Nickname: do_it

Review: sony has it's interests. they are probably right to say that content is more profitable than hardware sells. so, they will try to make the only interesting things in your PSP to be the paid ones. it is not about blocking piracy (they could allow one by one all the perfectly legal homebrews) it is about making your console less interesting so that you by more stuff! so, unlock it!

Date reviewed: Jun 16, 2009 11:31 AM

Nickname: HacK_MiNDeD

Review: Sony should try to stop the piracy of the media/games/softwares that it uses... It should not stop the development in the functionality of its consoles... Consoles have the potential of being a more better machine than what Sony provides as with...

Date reviewed: Mar 24, 2009 2:33 PM

Nickname: Andidyus

Review: Here is my theory. I can tune my car to go 200 mph. going 200 mph is illegal. But the fact remains that I can tune it to do so, even if I don't plan to do so. So why can't I chop my PSP to play pirated games? Doesn't mean I am going to pirate games, just means I am going to hack my PSP to do so. I will print on a shirt: "I hacked my PSP" and walk into Sony headquarters and flip them the bird. I want them to try to stop me. I am begging for them to try to stop me. I paid for my PSP. It is mine. And you know what? I am going to hack my PS3 when I buy one.

Date reviewed: May 28, 2006 12:00 AM

Nickname: tim

Review: I got a PSP and thought when is the next update coming out? My PSP is fine, no scratches or anything.

Date reviewed: Apr 16, 2006 10:47 PM

Nickname: B166IR

Review: Hi! i want to buy from the start a PSP but now with the new Firmware I will wait and see. I would like to use PSP to play old games like the Spectrum and other free software. The moment that I have some assurance that legal applications can be loaded on the PSP I will buy a PSP and I think many others think that, too. There always will be many people that don't have the expertise (or the will) to use the PSP and a hardware platform. If a Sony Vaio would only allow word processing or Excel, would you buy it? Sony is losing sales because of this! Regards

Date reviewed: Dec 22, 2005 6:52 PM

Nickname: Doc

Review: When they talk about playing games for free, they're talking MODs, not pirated software. There are public domain MODs of old 8 and 16 bit games such as Atari 2600 games (which is why you see all of those joysticks that have 16 Atari games on them). Also, people create their own MODs of new and unique games and give them away. These MODs can be played on the PSP with a program that plays MODs (and only MODs). Everything I've seen about hacking the PSP has been about expanding its capabilities and not taking something like the Sims and porting it for free. Besides, playing movies and TV shows is no big deal since VCRs and Tivo can record shows and kids can play videos and cartoons via Video Now handhelds. So why not play them with PSPs? If iPods can do Podcasting then why not have PSP do PSVcasting (Portable Streaming Videos) from company Web sites? Sony can open up licensing agreements with companies, so their primary financial model isn't just games and movies.

Date reviewed: Dec 8, 2005 3:23 PM

Nickname: Cactus

Review: I agree that Sony should be making an effort to prevent piracy of its software. But the problem is this: there is no Killer application for-purchase software for the PSP. I would like to point something out: there are more legitimate homebrew programs than there are illegal homebrew applications, and more homebrew applications than there are official PSP titles. And despite what this article claims, the ability to play movies on the PSP was a vastly hyped ability from the get-go, not the result of illegal movie pirates fiddling around with techno-wizardry. Sony has constantly gone about this the wrong way: the promised content they touted has not arrived, and now they are actively campaigning against their customers who would like nothing more than to use their PSPs as an entertainment device but there's little to entertain them through legitimate software channels. And no one is going to purchase a $250 game system without good games.

Date reviewed: Dec 8, 2005 6:39 AM

Nickname: Tzar

Review: Reading some of the comments here makes me think some people just don't get it. Yes, if you want to crack open your PSP and do whatever magic circuitry you want to do with it is fine. After all, you paid for it. However, if you modify it to then pirated games on it, sorry boys, that's against the law, and the fact you paid for your PSP does not entitled you to indulge into pirated games (or whatever other medium) or pirate games yourself. Period. It isn't that hard to understand.

Date reviewed: Dec 7, 2005 5:00 AM

Nickname: SpyOn

Review: My point of view is: If I buy this, I will make it mine. If it's mine, Sony has nothing to do with it (just like the cars example). The games/movies are way too expensive. That's why "hackers" had to find a way to play the games, paying less. No one has the right to take the things I bought (If I bought, it's mine. Remember?) From the moment it's mine, I can do whatever I want with it! It's sad for such enterprises, but it's just the truth or at least, the way things should be.

Date reviewed: Dec 5, 2005 1:36 PM

Nickname: johnodd4

Review: I think Sony needs to lower prices on their handheld. In Japan Sony decided to do the greatest hits collection, where games like Metal Gear Acid went on sale for $20.00 a game, but do we here in the U.S. get this? No, I'm sorry. We still have to spend $50.00 to $35.00 for a used or new copy and most UMD movies have tons of problems, including not loud enough to hear sound. There is still no keyboard support. Trying to type in Web pages is a real *****, unless they release a keyboard and Sony also promised us some downloadable games and demos. So where are they at? We're still waiting.

Date reviewed: Dec 5, 2005 4:53 AM