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Well actually the latest version of devhook, a homebrew game launcher, supports all current commercial games on UMD, right out of the box. So I can have my cake and eat it too. :D

Regarding your PSP vs DS comment,
I went to look at the Videogamecharts.com numbers and I'm pretty sure the PSP numbers are for units shipped, while DS's are actual numbres sold. (I remember that 17 million PSP units shipped claim from an interview/speech somewhere). Unless PSP's somehow end up in consumer hands the second they leave the warehouse door. the numbers aren't really that accurate.

and apparently, it's newsworthy that the PSP finally out sells the GBA ...(not sure where they got their numbers either)
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Monthly-US-Sales-May-PSP- Outsells-GBA-/pg/49/aid/53673

At least in North America, my understanding is that there isn't an independent group that tracks these numbers and that all numbers are just submitted by the companies themselves so it's really hard to get a good count. versus in japan you get the weekly sales chart.

I think everyone is hung up about the PS3 pricetag, I know I am, but just looking at the features on the PS3 even excluding the Blueray functionality I doubt I will use since I dont have a HD-TV, its pretty amazing. The controller on the PS3 has motion sensitivity.
          Honestly, I think the xbox360 will be this generations dreamcast, first to market, underpowered, easy to pirate games on without a modchip, and it has a controller that seems outdated to its competitors and its very very white.
      And last but certainly not least, the PS3 will ship with linux and will allow homebrew applications! How cool is that? that means it can run all sorts of programs like media centers, emulators, homebrew apps, ftps whatever, and its especially cool since it has a hard drive. Its the ultimate living room computer! Sure it will have limitations, but you wont need a modchip to run something like xbox media center. I cant wait to turn mine into a little bittorrent box that streams media.
        Yes $600 is overpriced, but when it comes down, and it will, to aroudn $500 I am going to pick one up. By then the homebrew community will have enough good programs to make it more than a worthy replacement to my venerable modded xbox. Notice I didnt compare it to the Wii, I think the Wii is going to sell like hotcakes and outsell both systems, though that might not necessarily be a good thing.

http://ps3.qj.net/Its-Official-The-PS3-will-suppor t-Linux-and-Homebrew-/pg/49/aid/40039

Check out "pmpmod" http://dl.qj.net/PMP-Mod-1.02-M4.02g3-Gaming-Conso les-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/1449/catid /140 Allows full resolution encoded movies on memory stick. If you already have the DVD this makes UMD pretty useless.

Wouldn't this be more part of the BlueRay news instead of PS3 specific news?

Japan and USA to share BlueRay region codes.

Import games and movies here I come!

Well, game sales should pick up soon since users in China--they have 500,000 there--are threatening a mass protest.

Snes9xtyl-v02c (http://pspupdates.qj.net/2005/08/snes9xtyl-v02c.h tml) will actually run using the eboot loader version 8.5 on a psp with firmware v2 now as well.

3gp works good for video encoding, lates version has support for avc

Without it, my SNES emulator will not work.

No, using Fanjita's EBOOT loader, you can run the SNES9xTYL 0.2c, a SNES emulator, on 2.00 Firmware.

Here's a picture, LoL.

You'd be a tool to buy this.

And now errrr... http://slashdot.org/

From the site: Status: We have been under a slashdot like effect all day. After being featured on http://www.engadget.com/ http://www.hackaday.com/ http://digg.com/ http://qj.net/ and a bunch of other sites or PSP crashes every couple of minutes.

Well now you get the Real Thing!

Try looking for one.
http://pspupdates.qj.net/categories/Emulators.html #Commodore%2064

There is a program called PSafeP for Windows that claims to check EBOOT files for suspicious code. I have yet to verify its validity (my PSP is still collecting dust). Has anyone here checked it out?

(Sorry for linking to PSPUpdates, but it's the only place I've seen this.)

It's worthy to note that once you downgrade to 1.5 using this tool, you CANNOT upgrade to 2.0 again. Its a bug that has been acknowledged by the PSP news sites.

http://pspupdates.qj.net/2005/09/working-psp-firmw are-20-to-150.html#comments

SonyxTeam/Yoshihiro are liars, and they have been trying to steal credit from MPH. The real story can be found here, Slashdot needs to update this news post immediately so it doesn't spread around that SonyxTeam is responsible for this.

Have you guys not heard of the Firmware changer? There will be no need to upgrade from 1.50 to 2.00 when GTA: LCS arrives. Just run this program and it will let you play it on a 1.5 PSP