MasterP said:
Nintendo doesn’t care. They recognize that when a user can hack their console that it’s their fault for botching the security, not the user’s for being smart enough to find the flaw. They also follow Shane’s philosophy:
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If Sony had left it alone most people would have left them alone.The guy Sony sued for “hacking” released ALL his research and code via bittorrent so that anyone who wanted to carry on his work could do so. Because of this, the information Sony sought to destroy is now spread all over the web and impossible to delete.
Compare that to Nintendo, where they left the firmware hackers alone and most of the hackers kept their code in-house and off the internet. Hell, the guys who originally cracked everything have specifically kept their work out of the public domain to prevent piracy of games. When you treat your customers with a little respect, and not like criminals, it goes a hell of a long way in earning their respect.
I agree with this. I would go a step further and say if console manufacturers opened their consoles further allowing certain types of homebrew while still locking down the games they will see a lot less resistance. I don’t mean allow otherOS but I mean allow for free and easy development of applications on a gaming system…
The more I think about it.. I want to see an Android console.