ever since i came into the psp scene i always thought about something like this. (instead of hacking the firmware why not make the homerew work on official firmware). but i was like 11 and i didnt know the complexity of this stuff yet. it might e time to fix my psp and come back to the scene.

Now we won't have to worry about ignorant noobs and little kids complaining about how they can't hack there psp's. It doesn't get any easier than this.

This is an awesome innovation but like everyone said here, it is going to lead to more piracy. Considering any homebrew could open now, you're going to have teams of people working on a fully fuctional iso loader(if there isn't one already).

I do praise the developers and I understand that they did this for all of us who enjoy our emulators, apps, and homebrewed games, but the vast majority of people(kids) whom I encountered all what their PSPs hacked for the sole purpose of "playing free psp games." Sad but true.

Piracy is becoming rampant and its responsible for damaging several industries, such as the PC console market, the Manga, and American comic book industry, and the list goes on.

Its understandable that the economy isn't good but damn, what does it kill people to support their favorite video game developer by buying the game they enjoyed. For some reason they can spend time buying fast food at their local McDonalds but not a video game? What a bunch of leeches.

That could be how AR got through I don't know though. And if they did do it that way, it can be blocked by $ony as we saw with the AR.

If not, then damn $ony is crapping their pants now I bet.