Comments on: Newest System Menu 3.4 Wii Update Kills Homebrew Again http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/newest_system_menu_34_wii_update_kills_homebrew_again-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:40:21 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: paco http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/newest_system_menu_34_wii_update_kills_homebrew_again-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13835 paco Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/newest_system_menu_34_wii_update_kills_homebrew_again-2.html#comment-13835 <p>to be fair, i don't think nintendo is trying to rain on homebrew's parade. i'm sure they like people trying to innovate by themselves. HOWEVER, all it would take is for a website to tweak a twilight hack file in some way to make it brick everyone's wii or log their CC info if they buy wii points or who knows what else. it's the unregulated nature of the homebrew community that causes concern. sure, we'd all like to think everyone is smart enough to know which sources are reliable and which are a bit too shady to trust, but when it starts affecting nintendo and their paying customers, they have no choice but to keep things to a minimum.</p> <p>besides, these updates will only continue to stop the casual hackers from messing around. the people serious about homebrew development can and will find ways around any update nintendo throws at them.</p> to be fair, i don’t think nintendo is trying to rain on homebrew’s parade. i’m sure they like people trying to innovate by themselves. HOWEVER, all it would take is for a website to tweak a twilight hack file in some way to make it brick everyone’s wii or log their CC info if they buy wii points or who knows what else. it’s the unregulated nature of the homebrew community that causes concern. sure, we’d all like to think everyone is smart enough to know which sources are reliable and which are a bit too shady to trust, but when it starts affecting nintendo and their paying customers, they have no choice but to keep things to a minimum.

besides, these updates will only continue to stop the casual hackers from messing around. the people serious about homebrew development can and will find ways around any update nintendo throws at them.

]]> By: mes http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/newest_system_menu_34_wii_update_kills_homebrew_again-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13834 mes Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:12:13 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/newest_system_menu_34_wii_update_kills_homebrew_again-2.html#comment-13834 <p>that sucks that sucks that sucks<br /> what about the wii chip?</p> that sucks that sucks that sucks
what about the wii chip?

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