PSP will launch in Europe with version 2.0 firmware

[tentonipete]

can you still get the firmware upgrade from 1 to 1.5?

to be honest though i can't see what great stuff the firmware upgrades do at the moment. now when they bring out email and all that stuff then i'll be interested.

[*o*]

im ordering mine off lik sang!!! version 1.0 or 1.50!! yay homebrew!

[shirtsforpants]

isnt it possible to do what i mentioned? for what i read the update is downloaded from the net and qe place it in a specific dir in the memstick, and then it is instaled as if we are starting a game, cant this firmware be slightly changed before install so it is an altered FW to run homebrews? or since it does read the FW file, cant that be used to work around to load homebrews? just a thought.... im not even close an expert:P

i had a similar thought. this would seem to make much more sense than attacking a PSP that already has 2.0 on it with all the intense security encryption. it seems like making an alternate firmware update that would fool 2.0-requiered games would be the much easier route to take.

[Fly On]

Omigosh, I feel like I stepped into a time warp and traveled 2 months back in time.
Since this is an open discussion, I will only say that your ideas have already been tried. Since this idea obvviously did not work for downgrading or doing anything with 1.5 PSPs, it probably will not work for 2.0 PSPs. Of course, I'm not saying that there never will be an exploit or patch or anything