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November 30th, 2018, 17:27 Posted By: wraggster
With Sony seemingly preparing for a quiet 2019 and Microsoft rumored to also be on the cusp of an end to its hardware cycle, next year may prove an opportune time for Nintendo to take back control of the hardware market. At least, research and analytics group Strategy Analytics seems to think so.
In its Global Game Console Market Forecast, Strategy Analytics predicts that Nintendo will sell 17.3 million Nintendo Switch units worldwide in 2019, outstripping a predicted 17.1 million PS4 and PS4 Pro units from Sony and 10 million Xbox One and Xbox One X units from Microsoft. That said, overall 2019 console revenue is predicted to drop by 10%.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ership-in-2019
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November 30th, 2018, 17:27 Posted By: wraggster
There's been a slightly surprising amount of consternation over Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime's assertion this week that Nintendo does around 60% of its business in the holiday quarter. In some quarters this seems to have raised eyebrows simply because it seems improbably high. In others it's ignited yet another tiresome round of the endless argument over whether Nintendo is "for kids", with the heavy holiday quarter loading being taken as evidence that the firm's hardware and software are largely purchased by parents as gifts for children.
The very existence of this argument is bewildering, given that Nintendo is perfectly open about seeing itself as a toy company first and foremost. It also ignores the enduring popularity of things "for kids" among adult audiences and the fact that adults, too, tend to receive gifts from one another around the holiday season - although perhaps not the kind of adults who spend too much time ranting on the Internet about other people's gaming preferences."To hit its targets, a holiday quarter that racks up an enormously disproportionate amount of the year's sales will be essential"
Perhaps Fils-Aime's goofy onstage persona at Nintendo events has lulled people into a misconception that he is not to be taken seriously in his corporate pronouncements, but it really shouldn't surprise anyone that these figures were not pulled from thin air. However, the numbers may reflect more about Nintendo's aspirations for this year than they do about its historical performance. While the granularity of the financial figures in Nintendo's annual reports leave a little to be desired, one thing we can say is that at no point since the launch of the Wii has the holiday quarter (the three months ended December 31st) ever accounted for 60% of the company's annual sales. The figure is high, for sure - in many years it hovers around 50% - but it's not quite at the level Fils-Aime suggested.
That doesn't mean he's wrong. The figures in the annual report are global figures, meaning that they encompass territories where holiday gift-giving is far less of a major retail boom than it is in North America. If half of Nintendo's global sales are accounted for in the holiday quarter, it wouldn't be at all surprising if that number hits 60% in the United States on occasion, especially given that both Thanksgiving and Christmas offer major sales spikes during that quarter in the US. Hence I don't think Fils-Aime misspoke or pulled out an unsupported figure. Rather, I suspect he was speaking as Nintendo of America boss, rather than as a representative of Nintendo globally.
The thing is, though, that Fils-Aime's statements will naturally be taken in the context of Nintendo's incredibly high aspirations for Switch sales this financial year. The company maintains that it's going to sell 20 million units of the console by the end of March 2019, a goal which it's still a fair way from accomplishing as of its most recent global installed base announcements. To hit its targets, a holiday quarter that racks up an enormously disproportionate amount of the year's sales - say, oh, around 60% of them - will be absolutely essential. "Where are the holiday system-sellers for Sony and Microsoft, especially given that the holiday season does indeed skew young?"
In fact, a little back-of-envelope (or hastily-compiled-Excel-sheet in this case) calculation suggests that on the basis of the performance of the June and September quarters, the December and January quarters will need to account for about 75% of that sales target between them - and historical performance suggests that 60% in a bumper holiday season followed by eking out the last 15% in the New Year is about the only way to reach that lofty goal.
Regardless of whether Nintendo's actual holiday season numbers account for 60% or something shy of 50%, these are remarkably high figures for holiday weighting. The obfuscation of unit sales figures by platform holders over the years (with Microsoft being the current guilty party) makes it a little tricky to make a direct comparison, but it seems unlikely that any platform holder other than Nintendo has approached this kind of holiday-heavy weighting in their quarterly figures in recent years. Sony's holiday quarters typically account for somewhere just shy of 40% of annual revenue - more than other quarters, but not that much more. Microsoft's figures are likely broadly in line.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...n-the-holidays
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November 29th, 2018, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster
biskeydump continues to be updated by scene developer @rajkosto, which is a custom 'payload' designed to dump all your Switch BIS keys for usage with later on with eMMC contents decryption on your desktop or laptop, and his latest version 7 build has been updated to handle all the new TSEC changes made recently by big 'N' with their v6.20 firmware release!
rajkosto said: biskeydump v7 is out for those who need to get their tsec/bis keys while on 6.2.0, also adds option to save keys to a file on microsd
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PLEASE NOTE: This only helps in backing up your NAND that been updated to v6.2.0 and making changes to it like downgrading, etc., it does NOT help in getting the new special keys needed for CFW on v6.2.0!
