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Did Sony just hotlink PSPupdates on their PSP content download site?

Posted Aug 26, 2006 at 4:19PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PSP Tags: Big Brother, Sony

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We still can't believe it, either.

We've gotten tips, via the comment pages of many of our PSP Updates articles - thanks to everyone, and we mean EVERYONE who sent this tip in to us!!! You guys are the best! - that Sony did...

We really still can't believe it, either. Did Sony just hotlink us on their PSP downloads page?!

We went over to the site our tipsters pointed us to, and we still cannot believe it. We took a screenshot of it, with our mouse cursor hovering over the relevant hotlink. Yes, it directs to PSP Updates! We've even pointed out what to look out for in the screenshot. Click on it to see the larger image (it's a really big image, since we had to capture the whole screen).

Is this official? And now this report's got all of us here speculating like mad. A couple of staffers are beginning to think this might be a prank, the result of someone hacking onto the Sony PSP download page. Another theory floating in the air is that Sony wants to keep a wary eye on the PSP homebrew community, sorta like Big Brother.

But what if... we've got one wild guess, we're betting it's not even likely, let alone going to happen... what if this really is from Sony, and they really and deliberately hot-linked PSP Updates? What if this means they're finally embracing homebrew, giving the green light to our entire homebrew community?

Could it be...?

Nah, probably not. Maybe not until their legal issues with Devhook are settled. Maybe not until an official press release from their PR department that declares their undying love for us. Maybe when pigs fly. It's easier to be skeptical about this.

It was a nice thought while it lasted, though. What do you guys think? Throw in your opinions, your hypotheses, your wild conspiracy theories into the air.

Oh, and in case someone "official" is reading this site right now, let's show him that we're a solid, supportive PSP-enthusiastic community.

Again, we can't say this enough: thanks to all the QJ PSP Updates readers who tipped us off to this!

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Kinda embarrassing that psp-news.dcemu.co.uk knew about this before you guys. But shouldn\\\'t Sony have to contact you guys about this before showing it or no? I doubt it was a hacker because wouldn\\\'t Sony have removed that link by now? I read this morning-early afternoon and it\\\'s still there! Hopefully Sony really is going to support homebrew on the next firmware. Or probably they\\\'re just trying to get our hopes up or throwing us off. Probably just giving a little piece of homebrew.

# Guest 2006-08-26 17:37

cmon homebrew on 2.9

# #5 is an idiot. — Urza the Tyrant 2006-08-26 17:39

http://musicstore.connect.com/index.html

PSP Connect is a subsidiary of Connect.com which IS owned by Sony. #5 you fail at life.

Why havn't we disabled guest commenting yet?

# not that old — Guest 2006-08-26 17:40

@ 8: dude, it's not like they just found out about it, and it's probably been less than 24 hours since this developed, which is not "pretty old".

# uhh... — Guest 2006-08-26 17:40

yea psp connect isn't from sony....or so I think

# @5 — lansingone 2006-08-26 17:41

oh then it's nothing then

# oops — Guest 2006-08-26 17:41

hahaha, ppl comment so fast! Ok, my bad

# see... — Guest 2006-08-26 17:44

lol almost unreadable but at the bottom:

"2005 - 2006 Sony CONNECT Inc. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited without written permission from Sony Corporation."

# Poor guy — Guest 2006-08-26 17:44

My guess: this site is updated by a team of really enthusiast young people that tried to do the best for the PSP community (link them to a useful site). Wait until their bosses discover what they just did. I smell "fire" in the air, like in "you're fired". You should hire this poor guy.

# - — Guest 2006-08-26 17:47

Doesnt seem right. It says pspupdates.com, shouldnt it be wheres the QJ.net part?

# homrew — Guest 2006-08-26 17:48

homebrew will live on the PSP

# weong — Guest 2006-08-26 17:49

psp connect is owned by sony read the bottom

or go to sonystyle

# this is pspupdates.com — Guest 2006-08-26 17:51

@17 This is pspupdates.com.....type it in your web browser and you'll see that it re-directs here.

# Sony & PSP Updates Together??? — Guest 2006-08-26 17:52

It does look real but the fact that it is the only thing in full caps is puzzling

# Guest 2006-08-26 17:54

I cant beleive this.. Im guessing its an error that a webmaster made.

# Wow — Guest 2006-08-26 17:54

That's pretty cool =) Something I never thought would happen. And it does link to pspupdates.qj.net but says pspupdates.com. Either way, pspupdates.com redirects to pspupdates.qj.net =)

$10 says Sony realizes this and makes them change it ;) Then again, maybe Sony is trying to counter XNA or whatever that Xbox 360 Homebrew program is?

