PSP Utopia- What would a Hacker-free PSP be like?

[Aryn]

People who do not hack their PSP systems generally tend to either get rid of them or leave them gathering dust on a shelf because they can not do enough with their PSP systems (well, besides gaming). If anything, hacking may have saved the PSP from falling too far behind the Nintendo DS.

As for adding new features and such, I doubt that SONY would have added much. The web browser, radio, rss channels, and other stuff would not have been added at all if people were not starting to rely on hacks/custom firmwares to get those features. Instead, development would have been a lot slower, with features only being added when a game system that boasts more features than the PSP is released.

HOWEVER, I do agree on one thing, the games would be better since developers would be less nervous about piracy if the PSP was unhackable (or at least could only be hacked with a mod chip). More game developers would choose to invest more in making better games for the PSP.

[acn010]

im no pirate, im a ninja mothafuka!! lol

[Mauragon]

A bricked hackable PSP is better than a non-hackable PSP

[titch.ryan]

the problem with a psp being hacker free is that i would then have to spend alot more money to have fun as the homebrew style games from the arcade would never be free!

[kjetil1991]

A hacker free psp oh =) that reminds me of the old days when it was hard to hack your psp XD

[crazyhare]

It would blow - I sold my psp because now my phone does everything I wanted a psp to do, and does it without Sony's tightwad nonsene too...

[darkdex52]

Bullsh**!! Bullsh** I say. Piracy is why game devs won't make new games???

Then answer me this, why there are still games coming out for PS2? It was hard-modded almost 2 months after it came out. And Xbox360? You can also run backups on it AND you can soft-mod it for free in your home. NDS? Wii? PC!!!!????

[rageteam1000]

What I find funny is that as much as we want Sony to add features, *que flames* they are giving us quite a bit already (and mind you just about everyone just wants to play their favorite game) for free. But as far as having more content released just because the hackers and homebrew community is halted from making stuff on the psp, it's one part reason and one part excuse.

[Broadus]

The PSP will go the way of the Game Gear and nobody will give a crap about it, especially Sony, who never really cared in the first place about the PSP or their customers.
There will be no homebrew of any sort, lots and lots of UMD movies and hardly a good game in sight, if any. Then the four horsemen shall ride down and all life will crumble for those who were left behind.
The PSP hardly gets any games as it is. For the past several months, narry a game has been released for the PSP. Even the DS gets Call of Duty 4 and 5 but the PSP gets no such attention.

[carlitx]

hahaha... sony? do that? haha i think i gave myself a concussion when i hit the floor LMAO! If the PSP ever became a mini 360 i think Microsoft would cough up a lung and send the MC to Tokyo to kill Godzilla hahaha. But sony would never do it cause, they are money grubbing bastards that do not think about the consumers.... much like cell phone companies.