OFFICIAL SITE: --> https://github.com/rajkosto/biskeydump (and) https://switchtools.sshnuke.net/
via https://www.maxconsole.com/threads/s...ajkosto.46893/
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November 29th, 2018, 17:00 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has dropped its insistence on getting a share of advertising revenues generated by people who post videos about its games on YouTube. The company today announced that it will end the Nintendo Creators Program, which saw YouTube content creators give over as much as 40% of a video's income if it featured Nintendo games.
"We are ending the Nintendo Creators Program (NCP) to make it easier for content creators to make and monetize videos that contain Nintendo game content," the company said. "We will no longer ask creators to submit their videos to the NCP, and creators can continue showing their passion for Nintendo by following Nintendo's guidelines..."
Those guidelines give people permission to monetize videos with gameplay footage and screenshots of Nintendo games, so long as the content creator adds something to the process. "Videos and images that contain mere copies of Nintendo Game Content without creative input or commentary are not permitted," the guidelines state. Additionally, the content must be from something officially released, and monetization must occur through an approved channel, such as the YouTube Partner Program or the Twitch Affiliate Program.
While this brings Nintendo closer in line with industry standard attitudes toward content creators, it is a significant change from its previous stances. In 2013, Nintendo claimed all monetization rights to videos using images or music from its games. Two years later, it introduced the Nintendo Creators Program as something of a compromise, letting people sign up to give the company a 40% share of advertising revenue from videos featuring its products. Content creators could also register their entire channel for the program, in which case Nintendo would take 30% of advertising revenue.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...eators-program
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November 28th, 2018, 16:13 Posted By: wraggster
During a recent Legend of Zelda concert that took place in Japan, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma made a comment on stage that drove fans to think that Nintendo was possibly planning to port the Wii's The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword to the Switch. He taunted the audience when questioned about Breath of the Wild, replying with "are you sure you don't want to ask about a Switch version of Skyward Sword?" which a reference to an earlier moment where the concert's host had expressed how much they enjoyed the music of Skyward Sword. This set sites into a frenzy, wondering if Aonuma's comment meant something more. However, an official statement from Nintendo today has grounded such ideas. According to the company, they, "have no plans to release The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on Nintendo Switch" at this time.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo...a-port.524627/
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November 28th, 2018, 16:10 Posted By: wraggster
For Nintendo to meet its fiscal year goal to sell 20 million Nintendo Switch units in 2018-2019, it has some serious work to do. But Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime's anticipations for the holiday season are far from pessimistic.
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Fils-Aime said that the gift-giving season in the Americas (where Nintendo sees the most revenue) is especially important to Nintendo. "The holiday selling season - October, November and December - critically important to our company," he said.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...g-the-holidays
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November 28th, 2018, 16:09 Posted By: wraggster
The Thanksgiving weekend marks a frenzied beginning to the holiday sales season in the US, and Nintendo wasted no time in getting into a festive spirit. Nintendo of America today reported that its total revenues for the five-day stretch including Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday were more than $250 million.
Naturally, the Switch was a main driver of that, as Nintendo's latest console saw hardware sales more than double for the holiday weekend, up 115% year-over-year. That made for the Switch's best-selling week to date, and the strongest performance any Nintendo console has posted over the five-day Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday period, surpassing even the high mark of the Wii. The company said the Switch now has an installed base of more than 8.2 million units in the US.
On the software side, Nintendo reported selling 1 million first-party Switch games over the holiday weekend (physical and digital combined), a 78% jump year-over-year. At the same time, the Pikachu and Eevee versions of Pokémon: Let's Go have combined for total sales of 1.5 million since their debut the week prior, while Super Mario Party passed the 1 million sold milestone in the US. It became the fifth first-party Switch game to hit 1 million sold in the US, joining Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, and Splatoon 2.
Nintendo's business outside the Switch was not as vibrant, as Nintendo reported total US hardware sales for the holiday weekend up 45% year-over-year. While the company didn't give concrete indicators of their performance over the weekend, the 3DS family of systems reached lifetime US sales of 22 million, while the NES Classic hit 2 million sold overall and the Super NES Classic topped lifetime US sales of 2.5 million.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...friday-weekend
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November 28th, 2018, 16:09 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo's share price continues to slide as the Switch looks likely to miss its two-year sales projections.
According to an analysis report from Bloomberg, the Switch is likely to fall short of Nintendo's 38 million sales target set for March by nearly three million units.
Nintendo enjoyed a resoundingly successful first year with the Switch, which became the fastest-selling Nintendo console of all time.
