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Really, how would Dark AleX respond? Sony Computer Entertainment has just released a survey asking the PlayStation Portable community why they hack their handhelds. Click on the image above for a higher resolution of the Sony survey. Image courtesy of Kotaku. |
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by metalhawj - 2008-04-09 |
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» lol
the freakin questions are put in such a way to make the hackers look like they are evil people. hahahahahha. sony= losers
the freakin questions are put in such a way to make the hackers look like they are evil people. hahahahahha. sony= losers
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Re: Silverback - 2008-04-09 |
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» Ha! I spotted that too!
It's like them asking "Do you hack your PSP? Do you want to hack your PSP? Does your mother know you're hacking your PSP?"
Besides, what ever happened to Sony supposedly reasoning with homebrew developers?
It's like them asking "Do you hack your PSP? Do you want to hack your PSP? Does your mother know you're hacking your PSP?"
Besides, what ever happened to Sony supposedly reasoning with homebrew developers?
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Re: Orlyeh - 2008-04-09 |
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» Only Two
There are only two questions that really touch on the legality of pirated software. Frankly, I would be surprised if more people combined used a "hacked" psp for homebrew or programming or features rather than for copied/dl'ed games.
There are only two questions that really touch on the legality of pirated software. Frankly, I would be surprised if more people combined used a "hacked" psp for homebrew or programming or features rather than for copied/dl'ed games.
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Re: xche78x - 2008-04-10 |
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» my answers are
whoever thought of that survey is dumb.
sony should be surveying DS people.
people hack PSP due to the portable multimedia and gaming capabilities.
people hack it coz of the popularity of the features, like wifi, memory stick, pc usb connection ease of transfer (ipod is stupid).
although processing power is average, low compared to smartphones but still way better than a DS. we can say the psp is a combination of all the sweetest things in technology all rolled into one. and cheap people can game on it for free with the help of hacking.
i bet, if the psp was not hacked like the psp it will not sell that well. pretty much around 30 percent of its total sales were made with custom firmware/devhook/loader on those customers minds. fact is all sony playstation products (ps1,ps2,psp) only go mainstream and or publicly accepted IF there is a way to play pirated copies of games on it and the not hacked versions (psx media center, ps3) bites the dust on store shelves.
again mark my words, if the ps3 is hacked in anyway (modchip, backup game security bypass or custom game loader), ps3 console sales will sky rocket, yes caneven easily defeat the xbox 360 user base.
its playstation's destiny to be the console for every people, poor, rich or just cheapskate like me, but sony is delaying the inevitable on the ps3.
if sony wants psp2 to be unhacked and still be successful, then turn to nintendo so you can see how! (but hey DS is also hacked via mod carts).
whoever thought of that survey is dumb.
sony should be surveying DS people.
people hack PSP due to the portable multimedia and gaming capabilities.
people hack it coz of the popularity of the features, like wifi, memory stick, pc usb connection ease of transfer (ipod is stupid).
although processing power is average, low compared to smartphones but still way better than a DS. we can say the psp is a combination of all the sweetest things in technology all rolled into one. and cheap people can game on it for free with the help of hacking.
i bet, if the psp was not hacked like the psp it will not sell that well. pretty much around 30 percent of its total sales were made with custom firmware/devhook/loader on those customers minds. fact is all sony playstation products (ps1,ps2,psp) only go mainstream and or publicly accepted IF there is a way to play pirated copies of games on it and the not hacked versions (psx media center, ps3) bites the dust on store shelves.
again mark my words, if the ps3 is hacked in anyway (modchip, backup game security bypass or custom game loader), ps3 console sales will sky rocket, yes caneven easily defeat the xbox 360 user base.
its playstation's destiny to be the console for every people, poor, rich or just cheapskate like me, but sony is delaying the inevitable on the ps3.
if sony wants psp2 to be unhacked and still be successful, then turn to nintendo so you can see how! (but hey DS is also hacked via mod carts).
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Re: xche78x - 2008-04-10 |
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» here's my answers
1. 1 rebel? against what?
2. 1 Yeah Impesses Stupid People.
3. 3 unhacked psp also gets free content.
