Hacking Why are R4s preferred?

[Touko White]

I'm aware that R4s are the most popular type of DS flashcard you can get (and they're banned in this country because Nintendo thinks homebrew is 100% pirating and everything not licenced is evil).

Why is this? I've read up (or should I say, browsed a few threads on some board before I was even known as my 2012 - 1st half of 2015 name), and came to a conclusion that the SuperCard DSTWO cards are far better than R4s, despite the fact they drain the battery more quickly than a normal one due to some chip or whatever.

There's no specific forum for general flash cards so I might as well post it here.
Thanks for support.

 

[mashers]

SC DSTWO is more expensive because it has many more features compared to the R4, such as its built-in co-processor to make emuators run more smoothly. For simply playing DS ROMs, R4 is a better choice because it's cheaper. It's a matter of economics - most people just want to play DS ROMs, so the R4 is more popular.

 

[Sumsquat]

I guess that's because they cost like 5 bucks and you get them everywhere (even though they are banned from sale in many countries)

 

[Daggot]

They do what they're made to do and are really cheap.(got mine for 7 bucks)

 

[wurstpistole]

Because they are dirt cheap and at least the R4i Gold supports official Wood kernel, which is the best one. Also they work on (N)3DS.