Hacking Will Wii U sales go up as soon as homebrew is possible?

[cdoty]

I wanted to hear opinions on this. Who thinks that Wii U sales will go up as soon as homebrew is possible?

Users that use Homebrew, hack consoles, jailbreak or root phones are a very small minority. The perspective is skewed by sites that focus primarily on homebrew and hacks.
I wonder if we would even see a 'blip' in sales from hombrew or a hack.

I was trying to remember where I saw install numbers from the Wii Homebrew channel.

 

[Vappy]

Users that use Homebrew, hack consoles, jailbreak or root phones are a very small minority. The perspective is skewed by sites that focus primarily on homebrew and hacks.
I wonder if we would even see a 'blip' in sales from the hombrew or a hack.

I was trying to remember where I saw install numbers from the Wii Homebrew channel.

http://hackmii.com/2012/02/the-homebrew-channel-v1-1-0/ has it at 3.1 million in 2012

 

[FPSRussi4]

http://hackmii.com/2012/02/the-homebrew-channel-v1-1-0/ has it at 3.1 million in 2012

As of December 31, 2013, the Wii has sold 100.90 million consoles worldwide.
So correct, about 1%.

 

[TheChield]

http://hackmii.com/2012/02/the-homebrew-channel-v1-1-0/ has it at 3.1 million in 2012

Yes, and 100 millions units sold...
And this doesn't count people you failed and downloaded the HBC many times (regarding the average questions here...)
And what about updates ?

 

[pastaconsumer]

I wanted to hear opinions on this. Who thinks that Wii U sales will go up as soon as homebrew is possible?

Technically homebrew IS possible... Just in vWii mode.

 

[Obveron]

3.1 million hbc downloaded out of 100 million consoles is 3.1%. Also yes people may have downloaded it twice but people may have downloaded from many of the various other locations that weren't counted.

Also someone saying N64 was a flop is crazy, 31 million soldwas pretty good at the time (foxi do sales from Americas not count?), it's only bad when compared to the PS1 but you need to define "flop". 4 player local multiplayer ftw. I'm from Canada and the N64 was essential at the time to every kid who could afford it. The fact that N64 did so well in NA had a lasting effect on those who would become american game designers. Prior to this Japanese developers were practically running the show. N64 proved how big the american market could be and if it weren't for that I doubt Microsoft would have joined the console market.

 

[stomp_442]

People who buy consoles simply because they are hacked to run homebrew are a negligible market.

This don't apply to everybody. I bought a PS3 to hack it, and a 360 too. My PS3 was hackable, and I use it to this day. My 360 wouldn't take a jtag so I never used it to this day. But very low percentage of console owners hack their consoles, so I wouldn't expect Wii U sales to spike because of a hack is available to run homebrew or pirate wares.

 

[grossaffe]

This don't apply to everybody. I bought a PS3 to hack it, and a 360 too. My PS3 was hackable, and I use it to this day. My 360 wouldn't take a jtag so I never used it to this day. But very low percentage of console owners hack their consoles, so I wouldn't expect Wii U sales to spike because of a hack is available to run homebrew or pirate wares.

I didn't say "nobody buys a console because they can hack it", just that they are negligible. And that those who do so to pirate games don't benefit the company regardless.