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

[wraggster]

Dark Alex`s Custom Firmware/Popstation Release is most likely the biggest release of the year and thanks to all involved.

Now Sonys ballplan was to get the PSP -PS3 machine going which increases sales of both consoles and of their Network store. But thats all changed now.

Sony are bound to lose money over this and like most companys will react to this, we know they forced the closure of the PSP Software wiki in Japan over Devhook. Will they now have a go at the PSP Hacking Scene over this?

I would think that a new firmware will be released but this release will send shivers through them.

Its sure gonna be an interesting month or two ahead

But anyway my thanks to Dark Alex and the team for a killer release. Im even thinking of buying another PSP with 2.71 firmware on just to use this custom firmware.

[dejkirkby]

What firmware do you have currently wraggster?

[scarph]

nah nothing new will happen.
sony will never acknowledge homebrew's existence.
theyll just put out new X.0X's until we can't even devhook them.

I'd love to see what would happen if sony did at acknowledge its existence. So many more people would join the scene.

[Insane1]

I have a feeling it won't do much to Sony...A large percent of people out there can't even get to 3.02 OE-B because of their TA-082 (right?) or higher motherboards.

[scarph]

nah devhook releases are now completely legal

they contain no traces of sonys firmware, once YOU get it on to your computer it uses sonys firmware.

its like selling children unloaded guns.

[mcvader]

Just what I was thinking, sony are sure to be pissed but it's their own fault for being so lazy with the security. It's like frankenstein, they created this thing and now it's turned on them.

why would you need to get a PSP with 2.71fw for OE?
seeing you're the king around here you must have a homebrew compatable one already.

[Basil Zero]

yikes, this is getting heated up

Homebrewers VS Sony

the battle continues!!!

[klisejo]

I dont think their goal was to make money with the psp-ps3 store in a sense of ps1 game sales. It was all just a gimick to get psp owners to buy ps3s to utilize a functionality on their consoles. Otherwise, why not just have an online store accessable from a pc?

This release with psx capability, homebrew, and it plays current psp games, is how the system SHOULD be. Its how it should have been since day one. And they wonder why the DS is kicking their ass.

[steve-b]

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

[Totalitarian]

Sony may likely continue with their suing frenzy and try and bring charges against the major coders of these custom firmwares.

It's extremely doubtful that it will amount to much but if Sony managed to press them on any charges then coders like Dark_Alex could stop coding for the PSP altogether due to aggrevation.

Though in the meantime, they'll probably release a new firmware with 'added security'.