PSP FW 5.55 spotted in Japan Expo

Posted Jul 5, 2009 at 10:11PM by Glenn M. Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: Japan, PSPGen
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PSP FW 5.55 - Image 1KaiserCz, one of the editors at PSPGen, went over to the Japan Expo for a look at what the event had to offer. There, he got his hands on a PSP-1000, on which he tried out a Soul Calibur demo. But that's not really the point of this story. What's notable here is that KaiserCz found that the PSP that he used was running on firmware 5.55.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the set-up, KaiserCz was unable to determine the features of the said firmware. He didn't leave empty-handed though - the managed to walk away with a snapshot of the PSP, showing that it really was running on 5.55. The image is quite blurry, so you may have to squint a bit.

Any further info about 5.55 is currently unavailable, and what it does is left to pure speculation. We'll keep you guys posted once we find out more.



Previous firmware update:


Via PSP Gen (translated)

 
 
 

Comments

by lolwut? - 2009-07-05 23:57:11
Am i?

Am i the only one that notices the april fools date on the psp?
by gunblade15zx - 2009-07-06 00:38:42
yea ur right

yea I notice that also hmm sort of suspicious huh
by Serosis - 2009-07-06 02:44:17
well

It looks more like 4/16 or 4/18 to me I don't see a slash between the "1".
by ShootingStars - 2009-07-06 02:59:22
fgdf

i see it but im guessing maybe its jan 4 or april 1st
by lolwut? - 2009-07-06 03:14:17
Theres too much of a space to be 6 or 8

The date on the psp is 4/1 and 6 o clock
by Perfectionist - 2009-07-06 03:51:52
yep

definitely 4/1 the 6 is part of the time
by slowman - 2009-07-06 04:25:01
Weird...

I don't see why this wouldn't be legit. It may have a 4/1 date on it but the event ran July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. I can set the date on my PSP to whatever I want it to be and some people just don't care and hit X through all the setup crap. A quick look around at www.japan-expo.com though shows that Sony wasn't on the guest list. I can't say for certain whether it is true or false so I'll place this info in the "unsubstantiated rumor" category.
by happy_mak - 2009-07-06 04:53:04
Hmm

well rumor or real, am sure that its gonna be a security update, no particular function added in there
by FreePlay - 2009-07-06 04:53:12
...

Am I the only one that notices the generic PSP nickname, meaning it's recently been reset to default settings, meaning the date and time might also not be set?
by frank_the_bunny - 2009-07-06 05:20:55
Yeah

Like a lot of the updates +/
by Thirsty Cow - 2009-07-06 06:37:00
lol

This is probably to block some more exploitable loopholes found by sony themselves. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have an insider at sony handing us the exploitable holes? lol
by apex05 - 2009-07-06 06:37:24
Turned on

It could be the date's at 4th january because the Psp was just reset for the expo 3 days before and the date started on the 1st.
by Buhumith - 2009-07-06 06:55:23
or

how do we know that he didnt just spoof his firmware
by papakep - 2009-07-06 08:36:02
i hate this subject line!!

it doesnt even look like 5.55, it looks like 15.5
by Kotonoha - 2009-07-06 12:12:48
...

Did you stop to think that the date might by DD/MM?
by SolidSnake117 - 2009-07-06 12:40:39
To me...

To me it looks like the version is 6.56 , but that's mainly cause its SO blurry!!
by Perfectionist - 2009-07-06 13:43:28
...

It doesnt matter if its spoofed, a new firmware update is inevitable anyway
by PSPZorZ - 2009-07-06 19:50:53
moron

ur looking at the nickname
by Kotonoha - 2009-07-06 20:08:48
Yes

This guy knows what he is talking about.
by papakep - 2009-07-07 07:58:28
ha wow

yeah i didnt even realize

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