Duh ... what where you expecting , seriously ... I was pretty amazed that this didnt happened sooner :?

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Homebrew is a euphemism for piracy...piracy hurts legit PSP owners by making developers wary of sinking money into new games. Go Sony.

Re: Homebrew column...please don't.

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Homebrew is a great way to checking out other games made by the people!

Re: Homebrew column...please yes!

And please keep us posted about the development of the downgrading process of the PSP 2000.

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Based on what I have seen from the homebrew community, I'm inclined to agree with Colin.

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Good thing I got my own forums to discuss it.

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Thank you sony. The forums were full of elevnteen year olds asking when the downgraders are being released and just want homebrew so they don't have to pay for games. Finally, I don't have to put up with that crap.

I posted a tutorial on how to get back to Sony fw from homebrew fw and was flamed with "Sony fw sucks why would anyone want it" so I say good riddance to bad rubbish!

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PSP + BookR * The Gutenberg Project = The best thing a college kid can do with his time. Cheers for homebrew. Sucks to the people who don't respect it.

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@Colin - Your views on homebrew make it clear you have no idea what it is.

Anyways, I was surprised it lasted as long anyhow on the official Sony forums. I guess in a way it was their way of keeping an eye on things and picking up on what was possible(How long till Sony releases a real themes package and manager for the XMB?)

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This whole homebrew=piracy thing is so overblown. While I'm sure there are programs out there to rip and play PSP games, I can't say that I've ever seen one. All I've ever seen publicized are the custom firmwares and true homebrew apps that aren't pirated programs.

Homebrew is a great way for new developers to access the platform. I really wish Sony would follow in Microsoft's footsteps and develop a decent homebrew program. (yes, I think I threw up a little there. In all sincerity, though, Microsoft does seem to be making some headway in the homebrew scene)

I think if you really looked hard at it, you'd find far less pirates in the console scene than you would in the PC scene, so I hardly think piracy is that much of a problem here.

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I just wish there was a way for homebrew to exist without piracy. And while we're wishing, an official Sony approved way to play games without the UMD while somehow not enabling piracy.

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finally!

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@4ham...

I write simplistically for people like you.

Homebrew is absolutely the gateway to piracy...there is NO way to argue against that. Now whether it is 10% or 90% of homebrewers participating in piracy is irrelevant to developers who may not wish to have their hard work go uncompensated.

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I hate the term homebrew

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Just because something is homebrew, doesn't mean it's piracy. I hate how everyone mingles those two together. Sure there are a lot of pirates, but you don't have to be one.

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"Homebrew is absolutely the gateway to piracy...there is NO way to argue against that. Now whether it is 10% or 90% of homebrewers participating in piracy is irrelevant to developers who may not wish to have their hard work go uncompensated."

Well said.

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yea, I agree with sony. with the PS3 and PSP out and a video and music download service on the way, I think they want to stomp out piracy as much as possible, which thanx to dumbass's that use ISOs includes homebrew. apple would do the same thing probably faster and more aggressive though, with the ipod and iphone.

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?? Last year I was banned like 10 times on Playstation.be, so the belgian Playstation Forums, because I was talking about homebrew...

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Good For SONY thay need to focus next on cracking down on and shutting these homebrew poeple down,. and crakcing down on people who use it , some kind of detection software to prevent homebrew PSP's from connecting to the networks,ps3's and other non homebrew psp's. Piracy should not be tolerated under any circumstances!!!

This is a small step but at least it's one in the right direction.

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What the hell is going on here? Are people really too stupid to understand the difference between homebrew (running software created by independant programmers. you know, the programming equivilant to all those cool indie bands kids talk about these days) and pirating software?

Colin posted above "Homebrew is absolutely the gateway to piracy...there is NO way to argue against that" but is apparently blind to how meaningless of a statement that is. Hey, you know what? The Windows operating system is absolutely the gateway to pirating because running it on a computer allows you to run whatever code you put on it. In fact, it is ten times easier to run pirated software on Windows/Linux/OSX than to run pirated software on a homebrew enabled PSP, yet where are the legions of Sony-led douchbags raging against them?

Would you perfer a world in which the manufacturer of your PC has ultimate decison on what programs you are allowed to run on it? Would you like to put all those young programmers getting a start in the business out on the street by promoting your closed-minded views? Applying your homebrew mindset beyond the PSP proves that you know nothing about the world of software development.

Signed,
A PSP homebrew user who payed his own earned money on every piece of software he has loaded on it, and believes in the right of people to make full use of the hardware they pay for, as they see fit, within the lay of the law.

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What can I say? I agree with Sony, at least on their "turf" issue. They don't have to tolerate CF talk on their boards.

Homebrew is okay and all as a concept, but who are you trying to kid? As of late CF is synonymous with piracy... and it's starting to affect sales. I buy my share of games, but I cannot support the industry by myself you know.

Bout the homebrew board: Dunno...is it necessary? I would preferable avoid it.

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