4. 1 what a stupid question
5. 5 just like modding
6. 3 will sony sue anyone defiling a psp privately?
7. 3 is it s crime? who's to stop anyone?
8. 5 my psp is destined for the cabinet now that ive finished god of war and ffvii crisis core.
9. 3 is there?
10. 1 this is another stupid comment by sony!
11. 5 Bingo Dude! Now You're Learning
12. 3 Legal? Technical Yes!
13. 5 for knowledgeable YES, to us cheapskates YES but less.
14. 1 this is the 3rd stupid survey question.
Question to Sony
1. When will you fire the maker of the stupid survey?
2. Who the heck thought of that surver?
3. What the heck do you exactly mean when you say "Hacking the PSP?" the survey feels like people that hack commits a crime against humanity (ex slaughtering tens of people).
1. 1 rebel? against what?
2. 1 Yeah Impesses Stupid People.
3. 3 unhacked psp also gets free content.
4. 1 what a stupid question
5. 5 just like modding
6. 3 will sony sue anyone defiling a psp privately?
7. 3 is it s crime? who's to stop anyone?
8. 5 my psp is destined for the cabinet now that ive finished god of war and ffvii crisis core.
9. 3 is there?
10. 1 this is another stupid comment by sony!
11. 5 Bingo Dude! Now You're Learning
12. 3 Legal? Technical Yes!
13. 5 for knowledgeable YES, to us cheapskates YES but less.
14. 1 this is the 3rd stupid survey question.
Question to Sony
1. When will you fire the maker of the stupid survey?
2. Who the heck thought of that surver?
3. What the heck do you exactly mean when you say "Hacking the PSP?" the survey feels like people that hack commits a crime against humanity (ex slaughtering tens of people).
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by TheLastGuitarHero - 2008-04-09 |
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» ...
Where's the question that asks,
"Sony is too lazy to add the features that the users want, so I (the hacker) have to step in."
-Strongly Agree.
Where's the question that asks,
"Sony is too lazy to add the features that the users want, so I (the hacker) have to step in."
-Strongly Agree.
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Re: Binary - 2008-04-09 |
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» LOL
Strongly Agree.
Strongly Agree.
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Re: UltimaArmorX - 2008-04-09 |
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» 5
Completely agree
Somebody go bop the CEO on the head...
Completely agree
Somebody go bop the CEO on the head...
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Re: pilch - 2008-04-10 |
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» Where's the question?
That is questions #11 and last, but written Sony-style
That is questions #11 and last, but written Sony-style
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Re: kloplop321 - 2008-04-10 |
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» Absolutely!
I'm in the Unofficial continuation piKey team, Sony didn't make a keyboard, and they put an IRDA on the PSP, and never used it(and removed it on the slim >:( ). People have used the PSP like a remote control already with the IRDA.. This survey is also obviously biased.
I'm in the Unofficial continuation piKey team, Sony didn't make a keyboard, and they put an IRDA on the PSP, and never used it(and removed it on the slim >:( ). People have used the PSP like a remote control already with the IRDA.. This survey is also obviously biased.
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Re: TheLastGuitarHero - 2008-04-10 |
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» ...
I have to tell you kloplop321, when I found out the slim didn't have an IR port, I was pissed for That reason. The keyboard was easy for everything, AFKIM, Web Browser, even some games are just more fun to play with keyboard, such as FPS games.
I know many were pissed about no IR for the remote control, but I loved using the damn keyboard, ah well I guess. Makes me wonder, how hard is it Really to make a damn keyboard for the PSP, Sony? Connect it to the USB or something I don't care, just something.
I have to tell you kloplop321, when I found out the slim didn't have an IR port, I was pissed for That reason. The keyboard was easy for everything, AFKIM, Web Browser, even some games are just more fun to play with keyboard, such as FPS games.
I know many were pissed about no IR for the remote control, but I loved using the damn keyboard, ah well I guess. Makes me wonder, how hard is it Really to make a damn keyboard for the PSP, Sony? Connect it to the USB or something I don't care, just something.
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by OwNeR_OHG - 2008-04-09 |
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» where is my survey?
