Hacking Would you still own a DS if the Flash carts or ROMs didn't exist?

[Jack-Of-Trades]

This topic also pertains to gba so...

I got my GBA by trading 6 gamecube games for it and before i got a flash card i only realy had a few FF games for it and eventually those get boring as hell...

SO I spotted DealExtreme and gave them a shot and ordered my EZ4 cart

I was verry stoked for the first month or so... and then even that gets boring... and now i only really ever bring it out as a show off tool especially to make the friend that traded me the GBA envious and for a slight E-Penis factor

Being able to play any game you want makes you lose interest mainly becuse of the fact you didn't have to buy it...

I have 200 roms on my 2Gig SD card
$30 for the EZ4 Cart + $20 for the 2Gig Kingston

So technically i only payed $0.25 for each game... Personally the more money you spend on a game the more you like it since you worked hard for it
even with the best paying job you work about 2-5 hours for the game... so you want a reason to love it

 

[NeSchn]

I course I would still own one, I loved my DS before I got a flashcard and love it even more that I have flashcards now!

 

[DanTheManMS]

I'd probably buy it for the games, but only after it decreased in price. I'll admit that the availability of flash carts was a major factor in buying my DS, but mostly only due to the homebrew aspect. I love turning my DS into a miniature laptop, with all the added functions that homebrew offers - mp3 playing, jpg viewing, text viewing, web browsing, movie viewing, etc.)

 

[Psyfira]

I would've brought a DS even if DS flashcarts didn't exist. Only playing about 7 games wouldn't bother me, that's how every other system we've ever owned has worked.

But you know what, I'm not sure I would've if I didn't have a GBA cart before then. My GBA sat unused on a shelf for over a year before I got one. The cart let me discover what kind of games I like, knowing that I can now buy DS games with a pretty good idea whether I'm going to like them or not. If my GBA was still gathering dust then it might've put me off buying a DS.

 

[Doomsday Forte]

I got a DS at least six months before I got a flashcart, and it still works well. I mean, if I didn't get the flashcart I'd probably have played a good deal fewer games and I'd be poorer, so I dunno.

The PSP however, I got that with full intent to mod and put games on, so I actually wouldn't have bought it otherwise, honestly. >_>

 

[R2DJ]

Flash carts made me play the DS more often. But to answer the question...

YES

I only had 2 commercial DS games (namely Mario Kart DS and Pokemon mystery dungeon). Played a lot 3-5 months after getting the DS then slowly put it to "hibernation".

 

[Brainy142]

probably, I just ghot into the scene about 6 mts ago

 

[engruzii]

hell yeah!!

i bought 25 games b4 i got my R4 & i'm still buying the games but only the games that i really enjoy " i'm planning to buy DQIV & FFIV when they are released"

the reason is simple, it's because the DS is the best gaming system right now imo not because of the graphic but because DS games have the best gameplay & because the DS have the best RPG's

 

[playallday]

Yes. I do buy games myself and I use my GnM for homebrew.

 

[WildWon]

LOL yea, i picked mine up well before the DS Flash Cart phase hit this world of ours.

 

[DarthYoshi]

Yes, because I LOVE my DS. It's basically amazing =P Anyone that wouldn't is a fool.

 

[S197]

Hell no. I bought mine only after I learned about the flash carts. I was initially interested in the DS because of the Brain Age games, but there was no way I was going to pay $100+ just to play just a couple games at $20 a pop. Once I learned about R4Ds, it was a wrap.

 

[omatic]

Yes, I bought mine before I even considered getting a flash cart. I didn't have an R4 until about a year after purchasing it.

 

[shadyboy]

since I am the Mario, Zelda and Pokèmon fan that I am, YES!

 

[Mars]

This should be a poll.

Seeing as though I purchased it prior to finding out about flashcards, I have to say yes.

 

[Raestloz]

No. I can't afford to buy an original cart, which is pretty expensive. I can get a NDSL, but can't get its games, save for one provided along with the DS (free from the seller)

 

[halomasta]

I've bought like 6 games and planned on buying more games. When I discovered DScratch (as a DJ) I couldn't help myself. Portable mixing! So I got M3 DS Real from amazon for 25 pounds. When I realized how easy it was to download games it basically paid for itself+more. Despite this i'd still love my DS...still looking forward to Space Invaders Extreme!

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, I'd probably still buy one.

 

[Rizsparky]

yup I bought about 15 games, and i also bought my DS before i had ever heard of DS flashcards

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Yes I only found out about flashcarts about 4 months ago. then I got a G'nM and an R4,
but I STILL play real cart games and I have loads of them. currently most of them are on loan, but still...