well ill be sure to update my firmware……..NOT

i just started learning LUA!!!! damn it cool

Wow, this is great….NOT!!!

Wow, WMA support, thats a nice surprise… I’m still not upgrading though. WMA sucks. It’s just a token gesture anyway, I’ll just stick to mp3’s, avi’s mov’s, mpeg’s and the rest, thanks.

I think that they create the WMA support,because maybe the next games will need the WMA to play.
I think that is the reason for this WMA support…

Why would i want to upgrade? 2.5 is already bad enough!

Dear Sony;

Stop being gay.

Thanks.

+ 1
i mean, if ur gonna try concieve people to upgrade at least put something cool in ur update and keep the ability to run homebrew and iso’s.
I would update if it came with that :P

Jesus Christ! it`ll be 9.60 by spring, WANKERS!

@8 Like sony are going to allow you to play iso`s. They`re doing everything they can to stop it, hence the updates

That sucks, im realy disapointed, i was thinking abou updrading and leaving the homebreew to the past and wait till the better firmware gets cracked, BUT there is just not enough cool stuff on it, who cares about wma, everybody hast mp3, theres not a real big point in wma, i wont upgrade for that, i want a better webbroser, that supports java properly for icq flash… an additional keyboard and your done! well, who cares, thats sony-.-

indeed all that power on the psp and they cant manage to put better feature in there!

the Rss feed is pretty nice. that PSPradio couldnt support the sites with it on it. so I may upgrade.

it is pretty obvious why they are doing this, it is so that the hackers cant stay current on the new firmware. what i mean is by the time they crack 2.5 there is 2.6 and so on.

I Wonder if they patched the sound over flow that caused 2.5 to crash, not that it matters becouse it would take for ever just to get kernel working throught a sound

Dam $ony what you all got agenst us?

Get a Life And just make your happy little games.

hey guys what is RSS?

i quote #7 “Dear Sony;

Stop being gay.

Thanks.”

I no its a free world and you can post whatever you want, but… WHY? why Serg? Keep your mouth shut until you have somthn smart to say.

The intelligence of the people in these comments gets worse every time. ZOMG SONY R GAY, ZOMG IS THIS DOWNGRADER, ZOMG THIS SUCKS

Either stfu, get out, or for the love of god, admins, turn commenting off!

no shit n13 ama upgrade bye

am in skool lol if any one has socom for psp add me my tag its G-man- thanks

im going to upgrade now to 2.60

Tokes, when Serg wrote that comment, there was obviously a lot of thought put into it… it’s the most intelligent comment on this article. Overlord, your comment is a waste of time even more so than everyone elses. What else are people going to talk about when sony makes a gay new security “patch”?

do you think it is possible to take one of the codecs and make them work in 1.50 or 2.00?

I’m specifically looking at the WMA thing, there is no suitable homebrew for this that i have found that I can use to play them… but i love those emulators…

#18 if you dont like the comments dont read them?

Think someone out there is getting close to a 2.5 hack… Only logical reason that Sony would create another gimp update with only a few new additions.

while .wma is hella tempting, what w/the filesizes being half of an equivalent .mp3 file, i’m still holdin onto 1.5. ain’t nothin makin me switch till i can still play most of the older console games @ the same time.

#21, u wasted space by adding to those already stupid comments, but WTF, like #8 said, we would be at that be Spring :( :?, its not a really appealing update i say..

Fuck that shit kthx.

Sony pls stop lauch anymore new firmware that cannot downgrade.thank

hey guys, is it possible to watch us movies on my japanese psp???

Sony is gay

This sucks

was it released a hack to watch us movies on japanese psps?

yeah your post 1 minute after shows that you really tried and it is not the same retard typing it

Grabbing the codec to play WMA’s and trying to place it in the 2.0 or 1.5 firmware would be a good idea. i dont know how to code anything so i wouldnt know if this is even a possibility but would be excellant if you could.