So where can I find this thing to answer it? I really want to answer it.
So where can I find this thing to answer it? I really want to answer it.
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Re: psporpcp - 2008-04-09 |
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» lmao
I kinda want to too, even if they do storm my house afterwards >_>
I kinda want to too, even if they do storm my house afterwards >_>
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by ajnauron - 2008-04-09 |
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» I'm a rebel! lol
Yep, hacking a psp is sooo impressive; I'm a total rebel...
Yep, hacking a psp is sooo impressive; I'm a total rebel...
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by J2Jack - 2008-04-09 |
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» Oioioi
Be happy people! At least Sony actually give a ***** for once...
Be happy people! At least Sony actually give a ***** for once...
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Re: eddib - 2008-04-10 |
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» no they don't
this devilish test will tell them all about PSP hackers and will put an end to homebrew as it is.
once you take the test, your conscience will get flooded with guilt and coder you will be no more.
stay away from this test, it is pure evil.
this devilish test will tell them all about PSP hackers and will put an end to homebrew as it is.
once you take the test, your conscience will get flooded with guilt and coder you will be no more.
stay away from this test, it is pure evil.
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by CommanderZero - 2008-04-09 |
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» hmm
weird how the survey seems to be so one sided...like theyre trying to make hacking look bad (ie the questions are all about the negative sides of hacking the PSP, instead of un-biased questions.
weird how the survey seems to be so one sided...like theyre trying to make hacking look bad (ie the questions are all about the negative sides of hacking the PSP, instead of un-biased questions.
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Re: ajnauron - 2008-04-09 |
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» Negativity
Obviously; they don't like it, otherwise they would have let us run homebrew in all firmware versions.
Obviously; they don't like it, otherwise they would have let us run homebrew in all firmware versions.
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by 123PSP - 2008-04-09 |
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» OMG
If sony wants to overcast the homebrew community they need to do something so impressive that people want it more than homebrew.
What's the best thing that sony added into new firmware releases that doesn't involve anything except the PSP? (so no Remote Play,LFTV or any WI-FI related stuff)
Probably,ability to play PSX games on the PSP, being able to listen to music and view pictures at the same time or PSP running at 333Mhz in games. These aren't such great things but generally these things are the only things aren't related with the PS3 (cos alot of people don't have it)WI-FI (same thing as the PS3).
So what does homebrew offer for the PSP?
Irshell,Daedalus,CXMB,Pandora/DC, heaps of emulators and more that I can't remember.
Everything that sony added was already available by homebrew before sony added it.
Its just that Sony made the PSP which I think is awesome but their not puxhing it to its full potential.
They're just like any other company.
If sony wants to overcast the homebrew community they need to do something so impressive that people want it more than homebrew.
What's the best thing that sony added into new firmware releases that doesn't involve anything except the PSP? (so no Remote Play,LFTV or any WI-FI related stuff)
Probably,ability to play PSX games on the PSP, being able to listen to music and view pictures at the same time or PSP running at 333Mhz in games. These aren't such great things but generally these things are the only things aren't related with the PS3 (cos alot of people don't have it)WI-FI (same thing as the PS3).
So what does homebrew offer for the PSP?
Irshell,Daedalus,CXMB,Pandora/DC, heaps of emulators and more that I can't remember.
Everything that sony added was already available by homebrew before sony added it.
Its just that Sony made the PSP which I think is awesome but their not puxhing it to its full potential.
They're just like any other company.
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Re: PONKiE - 2008-04-10 |
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» Greedy pigs.
I know,.. it's easy money for them.
They'd rather put it into buying new Mercedeses than to invest in developement.
I know,.. it's easy money for them.
They'd rather put it into buying new Mercedeses than to invest in developement.
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by foc_reaper - 2008-04-10 |
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» Casting my mind back..
If they treated the PSP like the early Playstation 1, and released a developer version to the general public, like as they did with the Yaroze.
And then greeted homebrew like they did back then, then people wouldn't see hackers and the likes of DaX being such a huge issue.
If they treated the PSP like the early Playstation 1, and released a developer version to the general public, like as they did with the Yaroze.
