Welcome, new PSP-2000 owners to the wonderful world of PSP firmware upgrades. For the uninitiated, these are incremental improvements to the PSP's brain that are supposedly to make the system better, but really just make life more difficult for hackers trying to
put homebrew software on their systems. The improvements for 3.70 include:
- You can now set custom themes in [Theme Settings] under [Settings].
- Support has been added for assigning buttons in [Remote Play].
- A scene search feature has been added under [Video].
- Sequential playback is now supported under [Video].
- Simultaneous playback of content under [Music] and [Photo] is now supported.
...Huh, well, those actually aren't bad, especially now that we can listen to "Friends Forever" while we watch the slideshow that consists of only
this picture. Commencing download!
{ Sep 11th 2007 at 10:36AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 11th 2007 10:40AM
Finally a good PSP update!
-I wish however that they added custom music tracks on games.
Anonim @ Sep 11th 2007 12:14PM
It is security upgrade too.
3.60 SLIM got hacked already (it took whole 5 days).
Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Sep 11th 2007 10:44AM
the themes thing sounds pretty nifty.
Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Sep 11th 2007 10:44AM
you need to get more of those tshirts made, too!
BPM @ Sep 11th 2007 10:57AM
If the second bullet means what I think it does, then that makes Lair finally playable on PSP Remote Play, correct?
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:03AM
Motions mapped to the PSP... That's a $150 even more half-assed dang expensive controller.
I'm not sure how Lair will do but I'm hearing too much ill will from the hard core who craved the game.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 10:58AM
GD sony, just open up the platform already. If you're worried about piracy, just lock the UMD drive when in homebrew mode. That way, you keep your content providers happy, and you keep the homebrewers happy.
And then people will buy your shitty handheld, because then it becomes faster and cheaper than a GP2X.
Night Elve @ Sep 11th 2007 11:10AM
And the shitty handheld has great games like: Metal Gear Solid, Prince of Persia, Killzone, GTA, Final Fantasy Remakes, Wipeout Pure, Lumines, Jeanne D' Arc and many more that I can't recall right now.
Oh yeah Silent Hill Origins !!!
JodyAnthony (NDF - Heart Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:13AM
I want in on the fun
Brandon @ Sep 11th 2007 11:17AM
Not to mention Tekken Dark Ressurection, Crush, the two Siphon Filter games, etc.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:20AM
DS - 49.48M - 68.2% Market Share
PSP - 23.05M - 31.8% Market Share
DS FF remakes are better. You own the new Gamegear, and its suffering a similar fate. Congratulations on your shitty handheld and its 3 hour battery life.
At least it plays movies. The only good reason to own a PSP is all the crazy homebrew, because all those games you just listed aren't good enough to buy it for, or exist in a superior form on a real console.
JodyAnthony (NDF - Heart Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:25AM
I bought a PSP for LocoRoco and it was totally worth the $200.
DBX00 @ Sep 11th 2007 11:31AM
23 million...that's more than the XBOX and Gamecube sold last generation; so much for a failure.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:51AM
Both were failures, and together they split the market 70-30, just like PSP and DS.
Way to call DS the defactor standard for handheld games.
borland502 @ Sep 11th 2007 12:27PM
"Way to call DS the defactor standard for handheld games."
De facto son, de facto. If you're going to whip out the big guns then use them correctly. Otherwise you are just perpetrating ignorance ad nauseum.
Besides, failure means you are forced out of the market Dreamcast style. Sloppy seconds in a market that was formerly a monopoly is not bad at all.
riggs @ Sep 11th 2007 12:52PM
whats a good reason to own the DS again?
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 1:04PM
Do you like Castlevania? How about MarioKart? NSMB? Advance Wars Dual Strike? Worms 2? Trauma Center? Phoenix Wright? Puzzle Quest? Tactical RPGs (Luminous Arc)?
Theres more quality software on the DS than the PSP and PS3 combined.
BPM @ Sep 11th 2007 1:32PM
Crono, PSP is hardly suffering a Game Gear fate. PSP, unlike Game Gear, has had some pretty strong third-party support.
