Custom Firmware - Good or Bad for the Scene ?

[F9zDark]

Again, let me reiterate:

The more accepted custom firmwares become, the more incentive ill-minded individuals will have at creating malicious firmwares.

Should I say it again?

[samthegreat68]

i have no use for custom firmware or any of that.

i do not beleive that sony is an 'evil corporation' if it werent for them, we wouldnt have psp in the first place. i have 2 psps so i use one for homebrew and one for commercial games. but so far the only games that have any value to me are; lumines and x-men legends II.

i was gonna buy pirates of the caribbean after i saw the movie yesterday, but it got terrible reviews :P

[shadow77]

There is only 1 real custom fw released - and thats Dark_Alex's, the others are just simple mods of his work.

Theres a simple solution to protect yourself from bricks .. only use stuff released by trusted developers.

It is NOT illegal to use custom firmware, as it was compiled with the PSPSDK, which is free and legal.

[nigelrigel]

I personaly think that custom firmwares are great, ive tried them all out and thier amazing, the only problem is that your altering sony data, and although it may not be illigal to run linux on a Windows computer, it is illigal to run an altered windows that hasnt been formaly granted permison by microsoft

[NoQuarter]

actually I think it's perfectly legal to run altered windows-just not to ditribute it or download it I assume the same applies for sony firmware

[jwilds73]

Again, let me reiterate:

The more accepted custom firmwares become, the more incentive ill-minded individuals will have at creating malicious firmwares.

Should I say it again?

People writing malicious code for the PSP is nothing new. We have already had people write bricking program's for the psp. Anyone downloading anything from an unknown developer with nothing else to their credit takes a huge risk. Even with known creditable developer's we take a risk. Dark Alex's name was trashed by someone else's lies but in the end his product worked his reputation was restored and he and his co-developer's opened up a huge door for many gamers.

[juliusnaim]

I can only see the custom firmwares as a good thing for the homebrew scene... scrap that it's got to be the way forward.

I think this is a real dividing point for the PSP scene as a whole, Sony will be sure to put blockers in the next firmware to stop firmware loading (devhook) and will try to stop any downgrading either and new games will also have firmware checks that are much harder to get around. Sony just don't want a homebrew scene at all.

At the moment custom firmwares are just mods or tweaks of the 1.5, how long will it be till someone does a complete re-write?

Some linux-head, (obsessed with getting linux onto everything from his pda to toaster), is bound to find a way to get linux on one at some point.

[cyph3r0101]

what i can say about this custom firmware rls, i wont use it unless the maker of it is well known (like dark alex custom firm.) but u have to take caution when doin it or be careful of other custom firmware that are rls... maybe some idiots will again rls a fake, bricker custom firmware. it happen on downgrader so expect some loners/ahole will do it...

im waiting for the firmware that epsilon will rls and hopes that hackers will crack it as a custom firmware for us (non-modchip user), that will be great if that sh(t happened. but im thinkin they postpone the rls to make security on the firmware they will rls... but who cares every goddamn software will be crack sooner or l8er...

[cyph3r0101]

i still dont understand why SONY dont want to embrace homebrew apps or games. reasons why sony should embrace it: PROFITS (MONEY) from customers...
read my reason here...
if a dev or group of dev rls a EMULATOR FOR SOMETHING FOR PSP(example: nintendo-GBA OR DS), r u catching my point...? ok heres the reason, if u were a customer, R U GONNA BUY GBA OR DS, OR SHOULD BUY PSP KNOWING PSP CAN RUN GBA OR DS GAMES. (im not saying sony dev who will develop it, a freelance dev)
sorry if i have evil mind

[mr_nick666]

There is only 1 real custom fw released - and thats Dark_Alex's, the others are just simple mods of his work.

Theres a simple solution to protect yourself from bricks .. only use stuff released by trusted developers.

It is NOT illegal to use custom firmware, as it was compiled with the PSPSDK, which is free and legal.

Trusted devs are definately the key I just cant see custom firmwares as a bad thing... If it makes something better then how can it be bad???