Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
cryptic said:
I have both and I play the former much more than the latter.
It is personal preference.
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"Why are you hacking your PSP?": Asks Sony
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I have both and I play the former much more than the latter.
It is personal preference.
Death_Born
Banned
cryptic said:
That's personal preference. But on average, you can't debate the fact that the DS is getting more games. Plus, hacking the PSP has a bunch of distinct advantages - no loading times, playing PS1 games, etc.
EDIT: Hehe, 2 posts both said personal preference.
as it´s been stated:
-Playing my psx games on the go without paying them twice
-Selecting between different versions of the PSX emulator for maximun compatibily/speed
-333mhz FTW
-Emulators
-Ebook readers
-To stop the anoying umd drive
-Battery
-Instead of going to work with the psp + 6/8 umd I can bring just the psp. Same with travelling away.
-MP3 low comsumption player
-Better speed on MS (Sony updated the driver for MS on 3.80? and broke it, 3.72 version patch for 3.90M33 works wonders)
-Playing my psx games on the go without paying them twice
-Selecting between different versions of the PSX emulator for maximun compatibily/speed
-333mhz FTW
-Emulators
-Ebook readers
-To stop the anoying umd drive
-Battery
-Instead of going to work with the psp + 6/8 umd I can bring just the psp. Same with travelling away.
-MP3 low comsumption player
-Better speed on MS (Sony updated the driver for MS on 3.80? and broke it, 3.72 version patch for 3.90M33 works wonders)
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:
Was there a spot to give comments? Like "I put CFW on my machine so that I could actually use it properly, thanks for crippling your hardware"?
I hack my PSP because a hacked PSP allows me access to better services than Sony's official firmware. I hack it because I can rip my games for incredibly fast loading and bettery battery life.
If Sony were to offer me this in official firmware, I'd use official firmware. For the PSP2, if Sony keeps these ideals in mind (fast loading, long battery life) to begin with then people won't have to hack their PSP!
For the record, I don't care about looking like a rebel :lol
(And I own a shitton of PSP games.)
If Sony were to offer me this in official firmware, I'd use official firmware. For the PSP2, if Sony keeps these ideals in mind (fast loading, long battery life) to begin with then people won't have to hack their PSP!
For the record, I don't care about looking like a rebel :lol
(And I own a shitton of PSP games.)
Dragona Akehi said:
The majority of the answers were not satisfactory, IMHO. It was a poorly worded survey with poorly worded responses. I actually don't remember if there was a general comment box. I think there was, but that it required that you input your email address. That's where I drew the line and left things anonymous.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:
The majority of the answers are geared towards painting all CFWs as dirty pirates.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
JudgeN said:
You'll notice the bolded word in my post.
Dragona Akehi said:
I know what your saying and its not fair but from Sony stand point, they really don't have any other way of looking at it. If I was in there shoes I would probably generalize everyone as pirates too when you have 30+ million PSP systems and all your games average 100k sales.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Sylar said:
Uh, CFW has a ripper built in. If you have a Windows machine, you simply toggle the USB to "UMD Drive" and drag and drop the UMD ISO to your computer.
PS: Slims can be hacked just fine.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Sylar said:
It's really simple. Check out the CFW thread.
Nothing is easier than the DS to "hack" you buy a card and dump on roms and that is it.
PSP is more invovled to hack, although it too doesn't require physical modification or disassembly.
The PSP hacks are far more legit though....the list of reasons on this thread sum it up. Once the CFW was all figured out I bought a PSP again, and actually bought Patapon before my PSP and other games were delivered.
There is just no comparison to an unhacked psp and a hacked one....slower games run smoother now (333 all around), loading times, esp using ISOs is lighting fast...like so much faster they now loading icon is completely useless. Battery life better, carry more with you, no problem with damaged UMDs....the list goes on.
PSP is more invovled to hack, although it too doesn't require physical modification or disassembly.
The PSP hacks are far more legit though....the list of reasons on this thread sum it up. Once the CFW was all figured out I bought a PSP again, and actually bought Patapon before my PSP and other games were delivered.
There is just no comparison to an unhacked psp and a hacked one....slower games run smoother now (333 all around), loading times, esp using ISOs is lighting fast...like so much faster they now loading icon is completely useless. Battery life better, carry more with you, no problem with damaged UMDs....the list goes on.
Mefisutoferesu
Member
Geez... can we add peer pressure to the list? The way Dragona and Meji push CFW, you'd think they stock in it or something. Anyway, if Sony wants to stop it, there's 3 basic things they can do:
1) Provide a safe and secure method for installing PSP UMDs to MS.
2) Provide a safe and secure method for installing PS1 games to MS.
3) Open the platform to homebrew development.
