ELSPA considers legal action against R4 cards

[masterchief929]

I sincerely hope that everyone in ELSPA dies of cancer.

Thirded (if that is a word. )

[mikebeaver]

I sincerely hope that everyone in ELSPA dies of cancer.

My Aunt died of cancer, so don't throw it around like some kind of joke you sick ****er!

Mike..

[rikseaside]

Backups aren't piracy.

They are when you don't own the original cartridge!

If Nintendo had any sense, they would launch their own flash cart designed to work with the Wii's Virtual Console & DS game demo downloads. They could set up a homebrew channel as well (or at least have a section of their website dedicated to it) and actively encourage gamers to get involved in developing new games and other apps. If it was advertised as much as their other products they would soon dominate the market in flash carts.

[masterchief929]

mikebeaver, its not like he was wishing it on any of your family members. and although it is sad that somebody in your family has died of cancer it does not give you the right to act like a jerk. i have a close friend that is probably going to die of cancer, my best friends mom died of cancer, but i dont act like a jerk becuz of that. it may hurt when a loved one dies, but that is no reason to make other ppl miserable.


on a side note, i completely agree with with rikseaside, Ninty could use this to their advantage. use it to regain the money they just lost from their previous law suit.

[Steely]

An official homebrew channel thing would be awesome. But say Nintendo makes a flash card, people will buy it. Then, they're going to find out that other cheap cards exist that allow you to play ROMs, then they're going get those cards, therefore adding to the group.

I guess the best they can do is get it off some retailers.

[Cevius]

Prehaps Nintendo should consider making their own type of flashcart that allows users to play homebrew, and download games from Nintendos online store, like steam. Most users just enjoy the convenience of not having to cart around 50 odd games, and instead having it all on one card.

Its not like the rom sizes are very large, and if Nintendo has control of their roms, they could make their own methods of anti-copying, like registering the games to that specific card/users account.

[mikebeaver]

mikebeaver, its not like he was wishing it on any of your family members..

No but he was wishing it to members of ELSPA, who, last time I looked all had families of their own, so he was indeed wishing death to someones loved one.
Don't call me a jerk please, again I find that offensive also, just because I think that what someone said on a public forum is unacceptable (and have reported said post to Admin) does that mean I am a jerk? No! it just means that what someone thinks is a joke is sick, if it had been a racist joke then there would have been uproar, as it was a comment about someones (potential) i'll health there is nothing.

On topic: I feel that piracy IS killing the DS scene, the amount of people I know who buy a DS and instantly buy a flash card is inumerable, hardly anyone I have spoken to recently buy's any games for the handheld any more, it has become almost as bad as the PSP.
It would be a shame to see homebrew on the DS dissapear, but think it would be good for the industry as a whole if the flash carts did dissapear out of the site of your everyday gamer, if it continues then the games made will just dry up, like on the PSP.

Flame away,

Mike..

[Drego]

On topic: I feel that piracy IS killing the DS scene, the amount of people I know who buy a DS and instantly buy a flash card is inumerable, hardly anyone I have spoken to recently buy's any games for the handheld any more, it has become almost as bad as the PSP.
It would be a shame to see homebrew on the DS dissapear, but think it would be good for the industry as a whole if the flash carts did dissapear out of the site of your everyday gamer, if it continues then the games made will just dry up, like on the PSP.

To be honest, there haven't been that many great DS games that came out within the past couple months. Ones that come to mind would be FF Tactics, and The World Ends with You. Most of the other games are like "coach" games and ones designed for younger audience. Now I buy my games, but the real reason I got my M3 is for homebrew. When I saw Doom and Descent, I bought it right away.

As for piracy, Nintendo could make their own cart, but that wont fix the problem. Neither will protection on the roms. To be honest, and it hurts to say it, piracy will never go away. Maybe someday people will realize that homebrew is better than piracy...

PS: On a side note, PSP is far from dead.... Should look at the sales $$.

[da_head]

No but he was wishing it to members of ELSPA, who, last time I looked all had families of their own, so he was indeed wishing death to someones loved one.
Don't call me a jerk please, again I find that offensive also, just because I think that what someone said on a public forum is unacceptable (and have reported said post to Admin) does that mean I am a jerk? No! it just means that what someone thinks is a joke is sick, if it had been a racist joke then there would have been uproar, as it was a comment about someones (potential) i'll health there is nothing.

On topic: I feel that piracy IS killing the DS scene, the amount of people I know who buy a DS and instantly buy a flash card is inumerable, hardly anyone I have spoken to recently buy's any games for the handheld any more, it has become almost as bad as the PSP.
It would be a shame to see homebrew on the DS dissapear, but think it would be good for the industry as a whole if the flash carts did dissapear out of the site of your everyday gamer, if it continues then the games made will just dry up, like on the PSP.

Flame away,

Mike..

i think some people take things waaaaaaaaaay to seriously. especially things said by random strangers on the internet -_-

[kiariki]

You should read the comments on MCV UK. Practically everyone is in support of the ELSPA. It's really sad how the mainstream public believes that these cards are used solely for piracy.

Unfortunately, the truth is that most people probably DO use them for piracy. This puts the homebrew scene in a really bad position. I wish these cards could support homebrew without allowing the execution of commercial DS roms. That, I think, would be a good compromise. Sure, you'd still have emulators for older systems, but that isn't nearly as bad.

As Uncle Ben once said: "With great power comes great responsibility". How true that is here. These are powerful devices; people need to be more responsible with them.

At least you can't pirate Wii games using the homebrew channel.

I actually bought my M3 simply just for Lameboy, though.