PSP's with 1.5 firmware still available!

Posted Apr 25, 2006 at 1:58PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Firmware, News, Deals Tags:
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Anybody that doesn't currently own a PSP, but wants one to play homebrew on do not despair! Although the 2.7 firmware release is now out which blocks even loading homebrew through GTA, there are still 1.5 & 2.0 (Downgradable to 1.5) firmware PSP's floating around.

Renchi.com are expecting PSP's with firmware version 1.5 to be in stock on May 8th, but you can pre-order one for $325; which is $125 more than a black console with 2.5. You can also buy a white PSP with firmware version 2.0 for $325, and downgrade to 1.5. This is a just heads up for those that don't yet own a PSP. If you really want one for homebrew, and your willing to pay $125 more for one, then go for it. I can guarantee that stocks won't last very long.

 
 
 

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by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 08:50
» Sweeto

nice......1st comment

by mbslrm - 2006-04-25 08:50
» First comment and first person to jump it up....

I am not going to buy another PSP.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 08:51
» 2.7??

can the downgrader work on 2.7??

by Destructo - 2006-04-25 08:51
» Rip off

$125 more? Just wow...

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 08:52
» I already have a 1.5

hahahahahahahah ahahahahahah*co ugh*hahahahahah ahah ahahahaa

by nEcRo64x - 2006-04-25 08:52
» @3

Don't post porn sites... Its just not needed.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 08:58
» hmm...

Its kinda stupid really if you think how much you are actually paying for this. You guys must have some friends with 2.0 or less that are willing to trade. I know i do!!! haha

by mylastresort77 - 2006-04-25 09:01
» wow

125s buck to play homebrew, and i thought sony was a bunch of asshez

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:03
» Oh well

This was my secret site oh well now I will not get a 1.5 from here.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:03
» $125 more?!

thats BS whos gona spend 325 for a 1.5 psp to play homebrew.. thats stupid

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:04
» germany

1.5er PSP for 325?



What I can confirm for germany: go to store and watch out for the F: http://www.psp-szene.de/2005/12/21/welche-firmware-hat-diese-psp/



PSP with 2.0 (ääh means 1.5 ^^ for 200 to 250 Euro

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:07
» Hmm

I'm buying a VERY lightly used one today for $235.

by Striker1211 - 2006-04-25 09:11
» WHY

Why does this keep getting posted!

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:12
» What a complete rip off!!

I wouldn't pay extra for ythis, even Ebay can be cheaper. What a joke!!

by gamerX09 - 2006-04-25 09:16
» what???

This is just stupid. There are still plenty of 1.5 and 2.0 PSP's out there. Sure, you may have to do some searching, but you'll save yourself lots of money.

by - 2006-04-25 09:16
» @15

Ebay may be cheaper, but will you be 100% sure you are buying a PSP with the right firmware.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:17
» ha ha i got 1.5

just to rub it in everyones faces, i got a 1.5 first time, muahahahahaha im so evlil, muahahahaha

by ihre - 2006-04-25 09:17
» Rediculous..

omfg... thats rediculous!



Bought a value pack for €250 with FW 2.0 and downgraded it to 1.5, this was about 3 weeks ago...

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:20
» AWSUM!!!

I"M SOO GLADD I DIDDENT UPDATE.. MY PSP IS GOING UP IN PRICE :) MABY I CAN GET 1 GRAND FOR IT EVENTUALLY



THEN I"LL BUY MY NEW COMPUTER :)

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:31
» anyway its for who domnt have one!!!

u better get a psp 2.0 and - bc they ll b awesome and ll sell for alot more on ebay in 1-2year if great condition This wanna say if u wanna update u better buy another psp and sell ur 1.5if u need money for. For me ill keep my 1.5 buy anither pps for futur update when psp ll cost less than 200$

by gamerX09 - 2006-04-25 09:32
» to #20

I wouldn't bet on it. If Sony ever allows homebrew in future updates (unlikely but we can hope), that PSP will be no more valuable than any other (unless someone buys it to play ISO's...)