The day after a partially-working loader for 2.0-2.5 firmware is released, (as well as a 2.0 eboot/prx decrypter that works with a few titles), Sony just happens to release 2.6 ?

It won’t be long until only old PSPs (warranty expired) and downgraded PSPs (warranty void) are still running 1.5 fw.
Whats stopping Sony from then intentionally destroying v1.5 PSPs? You’d be left with no option but to buy a new one. It might be easy: you try to load 2.6 with the new firmware loader and end up with a brick.

How hard would it be for sony to skip v7.5 and have all games from here forward wipe the flash of PSPs saying that are v7.5 ?

Okay now I am being paranoid.
Regardless, stick with v.15, the version Sony Loves to Hate!

Im with #41,the more ppl with firmware 1.5, the more we piss sony off

It’s sad , really. I mean if SONY had the chance I’m sure they would advance this technology as far as they could. If it weren’t for all these people sueing left and right :P . Copyright this , copyright that. What about progress?? Too much concern about money, and not enough about advancement :P

you know im not updating..

it’s funny how people say “sony is gay” but thay buy sony stuff(like the psp).

ps: i will not upgrade intill thay have java for it.

#16

did anyone besides me notice the “Leave a comment” part of this?

where did it say anything about intelligence requirements?

Heres something smart. Elephants can’t jump.

I maintain the notion that this update is gay.

why wont the hackers make there own os for the psp that is based from linux. then when its done thay can bring it out to us and we can make lots of mods for it(like fool the psp to think its 2.6).

if you think this is dum or not its ok i just had an idea.

idea by chris
lexsin@gmail.com

hold on a sec….

i got lost…

who’s gay?

hehehe

wtf is RSS? im dumb

I THINK I MITE UPGRADE..BUT I DUN NOE WAT wma IS ND ALL THE OTHA NEW FEATURES CAN SUM1 PLEASE XPLAIN DEM 2 ME

ND I WANA UPGRADE BUT I DUN BCUZ I FEEL LYK 2.50 IS ALMOST CRACKED ND I FEEL LYK A RETARD BUCUZ… I USED 2 HAVE 1.00 WEN IS 2.50 GOING TO BE CRACKEDDDDD

I have been waiting for this one, im gonna download it right away and upgrade my PSP.

#45, you might wanna try 1st grade again, your typing is really bad.

With all these hacks and exploits, Sony has no time to make great updates. Just think though, if it weren’t for homebrew, we might not even have a web browser yet. Sony has a huge incentive to make appealing upgrades that block homebrew now. Homebrew development pretty much benefits everyone except Sony. In some ways, it can even help them. I would use my PSP less than half as much without homebrew.

ive just upgraded and it is wicked what is the point of homebrew when you can have location free ne 1 else tried it and sony isnt gay bocause they were the ones who bought us the PSP

sooner or later, sony will just give up on psp if people continue to hack at it, sure its great to play iso’s of other psp games and run emulators off of it, but this is the same reason why certain consoles fail, if everyone can get free psp things, then advancements won’t continue, why would it have to, if they don’t get paid for it? this is buisness, Sony is the reason why your playing the PSP and loving it. They may not know how to fully take advantage of the psp’s capabilites but damn, This is why homebrew is here, Give it alittle thought people, got some pretty iggnorant comments

pepole must want the update look at the downlodes

I think eventually they are going to relese a firmware version that everyone will update to… Its going to happen

If a firmware update actually contained some useful WELL CODED stuff, then I’d be interested.

To #43 – you’re a fucknut. I R HV FLL KBRD BUD I NL WNNA UZ 1/2 DA KYZ.

Jesus fucking Christ, listen to yourself, you sound like a nine year old kid with ADHD.

WMA is an audio codec used for compressing audio. It is what Windows Media Player rips CDs into by default.

RSS – read what the BBC have to say – http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/help/rss/

#47 – Location Free Player doesn’t support non-NTSC stuff. So it’s shit for us Europeans (we do exist, you know!). Also, one fucking common mistake:

BOUGHT and BROUGHT.

