Topic: Nintendo Working to Maintain a Robust Security System in 3DS, Wii U

[Patchkid15]

Nintendo has learned their lesson from both the DS and Wii.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30944

Nintendo took into account what they learned from the security mistakes of the DS and Wii while designing the 3DS and Wii U, according to the recent Investors Q&A.

Unlike the Nintendo DS and Wii, the 3DS has maintained its security system since its launch. Nintendo is looking to continue that success with the Wii U.

Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata said "In developing the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS, we recognized that security is an extremely important factor for the sake of our business and in making sure that our consumers feel that playing our products is safe. While some acts of piracy are still possible in its DS-compatibility mode, as we had to ensure that the Nintendo DS software could still be played on the Nintendo 3DS, the Nintendo 3DS itself still maintains a robust security system, even after this much time has passed since its launch."

With the advent of easily accessible system updates, it has become easier to maintain a system's security. However, if security would ever fail, Iwata said "we have prepared ourselves to minimize the damage."

[supergtt]

not for nothing, but "making sure that our consumers feel that playing our products is safe"

is a giant pile of bullshit. just saying. Your DS isn't gonna cut a bitch if you put in an r4

[ejamer]

not for nothing, but "making sure that our consumers feel that playing our products is safe"

is a giant pile of bullshit. just saying. Your DS isn't gonna cut a bitch if you put in an r4

With reference to Animal Crossing, where hacked items can ruin a game that you spent dozens or even hundreds of hours building, Iwata's statement has at least some truth.


Of course the real reason to improve security is to reduce piracy and keep third party developers confident in the viability of the system - proliferation of R4 cards didn't do anything to help DS software sales, although probably did spur hardware to some degree.  Frankly I'm ok with that trade off.

[C-Olimar]

not for nothing, but "making sure that our consumers feel that playing our products is safe"

is a giant pile of bullshit. just saying. Your DS isn't gonna cut a bitch if you put in an r4

That's not true! I played a cousin's R4 Card on my DS (not proud of it) and 6 months later BAM! The top screen snapped off.

[the asylum]

I'll give it a week.

And even then that's generous.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'll give it a week.

And even then that's generous.

The 3DS has been out for 15 months and has yet to be hacked, so it would appear a week isn't being that generous.

[Chozo Ghost]

What if instead of a ROBUST security system, Nintendo included a ROBOT security system?  :

I'm thinking of something a long the lines of a R.O.B. peripheral that has to be connected to the system at all times, and if it detects someone is trying to use their Wii U for hacking purposes it slaps a pair of handcuffs on them and alerts local law enforcement. 

[Sarail]

What if instead of a ROBUST security system, Nintendo included a ROBOT security system?  :

I'm thinking of something a long the lines of a R.O.B. peripheral that has to be connected to the system at all times, and if it detects someone is trying to use their Wii U for hacking purposes it slaps a pair of handcuffs on them and alerts local law enforcement. 

But it would take so long to drop the gyros over!

[Chozo Ghost]

What if instead of a ROBUST security system, Nintendo included a ROBOT security system?  :

I'm thinking of something a long the lines of a R.O.B. peripheral that has to be connected to the system at all times, and if it detects someone is trying to use their Wii U for hacking purposes it slaps a pair of handcuffs on them and alerts local law enforcement. 

But it would take so long to drop the gyros over!

R.O.B's response to that would be "don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

[Sarail]

What if instead of a ROBUST security system, Nintendo included a ROBOT security system?  :

I'm thinking of something a long the lines of a R.O.B. peripheral that has to be connected to the system at all times, and if it detects someone is trying to use their Wii U for hacking purposes it slaps a pair of handcuffs on them and alerts local law enforcement. 

But it would take so long to drop the gyros over!

R.O.B's response to that would be "don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

Hah. +1, sir!