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It's not strictly intentional; it's a consequence of the strict DRM on modern consoles. Decryption keys are needed for content to be loadable and in some cases
by Firehawke 5y ago
It's not strictly intentional; it's a consequence of the strict DRM on modern consoles. Decryption keys are needed for content to be loadable and in some cases you need the actual OS the console is running, too.
- Gigachad 5y agoIt all feels like such a small obstacle compared to the effort of building an emulator. So they are able to emulate all these complicated apis and hardware, but couldn't create a little tool to dump the rom decrypted so it can be loaded without keys. I can only assume they intentionally leave this last hurdle up so the general public are locked out until the development is done and the console is commercially obsolete.
- ThatPlayer 5y agoThere's nothing that stops the roms from being dumped decrypted, but then they're not a copy of the original rom are they? Tools are available to decrypt the rom afterwards, and plenty of emulators will run those programs (easy way to test homebrew). It also ensures that the roms haven't been modified, as private keys are still private. That's where the group that validates rom dumps gets their name from: No-Intro. Because old rom dumps used to modify the rom to add an intro advertising whoever cracked or dumped the rom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro