Why Are People Turning More To Modded Consoles?

There's a reason people are turning more to modded game consoles -- and, no, it's not about "free games."

[autobotdan]

Very good article. I happen to own 3 modded consoles with thousands of classics. I even own a modded console with every turbo grafix cd game ever made in it

[darthv72]

I have chipped ps1 and saturn. Installed a gdemu in one of my dc. Modded one of my wii as well as og xbox with 500gb hdd. Freemcboot ps2 with 320gb hdd installed. And various everdrives.

And yet I still find pleasure in hunting for physical games I dont already have.

[Eidolon]

Just Wii, PS2, and PSP 3000 for me.. Unless you count flashcarts for DS and GBA..

[Magog]

It's about pirated games. Always has been.

[RetroCaptainSteve]

Nope, there's more.

[Eidolon]

There's more to it, but majority of modders/buyers of modded consoles want to play illegitimate copies. Modded usually refers to the bypassing of "DRM"(or PRM?) on proprietary big name console, like soldering a chip or altering the disc drive to read burnt copies, in some cases allowing a ROM from to be played from an HDD and even a network drive. Modded consoles, in these eras, are mostly for playing games with original graphics and sounds and the retro factor of owning the console, given how much of a hassle it is now, and the fact that a PC can emulating most games and consoles nearly 100%

[Bigman4k]

Well not me

[mmj]

It's because modern games have forgotten what they're supposed to be about - having fun, there's far too many simulations and stressful online multiplayer which are rather more addictive than they are fun. Add to that tedious achievements that people feel compelled to collect like they're Pokemon.

[Einhander1971]

Totally agree most modern games bore me, with padded out crap to make them seem longer.

[neutralgamer1992]

People love talking their trophies and achievements and now the amount of high achievements and platinum trophies dictate whether you are a hardcore gamer or casual

I never go out of my way to try to earn a trophy. If some unlock while playing that's good. People who are trophy hunting usually have to play the same game or mission many times just so they can earn it

It's the whole demon souls type games argument. You bring up the fact they can add a easy or story mode difficulty and people are offended by even mentioning that. It's like they can still play the game as developers intended but what's wrong with getting more people to play the games

I am so happy that now we are seeing most developers understand how important accessibility options are and not to listen to the vocal minority

[MadLad]

I was a huge achievement hunter back in the 360 days.
I think I had around 80k gamerscore or something.

I'm 30 now, and I just want to play and enjoy games. I'll go after the odd achievement if I think it's interesting, but I really couldn't be bothered otherwise.

The whole difficulty settings thing is hilarious to me. If someone wants to enjoy a game, but isn't very good at it, there's nothing wrong with offering easier settings to people, as long as they still cater to those who want a more hardcore experience.

Just let people play games the way they want to lol. It's that simple. Let the try hard be try hard, and let the more casual people still enjoy the experience. Gamers are the most touchy people I've ever come across.

[Bathory666]

I completely agree. Most games aren’t fun Anymore. Just online social gatherings of morons. I miss the old days. Games just felt different and were more polished.

[mastershredder]

Uhhhh what the F is this guy talking about? Modded consoles? We just making stuff up now? A "Modded console is something far different than what he is blabbing about. Modded games running on cheap emulation hardware are simply known as Retro and Bootleg consoles (what he's talking about). Vibe seems to have habit of pulling stuff out of their ass. Back off the lawn Vibe, you are killing the grass....and yes these loaded bootlegs are popular for a variety of reasons... no exactly his suggestions. I own too many of these things (Modded hardware and Bootlegs),The bootlegs are simply getting better and better (and cheaper) as time has progressed....and you can mod those bootlegs.

[MadLad]

I have a few, myself.
You can do everything fairly easy on PC, but it's kind of cool having proprietary hardware running multiple systems.

The Series S has been one of the best emulator machines in this respect.

[Bathory666]

I’m all for this as game companies are not offering their games anymore digitally and won’t port older games. Tons of games lost in oblivion. I would totally support that if they did. Then buying on the market sellers are asking insane prices. So go for it. If the company won’t make them available digitally…fk em. Fair game.