Frank Yu reports the current state of (rampant) piracy and modding of the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and DS in China. China has modded Wii's that can even get firmware updates online, mod Xbox 360 chips that can be switched on or off so that it toggles between a modded console and an unmodded one to go on Live, and the whole set of pirated DS library that is available for perhaps US$12.
Notes: Frank Yu is a program manager for Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Advanced Technology Center.
The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.
Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣
Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.
Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
There is no PS3 Mod Chip yet...
More difficult to mod. Seems like the Wii is a pushover in this regard.
for now it is impossible to mod PS3. that makes me happy.
It just says there isn't a large demand for the PS3 in China yet, so they haven't bothered to mod it yet. When the demand picks up so will the modding.
if they do get one I expect it to be dangerous to use online much like on the 360
but to be able to use the full power of the ps3 in linux might b worth it.