And then greeted homebrew like they did back then, then people wouldn't see hackers and the likes of DaX being such a huge issue.
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by kittykat - 2008-04-10 |
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» I would answer this survey with only one sentence...
Many people hack their PSPs for the same reason they hack other portable devices, the people who manufacture these devices place limits on what they can do while those who hack then do so because they see many possibilities for extending the functionality of these devices and feel the desire to get the most out of them.
Many people hack their PSPs for the same reason they hack other portable devices, the people who manufacture these devices place limits on what they can do while those who hack then do so because they see many possibilities for extending the functionality of these devices and feel the desire to get the most out of them.
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by Acteon - 2008-04-10 |
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» Limited or what!
Why did they even bother with this so called survey? The way it's designed, it won't tell them anything.
And what the hell is with the questions about "being a rebel" and "getting away with it"? Is hacking a PSP now on a level with robbing a bank or something?
If Sony really want to try and understand the hacking community, this is a very badly executed way to go about it.
Why did they even bother with this so called survey? The way it's designed, it won't tell them anything.
And what the hell is with the questions about "being a rebel" and "getting away with it"? Is hacking a PSP now on a level with robbing a bank or something?
If Sony really want to try and understand the hacking community, this is a very badly executed way to go about it.
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by akadewboy - 2008-04-10 |
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» Legal risk?
It's funny how this survey is trying to imply that installing an unofficial firmware is illegal. Well that's like saying it's illegal to install Linux on a brand new Windows Laptop.
Sony show us proof that it's illegal before you spout this nonsense...
It's funny how this survey is trying to imply that installing an unofficial firmware is illegal. Well that's like saying it's illegal to install Linux on a brand new Windows Laptop.
Sony show us proof that it's illegal before you spout this nonsense...
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Re: Z3R0mod - 2008-04-10 |
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» yes legal
they are talkng about game copies not firmware the firmware has sum linux in it so there nothing realy they can do there
they are talkng about game copies not firmware the firmware has sum linux in it so there nothing realy they can do there
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Re: FreePlay - 2008-04-12 |
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» idiot
the firmware does not have linux in it. stop talking.
the firmware does not have linux in it. stop talking.
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by NA1NSXR - 2008-04-10 |
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» easy answer
Functionality.
Functionality.
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by kloplop321 - 2008-04-10 |
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» a lot of the questions are retarded...
I mean seriously retarded, and totally biased. the only question I would answer(because it is a legit one) is #11, which is "I can you do more with a hacked PSP than an unhacked PSP"
which I totally agree with, however:
but "unhacked"? This isn't about hacking, its about custom firmware, we are not actively and constantly hacking the PSP; that would be retarded to see how many ways we could hack and bend 3.50 over and over again...
I mean seriously retarded, and totally biased. the only question I would answer(because it is a legit one) is #11, which is "I can you do more with a hacked PSP than an unhacked PSP"
which I totally agree with, however:
but "unhacked"? This isn't about hacking, its about custom firmware, we are not actively and constantly hacking the PSP; that would be retarded to see how many ways we could hack and bend 3.50 over and over again...
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by 123PSP - 2008-04-10 |
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» wait a sec
after thinkin this out a little i think that some stupid bored kid that wanted to cause some mischeive might have forged this together and put it on some site. Sony cudnt be stupid enough to do this. In part of the pic that we see it doesn't even say "Playstation Portable" once. For all we know they could be talking about Paint Shop Pro (yea, i know that sounds stupid because no1 wud feel like a rebel hacking Paint Shop Pro but the survey looks SOOOOOOOOO fake).
after thinkin this out a little i think that some stupid bored kid that wanted to cause some mischeive might have forged this together and put it on some site. Sony cudnt be stupid enough to do this. In part of the pic that we see it doesn't even say "Playstation Portable" once. For all we know they could be talking about Paint Shop Pro (yea, i know that sounds stupid because no1 wud feel like a rebel hacking Paint Shop Pro but the survey looks SOOOOOOOOO fake).
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Re: godmind - 2008-04-10 |
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» fake or not...
somebody's not to happy with the 'rebel' community.
