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Thanks, Sony, Do We Get a Downgrader Next?
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 If you look at the article above this,
you will notice some very impressive (yet already done) features that
Sony will (finally) add to the one and only PSP. Basically, Sony
is blowing their horn with the release of some upcoming additions to
their system software (firmware), including a Macromedia Flash Player,
GPS Receiver, RSS Channel Support, PSP Camera, and PlayStation
emulation support.
At first, my initial reaction was "Wow, that's cool!" However, upon
closer inspection, I came to several conclusions, that most of these 'additions'
have already been done by homebrew developers worldwide -- because they
wanted it, and didn't want to wait. Going down the list of new
features, I first noticed the GPS receiver. For those who don't recall,
a wily programmer by the name of Art has created a homebrew GPS receiver hack
and software for the PSP, written in Lua no doubt. Ok, it's been done,
what's next? RSS Channel Support including internet radio? Oh cool, now
I can check out some tunes from my favorite online sites. Then it
struck me, Raf and Co. already have PSP Radio
(which you should check out if you haven't already.) Next on the plate
from Sony comes a Macromedia Flash player, which has been in hot demand
for a very long time. For so long there was demand that in fact, a
contest was held for homebrew programmers to create a Flash player for the PSP. While still a bit buggy, it does work with many Flash (.swf files), and can be improved upon. Lastly, Sony wants to have 'revolutionary' support, the ability to play games from your memory stick! (Albeit PlayStation games, which is great news indeed, but also under construction by PacManFan.)
Aside from the PSP Camera (which is very cool, but I am also curious on
how it will be implemented), the history of homebrew brought me to the
conclusion that Sony may very well be listening to the community. I
only say this because the additions have already been accomplished by
homebrew enthusiasts worldwide, who want to make the most of their
money and do what they want to with it. The additions also just happen
to be some of the very hot pieces of homebrew programming out there. My
question to Sony is this: where is the downgrader? Ok, I joke.. I know
Sony won't do that, but how about a homebrew friendly console: one that
is blocked from the running of any piracy? Tough answer on how it could
be done, but I'm sure you can find a way, right Sony? After all, we're
sure you know there is a high demand for it, many people do enjoy
playing Super Nintendo you know?
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maybe it would be nice if they add PMP support in fw3 too~ p; p; p; p;
(or at least full screen video which can be encoded by end users ~ .~);;'
looks nice anyways, but dont forget we get all of this thanks to the homebrewes [;
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yeah sure, theyre adding stuff.
but isnt it strange how everything is already done by the "hackers" they hate so much ?
sony can go to hell. they arent getting any of my money.
buying the psp was a mistake. if i could, id shove it up the sony ceo's ass.
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I think its really impossible to not pirate something if some sort of homebrew feature is included, but you can make it so you pirate less. im sure sony could figure it out tho, personally, if they allow certain homebrew on 3.0 or somthing, and its as good as having it on 1.5, i wont think twice about upgrading. My umd emulator is nice... but right now its only good for getting my 2.5 umds running on my 1.5. Give me 3.0 with homebrew, and the point becomes moot, games, and homebrew.
i just thought, one way of doing that would be to basically cut the power to the umd drive when in homebrew mode, that way it would be impossible to rip anything from the umd drive and the drive would also always think theres no game in it, thus making umd emu pointless. The psp would also have to completely dump the ram of itself whenever it went out of homebrew mode, to keep from stuff running in the background that could cause piracy.
i dunno, im no programmer, and not an expert on console security. but i do know it would be difficult to control. im all for homebrew on 3.0 tho
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If Sony are basically upgrading on a homebrew idea, then why is it a bad thing? Doesn't this mean you won't need to use homebrews anymore? I mean, why use homebrew when you have the official softwares? And for free too. I think people who complain too much about not having homebrews are the ones who pirate games.
Also, I bet most of you here, if given the money, will run to Sony and purchase all their addons. So stop your bickering and shut up.
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anything sony do, they not happy, wtf.. 1 day sony will just scrap everything and u will thx ur homebrew for makin it possible. complaining complaining COMPLAING again.. can't u just ADMIT THT SONY DID SOME REALLY NICE STUFF HERE ! ITS WORTHY OF PRAISE NOT FLAMMING STUPID A$$ don shove it at his A$$, shove it at ur own A$$ O and die of ROTTING OK !?
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anything sony do, they not happy, wtf.. 1 day sony will just scrap everything and u will thx ur homebrew for makin it possible. complaining complaining COMPLAING again.. can't u just ADMIT THT SONY DID SOME REALLY NICE STUFF HERE ! ITS WORTHY OF PRAISE NOT FLAMMING STUPID A$$ don shove it at his A$$, shove it at ur own A$$ O and die of ROTTING OK !?