If they do that, there's pretty much no major reason to mod the PSP... but then battery sales would go down... >.>
1) Provide a safe and secure method for installing PSP UMDs to MS.
2) Provide a safe and secure method for installing PS1 games to MS.
3) Open the platform to homebrew development.
If they do that, there's pretty much no major reason to mod the PSP... but then battery sales would go down... >.>
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Sylar said:I'm going to kill you ptaaty, now I really want to slice my battery
You don't need to slice your battery. Seriously check the CFW thread out. You buy a TOOL battery from Datel, run a couple of programs on your Windows machine and you make your OWN pandora without any soldering.
Mefisutoferesu said:
The fact is, a CFW PSP simply improves the machine into one of the best handhelds, ever. And I love my DS.
If we could do what is on your list, I probably wouldn't have CFWed my PSP. There are other uses I love about CFW, but those are the major issues.
Peronthious
Member
Sylar said:
Why pay $10, I'll do it for free
If you're willing to live without your battery for a bit (and pay shipping), pop me a PM.
Peronthious
Member
mwahaha, I are so smart! *claps hands while cackling evilly*
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
OK, so my PSP's firmware is the most recent (or the one before that) is CFW out of the question for me? If not I'll send in my battery or whatever to someone who can hook me up.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
NameGenerated said:OK, so my PSP's firmware is the most recent (or the one before that) is CFW out of the question for me? If not I'll send in my battery or whatever to someone who can hook me up.
No PSP is immune to Pandora.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
NekoFever said:
Sorry to derail this thread, but since you are kind enough to answer the question, I will interject with another one.
What is the best place to buy Pandora batteries (places that are not shady), because I don't know anyone with a hacked PSP.
FYI, the big reason why I want to go custom firmware is because I am sick of PSP loading times for Sakura Taisen 1&2 and Crisis Core. I will only use the PSP for this reason, I have no interest in homebrew, no interest in emulation, and I definitely don't want to use this for "other" more shady things that lead to the PSP getting less games (if you get my drift).
Death_Born
Banned
If hacking a PSP makes you feel brave, you really need to get out of the basement at least once a week.
WickedLaharl
Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
http://us.codejunkies.com
i went the shady route and bought mine for 12$ from uxcell lol. don't think that site carries them anymore tho.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Death_Born said:
Well the PSP is $170, so getting a replacement PSP is lots of money.
WickedLaharl said:
Thanks, you have my eternal gratitude. When I get this in the mail, I will look for Meijian's big custom firmware thread.
WickedLaharl
Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
but with pandora you can unbrick any psp. so there is no reason to be afraid at all anymore.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
WickedLaharl said:
True, and if I ever have friends that buy a PSP, they may need it. Heck, my friend has a bricked PSP so it would already be useful for him.
Guess I should get that red tool battery.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Ok, i just bought a service tool thing from Codejunkies, should I have bought the other one? And also where can I get this so called "magic memory stick"? I already own a 4 gig sandisk.
iapetus said:
How exactly is this "accusation" aimed at you if you're not part of the 90%? And how in the world can you feel offended if you're innocent? I explained what I meant - the world isn't filled with "serious nerds" like us, who actually care about keeping the developers alive etc etc. It's filled with people who just don't give a damn, and I have a feeling around 90% or more of the CFW users are people like that.
I would never accuse forumites on any gamer forum for being a pirate, unless it's obvious that he/she is. Because people who visit gaming forums are mostly serious about their hobby - the problem is that we are in no way representing the majority.
Unless the attitude towards piracy has changed drastically since the PS1 era, those who modify their hardware to play backups are more often than not pirates. I was one myself back then. Just about everyone I knew back then were pirates as well. Now it's vice versa. Which just goes to show that a) people change and b) using your friends as an example doesn't prove anything, since it's such a small part of the entire userbase.
There's a reason why you don't hire three people to represent an entire country for a survey.
NameGenerated said:OK, so my PSP's firmware is the most recent (or the one before that) is CFW out of the question for me? If not I'll send in my battery or whatever to someone who can hook me up.
I installed CFW on my Slim PSP two weeks ago, I had the official FW 3.93 installed. A friend of mine did it with his Pandora battery and the magic memory stick. I'm on 3.71 M33-4 right now.
MWS Natural
Member
Hmm this thread is making me want to buy a 12gig Memory Stick Pro and jump head first into CFW. I really would love being able to carry all of my games with me, I have two PSP's and actually use the little PSP travelers carry bag to take everything with me:lol
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
The service tool, which I just bought, claims to switch the battery back and forth between a Service battery and a regular one in seconds. The battery you buy can only be a Service battery I believe, it's also 5 dollars more.alr1ghtstart said:
http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Battery-Service-Tool__EF000530.aspx i'm going to buy this then. wish me luck!
wish me luck!