First Korea ... now the world! Firmware 3.10 is now available for PSP owners that can access a wi-fi point and hit "Network Update" on their systems. As previously mentioned, the update includes the following enhancements:- Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.
- Support for the MPEG-4 AVC format has been added under [Location Free Player]
- [Dynamic Normalizer] has been added as a feature under [Sound Settings] in [Settings].
It should be noted that this upgrade will render homebrew useless on your system, and may prevent you from downgrading indefinitely. While we fully support Sony's endeavors on the system, we want you to make an educated choice before deciding to upgrade or not. Of course, this upgrade is but a taste of things to come: Sony will most likely include an even more robust feature set in the next major upgrade.
For those of you unable to access Network Update, feel free to download the upgrade from us. Connect your PSP via USB and save in PSP/GAME/UPDATE.
[Update 1: News from QJ suggests that people with custom firmware should not upgrade, as your systems may become bricked.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
1-30-2007 @ 8:15AM
Kaw said...
Sorry, not good enough Sony. All I want is full resolution video. I'm going with homebrew.
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1-30-2007 @ 8:30AM
spir00 said...
I'll wait up to 3 more days for the next robust update then.
wait!
its just a secruity update!
not another one!
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1-30-2007 @ 8:30AM
navsimpson said...
I can't help but feel this was rushed out to patch the new cracks that everyone is so excited about. With the PS3 and PSP, it almost feels like Sony is like a nerdy little kid, keeping their best cards in reserve to really surprise people... except that here, MS and Nintendo already have such a massive lead, Sony is more like a creepy middle aged man who is proud of himself for being a level-60 WoW player: only he knows, and nobody cares when he tell them.
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1-30-2007 @ 9:08AM
Roy said...
Why cant the Sony devs come up with some cool stuff to put in their updates? Pspfanboy and IGN already came out with a list of features they'd like to see on the official firmware. But is Sony listening? Noooooooo....
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1-30-2007 @ 9:29AM
Rajat Jain said...
come on sony give us some cool features like the open edition firmwares by dark_alex ! hell no to upgrade from 3.03 OE-C !
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1-30-2007 @ 9:47AM
Bored said...
Andrew, you forgot to mention the new web browser Memory Economy option in the features list. Also, some people say that the visual player has new color options. (I don't know for sure, since I'm a 3.03OE user. :D).
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1-30-2007 @ 9:48AM
Bored said...
Oh, you did include it. Sorry about that annoying bit :(
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1-30-2007 @ 1:40PM
Andrew Yoon said...
To Bored: The visual player does NOT feature any new upgrades.
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1-30-2007 @ 2:24PM
El Payo said...
The Location Free Player codec update only works if you have one of the newer Location Free Base Stations.
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1-30-2007 @ 2:32PM
brgers said...
visulations have been updated, mainly there now multi colour & not longer "Just" the colour of the current theme your using.
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1-30-2007 @ 4:13PM
Whiteluciousness said...
So what exactly is a DYNAMIC NORMALIZER?
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1-30-2007 @ 5:44PM
Wolf said...
Sorry Sony, but until I am allowed to watch videos on Youtube through the internet on PSP, I'm not upgrading.
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1-30-2007 @ 6:34PM
Kevin said...
wat does the dynamic NORMALIZER do?? i tried to find out but i dont get it???
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1-30-2007 @ 7:13PM
Andrew Yoon said...
Dynamic normalization means the volume of each song won't vary too much. So, if you have one really loud MP3 and one really soft one, they'll play at about the same volume. It's pretty handy to not have to hassle with the volume controls too often.
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1-30-2007 @ 9:08PM
Phil said...
What is needed is an auto resume in the music playback area. After watching a video or playing a game, then going back to music, it starts the music from the beginning again. Quite annoying :( Especially for audio books.
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1-30-2007 @ 10:00PM
stylemo said...
Why would I upgrade to 3.10 when I have 3.03 OE-C? Homebrew is good because hackers out there are finding ways to maximize the PSPs funcionality. Let's take for example the Infrared, SONY hasn't able to do anything about it but someone out there has been able to make the PSP into a universal remote control. When SONY comes out with a firmware that has a lot of cool features, like turning the PSP into a phone or making use of its IR then I'll pretty sure I will upgrade it. And I also hope in the future that the PSP will support .avi video files and other formats. But still, every software has a bug and sooner or later, dark Alex will find a hole in 3.10.
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1-30-2007 @ 10:57PM
Don said...
"15. What is needed is an auto resume in the music playback area. After watching a video or playing a game, then going back to music, it starts the music from the beginning again. Quite annoying :( Especially for audio books."
Phil, it should be resuming where you left off. That's the normal function of the PSP: you can listen to a song, stop it halfway & go to the XMB, mess about with watching videos, looking at pictures, or internet browser, close that, and when you hover on the music icon of the XMB, press HOME and it will continue the song where you paused it.
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1-31-2007 @ 11:49AM
BlasphemyHatt said...
Sony sould just hire Dark Alex
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1-31-2007 @ 1:48PM
txa1265 said...
Interesting update ... 3.10 may brick custom firmware ... how long has that been something suspected ...
Here is the controversial question of the day - I just noticed on VGCharts that Killzone Liberation sold a whopping 45000 copies ... I wonder what the impact is of 'homebrew' on that?
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1-31-2007 @ 7:38PM
HomebrewBound10 said...
I think that it would be really cool if sony made a program like windows vista (not just a portal the acctual program) and mabey a 3.03 downgrader i know it wont happen tho...
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