PSP load times cut in half with File Majik Pro software

by Andrew Yoon on Mar 1st 2010 6:15PM

Perhaps the most significant complaint against early PSP games was about lengthy load times. Modern PSP games have largely alleviated this problem, sometimes with the help of a middleware solution from CRI called "File Majik Pro." If that sounds familiar, its because the same tech was made available for PS3 developers two years ago.

The tech allows developers to better compress files, and rearranges data in the most efficient way possible. It also offers the ability to install data onto the Memory Stick, for quicker loads on UMD-based games. Already, major PSP games have taken advantage of the tech, including Persona 3 Portable, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, and Valkyria Chronicles 2.

So, how will players be able to identify PSP games that take advantage of this technology? One way is to look for the "Criware" logo on the box. It's likely you've seen their logo load before a game -- and now you know what they do.

[Via Siliconera]

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Tags: criware, file-majik-pro, load-times, middleware

Reader Comments (8)

cool, but i hate using my psp memory to make load times faster. why can't they do what god of war do???

so is this something i can download, or is this just something Devs are putting into their games??

No, it's development software, that, like most dev soft, you need to license to use and costs somewhere in the thousands of dollars to license.

If memory serves, what this thing does is take a majority of the game files and put it into a specially encoded file, then load it into memory, and load the encoded game files from there, kinda like the picture above shows. Don't quote me on that though.

Scratch that, I think I got File Majik confused with something else... (CRI ROFS)
Both are pretty similar though, since both are file management software.

yeah , download it from www.filemajikpro.com

It goes without saying that the other way would be (if you can) to install Custom Firmware on your PSP and then run the games from a memory stick.

Not only do you get faster load times, but your battery life is significantly longer.