The world's most powerful handheld..
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sk8bloke22
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u can buy it at www.lik-sang.com
AlphaWolf
I prey, not pray.
If consoles have a future, I would say that this has to be it. The latest software development trends are moving away from proprietary hardware and software systems. Sure the consumer pays more up front for the hardware, but ends up saving in the long run because the software developers don't have to pay huge licensing fees, and hence the final product is cheaper.
Now all we need is for stuff like this to be popularized somehow.
Now all we need is for stuff like this to be popularized somehow.
Raging Fuel
The jumbles man, the jumbles
I wonder how long the batteries last?
AlphaWolf: I think you're wrong. Sure, this way it might attract some small developers, in the big picture anyone who wants to make money won't use it. They want propriety systems that are harder to pirate.
AlphaWolf: I think you're wrong. Sure, this way it might attract some small developers, in the big picture anyone who wants to make money won't use it. They want propriety systems that are harder to pirate.
AlphaWolf
I prey, not pray.
Raging Fuel: I am not saying this particular one will last, but look where software development is heading. Besides, piracy hasnt slowed PC developers any.
Actualy something to note, this GP32 has a much better potential for anti-piracy than anything. It uses smart card technology, which gives it pretty much the best protection you can get nowadays. Believe me I am one to know
EDIT: In case your wondering what the hell im talking about, think of it like this. A company develops a gaming system which is openly documented. The gaming system itself has zero copy protection in it whatsoever (or if so, maybe something minor to help promote copy protection, just hardly any effort on its part) since after all it is open to the public and that wouldn't do any good.
Now the medium that this gaming system uses is smart media cards. The nice thing about smart media cards is that you can embed almost any type of processor in them. Namely, an ASIC which is designed more with the intent of being very difficult to reproduce or emulate, rather than being a full blown processor. Each individual developer makes their own embedded design, and doesn't document a damn thing on it. Each game sold commercialy is compiled to depend on this processor for a good portion of its functionality.
This is very possible, and is very cheap, lots of smart card applications already use it today. Now granted there is nothing to stop you from pirating the game still, but each individual game will have its own unique embedded system. Yes you can copy the software off of the smart media card (even that might be protected against, it can be fixed so that you can only read a certain portion of it.), but a whole lot of good it will do you without the asic embedded into the origional unit. The process of reverse engineering these things is extremely difficult, and expensive. Your average person will not be able to just casualy copy the software.
Honestly I think that the reason copy protection has always failed in the past is because there is so much dependence on the reader to discern weather or not its authentic. Pretty dumb because once its been read it can be written elsewhere. Or better yet the reader can be modified to just ignore the protection. If you realy want to protect something, protect the medium itself.
Actualy something to note, this GP32 has a much better potential for anti-piracy than anything. It uses smart card technology, which gives it pretty much the best protection you can get nowadays. Believe me I am one to know
EDIT: In case your wondering what the hell im talking about, think of it like this. A company develops a gaming system which is openly documented. The gaming system itself has zero copy protection in it whatsoever (or if so, maybe something minor to help promote copy protection, just hardly any effort on its part) since after all it is open to the public and that wouldn't do any good.
Now the medium that this gaming system uses is smart media cards. The nice thing about smart media cards is that you can embed almost any type of processor in them. Namely, an ASIC which is designed more with the intent of being very difficult to reproduce or emulate, rather than being a full blown processor. Each individual developer makes their own embedded design, and doesn't document a damn thing on it. Each game sold commercialy is compiled to depend on this processor for a good portion of its functionality.
This is very possible, and is very cheap, lots of smart card applications already use it today. Now granted there is nothing to stop you from pirating the game still, but each individual game will have its own unique embedded system. Yes you can copy the software off of the smart media card (even that might be protected against, it can be fixed so that you can only read a certain portion of it.), but a whole lot of good it will do you without the asic embedded into the origional unit. The process of reverse engineering these things is extremely difficult, and expensive. Your average person will not be able to just casualy copy the software.
Honestly I think that the reason copy protection has always failed in the past is because there is so much dependence on the reader to discern weather or not its authentic. Pretty dumb because once its been read it can be written elsewhere. Or better yet the reader can be modified to just ignore the protection. If you realy want to protect something, protect the medium itself.
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DiamondDeus
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actually, japan and korea, seeing as it IS made by a korean company