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 09:34
» LOL

yeah you are haha morons I got a 1.5 and IF the prices for my keeps going up then I'll eventually sell it...lol I got a fw 1.5....hahahahahahahah aha

by gtauk - 2006-04-25 09:40
» 1.0 psp's still lying around

ive seen 1.0 psp's still lying around in shops in dubai for 130 quid so i guess you wouldnt get em that cheap would ya

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 10:07
» Poo on the rest of you.

Thank god that my girl bought a psp on launch day (God knows why, she never *****ing uses it), I'll never have to worry about having or not having brew, or playing/not playing new games. It must suck to have one psp.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 10:26
» 1.5s are everywhere

Actually, my local Wal*Mart was some of the original ones for just after launch, because they dont come with Spiderman 2. The guy there even said they were.



Oh yeah. And if you want to get 1.5 and 2.0 firmware, then just go to GameStop or EBGames and ask them:

"Hey, do you have any PSPs w/ firmware 1.5 or 2.0?"

They told me they do, except for the one store. They ran out.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 10:30
» at 27

"27. » 1.5 sucks d1ck



i hate 1.5. it is so stupid who cares about a flucking old virsion? 2.7 and 2.6 are the best. you get rss channels and micromedia combatiblitly. with 1.5 you cant even look up porn. it has no browser. so i say fluck you 1.5



by Anonymous Coward, at Apr 25, 2006 at 03:24PM"



Uhhh... First of all, dont even mention porn on this site, you'll get banned, ya stupid porn-loving freak. You just say that because you cant get any.

And secondly, there is a web browser, there is something called homebrew, and Whipeout pure. And if you want to insult something. look up the facts and spell correctly.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 10:39
» I Agree

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHA



Anyone that would actually be buy this should be shot. Honestly. Like through the head.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 10:54
» web browser is so lame

Lame LAME LAME!!!!



My PSP was born a 1.5 and thats how its staying unless Sony do something truely awesome but I think 2.7 proved that homebrew and Sony arent going to get along

by overflow.tiff - 2006-04-25 10:59
»

i laugh at you 1.5 PSP owners!

FFVII:Advent Children requires 2.6!!!

its either upgrading time or use your stupid iso loader with a 2 gigabyte memory stick!

or use runumd or sumthing.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 11:04
» #32

or download one of the 50 million dvd rips on the internet. or get the japanese version. or download anime one's subbed version. or... you get the point

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 11:09
» christ sake i aint signing in so i be a coward.. but yeah read this for a cheapepr psp

for christ sakes u guys theirs one place where no one ever buys electronics... and you no what thats called? ZELLERS AND OR WAL-MART. my friend just bought his first psp (wutta loser) from zellers with 1.5 on it and a month ago i bot my 2nd at wal-mart with 1.5 so hurry up and get to them stores for a good 1.5 system :)

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 11:29
» PSP value pack from launch

I still have two PSP value packs from launch, unopened, and with the Spiderman 2 UMD movie in it. How much would that be worth?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 11:43
» I've given up playing homebrew on the PSP

Has anyone considered homebrew on the DS?

by GiveHaste - 2006-04-25 11:49
» ...

It would be cheaper to buy a new $200 PSP and buy a 1.5 mobo off the internet then this. And yes, you can still find PSPs in stores like walmart. Just ask the guy you would like to see the box before selecting one and they will let you.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 12:42
» bah

i really dont see the what the relevance of a 1.5 or 2.0 psp is concerning homebrew. i like homebrew. but if 2.6 is currently running almost all of it. i dont mind. plus i willingly bought a copy of gta because i love gta.



is it for the iso loader? is that why 1.5 psps are so popular? get a job people.



other then that i dont see much thats worth not upgrading. then again i dont see much worth upgrading for. 1.5 and 2.0 are overrated if you ask me. unless your a pirate.

by wsidell - 2006-04-25 12:45
» HA

When i was in a china you could get a fake psp for about 150 and they had version 1.5 and 2.0 in white or black

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 12:53
» ummmm NO

Just look around and you should be able to find one for $199. The Base Exchange here at Kirtland AFB has like 7 2.0 psp for $199. I went and bought 2 more last week, one as a backup, and another to keep the damn wife off of mine.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 12:59
» ?

fake psp? wtf?



Also, my dream is that once sony decides to put the PSP to rest, they'll release a homebrew running version of whatever the last version is.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 13:52
» ??