The questionnaire should have been an essay for it to be non-biased but $ony fears that some truths will come out. Such as mentioned above about $ony slacking in allowing its handheld to release its full potential. And don't want the obvious to be blatantly slapped in their face. We all know that but $ony doesn't want it officially confirmed.
Choices are limited. One glance and it becomes obvious that these are leading questions. They don't give you room to reason but instead you are viewed already at the choice they have placed in the questionnaire.
From this, it could only mean one thing if this survey is true. They want to publish the results of this survey in order to show modders as the antagonists of their handheld society while escaping other pressing matters and truths about their handheld. They want to wash their hands on the subject by clearly eliminating the chance for the consumers to state that they too have something lacking as if they have done all that they can for the console.
I advice you guys not to patronize the questionnaire. Anything you pick in that survey will be used against our community. Nothing good will come out of that propaganda.
I bet the game producers are already pressuring them to do something. In my country, I wouldn't be surprised if 95% of the console here runs on a CFW. PSPs with Official FW are only sold at official $ony shops. Other than that, every shop here sell PSPs with the M33 FW plus its bundled with china made accessories and a spare battery under $220.00. Modded consoles are even sold in malls.
Nobody bothers to buy the console here with the original FW. Anti-Piracy Law has no tooth in our country.
If $ony wants to eliminate modded PSPs, either they have the technology to do it (which I guess would only work for a short time) or they plead for tougher enforcement of laws. Anything shorter than a 20-year prison term is dismissible in these country. You could easily pay for bail.
somebody's not to happy with the 'rebel' community.
The questionnaire should have been an essay for it to be non-biased but $ony fears that some truths will come out. Such as mentioned above about $ony slacking in allowing its handheld to release its full potential. And don't want the obvious to be blatantly slapped in their face. We all know that but $ony doesn't want it officially confirmed.
Choices are limited. One glance and it becomes obvious that these are leading questions. They don't give you room to reason but instead you are viewed already at the choice they have placed in the questionnaire.
From this, it could only mean one thing if this survey is true. They want to publish the results of this survey in order to show modders as the antagonists of their handheld society while escaping other pressing matters and truths about their handheld. They want to wash their hands on the subject by clearly eliminating the chance for the consumers to state that they too have something lacking as if they have done all that they can for the console.
I advice you guys not to patronize the questionnaire. Anything you pick in that survey will be used against our community. Nothing good will come out of that propaganda.
I bet the game producers are already pressuring them to do something. In my country, I wouldn't be surprised if 95% of the console here runs on a CFW. PSPs with Official FW are only sold at official $ony shops. Other than that, every shop here sell PSPs with the M33 FW plus its bundled with china made accessories and a spare battery under $220.00. Modded consoles are even sold in malls.
Nobody bothers to buy the console here with the original FW. Anti-Piracy Law has no tooth in our country.
If $ony wants to eliminate modded PSPs, either they have the technology to do it (which I guess would only work for a short time) or they plead for tougher enforcement of laws. Anything shorter than a 20-year prison term is dismissible in these country. You could easily pay for bail.
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Re: The Uncreated - 2008-04-10 |
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» Well.
"I advice you guys not to patronize the questionnaire. Anything you pick in that survey will be used against our community. Nothing good will come out of that propaganda."
I don't believe this will be the case. The questions are largely rhetorical. They probably won't further Sony's anti-hacker agenda substantially other than understanding the motivations of the average person who modifies their consoles.
Now on the other hand, if the questionnaire weren't multiple choice and asked pointed questions about the source and means of fuel for our firmware and gaming needs, then we'd have reason to worry.
All in all, it appears Sony has made the gross assumption that kids, perhaps teenagers are the core group that hack their consoles, meanwhile the demographics suggest the age of the average gamer is probably early to mid twenties. I myself am approaching my mid-thirties, and I only considered buying a PSP bearing in mind the cumulative expense of owning many games. Plus I wanted confirmation that my library of retro games would be put to good use again. Value is key and Sony appears to stifle what could be a highly valuable dollar-for-feature commodity.
