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> none of the big three consoles allow you to install anything you want on them. The Xbox kinda does: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/d
by talldayo 2y ago
> none of the big three consoles allow you to install anything you want on them.
The Xbox kinda does: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/devkit-activation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/devk...
And while unofficial, the Nintendo Switch has an exploit chain that lets you run native apps or mainline Linux/Android with Nvidia's Tegra drivers: https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere
So that's two of the big three consoles that technically do let you install anything you want.
- I-M-S 2y agoSaying Nintendo are tolerant of users doing anything on their hardware the company doesn't approve of is stretching the truth beyond recognition.
- talldayo 2y agoSure, but that being said the 3DS, Wii, Wii U and Nintendo Switch all have enormous homebrew communities. It's nowhere near Sony's OtherOS levels of support, but the board does have functioning CPU/GPU drivers and can run pretty much "anything" you'd expect from an Aarch64 Linux target. It's more of a technical nuance in the Switch's case, but homebrew on Nintendo consoles is a time-honored tradition.
- farmerbb 2y agoLast I checked you could only exploit Switches manufactured in the first couple years of its lifespan without going the hardware mod route.