Piracy and PSP
June 25, 2010 – 12:00 pmIt all started when a Spanish coder called ‘DarkAlex’ managed to modify the PSP default firmware to run custom codes which he programmed. This started an era, where gamers could do a lot more with their PSP then ever before. Soon , they figured out how to run ISO images of the UMDs on the PSP. Gamers soon started cloning PSP games and sharing it on the internet.
Soon, everyone was modding their PSP and running free psp games on it. Sony came to know about the whole thing. To serve its interest , sony announced that all gamers who modded their PSP would have their warranties nulled. This really didn’t discourage PSP gamers.
Sony took more drastic steps , It kept improving it firmware and made it more and more difficult to hack with every update and took it to a whole new level on its new PSP console Variation, the PSP Go which hasn’t been hacked till now.
The free psp games are usually available in two formats, the PSP ISO and the PSP CSO and can be easily found on the net. Sony has lost millions due to piracy and related activities. Even after spending millions on console security , their consoles keep getting cracked. Sony is going wrong somewhere big time.