Firmware 3.00 Released & Manual Online
greg | November 20, 2006
Update: Well that wasn’t long; Sony has quickly released FW 3.01, nothing new — just a security patch. You can fetch it now via Network Update.
Update: It’s out! Firmware 3.0 can now be downloaded via Network Update, or directly below.
Download: System Update 3.00
Sony has posted the PSP 3.00 firmware manual on their site. As detailed on qj, there are indeed a few hot topics, 2 of which are quite tempting; for some it may even be worth the upgrade — finally!
Remote Play - Remote play is a new feature in Firmware 3.00 that allows you to remotely control your PlayStation 3 from your PSP. This also includes the display of PS3 content on the PSP. “You can display a PLAYSTATION®3 system screen on a PSP™ system and play content that is on the PS3™ system. To use this feature, you must adjust the necessary settings on the PSP™ system and the PS3™ system.” Using this new mode of playback, one can control the Photo, Music, Video, and Internet Browser features of the PlayStation 3 from a remote location via their Playstation Portable.
Video Compatibility - In this updated version of the Playstation Portable firmware, you are also able to play a few new video formats. The Motion JPEG format (M-JPEG), is an “informal name for multimedia formats where each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is separately compressed as a JPEG image” (Wikipedia). The PlayStation Portable plays both the Linear PCM and the μ-Law versions of the Motion JPEG video format. In addition, you will now be able to access the Camera (functionality) from the photo option menus, for quicker easier access when taking photos or video. Another nifty function is the ability to finally turn off Auto Play for inserted UMD Discs via UMD Auto Boot. (Thanks zerojay)
PlayStation Games - Here’s the big tip you’ve been waiting for. Finally, Sony is going to drop their highly anticipated PlayStation One emulator onto the PSP. From the manual however, there seems to be a unavoidable catch. If you don’t have a PS3, your not going to be enjoying PlayStation One games emulating on Sony’s PlayStation One emulator for PSP anytime soon. From the manual it states that you must connect to the Playstation Online store with your PSP connected to the PlayStation 3 in order to download and play the games. In addition, they mention that you can in fact share the games, but you must activate the other system in the Friends menu as a PS3 Network Account.
- source: qj







Sweet the 3.00! Not sure if I’ll update though, but considering I don’t use homebrew that much it’s possible. Can’t wait to hear feedback when it comes out!
I have a PS3, but I’m not sure about updating.
This is not worth updating for if you enjoy your homebrew and iso’s.
im not updating.. i got a wii, and they wont me to buy a ps3 for all this extra shit.. fuck that.. im gonna continue downloading microsoft and sony shit.. fuck buyin shit
what da hell……
i guess i will wait a month or so for dark alex or booster to work their magic
I can’t wait for someone to crack it and make it possible to emulate it.
Yeah… This is fuck…
F that! Ill just keep my 2.71SE-B! Oh well…
Damn you sony! Your becomeing more like microsoft each day! You want us to buy a $600 product to enjoy oldschool games on the psp! How about being reasonable and showing that most of us either can’t afford the ps3 or we don’t want to go to the stores will all the quarreling going on. See, this is the reason why I’ll buy a wii first, you can get oldschool games straight up.
damn thats some BULLSHIT! When i found out i was late for my pre order on the ps 3 and couldnt take off work to get one on launch i was mad. But now that sony say i need one to play the ps one games im fuckin pissed: i looked forward to that upgrade for the first time. Im really at the point of saying FUck SOny! I got a wii ne ways and its the shit at least nintendo does a better job at holding thier word and they rarely dissapoint. And it should be the other way around which really sux cuz im a sony fan! now cuz im not rich to buy a fucking ps3 for 5000 on ebay i gotta wait time mid next year man FUCK YOU SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I might have updated my 2.8 psp if I didn’t have to have a ps3 for the emu…Fuck you Sony.
OHH what #6 said totally
if i get a ps3 for christmas i will probly upgrade
oh the hell with this..im sticking with my se-b’ this upgrade is crap …why oh why did you do this to us sony?!!!! why do we have to buy a ps3..we already spent money on psp damn it!! i rather stick with my emulators and iso’s…..DARK ALEX if ur reading this! PLEEZ rip that emulator off and save us!!!!!! i still wanna get a ps3 though but next year when its good….im not ruining what i worked hard to achieve…a hacked psp!! whohoooooo!!!! laterzz
Time to upgrade to 3.00, farewell homebrew and iso’s, custom fonts, its been fun. I cant wait to play GTA on ps1 emulator again. YEAH RIGHT!!!, no way im updating, wait it out….remember when 2.0 was unhackable? 2.5?