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"I advice you guys not to patronize the questionnaire. Anything you pick in that survey will be used against our community. Nothing good will come out of that propaganda."
I don't believe this will be the case. The questions are largely rhetorical. They probably won't further Sony's anti-hacker agenda substantially other than understanding the motivations of the average person who modifies their consoles.
Now on the other hand, if the questionnaire weren't multiple choice and asked pointed questions about the source and means of fuel for our firmware and gaming needs, then we'd have reason to worry.
All in all, it appears Sony has made the gross assumption that kids, perhaps teenagers are the core group that hack their consoles, meanwhile the demographics suggest the age of the average gamer is probably early to mid twenties. I myself am approaching my mid-thirties, and I only considered buying a PSP bearing in mind the cumulative expense of owning many games. Plus I wanted confirmation that my library of retro games would be put to good use again. Value is key and Sony appears to stifle what could be a highly valuable dollar-for-feature commodity.
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by The Uncreated - 2008-04-10 |
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» Feh.
Aww ***** 'em. Sony wants their cake and eat it too. Consider the SKYROCKETING sales of PSP units in Japan and abroad. You figure the Japanese are all buying games like dutiful little consumers? They're probably the ones hacking the goddamn things more than anyone!
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Aww ***** 'em. Sony wants their cake and eat it too. Consider the SKYROCKETING sales of PSP units in Japan and abroad. You figure the Japanese are all buying games like dutiful little consumers? They're probably the ones hacking the goddamn things more than anyone!
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by redbrick - 2008-04-10 |
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» Sony, you are so detached from gamers...
Asking these questions just proves to the public how you(Sony) are so detached from the gamers.
To start off....Sony this may help....
#1 You've only got a handful of great games. The rest...crapware that no one would buy.
#2 If you're not the first to introduce the features in demand....folks will find other ways.
need I continue????
Asking these questions just proves to the public how you(Sony) are so detached from the gamers.
To start off....Sony this may help....
#1 You've only got a handful of great games. The rest...crapware that no one would buy.
#2 If you're not the first to introduce the features in demand....folks will find other ways.
need I continue????
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by r3quiem - 2008-04-10 |
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» hackers pwn
heh thats not a survey, thats just sony trying to chastise psp hackers.
"bad hackers bad hackers!"
heh thats not a survey, thats just sony trying to chastise psp hackers.
"bad hackers bad hackers!"
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by 73N5H1 - 2008-04-10 |
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» You really want to know?
This survey is extremely biased, I feel as if its already being assumed that I'm mischievous from the start.
Sony, you want to know why people "hack" the PSP? well there are many motivations, but the majority of people convert to CFW for the features they can get that OFW doesn't have. Things that should be included in OFW but you have failed to include.
Personally, my motivation was that my wife's PSP was Japanese and there was no way to change the button configuration or region of the PSP without CFW. This problem occurred because YOU try to seperate what features each region gets without giving someone the option to change the set region. My wife is from Taiwan, so if her and I make a trip to Japan, then I couldn't use the 1seg tuner on my American PSP if I was on OFW. That is a flaw that is easily fixed with CFW. I've been using Go!Messenger on my PSP because of CFW.
Other reasons people convert to CFW is to run user made applications that do thing OFW can not. I use AFKIM to talk on various instant messengers... something I can't do on OFW. I watch Youtube videos on my PSP, I use IRshell to send files (other than pictures)to my wife wirelessly.... to listen to MY music while playing games, to transfer files via USB WHILE still playing my PSP. All of this would not be possible on OFW.
And here's the reason you've been waiting for sony. People use CFW to download illegal copies of games. Why? because you charge 40 or 50 USD a game for a PORTABLE DEVICE... I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous. You also refuse to drop UMD even though its outdated and a complete failure... so we have to use CFW to rip our games to memorystick so we don't have to use your proprietarty format... I'm happy to keep all of my games on one memorystick instead of carrying a large case with me everywhere I go.
So if you really want to know the motivation, then don't be so disconnected from the community... afterall... the homebrew community is a large part of your consumer base, so stop ostracizing us. Why not come to the forums on here... ask people one on one for their reasons.... don't release some biased multiple choice survey that incriminates all of us... there are intelligent enough people in the community that we can communicate with our OWN thoughts and reasons.
