Posted Jun 17, 2008 at 10:22PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: Sony
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Sony releases official PSP Firmware 4.00 - Image 1 


Sony ushered in the next update to the PlayStation Portable, and if you haven't already checked, you'd find that you've been prompted to update to the spanking brand new PSP firmware 4.00. Now while it's a major step up in revision number, the update seems a little too conservative.

Aside from getting a new Internet search feature, media buffs on the PSP will also get the option of slowing down or speeding up playback of movies. According to the official changelog, you'll be able to do so by using the up and down buttons on the D-pad.

That's about it for now. We're still updating our own handhelds, so we haven't tested these features out yet. Stay tuned for more updates.

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   by D-0-A - 2008-06-17
 » It's out?

It is out already?

First comment! ^_^


   Re: D-0-A - 2008-06-17
 » What a fail!

This update is actually a fail, and is not what people made it out to be. Only two major features have been added. The Google search, and the Playback thing. Makes me glad I run Custom Firmware, and I am looking forward to the CFW version of 4.00.

   Re: JaXeRiR - 2008-06-18
 » ...

So first you say the firmware sucks, and then you say that you are looking forward to the custom firmware version... Seems kinda pointless to me. o-O

3.90 M33-3 is good enough for me.

   Re: 73N5H1 - 2008-06-18
 » haha

I thought this must be an April fools joke, but then I realized that it wasn't April, so what's the deal? Why this joke of a FW update and after taking sooooooooo long to release it... Why the hell would anyone want to update to this crapware? Sony has reached a new degree of fail.

   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » @ JaXeRiR

why would you stay on 3.90 M33-3 when you can update to 4.00 M33. I like getting new firmwares. idk why but i do haha.

   Re: JaXeRiR - 2008-06-18
 » @majorbb100

Like 73N5H1 said, "Why the hell would anyone want to update to this crapware?"

But seriously, if Team M33 decides to release 4.00 M33, with some custom firmware additions (not any google search crap) then I'm definitely updating.

And of course we'll get customizable PS1 button configs.
   by mystahsouljahboy1 - 2008-06-17
 » I'm so Happy!

I'm so so so glad i didnt upgrade cause I love my cfw 3.90 M33-3 I'll just wait on the cfw 4.0 we know its got to be better than ofw

   by akadewboy - 2008-06-17
 » I wouldn't be suprised if DAX doesn't make a 4.00 m33

Doesn't seem like it's worth the time and effort for DAX to even work on a new CFW.


   Re: D-0-A - 2008-06-17
 » GEN Will

I doubt that Dax will make a FW out of this....if he even makes FW anymore.

I believe that GEN will make a firmware out of this though.

   Re: Vanaheimx - 2008-06-18
 » Man...

Too bad GEN is nothing compared to Dax. Dax ftw, GEN FTL.

   Re: BIH - 2008-06-18
 » ...

DAX is making it...hence why he skipped .3 and .5 because they wernt major updates.

   Re: FreePlay - 2008-06-18
 » Except

This isn't a major update. It's nothing.

   Re: Dr1ver - 2008-06-18
 » GEN Vs M33

it would be great iv GEN worked on 4.00GEN and M33 worked on 4.00M33. then the real cfw extras may come out as they would fight to see how is best but after 3.95GEN i think GEN will rest for a bit and M33 will work on it.

m33 will improve this after the new competitors of GEN

   Re: Torch - 2008-06-18
 » Backstage changes?

Even if it doesn't contain any new features, Sony might have changed stuff behind the scenes to make it harder for CFW etc.

   Re: Armada651 - 2008-06-18
 » GEN Vs M33

You forget that this is neither a competition or a business. So there is no real reason for them to compete.
   by Jonathanx7 - 2008-06-17
 » ***** you sony

has to be the biggest disappointment so far


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » .

agreed.
   by Matt91 - 2008-06-17
 » Sony fails once again

the funny part is that all of the people on the sony blog are happy about the update and thinks that it is great.

...what a bunch of noobs

   by Jusor - 2008-06-17
 » Wouldn't it be better?

Would be great to have PSP play other video format instead of mp4.. -.- Also to have it auto-resize so that we don't have to convert the file everytime we want to put videos into our PSP.. That'll be way greater than changing playback speed -.-

   by Vanaheimx - 2008-06-17
 » -_-

You're telling me all this wait for the ultimate update was a load of crap? I was really hoping they'd bring trophies to the PSP or something, not some google search that I could access by going to the web browser.

Sony, you've really disappointed me with 2.36 and 4.0. I'm ashamed...

   by satanicdoggy - 2008-06-18
 » heyyy

like i said y r u guys bashin it allready hant came out yet wait n see whats on it 1st ...stop crying lol


   Re: Vanaheimx - 2008-06-18
 » Huh?

All that's new is an internet search thing and different playback speeds. From what I could interpret from that jumble of letters that you typed, you think there is more to it. There isn't.