However, concerns that the platform holder would be unable to maintain such momentum after front-loading the console's launch with flagship titles may not have been unfounded.
Nintendo's share price has fallen 33% from roughly $435 to just under $300 since January, as it slides closer and closer to Switch pre-release levels.
Much like the Wii, Nintendo hoped that the Switch would be able to connect with consumers in the wider public, but products like Nintendo Labo have failed to deliver on that front.
Launched in April the Labo saw a brief rise in share price, preceding an accelerated decline.
Speaking with Bloomberg, William O'Neil & Co Inc. analyst Cornelio Ash said: "All great consoles need a great second year, and Nintendo hasn't delivered one for the Switch.
"Investors thought over five years they could sell maybe 90 million units. But after this year, that's looking pretty much impossible."
The strength of Nintendo has always come from its first party line-up, and the platform holder has announced a new Animal Crossing game, new Metroid, and a new core Pokémon RPG.
Additionally, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best pre-selling game on Switch.
However, none of these titles are likely to appeal to the wider non-gaming audience that Nintendo needs to capture in order to replicate the long-term success of the Wii.
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter suggested that a 33% price cut would be necessary to spur sales growth.
"I don't see sales growing unless the price is reduced to below $200," he said.
Nintendo has also failed to improve the situation following mixed results from its mobile efforts, with Super Mario Run failing to meet expectations, and Miitomo shutting down after two years.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ets-for-switch
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November 27th, 2018, 17:00 Posted By: wraggster
Budford v1.0.118 is released. Cemu is a great emulator. But it currently only has limited support for per game settings. How many times have you turned on multi-core support for Breath of the Wild then forgotten to set it back to single core before playing Mario Kart with your friends. And we all know how frustring it can be when a new release arrives and your favorite game no longer works. Budford is a configuration management tool for Cemu with a familiar interface for those who have used the Dophin emulator. Budford is not a game launcher, it is designed to work with your favorite game launcher.
Budford Features:
* Simple user interface for configuring per game settings.
* Budford can support multiple users each with their own save file for each game.
* Supports multiple concurrent versions of Cemu. Budford will create a symbolic link to your mlc01\usr\title folder.
* Can download the latest version of Cemu , Cemu hook and performs all the required setup for you.
* Can automatically download the latest graphic packs.
* Budford can integrate with your favorite game launcher such as launch box or emulation station, it can even launch straight into the game pad view so you'll never need your keyboard again.
* Global settings for audio volume and your preferred graphic pack resolution. (You can override these in your per game settings)
* Game ratings and view filters to help you find your favorite games.
* Track statistics such as the number of times you have played each game or how long since you last played it.
* Easy access short cuts to important Cemu folders such as Shader Cache, Save Folders and Game files. No more searching through log files to find folder names.
https://github.com/SteveLeafo/Budford
via http://www.emucr.com/2018/11/budford-v10118.html
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November 27th, 2018, 16:35 Posted By: wraggster
A short while ago, word spread that some Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu dump managed to mess up your Nintendo Switch’s NAND and this resulted in a brick. However, this was only a soft brick because you could revive your Nintendo Switch IF you had previously done a NAND backup which is something that all people hacking their Switch should do!
Now, yet another dump that soft bricks your console is out in the wild and this time, it’s for Super Smash Bros Ultimate which is a game that’s been leaked ahead of its December 7 release date. As a result, it is important to avoid downloading a SSBU dump from unverified sources even if you can’t resist the urge of getting it legally when it’s publicly released (even though you shouldn’t pirate it to begin with).
[h=3]Conclusion[/h]Hopefully, this news article brings to light two important things which some people still need to learn. The first is that of not installing firmware updates before word is released on whether they’re hackable or not EVEN if your console is hacked at the hardware level. The other is that of NOT getting dumps from unconfirmed sources if you go down the illegitimate gaming route because similar things also happened in the PSVita scene.
via http://wololo.net/2018/11/25/nintend...e-precautions/
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November 27th, 2018, 16:34 Posted By: wraggster
As with any Nintendo major update, we need some time to complete this process.
We can't confirm any date yet, but be sure we are doing our best to bring this update as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, do NOT update to 6.2 until we have released our own update that supports it.
–< Team-Xecuter – Rocking the Switch in 2018 and beyond! >–
https://team-xecuter.com/
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November 26th, 2018, 17:44 Posted By: wraggster
Heres some nice Virtual Boy News:
Superstar VB homebrewer Martin Kujaczynski has just launched an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in order to be able to spend the rest of the year finishing up his VB Music Tracker, the respective sound player code, as well as new game called "Bombenleger", that bears a striking resemblence to Bomberman.