WEll its time to get another psp,just for firmware 3.0
And the ps3 will only be available in my country next year march.SOny is a bunch of @@Sholes,the ps3 is already so expensive now this to,FUck me
I would be all over this update and abandon my delicious, delicious 2.71SEB” IF I had a PS3.
But I don’t because it’s $700 with a game and you can’t get it anywhere, so this is just like every firmware update ever since 1.5 and 2.71: Totally useless.
Sony’s site doesn’t seem to have it updated?…
how does this news work?
I hope it will change in 3.1. It sais you can play AVI atleast. Awsome.
FUCK SONY!! Those fucking bastards are ripping us off every fucking day!! they want us to wait in line for a ps3 for 3 days then pay 600 for sum piece of shit system!! it doesn’t even include HD hook ups! Fuck you $ony!!!
Quick i gotta update my psp so i can stop using it for what i want to use it for… oh wait, the screen is broken and im waiting for my new one, guess it will have to wait.
I’ll upgrade to 3.00 when 1 of 2 things has happened.
1) I have a PS3, dont have one right now because they are like finding jesus.
2) Someone cracks it so i can have a 3.00-SE version :)
ghey…
Umm, this is dumb. I can just use my playstation with a screen if I want to play my psone titles anywhere. i dont need no stinkin 600 dollar ps3 to play psone games, thats BS.
So the buzz is that while you need a PS3 right now to dL old games, by Christmas Sony is going to release a firmware where you can dL the game straight to your PSP. So in short, unless you have a PS3, all this firmware says it wait another month…
we need devhook version 3.0 …………FUCK SONY AND THEIR AROGANCE (RSX IS SHIT THEY SHOULD GO FOR G80 NEXT TIME)
FUCK U SONY :@
can the FW be use in JP PSP?
I still have to wonder, are any of them hackers (like the one who developed DevHook, Booster, was it?)going to try and come up with a way to emulate any firmaware beyond 2.71?
they already have Firmware beyond 2.71 emulated ive heard. It just they did not want to release it so $ony wouldnt know what to fix in 3.00 so they could easily emulate it =]
`I think sony has forgotten that there’s a bunch of working emulators for PS1 on PC. Why would anyone want to play PS1 titles on PSP using a PS3?
The way I see it, this update is only useful to retards!
Because you definitely have to be a retard to deny all of these on PSP:
1. Homebrews
2. ISO loading
3. Emulators
4. WORKING media players supporting all popular video formats (and not that mp4 & mpeg bull!)
5. Custom fonts & wallpapers
I pity the fool(s) that will upgrade….
hmmmm! maybe as i speak its being hacked right now lol jk if this would be devhooked it wont be 4 a long time yet like the dude above me yes you lol said will it go beyond 2.71? but i bet its hard enough doing se b etc so patients ppl patients and if the ps1 emulator was hacked that would be cool idc about the other 3.0 features seeing as im in uk ps3 march so i got plenty of time to see what happens to this shit lol im sticking with se b 3 thank you n goodnight
just they did not want to release it so $ony wouldnt know what to fix in 3.00 so they could easily emulate it =] ??? thats cool where did u read that?
sony may have screwed up by giving us the ps1 emu. now any good hacker should be able to use the official ps1 emu as a “how to” for there own. and that makes me sooo happy :)
god sony is stupid.hack the crap out of 3.0 just so we can all say fuck you for tring to rip us off
hmm can the ps1 games be played on the ps3 as well?
#34, yes. You first DL them onto your PS3 (lol, as if anybody has one) and THEN you CAN put them on your PSP and play them there
Okay…here’s me NOT over-reacting like a juvinile ass-head. Yes, I’m referring to about 90% of the above posts…..LET’S JUST RELAX and WAIT for SONY to deal with potential demand for PS1 direct downloads to the PSP. I’m sure they’ll have a firmware update in the future to allow for that. Right now they’re just flexing their PS3 muscles. Once the honeymoon is over for the PS3 / PSP compatability I’m sure they’ll make it happen. In the meantime, perhaps one of the hackers can rip the coding for the emulation and make a PS1 emulator run by itself.
#16 - YEP. I also dont want to upgrade from SE-B so
the next best thing is to buy a 2.hand PSP and upgrade it to 3.00. But only if I had a PS3… I´m sticking with Nintendo Wii.
fukin sony…they must be desperate to sell some ps3..
Fear not my fluffy friends Devhook for firmware 2.8 has already been completed but not released yet as sony would have fixed it in firmware 3.0, so be patient devhook for version 3.0 it’s coming real soon!
