No official word from Nintendo yet, and so far the only systems affected would be Japanese consoles, not North American or European.
More updates as they become available.
Source:
Joystiq
i have the first wii so no worries for me
Where there is a Wii, there is a way!! ha ha ha!
Ya right.....the only way to make it mod-proof is to not sell it...for every high payed gaming engineer, there is 100 non paid hackers and pirates....it will just take a week longer to hack
Nintendo has thrown down the challenge...hackers will answer the call, maybe even diverting their hacking efforts on the PS3 to the Wii.
mod proof. hmm where have i heard that before. o yea, xbox 360.
The way Nintendo is going this will be possible with the success they are having.
no, they're telling the truth.. it is mod-proof, only for the current mods.
The 'Cube stopped pirates due to its use of Mini-DVDs and other unique features.
However, the Wii uses full sized DVDs and with it already have been modded its gonna just take them some time before they mod the new "hack-proof" Wiis.
Just like the regular XBox (4+ revisions, if I remember right?) and the PS2 (12 revisions?) it will just take a little more time at the drawing board before the new Wiis have been chipped.
This too will help Nintendo as if the board revision is massive then the Modchip makers might (probably more like "will") destroy several dozen Wii's before successfully getting the new revision chipped.
This will cause the Wii sales to go up even more as a result of this good "challenge" to Modchip creators.
Peace
EDIT: corrected spelling
The few thousand wii's they sell to hackers world wide is pretty irrelevant. Nintendo releases a lot of their own games so preventing piracy has more of a company benefit then third party groups being happy with its efforts. Mod proofing the wii, or any console for that matter, is about the software sales, not the hardware.
Quote:Oh, it's NOT April Fool's Day?
Nintendo is planning on releasing Wii consoles in Japan that are mod-proof.
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
The 'Cube stopped pirates due to its use of Mini-DVDs and other unique features.
However, the Wii uses full sized DVDs and with it already have been modded its gonna just take them some time before they mod the new "hack-proof" Wiis.
Just like the regular XBox (4+ revisions, if I remember right?) and the PS2 (12 revisions?) it will just take a little more time at the drawing board before the new Wiis have been chipped.
This too will help Nintendo as if the board revision is massive then the Modchip makers might (probably more like "will") destroy several dozen Wii's before successfully getting the new revision chipped.
This will cause the Wii sales to go up even more as a result of this good "challenge" to Modchip creators.
Peace
EDIT: corrected spelling
Quote:Seeing as this is the first Nintendo console that is open to widespread piracy it's possible that they can't take out the chips the same way Live does.
online could just take out the mod chip a la Xbox Live as of late?
Quote:Seeing as this is the first Nintendo console that is open to widespread piracy it's possible that they can't take out the chips the same way Live does.
[quote]online could just take out the mod chip a la Xbox Live as of late?
Quote:DC as in Dreamcast? If by mod-proof you mean mod-unnecessary then I think it really nailed it ;)
basically you want to stop mods make a system like the GC/DC and don't support flash cards above 1GB.
I don't care, I live in the US and I already bought a Wii two months ago and getting it modded in 3-5 weeks unfortunately.............
damn good thing i got my wii this month also I gotten the coveted D2B dvd chip so the wiikey modchip worked.
Awesome almost all my systems are hacked except my PS3 but I am waiting patiently for that.
Originally posted by muccione:LMAO!. haha.
Ya right.....the only way to make it mod-proof is to not sell it...
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:there were 12 revision... but the mods from the old revision still worked with the newer... so obviously they changed it to make it better.. not prevent mods..
Just like the regular XBox (4+ revisions, if I remember right?) and the PS2 (12 revisions?) it will just take a little more time at the drawing board before the new Wiis have been chipped.
Usually the revisions were done to cut costs on components rather than make it "better", although sometimes it does both.
Quote:Originally posted by Pop_Smith:there were 12 revision... but the mods from the old revision still worked with the newer... so obviously they changed it to make it better.. not prevent mods..
Just like the regular XBox (4+ revisions, if I remember right?) and the PS2 (12 revisions?) it will just take a little more time at the drawing board before the new Wiis have been chipped.
thanks sony.
If this was Sony people on this board would be ripping them all the hell but i guess Nintendo get a free pass.
NextGen, have you even read the thread?! Thats all people are doing...is ripping on Nintendo!
....mod chips work for speficic revivsons on the PS2..they are not backwards compaitable.
Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:There are a few that work with ALL versions, but most have a specific ranges like 4-11 etc.
....mod chips work for speficic revivsons on the PS2..they are not backwards compaitable.
In case anyone forgot, the article clearly states:
"No official word from Nintendo yet."
They never claimed the new Wii's to be "Mod-Proof". The changes might lessen the heat put out by the board or cause it to use less electricity or something. But, that doesn't mean that they did it simply to prevent modding. I fail to believe that Nintendo would release a new Wii revision just to prevent Mods for being installed.
Although, yes that could be the case.
Peace
Quote:true but some of the post can lead others to think and mod chip on any PS2, mod chips are far more fickle than that :XOriginally posted by ZIppyDSM:There are a few that work with ALL versions, but most have a specific ranges like 4-11 etc.
....mod chips work for speficic revivsons on the PS2..they are not backwards compaitable.
I would actually agree with Nexgen76, if this were Sony making such a stupid claim people would be bashing the hell out of them.
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:Modern revisions to save manufacturing costs seem to be all the mod proofing they need now adays.
In case anyone forgot, the article clearly states:
"No official word from Nintendo yet."
They never claimed the new Wii's to be "Mod-Proof". The changes might lessen the heat put out by the board or cause it to use less electricity or something. But, that doesn't mean that they did it simply to prevent modding. I fail to believe that Nintendo would release a new Wii revision just to prevent Mods for being installed.
Although, yes that could be the case.
Peace
@Zippy
The Xbox seems to be the first console that has actively blocked mods, as it too had a firmware hack. Now with the 360 MS a pushing harder than ever for no piracy with their huge ban of Xbox Live users, the thing with that is by banning the actual console MS might see an increase in sales of the 360 (from people buying new consoles) but software sales will definitely drop through people thinking "screw M$, they ban me, I never buy games again". Other than that the PSP with its firmware updates would be the only system that tried stopping piracy, but the PSP scene is a huge as ever.
actually, the mobos are now out, here is a picture of the part that stops the chips that are soldered from working, becuase the legs that power the chips are gone.
Quote:um actually the thign with the dc is that u just have to burn bin or cue files to a disk to play them i must have about 50 illigal coppies of games and emulators for my dc and no chips or boot discs are needed.
PS2 17 revisions and counting.
I think the Xbox has 3.
basically you want to stop mods make a system like the GC/DC and don't support flash cards above 1GB.
Has anyone seen a wii mod proof in the US yet. I want to buy a wii and mod it as soon as a store says they're in stock. I've been reading about people bricking their systems by putting in original copies of games. It sounds like you really could mess up your wii by puting in backups then putting in paper mario, or not having the latest version of firm ware, this sounds scary.
Many companies before Nintendo have claimed that their product is (Insert Adjective Here) Proof.
They too will realize that there are more of us than there are of them.