Not to mention the target audience for shovelware (typically children under the age of 10) aren't knowledgeable enough to know how to hack a console, or even know that it can be hacked.
And the most successful consoles I know were hacked early: almost everyone I know who had a PS1 and PS2 had it hacked (though in Hungary, it's much more common than in other parts of Europe or the US for that matter), and it they still ruled their respective generations, with tons of great games, from God of War and Metal Gear Solid to Final Fantasy and Shin Megami Tensei Persona.
As for the Wii, I remember that when it came out in Dec. 2006, hacking attempts were imminent and Wiinja (the first Wii modchip) was released 07/01/2007, exactly 1 month after the console's launch. Still, that didn't stop Nintendo from publishing great games even to the present: Mario Galaxy 1/2, Smash Bros. Brawl, Xenoblade chronicles, Zelda Skyward Sword, etc.
And while I didn't follow the news when the DS was freshly released, but when I bought mine in 2007, R4 cards were already in production (and that was around the release of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl). Still, great games were released afterwards.
So there. I'm sick of the no-hack crusaders blaming everything bad on hacking up to and including the economic crisis, the losses of their favourite team and everything that messes with their life, and I'm sure most posters on this particular subforum (aptly named HACKING and homebrew) think the same way. On these forums, flaming hack-supporters can and will get you flamed and it's only your fault.