Sony BROUGHT us the PSP. They were the ones that did the bringing.

We, as consumers, BOUGHT the PSP, as we were the ones who did the buying.

Ahem, that just annoys the hell out of me.

Anyways, this update at least has kinda more point that the piece of crap Sony like to call the 2.50 firmware. WMA support and a primitive RSS reader are better than “security fixes” (ahem, pardon my laughter).

However, Sony need better code monkeys, or at least more resources concentrated on optimizing new components. The web browser is lacklustre at best, but could well be pretty good with some skilled tweaking.

Right, that’s it, I’m “outy” as Eminem puts it.

That’s pretty funny, The update basicly just contains more useless crap. I’m sticking with 2.0-1.5 with that you can still play the newest shit and keep homebrew and ISO’s so screw that 2.6 its not even close to being worth it

The sad part is that I’d like to buy UMD games to run on my PSP, but I’d rather do homebrew. As long as Sony insists that this is an either-or proposition, I’ll buy their loss-leader hardware and pass over their high-margin software. Fortunately, there R eNUF iDiUtZ in this WWW that Sony will sell plenty of games anyway, and PSP will reign.

I predict that they will eventually realize that homebrewers are only 0.01% of their user base, and they will grow tired of revving the firmware every week just to keep us busy.

i fuckin hate sony i thought that you can do the locationfree play free so i upgrades but you have to buy the fucken loctionfree hardware thing and its fuckin 345$ thats bullshit because it said you didnt need anything but wireless router and a psp and 2.60 and now im stuck with it fuckkkk!!!!! i lost all my homebrew for a very long time

im Fuing pissed ive been waiting for a 2.5 downgrade foever and looking at hte 2.6 man it tempting

F**K YOU SONY

well, i have two psps, one a virgin 1.50 and one a 2.60 (now). I love rss feeds…. now sony, release an official dev kit and give me homebrew.

YOU C**K SUCKER

#58 lick my nuts

lol this is funny just a few weeks ago they found a 2.5 exploit and now sony has 2.6. What i think is that we should not say shit about hax so sony never know lol then we can catch them off guard with a new downgrader lolz

Wuts Wmpa??? Can you stream videos now???

Yes joe you can stream videos.

Don’t listem to #62 Joe.

WMA is an audio format.

Your thinking of WMV.

i think sony will eventually stop b/c i read somewhere that ppl are making modchips 4 the system, so blockin the homebrew will become impossible

WTF….And sony calls this an update? lmao

i already made my own firmware but it sukz nd iunno wat 2 do now bcuz i can downgrade from a no where version..help

OMG!!! You guys must be fucking crazy to update this shit. Man, i love my beloved UMD emu so much, that I would marry it XD Anyways, why update? Its totally insane, and for all u idiots that already upgraded, congrats. Your now officially morons :)

Well sooner or later they will finally get a cap on hacking/homebrewers…

Sony Will find you hackers… Beware….

why do you morons go to psp-HACKS and say shit about hackers, thats stupid. thats almost about as bad as the loser fanboys that got to each others thread and bash there system.

#68 – OMFG da big S iz gonna find j00!!!111!!!

*sigh* They’ll find us and do *what*?

Wow, we’re willing to run non-Sony code on our own PSPs! Crime of the century! The worst they can do is take away our warranty, FFS.

I certainly hope that’s a joke, #71.

No, upgraded official Sony firmware will not stop you from playing your games.

If you somehow critically mess up the update, it could concievably brick your PSP. Although it’d be covered under the warranty.

#67: Morons maybe, but i wouldnt go as far as marrying a program.

#74, you were dropped on your head as a child, weren’t you?

ISO loaders don’t work on anything above 1.50, you cretin.

You can’t downgrade either. To play your games now, you’ll need to buy them.

