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Wii firmware defeated by modders again
Not long after Nintendo released an updated firmware for the Wii which blocked numerous third-party mods, including the Homebrew Channel mod, the people behind Homebrew have responded with an update of their own. The latest Homebrew channel mod has been released and works on the newest version of the Wii firmware.
On top of getting passed the protection mechanisms Nintendo put in place to stop the most recent batch of mods, the update also adds a few things that even the official hardware does not, such as support for SDHC cards. Currently, the Wii can only use standard density SD cards, making larger sizes not usable. Official support for SDHC is planned down the road.
Many have criticized Nintendo for working against the modding community, but in truth it is an industry-wide problem. Microsoft and Sony have also worked against modders, to the point of lawsuits and shutting down people making a business out of modding.
On top of getting passed the protection mechanisms Nintendo put in place to stop the most recent batch of mods, the update also adds a few things that even the official hardware does not, such as support for SDHC cards. Currently, the Wii can only use standard density SD cards, making larger sizes not usable. Official support for SDHC is planned down the road.
Many have criticized Nintendo for working against the modding community, but in truth it is an industry-wide problem. Microsoft and Sony have also worked against modders, to the point of lawsuits and shutting down people making a business out of modding.
User Comments (2)
Post a comment| Wendig0 on October 27, 2008 12:02 PM | Instead of trying to shut down the people and companies
making the mods, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft should offer
them high paying jobs in their R&D departments. The modders
certainly do make things better, faster, and smarter than
the current developers. It seems, to me, that the companies
are either afraid of forward progress change, or of being
outclassed by all of the 13 year old whizzes out there.
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| TimeParadoX on October 27, 2008 4:16 PM | Most people who use CFW (Custom Firmwares) don't even bother
with Offical firmwares, since developers like Dark Alex (PSP
firmware) usually make better and more efficient firmwares
than the official companies do. If console companies learn
the value of modding (Softmods, not hardmods, since chip
mods can have a significant drop in sales) then they'll stop
producing useless crap FWs (See: PSP) just to "stop" them.
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