Wiikey U preorders will open soon!

[Pedeadstrian]

Except, generally speaking, pirates make up 1-3% of owners at the absolute most. It's far too complicated and difficult for all but the most savvy and dedicated of players.

I mean, you realize that GBAtemp is in no way representative of the gaming population as a whole, right?

Thank god it isn't. Can you imagine it? *shudder* So... many... furries...

 

[natkoden]

Thank god it isn't. Can you imagine it? *shudder* So... many... furries...

OH GOD, NO.

Furries and Foxi4

we're d00med

 

[yuyuyup]

Wiikey.com updated their news:

2014-05-18: We will start taking Wiikey U preorders in the next week!

A lot has happened recently and we are now confident to launch Wiikey U! You can look forward to other exciting WiiU news in the coming weeks...

EDIT: So I guess according to the wiikey website, the preorders will happen next week. But I wouldn't exactly hold my breath with team SLOWKEY

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Some TV's are better suited for the task, my remote has the DVD player type buttons on it for navigating and playback, and the playback depends on the video file, I've watched videos that are damn near blu-ray quality from a usb stick, I just wish the video files were a bit smaller than 1.5 to 2.5GB. Besides, I feel more like a pirate when I carry the usb stick from my computer to my TV.

My TV has DLNA, I wirelessly stream my videos from my laptop to my TV. I only need to use an HDMI cable if I want to try to upconvert it to 3D with Cyber PowerDVD.

 

[VashTS]

i got a 500 GB HDD just sitting around, sounds like this would put it to good use! I really hope this comes to fruition!

 

[Bladexdsl]

won't be getting one (if i even get one) at 1st. the 1st wiikey on the wii had problems from the get go.

 

[Slartibartfast42]

your missing the point though. the wiiu has no games to pirate!

It has lots of games. We played two Wii U games just last night. Since it came out, I bought like 8 games at least.

 

[Bonny]

Piracy has never killed any system at all, didn't kill the Wii, PS3, DS, PSP, GBA, original Xbox, PS2, or PS1, but okay. Piracy killing a console is a myth.

Chilidish nonsence. Prove that.

All the systems you listed were successful from the start, or systems of really big companys who can afford it to support a system even it's a loss for many years. The Wii U is already in really big problems, and a easy to use method of stealing the only thing people buy a Wii U for, it's exclusiv titles, should do no harm? Grow up.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Chilidish nonsence. Prove that.

All the systems you listed were successful from the start, or systems of really big companys who can afford it to support a system even it's a loss for many years. The Wii U is already in really big problems, and a easy to use method of stealing the only thing people buy a Wii U for, it's exclusiv titles, should do no harm? Grow up.

They're not saying it does literally no harm. They're saying it does a statistically insignificant amount of harm. Also, three of those systems from "really big companies who could afford a system at loss" are from the same company behind Wii U.

 

[Bonny]

They're not saying it does literally no harm

Way too much harm for a "close-to-death"-system, in case of the Wii U. BTW: Who are "They"?

Also, three of those systems from "really big companies who could afford a system at loss" are from the same company behind Wii U.

I wrote: All the systems you listed were successful from the start, OR systems of really big companys who can afford it to support a system even it's a loss for many years.

 

[the_randomizer]

Chilidish nonsence. Prove that.

All the systems you listed were successful from the start, or systems of really big companys who can afford it to support a system even it's a loss for many years. The Wii U is already in really big problems, and a easy to use method of stealing the only thing people buy a Wii U for, it's exclusiv titles, should do no harm? Grow up.

http://gbatemp.net/threads/piracy-common-myths.344858/
You're welcome. That's not to say it isn't an issue, but to say it flat out is the only contributing factor to any given console's death is pure delusion. Piracy didn't kill anything else, only 1-3% of people, if that, are into piracy, and even then that's a stretch. Not enough to be a detriment. Conversely, there's no substantiated evidence that piracy is the no. 1 factor in killing a console.

 

[Bladexdsl]

companies like to always blame piracy and blow it out of proportions making it always sound worse than it really is. mario kart will still sell a million copies, smash bros 2 million and zelda a billion for companies piracy is always the scapegoat!

 

[TheJinKazama]

I'm wondered about purchasing a Wii U ahead of time. I had never heard of Wiikey or Wiikey U before this thread appeared. Is it something which Nintendo was able to / would be able to patch through firmware updates? Would if be sensible to buy a Wii U just now before release and just keep it offline?

Thanks

 

[Arras]

companies like to always blame piracy and blow it out of proportions making it always sound worse than it really is. mario kart will still sell a million copies, smash bros 2 million and zelda a billion for companies piracy is always the scapegoat!

Zelda actually normally doesn't sell that much compared to Mario Kart and other Mario games. Dunno about Smash but that probably outsells Zelda too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_3DS_video_games

 

[Bladexdsl]

I'm wondered about purchasing a Wii U ahead of time. I had never heard of Wiikey or Wiikey U before this thread appeared. Is it something which Nintendo was able to / would be able to patch through firmware updates? Would if be sensible to buy a Wii U just now before release and just keep it offline?

Thanks

hard to say we don't even know where it goes in the wii-u at this point

 

[Pedeadstrian]

I'm wondered about purchasing a Wii U ahead of time. I had never heard of Wiikey or Wiikey U before this thread appeared. Is it something which Nintendo was able to / would be able to patch through firmware updates? Would if be sensible to buy a Wii U just now before release and just keep it offline?

Thanks

Yes, they could patch it. No, it's not sensible. 1) The device isn't even out yet. 2) At least from this thread, they haven't announced a price, and I bet it's pretty up there. 3) Even if Nintendo drops a firmware update IMMEDIATELY after this product is released, every single new console in stores will not have it, and they probably won't for a long time.

 

[Bladexdsl]

if it's a hardware mod that goes inside the wiiu than they most likely will never be able to patch it except with a new hardware division (in newer consoles) but if it's a device you plug in say the usb port they can patch them very easily.

 

[Arras]

if it's a hardware mod that goes inside the wiiu than they most likely will never be able to patch it except with a new hardware division (in newer consoles) but if it's a device you plug in say the usb port they can patch them very easily.

Not necesssarily. PS3 ODDEs were (at least temporarily) patched at some point and stopped working.

 

[Bladexdsl]

well they were never able to block the original wiikey

 

[Bonny]

You're welcome. That's not to say it isn't an issue, but to say it flat out is the only contributing factor to any given console's death is pure delusion. Piracy didn't kill anything else, only 1-3% of people, if that, are into piracy, and even then that's a stretch. Not enough to be a detriment. Conversely, there's no substantiated evidence that piracy is the no. 1 factor in killing a console.

I never said that piracy is the ONLY factor for a consoles death, in case of the Wii U, that already has more than enough problems, it really could be the final nail in the coffin.

Piracy didn't kill anything else, only 1-3% of people, if that, are into piracy, and even then that's a stretch.

1-3 % ? ... in these days?! This is what i say to your 1-3%: Conversely, there's no substantiated evidence that only 1-3% of the users are pirates.

1-3 % ... from what RELIABLE source are these values? If you type a consoles name into google.com, the first or second suggestions from google are the console name + "hack", "custom firmware", "homebrew" or "emulator".

Depending from the system i would say: 20-30%.