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PSP Download Service Hinted In Firmware Update?

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

If there is something that we have been talking about here at ESG it is that Sony needs to start making its advantages over the DS more apparent. One thing that they could do this with is full download games. The PSP, unlike the DS, does have the nice ability to use lots of memory if one desired to do so.
The recent firmware 3.50, as well as the newest patch 3.51, have a file within them that allows the playback of games from the memory stick. It is an official ISO loader.
Does this confirm that the Playstation Store really is coming? And, if it does, does this ISO loader, which can play full PSP software as well as PS1 games, say that Sony will start releasing games via UMD and download? Good things could be coming our way very, very soon.

Chufmoney

[via joystiq, via PSPfanboy]

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Homebrewers Drive Sales of Lumines Up 5,900%

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Sony recently released the 3.50 firmware for the PSP. This was the firmware update that unlocked the full power of the PSP for developers. However, it also left open a nice little method for homebrewers to take advantage of the new update.
To run homebrew with firmware 3.50 all you need is a copy of Lumines and a little determination. While I won’t go into detail here about how to specifically bypass the firmware and run homebrew applications (there are plenty of places where you can read that), I will just say that the exploit comes through the menu system of Lumines.

As a result of the firmware update and its inherent homebrew hack via Lumines, Gamasutra reports that the sales of the game on Amazon have gone up by 5,900%! This places Lumines at the top of Amazon’s PSP sales chart.

Sony has not taken this situation lightly though. They just released their 3.51 firmware update, which, unlike the previous update, does nothing to help out the performance of the system. This update merely changes it so that the Lumines exploit is no longer accessible.

Chufmoney

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