I've read the entire op and what I read was some kind of hate on cfw 'cause "gateway started all this,stop hating them"and an indirect complaining about he bought it. So it's kinda the same I think. Complaining about being a buyer won't give you money back.Did you even read the OP? It was meant to STOP the fighting.
I think it depends on when they bought it. If people are still buying Gateway now, then that's a mistake. But if like me they bought it long before open source CFW was available, well I got plenty of usage out of the thing and don't regret my purchase at all, but also recognise that the scene has moved on and I'd only be missing out if I didn't move on with it. To an extent, I understand people who are happy with what they have because it 'just works', but also feel that their complacency and willful ignorance is causing them to be left behind from all the major developments in the scene.buyer's remorse is one hell of a drug
Then more time passed, and they were glad they didnt?I got many good experiences thanks to gateway. Maybe their time has come to an end, maybe not. But i certainly would not bash them. i still remember the good old days!
and gateway haters have always been here, remember how they came and went when SKY 3DS came out? I'm sure after some time passed they all wished they had bought a GW instead.
that's too unreal.....Try again.
Installing: 10 - 15 minutes assuming you have a good internet connection.
Copying: Over 20 minutes since most people don't have good computers or MSD Card adapters.
Not to mention that installing it is safer, cheaper, and doesn't require access to a computer and SD Card adapter. You can also have a DS flashcard in your 3DS that would normally be taken up by your Gateway card, along with the second SD Card you have to buy for it.
Then you never seen a shitty internet connection before. And wifi is always slower than cable internet. And install it isn't safer, and you don't have to pay for .3DS either. It doesn't require Internet all the time either because I can store it on my phone/laptop/ect... and get them on the go. And I can use both the card with just one micro sd just fine. What do CFW have to play NDS? More FC? :lolTry again.
Installing: 10 - 15 minutes assuming you have a good internet connection.
Copying: Over 20 minutes since most people don't have good computers or MSD Card adapters.
Not to mention that installing it is safer, cheaper, and doesn't require access to a computer and SD Card adapter. You can also have a DS flashcard in your 3DS that would normally be taken up by your Gateway card, along with the second SD Card you have to buy for it.
With things like Freeshop and CIAngel, this point doesn't work anymore. With either of those, you can download and install ORAS in maybe 10-15 minutes. I doubt the download speed from whatever shady site is hosting a .3ds file, coupled with time required to write the file to your SD card, beats either of those applications (And if it does, it's not by very much).
The only benefit to Gateway nowadays is cheat support and extended storage. That's literally it.
Here in the USA, I just bought a 32GB microSD card for 12 dollars. With time, I expect flash memory to continue to drop. I honestly don't see why people complain about paying for flash memory, when a huge majority of users don't even buy their games. At least put that money towards the hardware.
Anyways, I like my Gateway for cheats. I will say this again. NTR Cheats would have probably eclipsed and leapt over GW's cheats, had NTR been an open-source project. Anyways, for being free, you can't complain, especially for non-GW users.
However, I am not blind to GW's shortcomings, like their horrible GW-A9LH. At this point, I just stay out of threads of GW users who tried installing GW-A9LH and it ended up horribly. Since I feel those GW users want to brick even though GW has said that only advance users should even be using their GW-A9LH Installer.
I guess, the 10 game limit was funny to read about, sky then sold the new blue button sky which did not have the 10 game limit anymore and now they have the sky 3ds+ which is the 3th card now? gateway still works all the way back from hardware v1 the support iv'e gotten over the years for the product i bought all the way back in 2013 is really good considering the scene were in. on my NDS i was used to shorter support times, i still got 3 generations of NDS flashcarts lying around.Then more time passed, and they were glad they didnt?
I guess, the 10 game limit was funny to read about, sky then sold the new blue button sky which did not have the 10 game limit anymore and now they have the sky 3ds+ which is the 3th card now? gateway still works all the way back from hardware v1 the support iv'e gotten over the years for the product i bought all the way back in 2013 is really good considering the scene were in. on my NDS i was used to shorter support times, i still got 3 generations of NDS flashcarts lying around.
how do I download bandicam for freeDon't post this shit on gbatemp forums. If you want to rant, make a blog post, make a video, hell, open a text editor and rant. if you want to make a change, don't add to the toxicity. This post will do nothing besides have people hate on you.
According to some hackers who reverse engineered it, it's highly unlikely the brick code will trigger from a corrupted file anymore. It was the case when they first added it, but after a couple reported bricks from GW users using the original launcher.dat they changed it and there have been no reported bricks from it from GW users since.I don't understand why you're defending a flashcard that has the potential to destroy your 3ds when one certain file is edited in just the slightest, that could also mean if the launcher is corrupted even a little.
We wouldn't have 98% of the gateshark codes we have if it wasn't for gateway. The only reason I still use mine is for the cheat support. NTR isnt nearly as good and probably won't ever be. Until that day comes, don't be talking about CFW being 3x better at "everything."Go back to your own site, stupid Gateway sales representative. Gateway cards are pieces of shit, along with their entire company. Whether the whole CFW community is just as shitty is a different discussion. Using a Gateway card is dangerous, pointless, and unsafe. Everything that Gateway does, CFW does 3 times better. While it may be true that they were around first, and there is nothing wrong with being grateful for that, they are just flat-out obsolete.
It's mostly people who have never used or even looked at a gateway saying most of this stuff and having their opinions based on what the previous person saidi can't believe how fast this thread turned into flamebait. i'm not defending my purchase, i'm not saying gateway is obsolete, i'm not saying any of that. all of this dumb bickering is what i'm trying to combat against. no one read the damn op, so they feel entitled to instantly come to the reply section to shell out every snarky comment they can to shittalk gw owners. it's honestly just like i cited, toxicity.