Good news is that NVidia itself has a Shield Table under development, so a potential competitor to the Switch, which should be easily moddable without any nasty legal repercussions :-). I guess it would be Tegra X2 based, so yes it should have better performance...

https://www.theverge.com/circu...

And I used to love Nintendo software and hardware so much - the N64 could do so much with such simple hardware - and the GameCube had a superb GPU for its time. Just so sad to see their intent to prosecute homebrew hackers.

In the past consoles used to have amazing graphics capabilities that were unmatched on any other platform, which made them a very attractive platform for homebrew but that's not the case anymore.

The Switch is really nothing special when it comes to hardware, it's just an off the shelf NVidia Tegra X1. In fact why bother hacking the Switch at all, when you could get one of NVidia's Jetson dev kits, with similar specs?

Also ODroid just recently released a Ubuntu powered Switch clone powered by a Rockchip SoC which is a bit underpowered. Maybe they could release a Tegra X2 based version sometime in the future? With even better hardware than the Switch itself.

Just because something is illegal doesn't immediately mean that it is immoral. In fact I think it is morally wrong to make modifying your own equipment in your own home to run software you wrote yourself (homebrew) illegal. I feel it is a violation of our natural property rights. Nintendo should be prosecuting those distributing pirated ROMs out on the Internet. But they have no moral right to go into our homes and tell us that we can't do certain things with our own property, that we bought outright, anti-circumvention laws be damned. The corporate overreach into our private sphere into our own homes and the lives of are families over the last few decades is completely unacceptable.

https://games.slashdot.org/sto...

To elaborate further: In my opinion Nintendo has no right to control what we are doing in our own homes. They can only control what we do in the wider society, e.g. the distribution of Nintendo's copyrighted ROMs on the Internet. But they have absolutely NO RIGHT TO POLICE OUR OWN HOMES AND TELL US WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO THERE. These anti-cirumvention laws are an abomination and should never have been allowed to pass in the first place.

No, I believe the individual's right to modify their own property in their own home comes above the copyright holder's ability to prohibit this. We are talking about information here, not physical lives. Controlling our ability to process information in certain ways that are not authorized by Nintendo, it's like trying to control our thoughts. In the last 20 years or so our individual rights are being taken away systematically with this kind of reasoning. You can use the same kind of reasoning to justify authoritarian and even totalitarian societies - and this is what has been happening slowly over the years here in the west.

We can fight this by making potential Nintendo employees aware of the company's tactic of stalking and intimidating modders. At least for the Europe and America offices.

https://www.timelex.eu/en/blog...

Final Enforcement Proposal Neimod 4 5 13.doc

          Lifestyle and Activities.
                  ~26 year old male living with parents in -redacted-, Belgium.
                  Typical week includes work 9am-5pm Monday through Thursday.
                  Evenings and weekends are primarily spent at home.
                  Surveillance didn’t reveal any friends or visitors entering or leaving the residence with Neimod.
                  Only additional activity included a trip to the bank and a restaurant (alone).

FUCK YOU NINTENDO

More from the Nintendo doc, wow this keeps getting worse and worse:

Further, as explained above, it follows from the notifications made by Nintendo to the users, as well as from the 3DSâ(TM)s shell and protection measures, that users are not authorized to access the 3DS.

âoeNeimodââ(TM)s statements in the IRC conversations and in relation to the photographs posted on the Internet sufficiently evidence that the defendant has accessed (or at least, has been trying to access) the 3DS. The mere attempt to hack a computer system constitutes a criminal offence under Article 550bis of the Criminal Code.

As this acting involves breaking user licences, physical and technological protection measures, the defendant can only have acted knowingly. This is also confirmed by the vocabulary used by âoeNeimodâ, which includes clear references to âoehackingâ, âoehaxxâ, etc.

Given the fulfilment of all the requirements set out in Article 550bis (1) and/or (4) of the Criminal Code, the offence of âoehackingâ or âoeattempt of hackingâ must be upheld.

From the Nintendo document:

        10. Article 550bis of the Criminal Code punishes any (attempt) of external hacking, i.e. any attempt to gain access to a computer systems or to maintain such access, by someone who knows he/she is not authorized to gain such access.

The preparatory documents to the Act of 28 November 2000, introducing Article 550bis into the Criminal Code, as well as the other provisions on computer criminality, define “computer system” as: “any system which allows the user to store, process or transmit data. This includes, in particular computers, chips, smart cards, networks and their components as well as telecommunications systems and their components which use information technology.” The 3DS is a “computer system” in the sense of Article 550bis of the Criminal Code.

Further, as explained above, it follows from the notifications made by Nintendo to the users, as well as from the 3DS’s shell and protection measures, that users are not authorized to access the 3DS.

I AM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP!!!
This needs to go on national news....

File is Criminal Complaint (draft) 5 April 2013.doc in Documents.7z.

This needs to be taken to the ECHR, and THE STAFF RESPONSIBLE at Nintendo, not the company should be brought to trial for these offences. They should not be allowed to hide behind a corporation. They personally need to go to jail.

From the Documents.7z file, Nintendo tried to prosecute a Belgian 'hacker' for modifying his own console, one of the things they claimed was that OPENING THE CONSOLE WAS A CRIME.

"Moreover, the access to the inside of the console is blocked by a closed outer shell."

Begin excerpt from Nintendo Document:

        2. Hacking, modifying or accessing the hardware or software of the 3DS game console or 3DS games is not authorized by Nintendo.

This clearly follows from, inter alia, the information on the 3DS Service User Agreement and Privacy Policy (“EULA”), the 3DS’s Hardware Packaging, Hardware Operation Manual and Software Packaging. The EULA states:

“Your use of the Nintendo 3DS Services is subject to your full compliance with this Nintendo 3DS Code of Conduct (). The Nintendo 3DS Code of Conduct prohibits all harmful, illegal or otherwise offensive conduct, including, but not limited to the following: () Hosting, intercepting, emulating, reverse engineering any part of the Nintendo 3DS System or the Nintendo 3DS Services or redirecting the communication protocols used by Nintendo as part of the Nintendo 3DS Services, regardless of the method used to do so.”

Moreover, the access to the inside of the console is blocked by a closed outer shell.

This is finally confirmed by the presence of technological protection measures implemented on the 3DS and authentic 3DS games (see further below in this regard).

        3. Nintendo has made considerable investments in order to conceive, develop and market the 3DS. It has also made such investments, as have done independent game developers, with regards to the 3DS games.

As follows from the above, security is a crucial issue for Nintendo when developing its consoles. The measures developed by Nintendo are, among other, aimed to prevent the playing of unauthorized copies of Nintendo games (and thus to fight piracy), to prevent users from breaching warranties on the 3DS console, and to prevent consumers from opening up the console and the hazards inherent in doing so with a highly technical electronic device.

End excerpt from Nintendo Document.

THIS IS SICKENING BEYOND BELIEF.

"pursue a criminal referral" - for modifying your own hardware, that you bought with your own money, to run software you wrote yourself. So does Nintendo claim that the hardware you purchased doesn't belong to you and should you modify it in an unapproved way you are going to jail. This is such a violation of our human rights. We are really living in Orwell's 1984 nightmare. Nintendo should go after those making money from such hacks, not individuals exercising their natural rights. In fact Nintendo should be prosecuted for under criminal stalking laws for following this 'hacker' in real life. Enough is enough - I would really like someone, somewhere to file a criminal case against such behavior by these sociopathic corporations.