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Post by cj iwakura on Dec 5, 2012 19:16:57 GMT -5
Yes, it does. I mean, you could try, but I had to put the ISO in a folder, so I highly doubt it.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 5, 2012 19:22:54 GMT -5
Yeah, that sounds kind of unlikely, then.
I know that in the past, though, I've found demos online that had their DRM stripped away. Like, you know how some PSP demos are locked to your PSN account, and will only play if you're logged into that account? (Which is kind of stupid for a free demo, IMHO, and is apparently optional since not ALL demos do this...) In the past, I've been able to find versions of those demos available for download online that were playable on *any* PSP, including OFW systems. So there must be some way to make it work... right?
-Tom
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Post by cksqua on Dec 5, 2012 19:54:43 GMT -5
These days, you don't need CFW to run unauthorized content. Because the PSP private keys were leaked, it just takes a signed launcher to get things running on a non-hacked PSP. Alternatively, you could try signing the demo (creating an ISO that loads without a launcher......maybe those demos you found were modified as such), although I've never done this myself.
Of course, this all amounts to the same thing if you're adamantly opposed to running illegal code.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 5, 2012 20:07:36 GMT -5
No, I'm more just opposed to installing unofficial firmware, since I still purchase and play new PSP content regularly (often on launch day), and don't ever want to find myself sitting around waiting (even a few days) for my CFW to catch up to official firmware updates in order to play something I legally purchased.
It's sort of the catch-22 of CFW.
-Tom
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Post by cj iwakura on Dec 5, 2012 22:55:35 GMT -5
Is PSP firmware ever going to be updated again?
Somehow I doubt it. Floodgates are open.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 5, 2012 23:08:16 GMT -5
Ehhhh... you might be right, but that's not a chance I'm willing to take. -Tom
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Post by Allie on Dec 5, 2012 23:40:39 GMT -5
Yeah, that sounds kind of unlikely, then. I know that in the past, though, I've found demos online that had their DRM stripped away. Like, you know how some PSP demos are locked to your PSN account, and will only play if you're logged into that account? (Which is kind of stupid for a free demo, IMHO, and is apparently optional since not ALL demos do this...) In the past, I've been able to find versions of those demos available for download online that were playable on *any* PSP, including OFW systems. So there must be some way to make it work... right? -Tom While on that subject... ugh, I really wish PS1 games weren't DRM'd in a way that if you've bought things from Japanese PSN, you cannot install them to a PSP that is not also explicitly tied to that Japan PSN account (since, naturally, it's tied to my US account). Would have been nice to been able to stick Little Ralph on my PSP after I went through the pain-in-the-ass steps of buying it.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 5, 2012 23:58:04 GMT -5
That does suck a lot, but at least you can switch accounts on your PSP pretty easily -- and as many times as you want, too. It's not like the Vita, where you need to clear your whole freakin' memory stick every time you switch.
-Tom
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Post by Lee on Dec 6, 2012 9:13:47 GMT -5
That does suck a lot, but at least you can switch accounts on your PSP pretty easily -- and as many times as you want, too. It's not like the Vita, where you need to clear your whole freakin' memory stick every time you switch. -Tom This is the reason I do not even bother with my Japanese account on the Vita. Sony really made the process a pain in the ass for importers who want DLC.
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Post by jorpho on Dec 6, 2012 12:08:11 GMT -5
No, I'm more just opposed to installing unofficial firmware, since I still purchase and play new PSP content regularly (often on launch day), and don't ever want to find myself sitting around waiting (even a few days) for my CFW to catch up to official firmware updates in order to play something I legally purchased. It's sort of the catch-22 of CFW. The latest CFW is side-loadable (is that the right term?). You boot up with OFW, run the "fast recovery" app and in seconds you're back in CFW. To get back to OFW you just shut off the PSP. (Right?)
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 6, 2012 12:21:02 GMT -5
...Really?
That's actually pretty cool, if true. And I'm kind of intrigued. I... may have to look into that.
-Tom
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Post by cj iwakura on Dec 6, 2012 20:22:52 GMT -5
Yep. It's very, very nice. I feel bad about it because of how easy it makes piracy, but I still buy my PSP games. I bought Elminage, and I'll damn sure buy Book of Shadows too. (How about that release date?...)
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Post by zellsf on Dec 8, 2012 17:57:32 GMT -5
PSP is so easy that anyone with basic computer skills can use it (that excludes one user here though...) and you really shouldn't avoid it just because you're a legit user. It's not like playing your games at worse framerates with more loading times is stopping piracy
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 8, 2012 18:41:08 GMT -5
Oh, I wouldn't be messing with the framerates or load times even if I *did* use CFW. One of the things I've always appreciated about console and handheld gaming is that the experience is exactly the same for every user, so you don't ever have to feel like you're missing out due to having a crappy video card or a slow processor or anything like that. If I upped the framerate or reduced the load times through unofficial means, I'd feel like I was "cheating" myself out of an authentic PSP gaming experience. I always prefer to play games unaltered. (It's a strange quirk, I know, but hey, I am who I am!)
That said, though, my only real concern with CFW was literally the idea that it might delay me from playing a newly-purchased PSP game in the future, or interfere in some way with my PSN account. The existence of side-loadable firmware, however, completely nullifies this concern, so I don't really have any reason not to look into this at some point.
-Tom
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Post by zellsf on Dec 9, 2012 5:48:55 GMT -5
Oh, I wouldn't be messing with the framerates or load times even if I *did* use CFW. One of the things I've always appreciated about console and handheld gaming is that the experience is exactly the same for every user, so you don't ever have to feel like you're missing out due to having a crappy video card or a slow processor or anything like that. If I upped the framerate or reduced the load times through unofficial means, I'd feel like I was "cheating" myself out of an authentic PSP gaming experience. I always prefer to play games unaltered. (It's a strange quirk, I know, but hey, I am who I am!) Well if you want the authentic PSP gaming experience, you need a PSP 1000. PSP 2000/3000/Go/Street got more RAM to use as UMD caching and has less loading times as a result. I really don't get this sort of purism, since if the developers of the games could decrease loading times or increase framerates, they would.
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