Most homebrew games and demos for the Virtual Boy have inferior sound and music due to the lack of proper sound tools. To change that fact I started the development of a music tracker that will allow developers and composers to create high quality music for the Virtual Boy. At the moment the tool is half-finished. If the funding campaign is successful, I will spend the next few weeks working full time on the project to complete it till the end of December.
To raise interest in the campaign I decided to pair it with the development of a small but fun game for the VB. It's similar to a well know game, where you have to make your way through a labyrinth by placing bombs to destroy walls and defeat enemies.
The campaign will run for a week only two weeks and requires €1,200 to be raised. Let's make is a success!
See all the info here.
via https://www.planetvb.com/modules/new...hp?storyid=456
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November 26th, 2018, 17:41 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo recently updated their old original Wii firmware, and they also more recently announced they shutting-down the 'Internet' on the old outdated Wii's, as such some of current exploits will stop working so there is need for new easy 'entry point' @Fullmetal5 has detailed out his idea of attack plan using the fact that with the recent firmware update Nintendo added a nice 'spot' for us.  Alright, so with Nintendo shutting down the E-Shop there won't be a way of getting the Internet Channel anymore which means no more FlashHax. So we need another exploit that works without sd cards and now only works with whatever default channels are installed on the Wii. So what's the attack surface for the default channels?
Well luckily for us Nintendo decided to have their EULA for the Wii be updatable, and they decided to do this by making the EULA view actually just be Opera pointed at the page " http://cfh.wapp.wii.com/eula/XXX/YY.html". Where XXX is the country code and YY is the language. And since they get the page over http that means if we change the dns servers then we can switch the page out for whatever we want.
The actual vulnerability being exploited here will be posted soon when the write up for it is done but the name of this exploit should give you a pretty good idea. (For anyone looking for a fun exercise try figuring this exploit out yourself.)
How to setup str2hax:- Go to the Wii's settings the under Internet select Connection Settings and choose your currently active connection.
- Select Change settings and scroll to the right until you get to Auto-Obtain DNS
- Select No then select Advanced Settings.
- Change the Primary DNS to 216.69.185.14 and the Secondary DNS to 173.201.71.14.
- Select Confirm and then Save, you will be told you must run a connection test. (Select No to the system update prompt)
If the connection test doesn't work try running it one more time and if it still fails leave a post about it. (Please make sure you have a working internet connection in the first place.)
- Back out to the Internet panel and choose User Agreements. Select Yes to the question about the Wii Shop Channel/WiiConnect24.
- You will be taken to a screen telling you to review the User Agreements for the Wii. Select Next.
If you see a pony on screen telling you to wait then you have done everything correctly. The exploit takes 1-2 minutes (1:25 is usually how long mine takes), if it takes longer than 2 minutes then it probably failed. Just turn off your Wii and start again from step 6.
After a minute or two you should be booted into the HackMii Installer. If the Wii freezes on a with a bunch of white text on it please take a LEGIBLE picture of the screen. I can't help you if I can't read it.
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If you got some use out of this and want to throw @Fullmetal5 some money you can do so here. (His College is expensive, so is IDA)
NEWS SOURCE: A channel-less, sd-less entry point: str2hax (via) GBATemp
via https://www.maxconsole.com/threads/w...str2hax.49732/
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November 26th, 2018, 17:39 Posted By: wraggster
Currently, to transfer files back and forth to your Nintendo Switch, you either have to remove/insert your MicroSD between your console and PC, or you have to enable WiFi and use an FTP server to transfer files, but now scene developer @ischeinkman has started working on NX-USB which allows to you access your Switch on your PC with just a simple handy-dandy USB cable connected between your Switch and PC, and bang you can start transferring files back & forth. NX-USB is composed of 2 parts: a "server" component that runs on the switch, called nxusb_server.nro, and a "client" component that runs each command on the computer.
Setup- Grab a copy of nxusb_server.nro. This can either be done by building it yourself, or just by downloading it from the Releases page.
- Make sure that you have gotten nxusb_server.nro on to your Switch somewhere where it can be ran from.
- Find a valid client, which at this point is only possible by downloading Rust and building it yourself via cargo build -p client. At the moment, the client executable is just called client, so that is what we will be using to refer to it here, but this may change in the future.
Running
- Connect the Switch to the computer via USB.
- Run nxusb_server.nro on the Switch.
- Use the client to transfer files between the computer and the switch:
- To "push" a file TO the Switch FROM the computer, use ./client --push [NEW PATH ON SWITCH] [EXISTING FILE ON COMPUTER].
- To "pull" a file FROM the Switch TO the computer, use ./client --pull [EXISTING FILE ON SWITCH] [NEW PATH ON COMPUTER]`
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via https://www.maxconsole.com/threads/w...einkman.49733/
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