Sony Officially Dont Like Homebrew

[General Plot]

Indeed. It would only be obvious they don't want you using free stuff when they could have you pay for it. That's any company's business model. No surprise in the response email at all.

[kjetil1991]

sony=( the psp is going die slowly if you close the system for home brew but oe makes more sales like lumines game sony give up...

[Tolin]

Not surprising in the least - I sent Sony an email, mentioned homebrew as an example while asking if there were any plans for official support for things like XMB Custom Icons... just because the look and feel thing interests me far more than lots of the other homebrew out there... The letter posted is exactly what I got, word for word... from the same guy too, I think.

Stupid form letters - he didn't bother to actually READ what I sent. Knee-jerk "Oh! It mentions homebrew! Form letter 37!" reactions... grr.

So for your viewing pleasure, here's what I sent them:
With some of the recent advancements in homebrew programming I've been sorely tempted to utilize them, but strip most of those temptations away and I'm left with only one that I find myself REALLY REALLY wanting. Several sites I've visited have people designing various custom Cross Media bars (graphically, not functionally different from the stock icons) - I doubt you have many requests for such a feature, but I'd personally LOVE to see some kind of customizable user interface officially supported. If this generation of gaming is truly all about user sharing and Mr. Harrison's vision of Game 3.0 then I believe something like this would open up avenues for several of us who have remained cautiously optimistic that some custom user functions could exist... I could create a media bar theme that lets my bar look like something out of a favorite television program or my own illustrations... it could be a lot of fun! I'm also curious, will we ever see animated cursors for the bar? That'd be very neat too.


I barely touched on homebrew, but instead of actually addressing my question I got nothing but a form letter and a case number... I'm tempted to write back and ask them to actually read my original submission carefully. *rolls eyes*

No matter how badly written

[Cap'n 1time]

I dont see much wrong with it. Naturally they arnt going to support homebrew and since it isnt their code they dont know what to do about it. Viruses could easily be created for the PSP that could be released on several news sites and hundreds of PSP's could be destroyed. Sony is merely warning you that they wont take responsibility for the code and they lack the interest to discuss it.

[mfz64]

the psp sucks without homebrew

[Omega weapon]

i dont see why sony dont like custom firmwares but that being said it does cost them some money as most peeps just download theyre games but it is pushing up the psp sales, i mean like just the thought of being able to play final fantasy 7 while on the loo !! lol would get lots of old fans raving to get theyre hands on a brand new psp so quit crying sony it isint all over yet, oh wait it is the ps3 was a failure to date lol!.

[h4s30]

if sony didn't have to make me pay 600+ bucks for a psx game i wouldn't want to rip my own games

80 percent of psp games are medicore or crappy

and don't get me going about the tales games you'll release them in japan but oh we don't care about the other gamers and if you've never had the joy of playing a tales game go find one

so sony if you don't like or support homebrew then why do you force me to look to homebrew

[Omega weapon]

:thumbup: yes i think the above comment is v good the ps3 is far too expensive but the reason why could be argued further and i am sure eveyone has suggestions

[Iceman^2]

I don't understand why Sony cares what happens to your PSP. They already made money by selling it to you. They have a right to deny your warranty if you use homebrew. By using homebrew you're always at risk for bricking your PSP. It should be YOUR fault if your PSP gets bricked. Sony should let people know this and still let them use homebrew. PSP doesn't have much appeal without homebrew...