Posted by Strider on 8/11/2009, 9:08 am, in reply to "Re: Nintendo Strikes Back!!"
When I said "I'm sure there's a small core of 'ethical pirates' who are using these devices only with firmware", I meant "I'm sure there's a small core of 'ethical pirates' who are using these devices only with homebrew software".
This board needs an 'edit post' button
- HC
--Previous Message--
: First of all, the issue of the legality of
: ROMs pretty much is resolved: whether you
: like it or not, by the letter of the law,
: they are illegal. This is true regardless of
: whether you feel it is against the spirit of
: the law as well. The /. set attempts to
: obfuscate this fact as much as possible, but
: that does not change it. I say this as
: someone with a prodigious ROM collection,
: too.
:
: Regarding the rest of this post: Welcome to
: every firmware or hardware upgrade on a
: gaming console ever. Each successive model
: of the PS2 was modified such that old mod
: chips wouldn't work on it. Each upgrade of
: the PSP and Wii firmware has broken old
: tools used to install custom firmware.
:
: The reason for this is simple: while I'm
: sure there's a small core of 'ethical
: pirates' who are using these devices only
: with firmware or to test games and then
: dutifully delete or buy them after a week,
: these people are in the vast minority . 99
: out of every 100 people with an Acekard are
: using it for one reason, and one reason
: only: To steal shit from Nintendo.
:
: "Non-paying customers", which I
: believe is the current euphemism for
: pirates, directly hurt Nintendo's bottom
: line. Nintendo has no obligation to make
: life easy for them.
:
: I had a lot more sympathy for "ethical
: pirates" before pirates destroyed the
: launch of Demigod and before it came out
: that indie game And Yet It Moves had a 95%
: piracy rate.
:
: - HC
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