[Rumor] WiikeÜ ?

[pwsincd]

A timely release of a softmod from f0f or equivalent may be enough to circumvent this company financially benefiting from piracy. And give us the homebrew scene we all crave and not iso loaders. That's if f0f have anything other than a hello world!! PoC.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I don't care what anyone says I have my wallet open and ready.

 

[iNFiNiTY]

If they had the private signatures, a drive emulator would not be needed because they could softmod the Wii U's OS to remove all these checks.

That isn't profitable though is it.. if it is done then I doubt it will be released in any form unless it's monetized and leaves a way for them to keep investigating new updates with whatever hacks they have done.

 

[NakedFaerie]

This is awesome. I'll be getting one the day it comes out.

 

[PolloDiablo]

after the HDMIKey SCAM, I don't trust these guys anymore
but I hope it's true... the idea of ODE for the Wii U it's interesting

here I'm waiting for the WUODE

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

 

[Bladexdsl]

after the HDMIKey SCAM, I don't trust these guys anymore

how was it a scam?

 

[PolloDiablo]

how was it a scam?

they promised firmware uptades that never happened
it doens't support 720p output (when it clearly says that it does)
the website never got updated, and the customer support is non-existant

It was sold at a considerable higher price than the Wii2HDMI, and it didn't do anything to justify it
here you have an entire thread of people complaining about it (but it's in spanish)

 

[deathking]

YES YES YES

Buying a wii u this week after the news

now expect the wii u to pick up in sales and hopefully more games made on a dead console

 

[GeekyGuy]

See, this is why we can't have nice things...

 

[ElYubiYubi]

Nintendo has told CVG that is already aware of the situation and is ready to "take the necessary legal steps to prevent the facilitation of piracy."

Here the complete Quote:

"Nintendo is aware that a hacking group claims to have compromised Wii U security; however, we have no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized applications playable on the system while in Wii U mode, Nintendo continuously monitors all threats to its products' security and will use technology and will take the necessary legal steps to prevent the facilitation of piracy."

CVG

 

[WiiUBricker]

Remember, don't post your online receipt for this device here, or Nintendo will sue you.

 

[Veho]

They're already aware of it? It's almost as if they had access to the internet or something.

 

[p1ngpong]

I don't know why this was closed, I am re-opening it anyway.

 

[PolloDiablo]

we have no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized applications playable on the system while in Wii U mode

love that clarification

 

[JoostinOnline]

YES YES YES

Buying a wii u this week after the news

now expect the wii u to pick up in sales and hopefully more games made on a dead console

Why would you think this will improve the chances for games? Do you think developers will think, "Well now that people can pirate Wii U games, we better pour some money into making games instead of a console that doesn't have piracy."? The PS4/Nextbox will be coming out soon, and unless they are hacked right away, this is only (another) reason for third party devs to avoid the Wii U in favor of other consoles.

 

[the_randomizer]

they promised firmware updates that never happened
it doesn't support 720p output (when it clearly says that it does)
the website never got updated, and the customer support is non-existent

It was sold at a considerable higher price than the Wii2HDMI, and it didn't do anything to justify it
here you have an entire thread of people complaining about it (but it's in Spanish)

You honestly expected a system whose GPU specifications that only supported 480p assets to output in 720p without rendering said data in 720p before sending it through the TV? If anything, if you expected a sub-HD console to magically output in HD resolutions without any intervention in the GPU, it's your own damn fault. Go bitch to Nintendo for not making it HD then, if you're so butt hurt about it.

Or how 'bout this? Use Dolphin, it renders games at 720/1080p because it renders the graphics through the PC's GPU.

Why would you think this will improve the chances for games? Do you think developers will think, "Well now that people can pirate Wii U games, we better pour some money into making games instead of a console that doesn't have piracy."? The PS4/Nextbox will be coming out soon, and unless they are hacked right away, this is only (another) reason for third party devs to avoid the Wii U in favor of other consoles.

Guess that explains why the DS and Wii sold so well, all because of piracy being an issue...oh wait.

 

[PolloDiablo]

You honestly expected a system whose GPU specifications that only supported 480p assets to output in 720p without rendering said data in 720p before sending it through the TV? If anything, if you expected a sub-HD console to magically output in HD resolutions without any intervention in the GPU, it's your own damn fault. Go bitch to Nintendo for not making it HD then, if you're so butt hurt about it.

Or how 'bout this? Use Dolphin, it renders games at 720/1080p because it renders the graphics through the PC's GPU.

no, I didn't expected that
I'm not butthurt... I didn't buy it
and I already use Dolphin

 

[ElYubiYubi]

Guess that explains why the DS and Wii sold so well, all because of piracy being an issue...oh wait.

You really thing that the Wii and NDS sold that well because of the piracy? Do you really think the casuals knows anything about how to pirate the Wii or NDS?

The Wii lost ALL third party support early in its life because of that .

 

[jaouad]

Guess that explains why the DS and Wii sold so well, all because of piracy being an issue...oh wait.

Let's not play dumb and keep this a reasonable discussion instead of forgetting about any possible factor beside the one you choose, to win an argument. Console hacking does kill potential software development attraction.

Answer this. How does a console which sold nearly 100 million, have a hard time localizing great titles like xenoblade, the last blade and pandora's tower? Ya see, apart from the mainstream titles like mario kart, nsmb. software did terrible, because of 2 reasons. Inferior multiplatform ports and piracy. The best example of this is the launch zelda game twilight princess sales, compared to skyward sword.

Console hacking is a good business. Here where I live, shops can do it legally. And then the hobbyists start doing it as well. Word spread and potential software buyers go down from thousands to millions.

Whether you are happy or not with this news, for whatever reason, is an entirely different discussion.