   Re: 73N5H1 - 2008-06-18
 » wtf?

it is out idiot.... are you braindead?
   by satanicdoggy - 2008-06-18
 » heyyy

welll i herd diff too that there having other things on it all over the net i wouldnt be suprised if it was releast n it had alot new stuff on it n ppl react differntly after bashing it lol


   Re: mupet0000 - 2008-06-18
 » What?

You seem to think it isn't released, well it is.
   by eddib - 2008-06-18
 » divx?

where's the divx support they promised?


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » they didnt promise that

that was just a rumor, and i knew that it wouldnt happen
   by 73N5H1 - 2008-06-18
 » so...

in conclusion... don't update unless you want google SPAM bloatware on your XMB... I'm not only disappointed in this update... I'm pissed that something this *****ty would even come out... seriously... who the ***** and Sony heard these ideas and said "hmmm, a google search function that you can already get to through the browser but takes up space on the XMB anyways... sounds like a great idea!"

speed up and slow down video? really?!?! are they really taking up memory with such a useless *****ing function? This is BS


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » agreed

2.00 and 3.00 where great updates. 4.00 is a complete failyer. Sony is loosing it. They are so desperate in stopping homebrew and piracy that they are rushing things, and are doing things half ass. I have heard rumors about an improved flash player, but i doubt its true. They should have made an official youtube browswer in the XMB. that would have been awesome. But sony cant think of *****.
   by dudash - 2008-06-18
 » There are hidden updates included in 4.00..

just one example...
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=3346869


   Re: zoogr2 - 2008-06-18
 » Went There

All that guy said are LIES! There is no FLASH 8 in the 4.0 fw the weather channel doesn't work
   by fenrig - 2008-06-18
 » maybe ;)

Maybe it's part of a whole bigger thing, first of all integration of internet services right in the xmb, it's a matter of integration.
And the playback speed adjuster maybe part of a lot of video playback feature's. Maybe it's for stuff like youtube. Acutally that they implent google search in the xmb + the playback speed adjuster = future support for youtube?


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » no

stop trying to make us all feel better. haha
   by xlemuelx - 2008-06-18
 » sad

To all those who are proud to be first to comment, YOU ARE PATHETIC

   by Rabies - 2008-06-18
 » 3.99.99

PATHETIC sony broke my #uckin heart.
was it confirmed that its 4.00 an not 3.99.99 if so this update lame. i love my psp's but i was lookin for something close to the IPHONE


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » haha

dream on dude.
   by MitchenX - 2008-06-18
 » google

google video lets you download videos in mp4 format. not sure if thats what they had in mind, or if it will work lol
either way, i dont use official firmware anymore, and im never going back.

   by crtbbc111 - 2008-06-18
 » flash player

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=3346878
flash player is updated. but the update is still not good enough


   Re: Foolmonkey - 2008-06-18
 » no

flash player wasn't updated if you had read the damn thread. just the web browser was made to be more efficient. flash player is still the same

   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » @ crtbbc111

haha crtbbc111 just got his ass handed to him. Nice one Foolmonkey.
   by XBrav - 2008-06-18
 » Not surprised

Let's face it: Sony's given up.

See they aren't making much money off the units anymore due to CFW. I don't have any defense in regards to Sony, but basically they aren't going to bother adding features that they won't make big money off of.

Look at it this way, I'll bet you Google payed up Sony to have it in their XMB. It's all advertising. They released this so that Google can be even more known.

The problem too is they've really fu


   Re: godmind - 2008-06-18
 » think...

It was due CFWs that PSP sales skyrocket, you dummy! Check your facts first before you open your mouth. Another idiot might believe you.

The problem here is that Sony can't put the things we like because it would appear to game devs as them being abandoned. CFW is an issue to game devs and having their games played while not bought is trouble for them. To add insult to injury, if Sony packs the PSP with more delights then it would make it appear that they are just concerned with their hardware and not with the games anymore.

Sony doesn't want that because they expected the PSP to have a few more years in the market so what they do is put some reservations in the release of firmwares and hope that some game devs might still want to make games on the PSP.

   Re: Foolmonkey - 2008-06-18
 » true

i got a psp because of cfw. if it didnt have cfw, i would have just got an ipod or something
   by bloody0986 - 2008-06-18
 » Why are you guys so mad?

We were the ones spreading rumors about it having all the things we expected. Sony never said anything. I mean, I hate Sony too, hence the CFW on my PSP, but why hate them for something we said it would have when in reality they never said they would put it in. Anyway, they SHOULD have listened to us and put what we asked for.


   Re: 93pauott - 2008-06-23
 » ..

true
   by oakesiscool - 2008-06-18
 » um what about new video codecs

um what about new video codecs. Wasn't there a big deal on how the PSP was to be able to support DivX and Realmedia files? this stupid that it wont do that! And what about a new flash player because Flash 6 sucks! I'm better off getting a GP2X and just using my psp to wipe my ass. Thanks Sony for putting Google in the xmb menu it's not like it was my homepage when i turn on the internet browser! And changing the video speed is only helping the illegal Mexican immigrants who don't speak English well to have an easier time living in this country. Just wait till more come then you'll be sorry Sony.


