The Calm Before The Storm - The Re- Emergence of the Homebrew Scene Will Arrive Soon

***wraggster*** · May 5th, 2009, 23:34

Recently the last few months i cant be the only one who has noticed that Homebrew on all consoles has suffered a downturn, most notably on what was the biggest homebrew scene of all the PSP and second biggest the Nintendo DS.

Soon the PSP3000 will be cracked for homebrew and that will bring a mass of new Homebrew users, the DSi is being worked on and you never know when a breakthrough will come.

Add to that the Dingoo A320, the Gp2x Wiz and Pandora will bring many new users and reiginite many of the older fans of homebrew.

As always with the Homebrew scene on every console theres quiet times and then theres explosions, the real fans of Homebrew will always be around for the next big thing.

**thick9"** · May 6th, 2009, 03:23

To heck with the weak portables,when will the XB360/PS3 get cracked for homebrew.It gives me pre$#@! to think about what they will be capable of once they have been cracked.

Later Gamers.

**CoderX** · May 6th, 2009, 03:42

Originally Posted by wraggster

Recently the last few months i cant be the only one who has noticed that Homebrew on all consoles has suffered a downturn, most notably on what was the biggest homebrew scene of all the PSP and second biggest the Nintendo DS.

Soon the PSP3000 will be cracked for homebrew and that will bring a mass of new Homebrew users, the DSi is being worked on and you never know when a breakthrough will come.

Add to that the Dingoo A320, the Gp2x Wiz and Pandora will bring many new users and reiginite many of the older fans of homebrew.

As always with the Homebrew scene on every console theres quiet times and then theres explosions, the real fans of Homebrew will always be around for the next big thing.

Not to be a downer but at the moment I have ZERO plans for creating any new psp homebrew, actually most if not all my focus has been in porting me psp apps to the iPhone SKD. those are all $0.99

The psp is dieing because its hardware is limited in light of more powerful devices. My penguin bobsled and Red Alert games maxed the councal and there is no incentive to developers in pushing the PSP when Apple offers you OpenGL and soon OpenCL.

I'm not attacking the PSP, I love mine and have made at least 30apps for it, but even I know when it is time to move on

PSP:
- 333 MHz MIPS32 - 32 Bit CPU - No RISC
- 166 Mhz GPU - 2 MB onboard - No 3D Sub Layer
- 32 MB DDR RAM + 4 MB DRAM

iPhone:
- 620 MHz ARM CPU - 32-bit RISC (See the Movie Hackers)
- 190 Mhz - PowerVR MBX 3D GPU - With OpenGL
- Ram: 128 MB DRAM

Its not just the fact that it has twice the power, it also has an amazing SKD and all the media intergration you could want when you want it in the psp you have to hack it in. I'm sorry but the PSP is near the end of it 4-5 year life.. and frankly its been a successful run for the homebrew sceen

If I get a chance I'll back port some of my iPhone apps for the PSP... Other than that I've had my word....

Long live the PSP, hello iPhone 3G / Touch

**soulanger** · May 6th, 2009, 06:09

I understand what CoderX feels.
It is what i also feel on the nintendo ds.
Yes, I am still working on that homebrew called MENUdo.
Although, after releasing that I feel that I need to start earning some money. The iPhone is a great platform for earning money while doing what I love to do. If only nintendo and/or sony would open their sdk, to everyone.

**sehs33** · May 6th, 2009, 07:46

I honestly blame the recession, no one is ready to give anything for free anymore (even those who were doing it for the fun of it). I just hope the Pandora will refresh the scene once its out; I just hate both touch screens and Apple products so it is a big no no for the iPhone/touch for me.

**Justise** · May 6th, 2009, 08:41

Originally Posted by wraggster

Soon the PSP3000 will be cracked for homebrew and that will bring a mass of new Homebrew users

I hope so. I'm looking forward to get rid of my Fat PSP and buy a newer/faster/lighter one with TV output. Does anyone know if PSP3000 is less noisy when reading disks?

**Big=Sexy** · May 6th, 2009, 09:49

The 3000 is indeed less noisy when reading disks.

Also important to note is that 3000 models can display games on older TVs (I think it's called RGB output? The classic yellow, red, white cables that replaced coax) while the 2000 can only display games using component cables.

**apex05** · May 6th, 2009, 12:43

Well Davee's Hen loader has finaly been released so that's hopefully gonna bring the Psp kicking and screaming back to life.

**Jeric** · May 6th, 2009, 16:41

The one and only piece of homebrew I'm waiting on for the DS is a text editor that doesn't end up deleting the rest of the sd card's contents. Beyond that, I'm simply waiting on when the pandora will be available. Though if the pandora ends up not having more than that one run to satisfy those that preordered (given overall interest, I think it'll have at least one or two more runs, probably more) the DSi, when unlocked, will be interesting.

**osgeld** · May 6th, 2009, 18:47

Originally Posted by CoderX

The psp is dieing because its hardware is limited in light of more powerful devices. My penguin bobsled and Red Alert games maxed the councal and there is no incentive to developers in pushing the PSP when Apple offers you OpenGL and soon OpenCL.

didnt you make those using luaplayer?

thats kinda like saying you maxed out a corvette but never left first gear, and now you will only drive a Ferrari