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[Fireblend]

Some of you people thinking this leads to homebrew or piracy makes me wonder whether you know what a SDK is.

This is good for small legitimate developers. As long as the Switch is locked down regarding exploits and unauthorized access to its native methods piracy/emulators/anything not authorized by Nintendo will not occur.

 

[Marcel]

If piracy becomes a thing on Switch very soon, I am pretty sure that Third Parties will totally leave the platform.

Don't worry, many already make excuses to not be on the platform at all in the first place.

 

[Kouriozan]

Homebrew don't magically appears because the SDK was leaked.

 

[Galang]

Gross! Hopefully Nintendo can stop this!

 

[mazillion]

There is already an app coming out for that apparently

Yeah, Rainway right? I really hope it comes but I've seen so many people say there is no way that Nintendo will allow it so I have doubts.

 

[LordRaptor]

They seem to go hand-in-hand. The moral choice is yours, obviously.

No, "white hat" homebrewers respect licencing.
They won't go near an official SDK because it ultimately compromises any work they do as being based on stolen code.

They will be trying to do a 'clean room' implementation.

Pirates won't give a fuck.

 

[Jebusman]

This is good for small legitimate developers.

I mean they won't stay legitimate for long if Nintendo ever found out they were using a stolen SDK to prototype stuff with.

That's probably a bit of a deal breaker with them.

 

[RootCause]

Hope it can be contained long enough to not impact the system.

Just give me a few months of Splatoon 2 being safe.

That's all I ask.

Crap! Didn't think of the implications for online play.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

If piracy becomes a thing on Switch very soon, I am pretty sure that Third Parties will totally leave the platform.

Some of you are already on that Nintendoom train, already? Posters here certainly have a flair for being melodramatic

 

[Harmondale]

Well since nintendo cant release VC for unknown reasons I Wellcome this

Just unbelieavable why There is no VC

 

[Maximo]

I love how GAF pretends that they don't use homebrew from piracy, and that y'all actually dump your roms from cartridges when you emulate games.

This is horrible news. I hope Nintendo nips it in the bud.

People have on this very website even have a thread dedicated to it, in any case this is nothing and if anything comes from it it's gonna take years.

 

[darkwing]

lol this is just an sdk, as of now, there is no way to run unsigned code on the Switch

 

[jsnepo]

Anything that saves people from using the lens of the Switch prolonging its life is always good. Plus less moving parts internally.

/s

 

[Paz]

Shit like this just makes life harder for us developers because it makes platform holders less trusting, all it takes is one idiot.

Don't celebrate it. If you want open platforms then lobby the platform holders.

Edit - Also it seems there is a massive amount of confusion in this thread as to what an SDK is.

 

[Peltz]

I love how GAF pretends that they don't use homebrew from piracy, and that y'all actually dump your roms from cartridges when you emulate games.

This is horrible news. I hope Nintendo nips it in the bud.

There are a few people on GAF who rip their own games, but yea, I agree with you. They are a very small minority of users.

 

[Phamit]

I'm not sure if this is a big deal, aren't SDKs shared with devs anyway?

 

[Fireblend]

I mean they won't stay legitimate for long if Nintendo ever found out they were using a stolen SDK to prototype stuff with.

That's probably a bit of a deal breaker with them.

That;s why it should be open to begin with. Charging for a SDK is just the platform holder being greedy.

Whether an SDK is open or not doesn't reflect on the polatform's likeness to be broken or exposed or whatever.

 

[3DShovel]

Why the attitude? Absolutely nothing wrong with someone wanting Homebrew.

I highly doubt that original comment was looking forward to white hat home brew.

 

[darkwing]

I'm not sure if this is a big deal, aren't SDKs shared with devs anyway?

yes, but you can't do anything if it is unsigned

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Some years ago I got a ban for articulating concerns regarding piacy in a 3DS "homebrew" thread for derailing. Banned from GAF for three weeks on Wii U launch day (thanks Mod!)...

So I'll walk myself out of this thread.

 

[Marcel]

The people hemming and hawing about Splatoon 2 should present a plausible scenario where a leaked SDK = cheaters in online play or it's just Fears from Your Ass™.

 

[James Scott]

Well since nintendo cant release VC for unknown reasons I Wellcome this

Just unbelieavable why There is no VC

You think hackers will get emulators up and running before the VC?

 

[Militaratus]

Can't tell which SDK version this is, but if it isn't 1.3.1 then it's useless to UE4 developers. Not sure about Unity developers.

 

[Maximo]

Some years ago I got a ban for articulating concerns regarding piacy in a 3DS "homebrew" thread for derailing. Banned from GAF for three weeks on Wii U launch day (thanks Mod!)...

So I'll walk myself out of this thread.

Then why bring it up at all?

 

[Retro Edge]

It is. First step to homebrew.

When they don't want to give us the virtual console, maybe the community can.

 

[Little Mons†er]

It is. First step to homebrew.

No

 

[ModBot]

This thread is mostly going to be false homebrew=piracy equivalency garbage, which is against the rules. Those of you who have done so should sleep with one eye open; action could come at any time. I advise that you not engage in such behavior in the future.