Nintendo needs to put it's library of old games on the switch for purchase ASAP. The thirst is there.
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Nintendo Switch homebrew is evolving quickly - SNES, GBA as well as classic Doom already playable
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I feel like Doom is to games as C is to programming languages. Your device is legit only if it has a doom port.
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There are chances, but likely a lot of games won't reach fullspeed.
Man, I know it's bad for Nintendo and all but I've always thought of the Switch as the perfect form factor for retro emulation and I hope it gets hacked wide open just for that.
There is a proper research on piracy.
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
Re piracy, I'm of the opinion that the majority of pirates wouldn't pay for the product in the first place, so I would agree that claims of lost sales are kind of an exaggeration. End of the day, there's no way I'm going to be spending money on snes games on the switch when I have them on so many other platforms already.
I would to know how in depth they went with that report.
R4 availability kinda went pretty well with the collapsing of DS software sales.
PSP's ease of piracy also certainly didn't help and kind of explain why support for it collapsed as well outside of Japan.
I mean, Sony tried to clamp down on piracy hard with nothing to show for it.
Although is that all due to disinterest from the market of just general ease of piracy...
I guess the problem ain't about the big sellers, NSMB even when it was heavily pirated still was one of the top sellers regardless.
Smaller games might be the difference between profitability and barely breaking even.
Hopefully we never get another case study and the Switch's online focus force people to not pirate games.
How big of a thirst is there? Nintendo has the VC sales numbers for two generations.
I like the VC a lot and hope it comes back on the Switch, but how many are excited about buying these old games?
Looking at Nintendo's strategy, there's probably a big enough market for SMW, SMB1->3 (that they rereleased how many times now?) and the other big titles.
The other less well known titles probably don't make that much which is probably why we're seeing stuffs like Classic mini series which are essentially a pack of what most would buy anyway.
The lack of VC is also a good way for them to push Switch owners to buy digital software that would be having a stiff competition against some of the best games there are.
I mean let's be real if you have to buy a game and you have to choose between EVERYTHING Nintendo ever released and what you have on Switch, you may end up buying less Switch specific software.
DOOM is already really good on New 3DS (and probably PSP though I don't own own one)! As well as Quake and Quake 2.
Most WADs I've tried work and run well on the source port ported to 3DS and the map displays on the bottom screen. However, 3D support never got properly implemented, looks weird.
This always worries me after I watched my PSP get eaten alive by piracy.
However my attitude always changes later into he consoles' lives when I want to preserve digital content easier, or just throw as many games into one piece of hardware as possible.
However my attitude always changes later into he consoles' lives when I want to preserve digital content easier, or just throw as many games into one piece of hardware as possible.
The homebrew scene for the Switch is literally less than 5% of the switch owner base and they made it excessively harder to softmod it past a certain firmware and people willing to gamble their switch on hardmod promises (Which is not for free and will in fact costs hundreds of dollars to prep) are on their own. This isn't really anything to them besides more firmware optimization.
It's always a bittersweet feeling when homebrew is introduced to a new console. On the one hand I love the idea of emulation but I don't want to see third party companies not releasing games on the Switch out of fear of piracy.
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Seeing how Dolphin runs on the shield tv, it shouldn't be impossible with proper optimization/hacks
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Not impossible but certainly very hard to find. I've read comments stating that the Splatoon 2 bundle has firmware 3.0.0 or less loaded onto the Switch but best to do some research on that first.
God...dam Sadly updated my Switch for Mario so looks like im out of luck until a 4.0 version if there ever will be.
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User has been banned (3 days): promotes piracy.
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You probably shouldn't advertise a group that literally just sells piracy enabling garbage, this is like saying "Gateway was used for anything but Piracy" on the 3DS, its a bullshit cherade.
Or that will brick your console because glitching the boot sequence is a great way to brick shit.
Previous threads on their snake oil were closed for good reason.
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Just to be safe, since it's removed, going to assume that poster was talking about team excuter?
Yes.
DRM circumvention is legel/illegal depending on where you live and the laws surrounding it.
Hmm well I've always been pretty against piracy and homebrew stuff. Not my thing.
The wii homebrew scene makes the systwm way better with homebrew. HDD gam installs, all systems with decen emulation, Nintendo online even after shutdown and so much more... it is sad that the Wii U is not getting the same amount of love!