   Re: oakesiscool - 2008-06-18
 » sorry then did update flash

sorry then did update flash from 7 to a bastardized version of 8. sorry i said 6 before i meant seven but i'm still pissed about no youtube support yet. but I love PSPtube
   by Ozvaldo - 2008-06-18
 » Pandora??????

Has anyone checked if it can be downgraded??????????? For the people that actually upgraded LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah nothing to big but if DAX makes 4.00 m33 I'm pretty sure everyone would download 4.00 M33. Hey you never know maybe sony upgraded all the prx and made them better.


   Re: Ruthlessvalor69 - 2008-06-19
 » Pandora

Chances are, if you still have the original Pandora Battery and the Memory stick, it will work. That is unless, you buy a 4.0 FW PSP with a new Motherboard which counters the Pandora!
   by PSP BOOM - 2008-06-18
 » its our time to make changes

from wut i read sony is dead to us it is time for the homebrew /psp programmers to make new additions to the psp features i'm not a programmer so i dont know if it is entirely possible but all the features in all previous updates in both ofw and cfw need to be incorporated in to the next update 4.00m33 with plugins and all that or even better included in the update as a feature just like how sony included skype and cfw 3.95gen with the quick recovery menu


   Re: majorbb100 - 2008-06-18
 » great idea

im not a progammer/coder either but yeah the same way sony added skype and the webrowser why cant we do that kinda stuff with the firmwares?
   by Silver-Tiger - 2008-06-18
 » haha ...

i bet you wouldn't cry if there was a magic PS2 emulator hidden in it. The PsOne emu in 3.00 was actually hidden, too. It was reserved for titles from PS Store. You have to thank DaX that you can play every PS1 game.

   by Binary - 2008-06-18
 » EPIC FAIL

Can't wait to see Microsoft new handheld if they do.


Probably RROD when you first turn it on.


   Re: Binary - 2008-06-18
 » lol

Crappy Firmware with Big QJ jumps.

WOW

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2008-06-21
 » .

What's this have to do with the chances of MS releasing a handheld?

They're not. Shut up.

   Re: 93pauott - 2008-06-23
 » hai mister cummin' sense or whatever

we cant shut up, we're in a digital article.
   by oakesiscool - 2008-06-18
 » CUSTOM FIRMWARE

Does anyone know if Dax or GEN will make a cfw for this. AND if so when does it come out...or ETA?

   by dbzking - 2008-06-18
 » ..

sony always makes us wait and then all we get is some *****ed up update or ***** also ***** those *****es with those stupid rumors

   by L Wïgg¥ - 2008-06-19
 » ???WTF

what the hell a google search and make you videos slower and faster thats not good no wonder people come to CFW!

   by Justingraziano - 2008-06-19
 » OMG! WOW! BETTER THEN THE iPhone!!!!!! REALLY!!!!

Oh wow! This firmware is the bomb! There's SOOOO MUCH IN IT!!! OMG!!!!! It's got Google search!!!! and, guess what else? Go on, guess!? It's got video slowdown and speed up features!!!! OMG! ITS BETTER THEN THE iPhone!!!!! I've been Googling stuff all day and slowing down and speeding up tons of PlayStation(R) commercials with the great new features of 4.0! I cant wait till 5.0! Maybe it will include a few extra lines of text in the About PSP(R) section of Settings!! YAY!!!


   Re: 93pauott - 2008-06-23
 » heh

ownage.
   by sorrowxiii - 2008-06-19
 » holly *****

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, justingraziano, your comment almost killed me!

But really, i agree with most of you, Sony really did a lame job in the 4.0 update...

   by nihouma - 2008-06-19
 » Damned if they do, damned if they don't

This is disgusting. Not the firmware, but all of you who are attacking Sony for giving you freaking free upgrades to the PSP!

Maybe, if you paid for the upgrades, you would have room to complain. Maybe, if you bought the PSP with promises of a certain thing, you would have room to complain. Maybe, if Sony had an obligation to provide these updates for you, you would have room to complain. Maybe, if Sony hadn't given you a plethora of new features already, you would have room to complain.

But you don't have to pay for updates. You don't buy the PSP with promises of a certain, unreleased feature. Sony has no obligation to provide these to you. Sony has given you copious amounts of upgrades in the past.

I personally like the update, as it allows me to save time. I use the PSP browser a lot. I don't have a search engine as my homepage. This cuts 30 seconds from me searching for something off the net. Can't wait for somebody (c'mon Gen, you can do it!) to turn this into cfw XD


   Re: godmind - 2008-06-20
 » hmmm...

actually they are obliged to give us updates and not only that, they are obliged to give us updates for free.

if you studied business, the term for that is user technical support or after-sales service. i guess your still uncircumcised for that matter.

and if you have read the fineprints included in the box of your psp (which i guess you have not, being the child that you are) you would have seen evidences of free updates.

sony is bound to give users these added features for free or we have paid extra bucks for the extra flash memory in the psp which will not be used in the first place. remember sony reserved those for further plans...


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