Sony’s hurting. Sounds like a Sega move with the Genesis, Sega CD, and 32x. One of the three consoles will eventually fall. I loved Sony in the beginning, but now they are just dicks so I’m thinking they’ll be the first to fall. Then Apple will take over Sony’s place. :-)
in my opinion xbox360 has already killed the ps3
the xbox360 gameplay, graphic and game content is on a par with ps3 (who watches the game videos anyway!) but has the advantage that it has more titles released, developers are already saying that game are more dificult to produce for ps3 so expect lots of ports from ps2 and even xbox360!
goodbye sony it was great while it lasted!
^ i agree. sony had pissed off (and on) every single video gamer.
you have to admit 25 gig games could be quite fun …immagine it taking linger than 24 hours to beat a game ……
I would be all their if it was a ps2 emulator…but a ps1? screw that im not paying a bunch of shiz money for a ps1 emulator.
Upgrade? Is the online store even open yet? I bet they charge shit loads for PS1 games. Wii for mee.
and how much of my memstick is an out dated ps1 iso gonna take any way? as much as a psp iso? if so then screw that. psp games are far far better any way. i think sony miss understod why emulators are so popular on psp. its because they are free. $600 for a ps1 though… i think not.
fuck that i still have my virgin 1.5
no matter what update version sony release, I would never update my psp! I am happy with my 2.71 Hen B.
2.71 se-b” The only way to go. Why make life more difficult :)
Looks nice, but i’m sticking with 2.71 se-b’’
Woaw! Nice.. but sony are smart to want U to buy a PS3 to get the PSone emulation =P
But im sure some good smart hacker will get that PSOne emulator to work for uss who doesnt eant to uppgrade.. or I hope so !! ^^
omg omg, i love sony. iM GOING TO LEAVE BEHIND 1.5, and all its hombrewing glory… upgrade to 3.0, buy a ps3 and enjoy life as it was meant to be enjoyed… all you other poor losers can go to hell…
now for those of you who didnt realise i was being sarcastic… “*@*^@#!_)(#)*&&%@#*!% you sony”
buti still love their products… and comeon guys we need to support them a little, imagine the PSP 2 that things got to be retty kicking!, and with all the shit their copping they may not bother, without our loyalty and support
yea totally… I LOVE SONY! cmon boys and girls sayit with me now… those who have shotguns i do not live in 9, missouri lane Kentucky
i love sony! fuk the rest of u all, nintendo can suk un sony
Why pay $600 for a ps3 and $200 for a PSP JUST to play some old arse 32-bit games on one of them? Why waste nearly a thousand dollars just to play games on a system you can buy for 30 bucks used?
Sony really needs to rethink their strategy. If they had released a PSX emulator for use with any ISO (and not just the ones you PAY to download), probably a lot of people would be willing to upgrade to 3.00, even if it means losing homebrew and losing the ability to pirate PSP games. Their greed will continue to be their downfall.
why do pple say ”fuck sony” if it wasnt for them you wudnt have a fucking psp assholes
ive got another spare psp , i bought if for online ftb2 so im ok
Gears of War.
I don’t think there will be a problem emulating PS3 net calls on a PC.
Also, emulator will let to load elf files. What are they? Programs! And who forbids to write homwbrew loader in elf format?
Waiting for homebrew emu plskthx. ;0
But good thinking on Sony’s part, anyway.
I suspect at somepoint in time it might even be worth updrading from my 1.5/2.7.
Dont get cross !
Thank Sony for the ps 1 emulator.
We all know its gonna be hacked to death.
We know it. They know it.
So chill
Be happy
So it is possible to play PSone games on PSP?
meth - why do pple say ‘’fuck sony’’ if it wasnt for them you wudnt have a fucking psp assholes
i have my damn psp because i thought i would like it, it’s technically still a great device, but have to admit that i expected it to be simply more FUN.
wonder how long it will take until someone found a way to put regular psx-isos on a memory stick to play them with that emulator.
Not impressed FU SONY you will have to do WAY better than that and thats alot of bulls snot that you have to have a PS3 for the PS1 emulator (for those of you who dont have a PS3) oviously some can not afford or were not lucky enough to get one, real under handed not impressed at all T_T
RIP THAT EMU NOW!!!
Thanks Dark_Alex !
Let me be the only sane one here and say that this update is loads better than any other update (2.0 comes second). If you people are gonna trash the psp update then you all should get rid of your psps because you all dont realize how lucky you all are to have a psp.
One more thing, I am not updating for obvious reasons (TA-082 running HENC) but if I had a job, that would be a different story. I would update then.