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anything sony do, they not happy, wtf.. 1 day sony will just scrap everything and u will thx ur homebrew for makin it possible. complaining complaining COMPLAING again.. can't u just ADMIT THT SONY DID SOME REALLY NICE STUFF HERE ! ITS WORTHY OF PRAISE NOT FLAMMING STUPID A$$ don shove it at his A$$, shove it at ur own A$$ O and die of ROTTING OK !?
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However, there is a point to the whole "mimicking" of homebrew. It seems to me that Sony is paying attention to the work of the talented programmers out there, figuring out which homebrew is the most likely to appeal to their consumer base, then redoing it themselves. However, this does not necessarily mean that Sony will make a better program than any of the developers you read about here. Anybody remember the official Sony Media Center? If you do, then you probably remember how much it sucked. Quite frankly, other programs like PSPVideo9 were much better at doing the same things that Sony itself did, and they were free at the same time.
Personally, I believe that allowing limited homebrew to be run on the PSP would be a good thing for Sony. If Sony were to create a website dedicated to homebrew and use a sort of authentication service (such as a working version of the windows "signature" service), then they could judge which homebrew would be safe for release. Also, by adding the ideas posted above about disabling UMD use and iso loaders from within the program and only allowing Sony signed programs to be run, Sony could keep control of the homebrew on the net (thus keeping it legal and safe for consumers and themselves) as well as giving their consumer base what they want. Not to mention, it would cost a lot less to have people program for them for free than to hire teams to try and shut down all homebrew.
Quite frankly, I think both sides of the argument are ridiculous. If you don't like Sony because of their treatment of homebrew, then sell your PSP and buy a GP32X. If you think homebrew is a waste of time, then don't bother with sites like this. To go into these forums and rail on each other over ideals is just silly. It doesn't accomplish anything, and you are not going to change your opponents' opinions.
Personally, I'm a 2.6 user, and I will not be upgrading to 3.0 until it offers me a way to play homebrew (namely emulators) or makes it more appealing than playing homebrew.
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Be positive!
stop verbally attacking eachother, discuss on an adult manner please!
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So why are there opinions from the news moderators giving their thoughts. If I wanted an opinion I would click on the link that says "Forum." These articles are pointless.
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We are not content with simply saying "So and so released this. Download." There are plenty of simple blogs that do that. We're taking the next step to become a REAL news site.
Check out MSNBC, CNN, etc... not JUST the news there.
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Unfortunaly we are not all happy customers becuase Sony is still trying to force us to upgrade our psps to stop the usage of free games so that we can buy new games instead of playing emulators of older consoles. They can't condone the usage of emulators mainly becuase emulators and roms are illegal. http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp
Sony may fear Nintendo for legal issues for condoning the usage of emulators but i think thats wrong. The sony should licence the PSP to its users as if its a stand alone computing platform as in they are not liable for what the users or developers create for it. Nintendo can't sue Microsoft for allowing unlicenced develepment for the Windows operating systems to allow the development of emulators, pirating software, etc.
Sony's firmware is just another operating system like Windows, theirs no reason why they should stifle user created software for the platform. Hence this is the reason why us customers are still displeased with sony's new gimmics and addons to appease us. And not to mension that some of the user made software functions better and is much more versitile than sony's software.
And for the record, i dont pirate any PSP games, they arent even worth downloading becuase they all mostly suck. The only games i do see worth downloading are old school concole games like SNES and such which are availibe for free, yet they are copyrighted games making the downloading up them piracy, the owners dont seem to really care enough to do anything about it.
Theres no way sony will just cut us customers off for complaining becuase it will be their loss, not ours. The more they crack down on us is just the more displeased customers they will get. Its not like sony is doing us favors, its there duty to keep us happy as customers or else their sales will hit them.
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"blocked from the running of any piracy? ....many people do enjoy playing Super Nintendo you know"
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Do you realise how this makes you sound? Snes games are still games. Anyone heard of the Nintendo Revolution?
Guess what Nintendo are doing. Well it's just like Sony. It will involve PAYING to d/l games from their older consoles My guess is this will involve SNES game libraries.
My point is...sure its wrong to download all your games, everyone who has 5 ISOs on their memstick SHOULD have at least 5 UMDs but almost EVERYONE has violated the DMCA etc at some point. You all are walking a fine line between on the one hand staying on the right side of the law AND genuinely supporting homebrew devs and on the other hand coming off like total hypocrites. Good luck!
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