The only silver lining is that this will encourage the homebrew scene to take off. The same thing happened with the PS Vita as soon as support started to wane.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And 3ds And OG Xbox And PS3 (though it took some exploting) And Wii U Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, anyways

[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah there are loads of great examples. Point being, official development stopping means nothing for the homebrew scene. If anything, it might actually be a good thing because there won't be any updates to break homebrew apps

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unless your Nintendo, that is

[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the Wii, WiiU and DS consoles have reasonably busy homebrew scenes. You're right, they're pretty small compared to the other consoles mentioned but they definitely exist, and I'm sure the Switch will get the same when they move on to the next console

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I was referring to Nintendo still pushing software updates to try and break 3ds homebrew even though after next month they won't support the console in any way