Non downgradable PSP coming to stores? TALK THREAD

Could non-downgradable PSPs be coming to retail stores?



According to Nadclovek from PSP-Spot, new shipments of Playstation Portables will be coming to stores with a higher firmware (4.xx) They will be sold at the retail price of 169.99 CAD or around US$ 153.67. Although its a good price to par for the unit this could mean no homebrew, that brings me to the question; is it worth it?



Nadclovek says:

"Sony was sending out Emails to its Commercial Retailers that all new PSPs to be sent out will have 'Downgradable Prevention' built right into them. All new PSPs to be shipped out as of next week Friday, May 18th, will be a higher firmware, 4.xx (specifics were not released), but they were promised to include new security features to prevent hacks and downgrades. Apparently this is one of their first steps to start focusing on the PSP again, instead of diverting all attention to the PS3."



Keep in mind that this is only a rumor for now, but this would not be good if it was true because it could end any homebrew chances on new psps.


Posted by: FireFoxx on Wednesday, May 09 2007 @ 7:12pm PST

Well just thought i would post it here because i do not think a lot of people go to the main page so yea.
What are your thoughts about it?
I do not think it will happen if it does you will be screwed for life. But i also think there will be a way somehow to downgrade it because nothing is impossible.

Like i said in the news article its just a rumor so far.

Im wondering if these "new" psps will have a new motherboard. If there is a new 4.xx FW that means a new custom one

they will be non-downgradable for a while then just like the TA-082 it will be cracked and downgradable.

they may release one, but we will get around it

There's no such thing as a
"non-downgradable" PSP.

Why do they waste their time making this non-downgradable sh*t? If people want to get around it they will.

[DarkPacMan77]

Why do they waste their time making this non-downgradable sh*t? If people want to get around it they will.

I couldn't agree with you more.

-DarkPacMan77-

If it comes it will be hacked eventually.

But they said 3.xx would be the same way it wasn't so that there proves a point.

There's no such thing as a
"non-downgradable" PSP.

True, and on a side note, theres no such thing as no such thing.

[DarkPacMan77]

You crack me up shay. But yea, I'm not worried about a "nondowngradeable" psp. I mean, c'mon guys, every single psp firmware revision up to this point has been dubbed "nondowngradeable" and many of the firmwares have been decrypted with the EXACT SAME DECRYPTION KEY. Any psp will be able to be downgraded.

Unless you are a beautiful woman, you couldn't convince me otherwise... and even then it would take some skill.

-DarkPacMan77-

the answer to downgrade = where there is a will, there is a way

Well it is May 18 does anybody know if it happened?

Give it some time.

Although Sony(R) is making
all these threats about non-
downgrade-ables, i'm
almost certain that it will be
extremely difficult to crack
the protection; difficult, not
impossible, however.

i have downgraded my psp 4 times and i havent bricked it once