Wasn't there some game that would crash with 3.50? I can't remember the name of it right now. How do we know that the update wasn't to just fix that and not to stop the Lumines exploit? It seems like they would need more time to fix the exploit since it hasn't been out but like 3 days.

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They fixed the GTA exploit in the about this amount of time.

I would get this, but I don't plan on downgrading, and I don't wanna just waste 15 minutes to fix something I'm not gonna do.

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Actually it's been 7 days since the Exploit first appeared. That is plenty of time for Sony to research and try to exact their Nazi Like control over the PSP.
Homebrew will not be denied!

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haha, nice try sony, nice try. but too bad it wasn't a week or so earlier, eh? Blame Capcom for it. trust me, we all hate Ubisoft for a reason. (this or that). :)

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Actually, this might be because of Capcom, their Capcom Puzzle World game wouldn't run Puzzle Fighter on 3.30, it was corrected in 3.40, but 3.50 made it not work again.

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Bah, I'm not upgrading. As soon as I feel confident that I wont brick my PSP, I'm downgrading it.
Andrew, don't suppose you could do a feature on must-have hombrew programmes for the PSP?

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@merc25

That's what I was thinking, I knew there was a game that crashed in 3.50 but couldn't remember the name of it.

Anyway I will never have an official firmware again, not because of the piracy thing I'm not into that. I just like the "Open Edition" firmware because you can customize the heck out of it. I have custom icons, bootscreen, gameboot, you name it I've changed it. I just like messing with my PSP to make it unique. I do have a few PSP games on my memory stick, but I have bought the actual UMD versions too. I just don't like carrying around 5 or 6 discs and risk loosing or damaging them. I think of it like when I buy a music CD and rip it to my iPod.

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For a while it seemed like sony wasnt really bothering with x.x1 type updates anymore with the psp, and focusing on the functionality updates. But i guess this was a hole that they wanted to patch fast.

To sony, I'm not a homebrew user and I understand your concerns with piracy, but If you want the average person to bother with a security update, put something in it that gives us the incentive to do so. Like a new feature, or added support, or SOMETHING.

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Wow...a company updating its machine to make sure all current software runs AND protect its property rights becomes 'Nazi like control' and doesn't get challenged?

Dude...go out and talk to a Jewish Grandma or something before throwing that kind of language around. As far as I know SONY isn't hunting you down and gassing you.

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@PSP-Retro

Sony has no problem with homebrew users. in fact sony loves that people have found creative uses for the psp what sony has a problem with is people who use open firmwares to download psp games and play them without paying...
Its not nazi like of a company to secure their own product. if sony didn't do anything to prevent piracy developers would not make games for the system.

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I just hope they come out with some better games soon, because the last games that I liked were Burnout Dominator and Ratchet&Clank SM. I am looking forward to God of War, but otherwise there's not really any other games I'm really anxious about.

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This sucks! I was excited when the Lumines exploit was announced, hoping for new features on my recently acquired PSP. I realize that I've been spoiled, just jumping into the PSP world at version 3.5, put there are so many cool things that can be done. Like in-game screenshot-taking would be cool. Or a local weather section on the XMB or being incorporated into the console's Home itself.


But I thought this might happen too. A minor update just to fix the Lumines exploit. I'm sticking to official firmware, but I won't be updating anytime soon.

I hope the homebrew teams keep up the good work! Forcing Sony's hand is always a good thing.

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Downgraded yesterday. Looks like it was just in time. I've been hesitant to do it, and pushing x to agree to accept the risk made me sweat for sure. Downgraded to 1.5 and then upgrade to 3.40 with no problems. Now I just have to figure out what homebrew is worth installing.

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People aren't going to upgrade for hits. Maybe if Sony adds some features that people want ,people will upgrade and piracy will end.....for a week or 2.

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Good down with homebrew!!!!

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Crap, does this mean I'm too late to get the 3.5 firmware and do the downgrade? I was going to do it this weekend, but haven't had time this week to get my firmware up to date. :(

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When will the 3.51 downgrader come out?
JUST KIDDING.

It would be kind of sad that noobs who want homebrew missed out on the 3.5 downgrader. Thats probably the highest we will ever go.

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I had always been hesitant to downgrade afraid of bricking my psp. I finally gathered the courage and downgraded it on tuesday now I'm glad I did. I found out about the lumines exploit and immediately took advantage. Now my psp is on version 1.5 and I couldn't be happier.

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@ihateemo

No, most homebrew sites will have the 3.50 upgrade with the downgrade files. No worries.

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I had always been hesitant to downgrade afraid of bricking my psp. I finally gathered the courage and downgraded it on tuesday now I'm glad I did. I found out about the lumines exploit and immediately took advantage. Now my psp is on version 1.5 and I couldn't be happier.

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