#75271 - Xgame - Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:56 pm
i've seen that the official n64 devkit have been relased. why nintendo do not relase also the devkit of nintendods? will nintendo get problem if give to the homebrewer its devkit? i can't understand. if someone now something about this let me know
#75272 - Mr. Picklesworth - Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:01 pm
Well... Nintendo 64 is well over 8 years old. Thus, they have no reason to worry about piracy through their dev kits.
The DS, on the other hand, is rather new, so there are still new games being distributed and millions of active users who could pirate them if they were given dev kits.
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#75273 - Xgame - Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:06 pm
| Mr. Picklesworth wrote: |
Well... Nintendo 64 is well over 8 years old. Thus, they have no reason to worry about piracy through their dev kits.
The DS, on the other hand, is rather new, so there are still new games being distributed and millions of active users who could pirate them if they were given dev kits. |
but not the nintendo official flsh card, i was thinking only to the software: how can a devkit help piracy?
#75275 - SPiercey - Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:24 pm
Developers pay money for the dev kits so thy can make games, Nintendo is not going to give them out for free when people will pay for them. No one is buying the N64 dev kit so it dosn't really matter.
#75276 - tepples - Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:28 pm
Then why can't I buy an NES or Super NES dev kit?
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#75280 - M3d10n - Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:07 pm
Where did you read that Nintendo released the official N64 devkits? I couldn't find such news in the few gaming news websites I browse.
Sounds more like "someone leaked N64 SDK software on eMule" or something.
And if Nintendo simply gave away DS SDKs, why would they go through all the trouble of triple-checking a company and making them go through several NDAs before allowing them access to the SDKs and the developer boards? When a developer licenses the SDK, they are bound by contract to protect it and prevent it from being seen by unlicensed eyes with their lives (they even require the developer to proof that their facilities can offer enough security to prevent the development units from being stolen or destroyed).
#75356 - Xgame - Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:13 pm
#75469 - The 9th Sage - Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:21 am
Where's it say that Nintendo has released this devkit to the masses? It probably just somehow ended up on eBay and Nintendo didn't care since the N64 is no longer with us.
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