You know, rather than saying that it cant be possible for the PSP phat, tehy should put the same amout of work to find a way to increase the memory of the PSP phat, and it is possible....

We adopt it early because we think the company are good enough to pull it off, and now we're getting raped for that confidence.



A faster, smaller version I have nothing against, just helps the technology in consoles progress, but now, this messes it all up. Soon, there'll be PSP Slim/Lite only games and stuff, won't take long until it'll become it's own handheld.



Can safely say, I'm not going to be getting the next Sony handheld. At least, not until 3 years after it's launch. Then I might actually get the full system instead of a beta version.

Just as long as they buy all of the latest products they release they will pile on the updates that occasionally contain features worth using.



Oh what's that you say, you could only afford a launch console. And now you feel like your buying from Sega all over again. Gee, maybe it is because Sony is trying to split their market on purpose since Fanjita's latest release (along with all of the PSP titles, such as SOCOM, that support full voice chat while playing an 8 player match) that you feel so ******* over.



Well, you should feel like you bought a Sega console again because they were the last one's to ***** over their consumers so badly before they could no longer afford to **** with consumers like that and pulled out of the hardware game.

of course yiu are right

the current version is a text only 0.1 version.

but when i loojk at applications like PSPradio or IR-shell and at the size of the furikup application there should be a lot room for improvement.

Mot every application needs vista optic ;)

It's just a simple fact, PSP Phat cant handle skype due to memory limitations. Sony DOES care about everyone, believe me. If they didn't, we'd have to pay for Skype, and everything that the online services offer, and possibly more.

Yep, it is possible with the use of a page file system like windows.

I mean COME FRACKING ON, use the freaking memory stick as ram!

How to say, we have voip at home and the interface is simple and is just plug to internet and they give a number. skype as some more features to it basically. And about nintendo not screwing us over, you just don't know about it. I remember buying gba because their are gba only games, only to find out after several months they came out with sp with way better graphics, wouldn't say I'm happy about the huge change. If we relate it here, the GBA couldn't beat GBA SP graphics even when the game is the same, it's not even about backward capable, it's about hardware differences. There are things that just can't be done, and there is no way Sony can ask everyone to send in their old phat for a hardware update, they especially can't ask for money on this either. Also they don't expect or support everyone to support homebrew and hack their system at home to make it work (this is what we call high risk or ppl killing their system, low to zero return). But sometimes thats how life is. btw the reason you don't see this in ds and ds lite because hardware are very similar to almost no change to begin with and the programs or homebrew applications are also simple that not much change is needed to make it compatible in the other version.



btw ps1 works just fine on the slim for me kratos.

It may be free for now, but it's been my experience with the psp that sony does not give you anything you will not have to pay for later, one way or the other

All they care about is the money, screw that no program they add onto the Silm will talk me into buying the Slim. If I want to buy one I will buy one when I Damn well please. Which will be after I buy the PS3, which will be never... haha screw you Sony.

You all sound pitiful, from the things you say. You make yourself sound really poor and maybe you are. You guys talk right from your own perspective. For all companies, money is main point for them. There are ways to overcome hardware with programming, but there is a limit to that. By making any program to push the limitation, it puts the console at risk of breaking down such as the bricking and such. Since not all people know how to do homebrew, they will ***** up, if it was someone else's program that saids they are not responsible, there is nothing they can do about it. However, think, if sony was the one who posted the how-to or the program which scrapped the console, what will happen then? EVERYONE will throw their console back and force a free repair. HUGE lost. You can take computer for instance, you can't put vista on an old computer that ran 95 or early 98, just can't work without any problems; problems such as 20 minutes to load desktop or even minutes per application. In this case, will you accuse microsoft as well or whichever company you purchased your computer from? This concept is not just about sony either; nintendo's gba to gba sp is also an example of hardware differences that can't be overcome with software (mainly graphics in this case). There is a reason that it is considered an upgraded or improved version, just because it's called slim or lite doesn't mean it only weights less.

if they are only making for slim they should at least make something for the phat psp so you can send messages to your friend with psp like the ps3 it shouldn't take up alot of ram

"Nintendo doesn't try to screw us over. They don't complain about homebrew(atleas t not that I know off), and they don't try to control what we own, just like sony is trying to do with each FW. "



Oh, what? Nintendo tries to shut down every company that distributes illegit software as fast as it can, same as everybody. It's just that with DS, it's not a simple firmware patch and so not many people do it and it also doesn't compromise the platform's security very much (running real games on DS homebrew kits is tricky), but with PSP, everybody is just a net connection and a FAQ away from having an open system that can store any PSP game you want (paid for or not) on a relatively cheap and store-bought Memory Stick. Sony has a responsibility to the game manufacturers to seal that up if they can, homebrewers are just collatoral damage in the battle against piracy.



Sony's firmware updates have not been this trojan horse to lock out homebrewers and pirates like some people accuse them of, they have honestly been trying to make the system better with new features (and had plans to do much of this since the platform's announcement.) Problem is, when a work-around to encryption came up, they had to battle step for step trying to lock it up, and that's hurt the homebrew scene in the process.



The cracking of the PSP has been the best thing to happen to the system for many of us, but too many of you people take it for granted. Homebrew used to be tough, we used to solder our machines with components from back-alley chop shops. Our machines broke when we tried to mod a system for imports, and we knew that going in, and we never expected our warranties to cover the potential damage. Now, it's a download and a system refresh, and there are STILL people *****ing that it's not happening fast enough and that the console makers are putting up a fight against it. Sony doesn't owe you an open-application PSP, they never promised you one and they don't benefit one bit from you making use of unlicensed applications. There's a reason they call the good folks who cracked PSP and other systems "hackers" and not "programmers". Homebrew is off-the-grid. Don't get confused, and don't act entitled if you step off the grid and into this other environment. You ain't in Kansas anymore.

i own both, i put them in front, it's not light only difference. but either way, if really there are no differences, it really is rip off. btw later version of gba also has back light.

couldn't they have a lower quality sound for psp phat, then higher quality for slim