'd say it's fine to speculate about what it will patch or not patch, as well as whatever features it brings (*holds back a laugh*).

 

[Giodude]

I'd say it's fine to speculate about what it will patch or not patch, as well as whatever features it brings (*holds back a laugh*).

well it could always be like the themes update, that actually GAVE us an exploit.

 

[zoogie]

They are releasing "enhanced eShop" on the 31st. So yes there will be an update. They may make the jump to 11.0 and skip 10.8 seeing that it would be a major feature change. All the 10.x updates other then maybe 10.0 have been "stability" patches.

No, they probably won't. This "enhanced eshop" is for PC/mobile.

It’s also worth noting that Nintendo will be bringing out an enhanced Wii U and 3DS shop on Nintendo.com and Nintendo of Europe site on March 31 for users with a Nintendo Account to purchase digital games. It’ll have over 2,000 games that can be accessed on personal computers or smart devices. All purchases can be sent directly to a 3DS or Wii U for download. Additionally, it will be possible to “easily find and purchase games that are new, popular and on sale, as well as use filters to search by genre.”

I really think if there was any additional backend needed for the "send directly" via PC feature, the update wouldn't come at the last minute. That's not how Nintendo usually does things.