Plus, it's already outsold what the Game Gear sold in its entire life (8.56 million).
And I think the "three hour battery life" is a bit of an understatement.
FF remakes? I watched my manager play one of them at work. Definitely a nice piece of 2D animation. I think they just suffer from the stigma of being ported too many times (a compilation on PSOne, a compilation on GBA, seperate games on WonderSwan, and now seperate games on PSP).
Plus, the two Megaman remakes are totally worth owning a PSP for.
Honestly, at this point in the game, I think it's worth owning both PSP and DS. They both have great libraries.
borland502 @ Sep 11th 2007 1:37PM
Dunno buddy, the list doesn't seem much better or worse than the one furnished by Night Elve. I suppose not being the winner is by definition being the loser. But so is Ferrari when compared against Honda in total sales. This is not to say that the DS is boring or cheap, but what is your criteria for failure? They both found a market and exist within it. It just so happens that Nintendo chose the larger segment.
Did the PSP take you into a dark alley and have its way with you? You seem bound and determined to make everyone accept that the PSP is a failure. They are selling and developers are making games for them. That is some measure of success even if everyone and their fifth cousin doesn't have a PSP.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 1:46PM
PSP, to me, is a load of potential awesomeness thats actually full of crap. I owned one, on launch day. I thought it was pretty cool. Never watched any movies on it, never found a time when it would be better to watch a UMD than a DVD. The games weren't there, and the ones that were there had superior versions on the PS2. One day, after realizing that I hadn't picked up my PSP in months, I got on the internet and cracked it open, downloaded the NES and SNES emulators, and then proceeded to use it daily. That lasted for a month or two, and then I picked up a new game (demo, luckily) that wouldn't run because it needed the latest firmware update (this was the era of v1.50, pre custom firmware). I said "forget that, I'll keep my homebrew." Several weeks/months past, and the DS Lite came out. I realized that i'd rather trade in my PSP, my 2 games, and my UMDs for a DSlite that I'd use frequently rather than keep the PSP with no compelling software and a half working SNES emulator.
And I haven't been tempted to buy one ever since. I'd pick one up again in a heartbeat if Sony opened the platform.
arpeggiate @ Sep 11th 2007 2:06PM
Crono --
In regards to the games that you listed, the PSP also has Worms Open Warfare 2 (with better graphics). The PSP also has Puzzle Quest (with better graphics). The PSP also has tactical RPGs -- including Jeanne d'Arc, which has a GameRankings score of 86% compared to Luminous Arc's 73%.
bl13 @ Sep 11th 2007 6:02PM
I'm not sure if any amount of logic and facts can make Crono realize his erroneous ways. He thought MP3 would have online multiplayer for God's sake.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 6:25PM
And it should, too. As a matter of fact, at least one review dinged it for lack of multi-player.
Sean @ Sep 12th 2007 2:37PM
Jeanne D'arc, Crush and Killzone Liberation (it's much different than Killzone) are all as good or better than anything I've played on the DS. (Except Elite Beat Agents, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME!) On top of that they're all exclusive to PSP, so please shut up and don't be a jerk.
required @ Sep 11th 2007 12:50PM
The PSP is by far the best system I've ever owned.
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 1:05PM
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FOR ME TO POOP ON!
JanJan @ Sep 11th 2007 2:59PM
Cmon guys/girls, can't we just hate both systems equally?
I personally love both of them since they both bring something different to the table.
DS - Pokemon
PSP - Games, videos, pr0n
shadow024 @ Sep 11th 2007 5:31PM
wow, stuff I've been able to use on custom firmware, zomg!
ark_v2 @ Sep 11th 2007 6:06PM
I just updated my fatty through network update. Awesomeness.
Drew @ Sep 13th 2007 6:21PM
I like the custom icons but still, there is no way I'm ever going back to the PSP firmware as long as the PSP homebrew scene thrives, and for those who haven't checked it out than let me give you an update. What you can do with the hacked PSPs is unparalleled to the current fimware. It's amazing with what you can do with it, but enough of my ranting, I think you should check it out if you haven't already.