Did anyone actually read what the site said about the black $325 PSP, "Firmware v1.50/1.51/1.52 all capable of homebrew apps" ?? Yeah right.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 14:08
» Firmware v1.50/1.51/1.52

Don't understand that, is it not true that these firmware will be able to do homebrew app? and iso loader? I know you do have to upgrade from 1.51 and 1.52 to 2.0 first and then downgrade back to 1.5...



isn't it the point that anything above 2.0 will not be downgradable and therefore these guys are charging so much?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 14:28
» yup there are more

no ***** shirlok...

but anyway i wanted to say got my psp yesterday and it was a 1.0 got it at bestbuy in compton. there still are more u just have to travel to the ghetto

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 15:07
» Selling my 1.5 $130 *need the cash!

I'll be putting putting it up on my website along with video proof that it is virgin 1.5 firmware.



I desperatly need the cash now!!

Whoever can get me the cash first gets it.



The web address is...

www.imnotever.selling/my.1.5.com/sucker



Only serious buyers only please!

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 15:30
» AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE

seriously, drive around a little, hard to find a retailer around here in NY that doesn't have plenty of 1.50-1.52s left.. in 6 months, they may be more rare, but not yet..

by MDCosta911 - 2006-04-25 15:56
» woo

i heart my launch-day 1.5

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 16:48
» at best buy in san diego

friend got one and they had a bunch of 1.5 labeled "C" on the

value packs. Just ask to see the boxes. Located at Best Buy in National City next to Wal MArt

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-25 17:48
» So...

... If I sell my 1.5 PSP I could get more than I payed for it? Right ... right?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 02:19
» that depends

make sure your psp is nice no scatch no dead pixels then u can earn the extra.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 05:58
» LOL

It still amazes me that when people are posting screensshots of their firmware version, they block out the MAC Address.



Like having someone else know that number voids your warranty or something, LOL!



Stupid people.

by mitch111 - 2006-04-26 06:51
» MY FRIENDS...............

they are so dumb they traded their new 1.5 psp for my 6month old scratched screened 2.6 one because they thought it was better and i told them about homebrew and that they could update but they sed they dont care...LOL......my m8s r dumb

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 06:54
» got the last 1!! Hope it arrives and works

yeh renchi was my secret site to!!! anyway i wanted a 1.5 psp for ages and finaly got the money and got 1 from renchi (then the sold out sign came on!!) WA HOO i got the last 1!!! hopfully it will arive in good condition and working (fingers crossed)

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 07:31
» .........

if you buy it itll probly come as 2.0 just like everything on Ebay

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 09:30
» word

I just picked up 2 new units over the weekend. They were the last 1.52 at that store. One is a backup, the other is up for sale.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 11:20
» This Is A Funny Fact

People with 1.5 that don't have another PSP will be running for an upgrade as soon as they see the Sony Offical Emu. Again Final Fantasy on the PSP...better graphics cause Homebrew Final Fantasy sucks. :| And when Sony releases their homebrew. Everyone will most likely upgrade. But the little 1.5 fan boys. Its ok though guys....I was thinking about getting another PSP. But f*ck that sh*t I don't wanna spend that much money just to play HOMEBREW!. Been there done that...thats why I upgrade everytime....HOMEBREW GETS BORING!!!!.

by kevin102 - 2006-04-26 11:22
» wow

this is a rip off... no1 is stupid enuff to buy one...

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 11:53
» hmmm

People making money off of homebrew capability, imagine that.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-26 12:35
» homebrew...

yeah i had a 2.6 from the day the update came out, then after that the GTA loader came out. I was so happy, with all the cababilities, i never ran homebrew before, but in about a month, it started to get boring, probly cause i couldnt run ISO's, so i upgraded to 2.7 the night it came out. It is pretty sick, if ur bored with homebrew.

by RizenKaos - 2006-04-27 06:44
» WHITE OR BLACK 1.5 FOR $308.

YOU CAN GET A WHITE OR BLACK 1.5 FROM YO-HO FOR $308 RIGHT NOW!!!

by R - 2006-04-27 19:54
» Put your glasses on

It's $379 for white psp 1.5 and $359 for black, $35 more expensive than Renchi!!

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