# i get the feeling it's like a general and his soldiers — comedy 2006-08-26 17:55

you see, sony are the general, and they have so many minions on so many different levels that they probably own this website, but it's maintained by people who know less about the homebrew legality issues or the likes... do you get me?

i reckon once sony get wind of this they'll act on it, whether they come out and confirm their support for homebrew and officially say how great pspupdates is... or they simply take it away from that site, slap some wrists and perhaps issue a statement saying how they don't support homebrew and everyone should do the firmware updating thing.

imo it's too early to tell. if nothing happens at all then i won't know what to think... you'd have thought that if sony have an opinion they'll let it be known

# Guest 2006-08-26 17:55

Somethings very fishy here. Do i smell a sitcom?

# Guest 2006-08-26 17:56

ok this is where i draw the line.

# Sony — Guest 2006-08-26 17:57

Well That's indeed amazin, for now you should just thank sony (or the hackers) for doing this. Nice phrase "Don't just play with it, use it"

# lol — Guest 2006-08-26 17:57

this might be the big news at tgs, sony letting homebrew on the psp to run and encourage's ppl to make em for the ps3 also.

# holy crap! — ZYXWVUT 2006-08-26 17:59

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wow.

# wha? — NavS 2006-08-26 17:59

Hotlinked? What they're riding your bandwidth or something? Or are you trying to say linked to you? Lol hot linked.....

# careful — comedy 2006-08-26 18:00

don't get ahead of yourself, if you start thinking like that the real news might just disappoint... i'm a healthy pessimist, i reckon the secret is the ps3 has a built in cup holder.

# http://pspupdates.qj.net/ — Guest 2006-08-26 18:02

now the sony connect site links it to http://pspupdates.qj.net/...hmmm thats wierd i think someone is pulling a prank on everyone

# HMM — Guest 2006-08-26 18:02

\\\"\\\"\\\"Oh, and in case someone \\\"official\\\" is reading this site right now, let\\\'s show him that we\\\'re a solid, supportive PSP-enthusiastic community. \\\"\\\"\\\"

HEY QJ **** ** ***** ***** ****

# mistake — Guest 2006-08-26 18:04

i think its a mistake and it will be taken off the site soon. If its not taken off.... WOOOOHHHOO! sony is supporting homebrew?

# ........holy crap! — ZYXWVUT 2006-08-26 18:04

holy crap!

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This confirms my previous theory about Sony toying

with us, and actually secretly supporting homebrew!

they know we can crack the firmwares!

# lol — Guest 2006-08-26 18:05

lol that will be cool if we got homebrew on all psp's

# Guest 2006-08-26 18:05

ROFLMAO

is over

# Hmn — NavS 2006-08-26 18:08

I see we're all flocking to the website now......mission accomplished?

# umm... lol? — Ninkul 2006-08-26 18:18

lol, thats pretty funny but agreed with #38 i guess lol

# Ummmm because DS sales are crushing the PSP on like 3 continents? — Illegal Machine 2006-08-26 18:19

clearly this is sony's attempt to inform prospective PSP buyers to the NUMEROUS advantages the PSP has over the DS, and to entice said patrons to have good reason to buy more high capacity cards.

someone over there either messed up, or is realizing that they need to use their edge while they stil can

# Nice try sony — Minoru 2006-08-26 18:24

ooh sony is smart, tryin to get us onto that site. Too bad they are just doing it to increase traffic to their site. But I have a small amount of hope that sony finally decided to give homebrew a chance

# Well — Guest 2006-08-26 18:24

It's a LOOOONG shot for Sony to support homebrew, I should be woried cuz QJ.net could be the next target.

"checks the site tomorow and..... PAGE CAN NOT BE FOUND"

# . — Guest 2006-08-26 18:25

8===D==========

# Lets Just Hope — turkeyowens 2006-08-26 18:28

lets just hope they allow homebrew...this could be big!!!! But then again it could be a prank but if sony allos homebrew then everyone will be happy

# The caption — Psycovirus 2006-08-26 18:30

The caption on the button says "Don't just play with it... | Use it"...

Does the "Use it" refer to the homebrew? Since most homebrews are not games. They're utilities for the PSP.

I hope Sony supports Homebrew soon.

# sue them — Guest 2006-08-26 18:36

and make your money, you think they would hesitate to sue you guys? nope! so i say turn about is fair play... call up the lawyers!

# Guest 2006-08-26 18:37

This is overly optimistic, but would it be possible for sony to later make a firmware that allows all homebrew?

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