Calls to PlayStation support lines have left the users frustrated at the seeming lack of a solution. Constant days of "research" on their part seems to suggest only one solution: returning the system for a new one. We haven't encountered issues with the Store on our end, but we also don't manage more than one license at a time per system. A word of warning: don't deactive your PSP systems unless you really mean it! And don't try having multiple licenses (from different territories, for example) on your system.
We wish the best of luck to those affected, and hope to have an update regarding their situation in the near future.
[Thanks, Hashbrown_Hunter!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
1-09-2008 @ 6:37PM
RadioScott said...
Those customers are lucky to even gotten that far. The store won't accept the same VISA card that every other merchant on the net accepts. And, yeah, nobody at Sony is particularly helpful with that either.
We PSP owners waited so long for a store, and this is what we end up with? Are the same people responsible for the Sony Connect debacle in charge of the new store?
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1-09-2008 @ 7:07PM
thegreatbur said...
that stinks but i got an error last night dont recall which one but i had never seen it before it happened when i was try to put a copy of spyro on my friends psp slim.
1-09-2008 @ 7:15PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Yeah I believe they're most of the same people.
Which Visa are you trying to use?
1-09-2008 @ 7:59PM
RadioScott said...
It's a check card from my bank. Others have had the same problem. Some have had to enter their billing address EXACTLY the way it appears on their statements. That seems to work for some people. But, it didn't help me.
1-09-2008 @ 10:30PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Well I'm sorry but I can't help with check cards. I'm not sure if the PSN can accept them or not.
1-10-2008 @ 11:02AM
Don said...
Not only Visa, but some Mastercards don't work... I have a regular Mastercard, and it will not work.
1-09-2008 @ 7:07PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Thank you so much you guys. This will hopefully spread word about the issue enough to call some more attention to it from Sony.
You're my heroes :D
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1-09-2008 @ 7:20PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Hey guys! I just saw a new post from "WHO LOVES PS? I DO" on the thread and he says that his replacement system DOES work with the Downloader.
Here's the link to page 5: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=3229384&view=by_date_ascending&page=5
1-09-2008 @ 7:12PM
Vidaluko said...
I have that error, but I haven`t buy anything yet, thank god, but I have that error for the demos...
I use to have them, but I have only 1 gig card, so I have to erease the SOCOM tactical strike, now I have a bigger card and wont let me....
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1-09-2008 @ 7:17PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
I've had the problem for a little while now and it's nothing to do with the memory stick you use. It looks like it's the PSP's internal flash memory that's getting screwed up with the PSN Downloader.
1-09-2008 @ 7:55PM
pspboy84 said...
I had problems either since getting my psp slim star wars bundle. It took a couple of tries to get it to work but once it was activated it downloaded the games to my memory stick with no problems. Sony should give back people's money if they are having problems with the online store.
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1-09-2008 @ 8:01PM
mirage said...
Yeah, the store SUCKS in it's current iteration. I have Windows 2000 which isn't compatible with the download software for the store. Which means that even though I have a PC, a PSP, a Credit Card, A 2 GB Memory Stick, and money to spend, I still cannot download anything from their sh*tty store. I guess even Sony wants me to go give MS money to upgrade my operating system before I can give Sony my money.
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1-09-2008 @ 8:34PM
Strike009 said...
uhhh...just about everything supports windows xp nowadays. with the next next operating system out, dont you think its time to upgrade to xp? (vista blows btw)
1-09-2008 @ 8:45PM
Autobon said...
hahaha, and people were trash talking xbox live.......
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1-09-2008 @ 8:55PM
solidefy said...
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Users_plagued_with_mysterious_PSP_Store_errors
dugg
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1-09-2008 @ 10:32PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Awesome.
1-09-2008 @ 10:49PM
brad_snake412 said...
that happened to me twice it was the speed i was using i had
64kb/.sec
then
256kb.sec
and it worked
so maybe its just the same
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1-10-2008 @ 2:16PM
rye said...
Where are you going to change this speed? On the PC or in the PSP?
For the record, I attempted to reactivate and got the same error... Anyone else having this issue?
1-09-2008 @ 11:55PM
lorddshadow said...
i guess i should consider myself lucky that it works for me
btw i use a check card and it works fine
wild arms and beats pwn!
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1-09-2008 @ 11:56PM
lorddshadow said...
i guess im lucky i dont have that prob
btw i use a check card so idk
wild arms and beats pwn!
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