Jack Recider
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Did he collaborate with you on just like what new product can we come out with? Because you have a very good understanding of the whole modding scene, what's coming out, what can work, what can't work. And then you're seeing like, well, there's this new exploit that just hit. Max, you might want to make a mod for this. This, I think, would take off. Just a little suggestion like that to Max. Yeah.
Did he collaborate with you on just like what new product can we come out with? Because you have a very good understanding of the whole modding scene, what's coming out, what can work, what can't work. And then you're seeing like, well, there's this new exploit that just hit. Max, you might want to make a mod for this. This, I think, would take off. Just a little suggestion like that to Max. Yeah.
And it says it has 15,000 games on it. This is an illegal product being sold right there on Amazon. And it just makes me think because video game system makers are actively taking websites to court who sell mod chips. And this Amazon listing has 1,500 games bundled into the mod chip, which means you can buy pirated games on Amazon. Now, of course, Amazon themselves isn't selling it.
And it says it has 15,000 games on it. This is an illegal product being sold right there on Amazon. And it just makes me think because video game system makers are actively taking websites to court who sell mod chips. And this Amazon listing has 1,500 games bundled into the mod chip, which means you can buy pirated games on Amazon. Now, of course, Amazon themselves isn't selling it.
Someone listed it there on the Amazon Marketplace. But still, they're facilitating the sale of it, fostering the whole deal, bringing this mod chip and pirated games to the masses. Why isn't Sony suing Amazon over this or trying to take down their website? Because in 2005, Sony did get mad at Maximilian for selling these same mods for the PlayStation, and they took him to court.
Someone listed it there on the Amazon Marketplace. But still, they're facilitating the sale of it, fostering the whole deal, bringing this mod chip and pirated games to the masses. Why isn't Sony suing Amazon over this or trying to take down their website? Because in 2005, Sony did get mad at Maximilian for selling these same mods for the PlayStation, and they took him to court.
And Sony won that case, which resulted in Max having to pay $5 million in damages. And that's, what, the fourth time he's been to court now? And he now owes over $50 million in fines to these game system makers at this point. The guy seemed to be unfazed by any of this, though. He had a rebellious mindset.
And Sony won that case, which resulted in Max having to pay $5 million in damages. And that's, what, the fourth time he's been to court now? And he now owes over $50 million in fines to these game system makers at this point. The guy seemed to be unfazed by any of this, though. He had a rebellious mindset.
While he felt like an enemy to the game makers, he felt like a hero to the players of the world. And yeah, a lot of people did really like the stuff he was releasing. He claims that he just wanted to unlock the game system's potential and give users more access and to be able to do more things.
While he felt like an enemy to the game makers, he felt like a hero to the players of the world. And yeah, a lot of people did really like the stuff he was releasing. He claims that he just wanted to unlock the game system's potential and give users more access and to be able to do more things.
My personal opinion about him, though, is that he's just a businessman and he's business-minded and he just is looking for unique ways to make some extra money. He understands this whole development cycle and manufacturing process, marketing and supply chain very well, and he's using it all to his advantage. In 2017, Nintendo released the Switch.
My personal opinion about him, though, is that he's just a businessman and he's business-minded and he just is looking for unique ways to make some extra money. He understands this whole development cycle and manufacturing process, marketing and supply chain very well, and he's using it all to his advantage. In 2017, Nintendo released the Switch.
Of course, the modder community immediately began breaking it open and trying to find a way to mod it. And someone discovered that you could glitch it by taking the right Joy-Con off and bridging the two points with a paperclip. And from here, you could then get it to boot into recovery mode and have access to diagnostic tools.
Of course, the modder community immediately began breaking it open and trying to find a way to mod it. And someone discovered that you could glitch it by taking the right Joy-Con off and bridging the two points with a paperclip. And from here, you could then get it to boot into recovery mode and have access to diagnostic tools.
The modder community took that and figured out how to get the Switch to boot to their own operating system, which basically made it so that you could play any pirated game on the Switch. When Maximilian saw what the modder community had done, he jumped on it.
The modder community took that and figured out how to get the Switch to boot to their own operating system, which basically made it so that you could play any pirated game on the Switch. When Maximilian saw what the modder community had done, he jumped on it.
His developer got to work building two physical devices, one that would slide into the Joy-Con port and trigger the glitch, while the other would go into the USB drive to have the system boot into a custom firmware. And Team Executor called this add-on the SX Pro. The idea is that it enabled you to copy games that you already had or play any pirated games that you had.
His developer got to work building two physical devices, one that would slide into the Joy-Con port and trigger the glitch, while the other would go into the USB drive to have the system boot into a custom firmware. And Team Executor called this add-on the SX Pro. The idea is that it enabled you to copy games that you already had or play any pirated games that you had.
The design was clean and super simple. People who had no experience modding systems could easily get this working and were giving it great reviews. So they had this thing all developed and manufactured, and then they wanted to announce it on the forum that Gary was the mod for. And this is where Gary was obligated to promote this device, since that was the deal that he made with Maximilian.
The design was clean and super simple. People who had no experience modding systems could easily get this working and were giving it great reviews. So they had this thing all developed and manufactured, and then they wanted to announce it on the forum that Gary was the mod for. And this is where Gary was obligated to promote this device, since that was the deal that he made with Maximilian.