Tweet
Nintendo has won a court victory which will make R4 cards, notorious for allowing pirated games to be played on the DS, illegal.
Unfortunately, the ruling is also a blow for the homebrew movement on the DS, which have been made possible by flash carts like the R4.
Nintendo has promised to add digital game storage to its new DS consoles in the future, to offer a legal alternative to one of the main legal features of the R4. If Nintendo can also provide a legal alternative to homebrew software, perhaps an apps environment like what Apple does with its portable devices, then there will be no other reason for people to want R4 carts, other than for piracy. And this will make Nintendo's position much stronger when faced with criticism of their actions to get R4 banned around the world.
"In the UK alone, there have been over 100,000 game copying devices seized since 2009," Nintendo spoke about the ruling. "Nintendo initiates these actions not only on its own behalf, but also on behalf of over 1,400 video game development companies that depend on legitimate sales of games for their survival."
More:
Unfortunately, the ruling is also a blow for the homebrew movement on the DS, which have been made possible by flash carts like the R4.
Nintendo has promised to add digital game storage to its new DS consoles in the future, to offer a legal alternative to one of the main legal features of the R4. If Nintendo can also provide a legal alternative to homebrew software, perhaps an apps environment like what Apple does with its portable devices, then there will be no other reason for people to want R4 carts, other than for piracy. And this will make Nintendo's position much stronger when faced with criticism of their actions to get R4 banned around the world.
"In the UK alone, there have been over 100,000 game copying devices seized since 2009," Nintendo spoke about the ruling. "Nintendo initiates these actions not only on its own behalf, but also on behalf of over 1,400 video game development companies that depend on legitimate sales of games for their survival."
More:
Comment