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[OmegaNine]

I am all for open source, and I would love to see the scene flourish! But you have to understand that Sony as a Co should have the right to do the best they can to protect their investment.

I dont think they care at all if we are trying to play Chess on our PSP, or if we are trading pictures. What they DO care about is people downloading ROMs of the net and never buying games. That is why they are locking the system.

As far as them getting an E-mail from some guy about downgrader, trust me, they know 10 times more than we do already. I dont think they will go after any sites unless it becomes easy to DL mods and install them on a PSP. Once the average user knows about it, and uses the mods to get free games, then they will start shutting down sites. And I honestly cant blame them.

I know im going to get flamed, but its how I feel.

[leggy]

Omega - true!

The only thing Sony cares about is there (vast) investment in the PSP and they will go to any length to protect it.

There is no way on earth that they are going to want people to be able to run copied games on the machine - they would loose far too much money.

If someone wants a game they should buy it - you know what the prices are before you invest in a PSP!

[OmegaNine]

Ugh I do, but it so pretty. heh, im going to buy one tonight. Think in going to get Wipeout pure with it. But yeah, i will most likely keep my firmware at 1.50 (I called ahead, he is holding it for me) until i am forced to upgrade. I saw that there are browsers for 1.50, so I don't see a reason to rush to an upgrade. But I will be paying for the games I like, so the game makers will keep making them. heh funny how that works :-P

~Edit: You think they will start putting oput games with upgrades in them that will auto update the firmware when we try and play them without telling us like XboX did?

[Heran_Bago]

If anyone ever thought that Sony protects the PSP with stronger homeware to prevent homebrew... well... I feel sorry for them. PIRACY ya fools.

And Omega: Yes I do.

[DDRLord]

You think they will start putting oput games with upgrades in them that will auto update the firmware when we try and play them without telling us like XboX did?

They probably won't. If they try and flash the new firmware without the AC cable in or without first warning the user there's a chance that it'll run out of power or be shut off halfway through, bricking the PSP.

Also, I thought I'd add to your previous post regarding Sony's money making policies. They don't even want us running homebrew at all. They don't make money off of PSPs, they make it off the games. Most consoles are sold for less than what they're worth, in hopes of cashing in on the cheaper to produce games. So if you buy a PSP and use it to play ONLY SNES games... Sony still loses out.
I understand why they'd crack down, but that still isn't going to stop me.

[OmegaNine]

I was pissed, I asked the guy I bought it from if it was 1.5, he said yes. It was 1.51 Damn it! Oh well, guess im waiting on the downgrades like everyone else now.