Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata says that Nintendo is looking to incorporate an automated firmware update system into the 3DS. He revealed this while asked at a Q&A what measures Nintendo would take against piracy using the internet.
“As part of the functionality of SpotPass, we’re looking into having automatic system updates via the internet,” said Iwata.
This will mean that 3DS systems will download firmware updates automatically from Wi-Fi spots without informing the user, and will do so even in sleep mode. While there are obvious anti-piracy benefits to this, Iwata insists this will benefit users with consistently inserted new functionality.
Source: Andriasang.com {link no longer active}
