DSi to invite further piracy? - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 3rd Oct 2008, 10:48

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...rther-piracy/1

Developers are certainly getting very excited by the promise of media storage on the DSi, but could that be offset by piracy fears?

n3mo · 3rd Oct 2008, 12:08

Whatever, R4 and all its clones are already dirt cheap, they could as well just build it in.

Veles · 3rd Oct 2008, 12:10

Don't really see the point in the DSi but oh well, we'll have to see.

leexgx · 3rd Oct 2008, 16:23

mite be able to connect to WPA secured access points now (DS only supports WEP, if it did never worked with any routers i have setup)

Firehed · 3rd Oct 2008, 22:55

Well, either they invest a lot of time, effort, and R+D dollars into making yet another proprietary format that delays piracy for a while, or they just use off-the-shelf hardware and rely on software methods. I don't think there's a system out there that hasn't been cracked/modchipped/whatever, so the latter seems to make more sense. SD cards are dirt cheap and will only get cheaper, and having to retool a bunch of equipment and create a bunch of custom chips and readers barely makes sense given the return on investment.

AcidJiles · 3rd Oct 2008, 23:14

as with all piracy the way to combat it is to produce decent content a good price so people feel its worth purchasing rather than tooo crap to pay for or too expensive so that you feel ripped off.

Sparrowhawk · 4th Oct 2008, 05:51

Honestly, I'm not worried in the least. To pirate a system, devolopers/modders/hackers/etc have to understand the inner workings of the system. Knowing the inner workings is like opening Pandora's Box. Once it's known, everybody knows. Once it's known, however, we get indie studios and coders making homebrew games.

So in a sense, I'm exicted. This means more and better homebrews!

3rd Oct 2008, 10:48	#1
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Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Well, either they invest a lot of time, effort, and R+D dollars into making yet another proprietary format that delays piracy for a while, or they just use off-the-shelf hardware and rely on software methods. I don't think there's a system out there that hasn't been cracked/modchipped/whatever, so the latter seems to make more sense. SD cards are dirt cheap and will only get cheaper, and having to retool a bunch of equipment and create a bunch of custom chips and readers barely makes sense given the return on investment. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

3rd Oct 2008, 12:08	#2
n3mo Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184	Whatever, R4 and all its clones are already dirt cheap, they could as well just build it in.

3rd Oct 2008, 23:14	#6
AcidJiles Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 152	as with all piracy the way to combat it is to produce decent content a good price so people feel its worth purchasing rather than tooo crap to pay for or too expensive so that you feel ripped off.

4th Oct 2008, 05:51	#7
Sparrowhawk Wetsander Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 545	Honestly, I'm not worried in the least. To pirate a system, devolopers/modders/hackers/etc have to understand the inner workings of the system. Knowing the inner workings is like opening Pandora's Box. Once it's known, everybody knows. Once it's known, however, we get indie studios and coders making homebrew games. So in a sense, I'm exicted. This means more and better homebrews!