PSP firmware 5.00 hacked
posted Oct 18th 2008 2:47pm by Eliotfiled under: handhelds hacks, playstation hacks, psp hacks
We remember the halcyon days of firmware 1.00 for the PSP. It was wide open to run any code you wanted. Once the handheld game console was released outside Japan, Sony locked it down and began an arms race to prevent any sort of homebrew usage of the device. Nearly four years later and we’re at firmware 5.00. The hackers are on top of their game though. It’s only been a couple days since the official release and a custom firmware has already been published. Sony has traditionally supported development on their home consoles and we hope they’ll take that approach on their next portable instead of this stupid back and forth.
[via Gizmodo]
They (the manufacturer) will always loose this race eventually.
Why do they do it ? – well you can only conclude that after you have paid for the hardware they still consider themselves the owner.
Theres a number of completely open hand held consoles even with 3d hardware which makes foe great mame experiences and are great for homebrew
You have to wonder what future there is for closed platforms…