Even though it’s a bit sad that once again Sony has blocked out homebrew I’m glad they didn’t just give a stupid “security fix” and a warning to all users, they actually added some quite nice features to the PSP like RSS and a better video resolution.

FOR THE LOVE OF GEOFF!

Sony is not evil. They freaking MADE the thing you spend alot of your time on. It’s understandable that they try to kill homebrew (those iso stealing bastards ruin it for all) and sony would never intentionally brick a PSP. They lose money that way. And no, i don’t work for sony. BTW… RSS radio is teh pwn.

The next update will let you stab people in the face through the internet, and everyone will upgrade, because that would be awesome.

if there games werent so exspensive for a portible syste4m people would buy not steal

Sony’s gay. I’ll stick with my 1.50. And if I wanted to go online, I’ll update to 2.00 & vice versa.

Ok, I understand now! Its a game. ;) Here is the conspiracy:

Sony has made all the firmwares already 2.6-3.00-3.01 etc…

They release the next update (that have “better” things in them) when hackers get breakthroughs as a “reward” for their interest. Each one more difficult to crack than the last. The faster “we” hack, the faster “we” get to the last firmware, the ultimate firmware.

Or possibly their releasing a load of shit firmwares to keep hackers busy while they work on one they know IS secure. why do the firmwares contain a “security update” if they dont think it can be hacked.
their basically telling us they have a fault in the firmware

BTW my last comment was a joke (#79), I can just imagine some ignorant bitch taking me seriously

Fuck it, SONY STOP BEING SOOOO FUKING GAYYYYY!!!!

#79 i agry if u go 2 http://www.us.playstation.com when u want 2 upgrade it says if u have 2.60 (OR ABOVE) their is no need 2 upgrade…………now why do they need 2 say 2.60 (and above)when nobody will have above 2.60?hhhmmm………………….lets see………cause they already have all the firmware upgrades

#82 i think they do that incase some lasy bitch dosnt update the website when the upgrade comes out ;) lol

What about if sony sends out an automatic firmware update to force everone to update when you switch on your wi-fi even when your not in network mode, and you can not cancel it!(And if you do it bricks your PSP) that will be bad news.

Hey…everyone…i’m in complete agreement…sony’s messing with us… They KNOW what they’re doing…so, i’m just gonna keep updating…

Oh and for anyone who’s pirating games and movies…I feel sorry for your parents…that’s SO FLIPPING GAY. Ever wonder why a lot of companies aren’t making PSP games? IT’S NOT JUST THE COST!!! It’s the statistic that over half of the people who bought a psp are PIRATING…

SO STOP…if you want to continue to HAVE a psp…

#85 – I find it hard to believe that over half the people that bought a PSP even know what an ‘iso’ is. But I do agree that there is really nowhere near enough good developers working on this system – probably because it just isnt as pickup and play as other systems – i have the psp but i do admit to getting tired of the load times associated with umd’s.

Still, back to WRC on me psp…

#85 is Gay

can any1 tell me wats an “iso” and wat does it do?

sony found a way 2 downgrade 2.5 now and we will soon get it just 2 let u know. i don’t know how far it will downgrade. maybe 2.0 i don’t know. questions? email at chris_cole17@yahoo.com. ty!

When created the psp, sony did think about the secutiry issue. I mean the first version of the firmware has no protection at all, permitting any homemade application to run on the psp. The psp is seen as a gadget and it all make sense that sony targeted a specific group of people to make money. But now it’s getting to far and they are trying to stop it but they can’t. And since it’s sony, I dont give a fuck if they are losing money or whatever. Homebrew forever!

this is for those ppl who upgraded. wma is a lot smaller than mp3 so if u have a wma converter than covert ur mp3’s 2 wma so u could have more music on ur psp. wish sony would just give up

what the hell does bricked mean

Would you all stop saying that people or Sony is gay. At least this one has more than a security patch. And it doesn’t make you upgrade, they just want you to. It’s not like you have to, so stop saying f**k Sony and all that crap. I have 2.6, and the RSS feature is pretty good when you want to listen to podcasts. Hopefully there is a fault in 2.6 so we can have emus again.

