Yes, I own a Sony PSP. Yes I wanted to play game 'back-ups' and other really cool stuff. However, did I also want to potentially own a fantastically expensive piece of useless plastic?
To cut it short, I attempted and more importantly succeeded. Thanks to MPH for his efforts in creating the downgrader. I can run homebrew (user-created) software once again! Apart from the heart-stopping moment of it failing at 99% and upon rebooting a message that the settings are corrupt. Take a deep breath and relax. That is normal behaviour and once you re-enter your settings such as location, time and date, etc. everything is happy in 1.50 land. From 2.00 back down to 1.5 in a few minutes. The loss? The web browser. I'm so upset over this..... or not. Still really want a web browser? There is a homebrew created one by 2ch that works just as well. A few less music file formats? Oh no! I'll never be able to play my collection of mp3s again. Oh wait...
Unfortunately, game producers are requiring the latest firmware updates from Sony. It is not exactly hard to understand why; Sony says jump and they ask "how high?" Understandable, if they don't follow what Sony say they can be sued or restricted from creating PSP products.
As it stands Sony are still updating the firmware with little to show for increases in functionality. They are merely making it more difficult to run homebrewprograms. I don't care if it stops piracy, but stifling the creation of content is a really bad idea. How many game programmers started out in their own bedrooms with little more than a PC?
Way to go Sony, you clearly encourage new talent in the games industry.
PSPUpdates (link)
regards
Alex.
To cut it short, I attempted and more importantly succeeded. Thanks to MPH for his efforts in creating the downgrader. I can run homebrew (user-created) software once again! Apart from the heart-stopping moment of it failing at 99% and upon rebooting a message that the settings are corrupt. Take a deep breath and relax. That is normal behaviour and once you re-enter your settings such as location, time and date, etc. everything is happy in 1.50 land. From 2.00 back down to 1.5 in a few minutes. The loss? The web browser. I'm so upset over this..... or not. Still really want a web browser? There is a homebrew created one by 2ch that works just as well. A few less music file formats? Oh no! I'll never be able to play my collection of mp3s again. Oh wait...
Unfortunately, game producers are requiring the latest firmware updates from Sony. It is not exactly hard to understand why; Sony says jump and they ask "how high?" Understandable, if they don't follow what Sony say they can be sued or restricted from creating PSP products.
As it stands Sony are still updating the firmware with little to show for increases in functionality. They are merely making it more difficult to run homebrewprograms. I don't care if it stops piracy, but stifling the creation of content is a really bad idea. How many game programmers started out in their own bedrooms with little more than a PC?
Way to go Sony, you clearly encourage new talent in the games industry.
PSPUpdates (link)
regards
Alex.
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