Will Dark Alex Firmware/Popstation Cause Sony to React Nastily Towards PSP Hacking ?

[Darkpaladin]

honestly, sony deserve it for their stupid only for PS3 owners tactic, what do they expect, us to lose homebrew and pay 600 quid for a very limited selection of games?

[Mazero]

I would say this is a huge plus for PSP hardware sales, but a punch in the face for software sales.

[Datahax]

sony need to get the master hackers on their payroll. that is the only way to stop the scene

Not likely to happen. Few of them would take the position unless Sony offered LOTS of money, it's a principal thing.

And even if they did, new hackers who wouldn't sell out would just spring up, more dedicated than the ones before them.

[andrewgabriel77]

Well, for one thing alot of people weren't going to shell out $600 for a "PS1 Server" to play said games on their psp's. Anybody who was going to buy a PS3 will probably still buy one. On, another note Dark Alex isn't doing anything illegal...he isn't distributing code or programs owned by SONY, just programs that modify our "legally" obtained updates and eboots. This really won't hurt SONY, but it does give us the opportunity to play ALL of our PS1 games instead of just the ones SONY has put out on their playstation store. If anything this will probably up the sales on the PSP.

[gunntims0103]

ey wraggster why don't you just update your 1.0 psp to the custom firmware 3.02OE-B?

I had a 1.5 for a while and never thought i would update, 3.02OE-B was just too good to pass up.

I don't think Sony will go out of there way to go after the psp hacking scene. Sony is probally in denial about the homebrew scene anyway.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Sony WILL retaliate. It won't be public or anything, but they won't just sit idly by and allow this to happen. But all they will probably do is revamp their PSX EBOOT security in a new firmware release.

In any case though, screw you Sony. And for Dark_aleX, we're all behind ya buddy.

[Psphreak]

What's Sony gonna do? Same thing they've done this whole way through, issue a new fw. But guess what? That will be decrypted as well an emulated in due time.

If it's locked, give it to the hackers to find the key and letting us use our PSP to its fullest. At this point the PSP is an emulation monster. I'm just curious to see what Sony's next features will be if any...

[Destroyer699]

I think somthing big is about to happen.


Think about it. Sony's big hitter, Psp-Ps3 compatibility, has just been destroyed. People no longer have to buy a 600$ console to play 2$ games, they can get them all for free. Even if they don't own the original games, Sony knows there are pirates who will download them anyway. So now, what does Sony have that the homebrew scene doesn't? One thing, added security. We have 3.02, we have homebrew, we have the whole ****ing lineup of ps1 games running full speed for free. Don't you think that would piss off a big time company a little? The thing I find funny though, is that this was an emulator, not converted psp games. They could have released all at once, but they didn't. They released 5 or so and hoped people wouldn't discover there little secret. Well, we did.


It's your move Sony. Pick carefully....

[mavsman4457]

I'm being 100% honest here and I would hate it if this happened but why don't they just hire Dark_Alex. It would be such a simple solution for them and it would garuantee them a secure firmware.

[orkus]

honestly, sony deserve it for their stupid only for PS3 owners tactic, what do they expect, us to lose homebrew and pay 600 quid for a very limited selection of games?

my opinion too. i really thought about it to buy another psp only to have a full speed emulator for the psx games. i would have paid for some great games too (for a second time)...
but a ps3 is too much!