F*ck.

**robotdevil** · April 27th, 2006, 23:35

I'd agree with that. Just because an exploit isn't known at this time doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The problem with sony endorsing homebrew is the legality behind it. It's a multi-billion dollar corporation, they know that the more PSP sales there are the more UMD games will be sold (math wise 1,500,000x3=4,500,000<2,500,000x2=5,000,000). Those numbers are fairly accurate. There have been 1.5Mil PSP's sold since launch, with an average of 3 UMD games per owner. I'm sure if you add sanctioned homebrew that would drop to an avg of 2 UMD games per owner, but with a MUCH higher volume of PSP's sold. So mathematically it would be in Sony's better interest to allow homebrew. The problem comes with corporate endorsing. If Sony endorses homebrew with the full knowledge that it can be used to run Nintendo emulators then they are endorsing Nintendo emulators and the pirating of Nintendo games in ROM form (mathematically agian 5,000,000-2,000,000,000 lawsuit=no more PSP). And not everyone hates Sony, they build great systems, but only for their intended use. The fact that the PSP can run homebrew at all is actually quite surprising. As far as I can figure only the PSP and the XBOX have this amount of homebrew, and the XBOX is basically a Linux console running DX7. So don't be mad at Sony for wanting to maintain control of the product they spent billions in R&D on, focus that energy into figuring out better ways to circumvent their authority. I still say there's got to be a way to make an EBOOT file that will be read as legit. I don't know how to do it, and I don't think I'll be the one to figure it out, but I still believe it's possible. And all we need is for it to recognize as a legitimate EBOOT for v1.0, then it will run on all firmware and the only way to stop it would be to recall EVERY game released for v1.0 and hand out updated copies. That wouldn't be economically viable. At that point Sony would have no choice but to accept homebrew on the PSP.

That's my rant for this evening, I'll be here till thursday, send your requests with your waiter.

**stotheamuel** · April 28th, 2006, 06:26

Originally Posted by yaustar

Sony's 'problem' is purely business because they can't make any money off homebrew. Sony make money selling games not consoles.

well if we were using this for homebrew and not umds and homebrew...

why would we be having this conversation... were still trying to buy umd games and are lingering on our homebrew... if we didnt we wouldnt say oh $#@! another update bye bye homebrew

**yaustar** · April 28th, 2006, 15:51

Originally Posted by stotheamuel

well if we were using this for homebrew and not umds and homebrew...

why would we be having this conversation... were still trying to buy umd games and are lingering on our homebrew... if we didnt we wouldnt say oh $#@! another update bye bye homebrew

Try proving that to an executive. There may be only a small percentage that play homebrew and UMD games. What about the others that purely play for homebrew/emulators or the pirates? Can you draw me a chart that shows the percentage of each user base and prove it?

I think that if Sony did something similar to the Net Yarouze to the PSP, the whole situation would be different as it took off well with the home developers and produced a good scene.