Wii chipped

[alexbleubolt]

I've been running my chipped wii now for about 1 month, and it works perfectly. highly recommend it to other wii owners :approve:

 

[Tom]

what is the point?

what do you gain.

 

[gareth3685]

You can play backups....

Which chip did you use?

I bought a Cyclowiz but I stuffed up the install so i never managed to get it in. Acutally happy I didn't becuase I've read all sorts of comments about Wii's going wrong after they've been installed.

I'll wait until the modchips have developed a bit more before I get another one.

 

[alexbleubolt]

wiinja (v2 i think), no problems at all, with the install or dre's or anything, joinned one of them game rental clubs played 7 games so far

 

[gareth3685]

The benefits really pay off if everything goes to plan....

However if it doesn't then its new Wii time.

Is the Wiinja upgradeable? The Cyclowiz claims to be but there are lot of people disuputing that.

 

[hooligan]

im waiting for my wiikey to arrive from china
iv not read anything bad about then yet
just gotta find some 1 to fit it :S

 

[Clart]

chipping. for pikeys who cannot afford real games and support the software houses

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

I chipped my mrs's Wii the other day when I was cleaning the bedroom, she wasnt very happy with me...

 

[sargey]

Chipped mine ages ago with Cyclowiz v1.

Works great apart from the slow down in warioware and elebits.

 

[Lagerlout]

chipping. for pikeys who cannot afford real games and support the software houses

LOL

Or for people with more sense than to pay £45 for a DVD.

Same applies to the music industry. If they didn't charge such ridiculous prices in the first place people wouldn't bother with piracy.

If 360 games were £20 a pop I'd be willing to bet that a hell of a lot less people would bother with pirate copies! I certainly wouldn't.

 

[alexbleubolt]

theire is a wiinja delux which is upgradeable, don't see the point though. if nintendo do something they will just put some more protection into the dvd's and render all upgradeable chips useless. they could even put bad code in the games that update the upgradable chips so they don't work !! so non upgrade chip seems better

 

[hooligan]

my wiikey modchip arrived today (shipped from hongkong on 3rd thats fast)
i was thiking of fitting it myself but now iv seen how small it is i dont want to risk it
is there any body in or around manchester area that has done one allready and can install this chip for me
a few ££ if you can (iv got a tri wing screwdriver)

or does anyone know if it can be done at bowlers computer fair(i know there used to be a guy that used to chip other stuff there)

thanks
dave

 

[kpowell911]

If 360 games were £20 a pop I'd be willing to bet that a hell of a lot less people would bother with pirate copies! I certainly wouldn't.

Dont quote me on this, but I heard that the consoles in the first place are sold at ahuge loss, hence the games are so expensive, so they get their money back.

So if games were £20, consoles would be about a grand

 

[kpowell911]

clart didnt post that, i messed up.

 

[len_beach]

Have a look on www.disqworld.com for info. and installation.

 

[Clart]

chipping. for pikeys who cannot afford real games and support the software houses

LOL

Or for people with more sense than to pay £45 for a DVD.

Same applies to the music industry. If they didn't charge such ridiculous prices in the first place people wouldn't bother with piracy.

If 360 games were £20 a pop I'd be willing to bet that a hell of a lot less people would bother with pirate copies! I certainly wouldn't.

Hmmm not really. Most 360 games can be found on ebay for under £25

 

[KyleB]

consoles are sold at a small loss so that microsoft can make money from companies paying to license code to run on the xbox 360. obviously the bigger the market, the more microsoft can potentially make on a console.

games are priced according to software houses/publishers

 

[ukaskew]

LOL

Or for people with more sense than to pay £45 for a DVD.

Wii games officially cost £39.99, but shop around and they can be had for £29.99 without too much effort (Asda are a good starting point)

If you can't afford the games don't buy the console, £30 isn't bad as long as you read reviews and plan purchases. Most software houses seem to be going under these days unless they get support from a major publisher, and considering that I remember paying £45-50 for some Mega Drive titles 13 years ago I would say things have moved in the right direction.

 

[KDF]

piracy is bad... mmmmkay...