Sony UR GREAT!! no really, because every time you release new FW it just opens more things to hack and gives even more functions to the psp, lol just look at FW 2.71. i can confidently say that in a few months my psp will be even better, with 3.00 SE or something. i mean is there a FW that cant be hacked?!? its only a matter of time, be patent and don’t upgrade just yet!!!
hey if u upgrade from 2.71SE-B will ur psp crash *brick*
@ #61 sony is trying to take away the only way we can be happy with the psp through homebrew! also Dark_Alex will probably get it pretty soon and if your here Dark_Alex we belive in you and good luck :D!!!
i hope dark alex is able to crak 3.0. cuz i wanna try that shit. im gonna wait a couple months
Look, I agree with what Hanjo says about Sony providing the PSP, but also with the anger in here at the moment. I appreciate the PSP technically, but it does not mean I have to appreciate the surrounding bullshit - Sony have managed the device so badly, and it continues to be merely a tech demo so long after its release. I go into my local games shop and cannot see more than five good games…Even EA aren’t impressed (and their quality standards are really fucking low - they’d sleep with anybody’s fat granny). Then I go onto the internet to see if anything is different in Japan, and, oh, LikSang is dead.
As for this hoo-ha over PS3 - what a ridiculous move. Although not the same, it is tantamount to Nintendo saying that to download an old NES game to the Wii you would have to make sure your DS was plugged in to the console. “Any reason Nintendo?” “Uhhhh….no, we just figured it was a better way to do it”. Do Sony not realise that Playstation 3 hasn’t been released in Europe yet? Hello? Not that I could afford it anyway (it shall be the new Yuppie console), but they apparently cannot do anything simultaneously. I mean I am really trying here to keep objective, but Sony should perhaps hire somebody here and I guarantee that Sony would become at least 50% LESS GAY. Good stuff.
^Doody.
well…u all seem kinda upset……but im good..i now have the best of both worlds…a 1.5 and a 3.00..ahahah..muhahhahaha…
i got 2 psps….hahhhahahahahahashahahahahahhaha
#71
get a life
and i just wait that dark alex or booster crack it (i love them :D )
iam happy now with my seb
what the frek… why is pll fucking sony ?
stop that …. dont forget they made the stuff . !
i think its LAME to diss the sony corp .
without them U would have had either ps 1 2 3 or a psp !
Well, I tried to update strictly for the ps1 emulator, but it won’t update since I’m running 2.71 SE-B2.
yeah fuck sony….they cant even make enough ps3’s to warrant forcing people to upgrade to use a ps1 emu on their psp…fuckin cocksuckers…i hope the ps3 is a fuckin failure. Nintendo is gonna own the video game market by doing it right and making it FUN…600 bucks isnt fuckin FUN…assholes
LOL! Sony can kiss my hairy shitter……I will stay FW 1.50/devhook 0.46 till Booster and Dark alex Rip this sad FW 3.00 to bits.
So,just to echo everyone else….FUCK YOU SONY.
anyway,anyone who wan’ts to upgrade AND buy an over-priced piece of shit like the ps3, just to play ps1 titles,is a fucking tard,lol
My pc kicks fucking holes in all the consoles around at the mo,so,bollocks to ps3…….loooooool
i have a ps3 and will NOT update my psp 1.50. i will wait for 3.00 to be hacked and emulated on devhook…….if it takes too long then im goin to hack it myself :)
dark alex cudnt crack a fuking egg if he was hungry never mind cracking firmwares…all he has done is make noob packs for installing devhook ..
sony are a bizniz and want to sell both the psp and ps3 in high numbers..they are veyr clever in doing the psx game thing
to hanjo ye the psp does get boring , at first it seems a great device but you rarely use it , ya just gotta find the stuff to make it worthwhile like downlaoding movies and making them into mp4 and view it on your psp , and the iso games are amazing tho i never play them at all which suprises me , only game i play on the psp is socom ftb2 online
i agree that this really sucks, the only useful feature i see in this update is the camera function, but then again i have to buy a camera XD. im not updating, simply beacause i think sony has lost sight of what the market is all about, creating fun for the end user. not the best technology or graphics, because the matter of the fact is that you can have the prettiest graphics of all time, but that doesnt make it fun, hell if you want pretty graphics go get a painting or something. im going with nintendo this year, they seem to be keeping things in perspective instead of trying to rip money out of my pocket.
and yes, when this FW is hacked, i will be HAPPY to emulate it :-D
A piece of shit 8)
Даёш 3.0 se firmware ^_^
Эмуляция в этой рпошивке понятие условное. СУКИ!
Well PS1 emulators are starting to get released in the psp homebrew scene. Not worth updating…
no one should ungrade to 3.00 cause no homebrew
no downmgrade
play station 1 and you need playstation 3 to download it
the roms for it is it .zip like computer ps 1
$ony read this you cu*nts, the above is what you call feedback….
Feed it back to the fuck stain who decides how much you are going to stich people up with £30 for 256k of data.
Why Why Why Why WHy WHy WHY WHY WHY