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sc94597 on 17 May 2014
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Conina said:
sc94597 said:
I like these carts for homebrew and backups (don't have to carry all of your cartridges and risk losing them.) Notice that the goal of these flash cart developers is to have an open-platform for homebrew apps, and piracy is usually the least important thing in their eyes, in fact many are against piracy. I think a 3DS that was opened up to homebrew would be a really cool device with a lot of potential and it would definitely make an already valuable piece of hardware even more valuable.

The goal of these flash cart developers is to make a profit by selling flash cards. And most of their customers buy these cards to play games for free.

Which DS-homebrew makes even sense on the 3DS?

  • Internet-browser? The 3DS has one out of the box.
  • Playing MP3s? The 3DS can play them out of the box.
  • Watching pictures and videos? The 3DS has a photo-app, which can also play correctly converted videos and use the native 3DS resolution.

I'm not talking about the companies that use the exploits for profits, but about the people who find the exploits in the first place. 

The 3DS internet browser, video player, etc leave a lot to be wanted. I'd love to watch 3D movies on my 3DS just like I can watch them on my old HTC EVO 3D phone. I personally would like to use the 3DS as an emulator for games that aren't available on the virtual console, particularly old DOS PC games (DS had this, but was too weak for many games -like Elder Scrolls:Daggerfall), Gameboy Advanced games, and possibly N64 games. I think a PDF reader would be quite nice. Region-free gameplay. Steaming from PC (already exists on DS.)  Using my 3DS as a writing pad for my PC or to take notes. So on and so on. There are many things that can be done that the DS wasn't able to do because of limited hardware.