“Brick”/”Bricked” means crashing your firmware beyond the point of repair”

Why does Sony decide to do these things? We spent the money on it, and they decide that it’s their freedom to have you upgrade to stop playing emulators. I can see why they wouldn’t want you to play the PSP games on Memory Stick, but really Sony – not everyone does that. Now, I just need someone to make a hack to downgrade a 2.60, because I was a dumbass and upgraded.

How could you say that sony is dumb when they made something so awesome as the psp.

To number 96:
Because they can come out with any good games!

I upgraded to 2.60 when I actually figured out how to get the homrbrew to work. So now i cant find a possibly way to downgrade this stupid ass stuff and now im stuck with it………DAMN!!!

can you guys make a game (supermario) for 2.60!!!!

Here we go! these guys have cracked it

http://psp3d.com/showthread.php?t=39

PSP3D PLOIT IS FAKE

GTA PLOIT IS REAL

Hey guys if you want to downgrade from 2.60 to 1.5 contact me at 28q072s@gmail.com

I did it so can you.

Sony knew it all along that shit will happen to psp n ready to take the risk coz they r $0NY,so we’ll just hack the shit out off psp.

Does this mean that you don’t have to convert the mp-4 anymore with the 3gp converter?(for someone with 2.60)

Who has 2.60? What is the main difference either then more security which sucks ass?

LOL #70. What are they gunna do? EAT ME?!?!?!?

Does this mean that if i’ve upgraded to 2.60, i can never hack?

Why is every one mad at sony? They made the psp and if you cant handle upgrading and waiting a bit you can just go and die.

You’re all going to hate me for saying this…The 2.6 upgrade has some bennies. We’re all screwed when in comes to playing cracked games, but when it comes to a stand point where we got a fairly versatile multimedia device, this is one plus. I’m sure eventually the PSP will have pdf support. You can already read ebooks in .html or .txt format. Sony knows that if it’s going to stay competitive with the next handheld, it’s going to keep having to put extras into its firmware. And while you all hate wma, etc., it’s one more step to a more universal media player. Just a thought. I’m sure your going to gripe, however.

So ppl say you cant downgrade from 2.60 and some say you can, i would like to believe those who say it is possible, so…how?

OH SHIT i´ve broken my PSP and the new PSP has firmware 2.60 can anybody say me if there is a downgrader ore somethingelse for this firmware??? I hate it will play my homebrew -.-

I have the same problem, lol

Apparantly someone has cracked 2.60 but the article may not be legit , anyway I will keep you posted on where you may be able to get the downgrader.

I love cheese but i hate milk if your reading this then your gay!!!!!!!!!!! you fucking twats never leave websites for them people what 2.60 to 1.50 version HELP THEM U TWATS!!!!

ignore him he lives in looe in cornwall the south west hes goes to Fowey Community College and he is a nob head if he pissed you off go down there and pay him a vistit e.g smack him on hes only 15 and please help everyone on the psp 2.60 to 1.50

THIS IS EASY!!!!! just take your psp to walmart and tell them that you received it as a gift and it doesn’t work properly… tell them you would like to exchange it. BOOM!!! You now have a brand new PSP and the original firmware!!!

Why don’y you FUCK OFF coolvitman. Go FUCK a cow or something. I updated to 2.60 and there is still a way to play games using a copy of GTALCS. I upgraded be cause I the kind of person that does not want to be left in the DUST. Motherfucker.

Is anyone here?

Guess not.:|

I just relized something. My website link is not working.IGNORE IT. >:(

WELL THANKS BUT I NEEEEEEED THAT PSP 2.60 DOWNGRADE OH AND LISTEN TO THIS I HAD 1.5 WHEN I GOT MY PSP AND I UPGRADED I AM SO ……………….

sh!t i already upgraded

=(