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PSP Firmware Update 2.8 Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the omg-you-mean-you-don't-have-it-yet dept.

tekisui writes "PSP firmware update 2.8 is out, adding several minor features and one major one, the ability to play music and video out of user-named folders on memory sticks. Finally, I can label my movies and music with useful names, instead of Sony's cryptic naming conventions.."

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  1. If you like homebrew...don't update... by metasecure · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sony has again provided nominal updates in their new firmware, in an attempt to entice users to upgrade and lock down the homebrew community.

    So now we wait for Dark_aleX to crack this firmware, and for Booster to update Devhook and make the PSP developers "even madder" as users continue to load all versions of the firmware on their 1.50 PSP's.

  2. Whats with the updates? by juletre · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why does it need to be updated all of the time? As far as i know this doesn't happen with the DS.

    (this was not a pro-DS post, i am just curious)

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    1. Re:Whats with the updates? by dremspider · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I am not an expert, but here is my best guess. There really is no OS for Nintendo DS. All that Nintendo DS has is a "launcher" that gives you options on how to start the game. The meat and potatoes of the DS is actually in the games. If Nintendo wants to do something like add handwriting recognition to the DS, all they need to do is update future games that will need that feature. They add it to their API and then it is only added if it is needed. The software that is included with the DS is pretty boring, it doesn't do a lot other than let you input your birthday and display a calender, there is not a lot you can do with that. I would like to see Nintendo change a few things with the DS, but I don't think it would be possible as I think it is too late to add the functionality. I wish that Nintendo had a buddy lists that displayed all the games you friends are playing. I also wish that friends codes were stored on the unit as opposed to on the game cartridge. This way it would be possible to find what game your friend is playing and insert the appropriate cartridge. This is coming from a huge Nintendo fan that sold his soul to get a DS lite (ok fine worked a few hours).

  3. Thank you by CyberLord+Seven · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I have the misfortune of being an owner of a Sony PSP. I have decided against updating the firmware on my PSP to retain control of it. You can imagine how pissed off I was when I discovered that a new game (finally something I wanted to play after TWO years of waiting) I bought would NOT play on my original PSP.

    What really pisses me off about Sony is that I bought MY PSP primarily as a game machine. I have every Game Boy from the original through the Game Boy Advance and they ALL have backwards compatibility! I can play my Bionic Commando cartridge on any Game Boy I have, but Sony has decided that they will produce and sell games that are labeled for the PSP but will not play on my original PSP.

    I'm not one who cares about the arguments between XBox fanboys and PlayStation fanboys and GameCube/Wii fanboys, but Sony can kiss my ass for their treatment of PSP owners.

    Once again, thank you for posting some information to enable me to search for cures for my predicament. You have just done more for me as a PSP owner than Sony has done in all the time I have owned one.

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    1. Re:Thank you by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Interesting
      You're not a victim.

      The Hell he isn't! Sony is trying to break his property by disabling functionality in what they claim is an "update," and is also lying by saying the new games are compatible with his device when they clearly aren't. Therefore, he absolutely is a victim of either fraud or vandalism, depending on whether his firmware got updated or not.

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  4. Full Res Video? by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't keep up with PSP news all that much. Has Sony allowed video stored on a memory stick to be played back at full screen resolution yet? With the death of UMD videos, you'd figure they'd be nice and unlock the full-res playback of user-encoded video. But then again this is Sony...

  5. Re:Evil pirates by Abcd1234 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The DS is capable of downloading content from the net so it should be able to update. Maybe it does. Doubt it, someone would have found out by now but just because they haven't doesn't mean they can't.

    The naive idea is that Nintendo doesn't do this to be nice to its customers. Yeah right, this could only be considered an option by the insane or those to young to remember the Nintendo before Sony kicked them in the nuts with the PS.

    More likely is that Nintendo doesn't consider it a big enough threath.

    Actually, they don't perform remote firmware upgrades because they *can't*. The first 512 bytes or so of the firmware EEPROM simply can't be written to without shorting a pad on the circuit board. Moreover, the checksum for the firmware is located, yup, you guessed it, in the protected region. Thus, it is simply impossible to upgrade the DS firmware without major user intervention.