If it works anything like the 3DS devkits, a given piece of software written on the devkit will only work on the devkit and not retail units - this greatly limits its usability as a tool.How in the world did they get a hold of that? Either way, it could be useful for homebrew....
1. fail0verflow already completely hacked the WiiU. So no, this will not be useful to themInteresting, thanks for sharing this. Maybe Marcan or others may like this (or some looking to hack system).
Okay, only a thought. Hey, Sifjar, what do you know about PPC, Linux, computer coding? Lol.1. fail0verflow already completely hacked the WiiU. So no, this will not be useful to them
2. dev kits are almost always available early in a console's life, it never leads to homebrew. As Foxi4 said, stuff written for devkits only works on devkits, and isn't useful for actual homebrew on retail consoles.
I can't see how any of those things are related to this topic, for starters.Okay, only a thought. Hey, Sifjar, what do you know about PPC, Linux, computer coding? Lol.
You said homebrew;-) Devkit just sort of "feels" like it is related to that. Maybe talk to Maxternal if you have skills for what I asked about. Put the confidence and skills to work, lol.I can't see how any of those things are related to this topic, for starters.
I haven't got a clue about PPC architecture (or any other processor architecture for that matter, much too low level for me), I have only used Linux about twice, and each time it was booting a virtual machine for a short period of time just for the sake of it, and I know next to nothing of coding, in any language. I know a bare minimum of C (nothing like what would be required to implement the WiiU stuff you're talking about), and a very small amount of Python (which would be completely useless for WiiU stuff).For some reason I doubt that but okay....
alm_sales1 said:The unit powers on and a blue LED comes on and flashes.
Its not going to be pulled. Others have sold before on ebay. There was also a dolphin gamecube dev kit last time I checked on ebay. Does no good though. There basically just cool for collectibles.wow it's still there?!
As far as I know, devkits often look archaic in comparison to the target console you're developing for - they're not supposed to be pretty, they're supposed to be useful (hence that huge coaxial antenna extension socket sticking out of the gamepad). The late revisions may look "nice", but as you mentioned, the early ones... not so much. Sometimes the parts don't even match colour-wise.On a side note, looks like this is a fairly early model. Says it was supposed to be returned November 2011, and that Game Pad looks practically archaic.