Thank you.
This survey is extremely biased, I feel as if its already being assumed that I'm mischievous from the start.
Sony, you want to know why people "hack" the PSP? well there are many motivations, but the majority of people convert to CFW for the features they can get that OFW doesn't have. Things that should be included in OFW but you have failed to include.
Personally, my motivation was that my wife's PSP was Japanese and there was no way to change the button configuration or region of the PSP without CFW. This problem occurred because YOU try to seperate what features each region gets without giving someone the option to change the set region. My wife is from Taiwan, so if her and I make a trip to Japan, then I couldn't use the 1seg tuner on my American PSP if I was on OFW. That is a flaw that is easily fixed with CFW. I've been using Go!Messenger on my PSP because of CFW.
Other reasons people convert to CFW is to run user made applications that do thing OFW can not. I use AFKIM to talk on various instant messengers... something I can't do on OFW. I watch Youtube videos on my PSP, I use IRshell to send files (other than pictures)to my wife wirelessly.... to listen to MY music while playing games, to transfer files via USB WHILE still playing my PSP. All of this would not be possible on OFW.
And here's the reason you've been waiting for sony. People use CFW to download illegal copies of games. Why? because you charge 40 or 50 USD a game for a PORTABLE DEVICE... I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous. You also refuse to drop UMD even though its outdated and a complete failure... so we have to use CFW to rip our games to memorystick so we don't have to use your proprietarty format... I'm happy to keep all of my games on one memorystick instead of carrying a large case with me everywhere I go.
So if you really want to know the motivation, then don't be so disconnected from the community... afterall... the homebrew community is a large part of your consumer base, so stop ostracizing us. Why not come to the forums on here... ask people one on one for their reasons.... don't release some biased multiple choice survey that incriminates all of us... there are intelligent enough people in the community that we can communicate with our OWN thoughts and reasons.
Thank you.
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Re: Boots_Megamix - 2008-04-10 |
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» I applaud this man
Send this ***** to Sony even though it may fall on deaf ears. They've got their heads so far up their ass, they might as well just get glass stomachs.
Send this ***** to Sony even though it may fall on deaf ears. They've got their heads so far up their ass, they might as well just get glass stomachs.
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by dark420bishop - 2008-04-10 |
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» take the Sony test yourself
Here's a link to a mock-up of the Sony hacking poll. Why should only certain people get to vote? Curious what the results would be? Take it yourself and find out!
http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/334109
Here's a link to a mock-up of the Sony hacking poll. Why should only certain people get to vote? Curious what the results would be? Take it yourself and find out!
http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/334109
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by houaruto - 2008-04-10 |
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» i agree.........the survey is bull$h!T
It is aimed at brainwashing the homebrew community into obedient moma boys..
I'm a hardcore gamer and there was nothing on the PSP that can interest me at all........ ipod plays and has better music functions......Everyone else has a computer at home to surf the net....The DS has a tons more games to offer.............The PSP had so much potential and yet compared to these there was nothing Sony was doing about raising the bar on the PSP and nothing was done about it.
in my opinion 85% of the games suck but i have to give credit where it's due. This year has a terrific PSP game line up and i couldn't ask for better.....but it was a litte too late to make up for what they were lacking.
But if you (Sony) had put more effort into the PSP or maybe 1/4 as much effort into putting more content on the PSP and making good games out for it in a reasonably timely matter, people wouldn't feel the urge to look for other ways to fill in the missing gap.
When i first got my PSP over a year ago the only game I bought was Monster Hunter becaues it was a great game even with the flaw of not having a second analog stick.
the only thing worth waiting for was the super cool GPS device and the camera attachments and i've waited for it over a year now and got slapped in the face when found out japan got both of that for such a long time while i'm patiently waithing for it to come out.
The line of games and content up for PSP made me feel so miserable that i bought the PSP for only one game and the wait for better stuff to come out after another long wait went on forever until i had enough and started digging through the internet.
I found out about homebrew and learn all the skill needed myself and no i'm not one of those LAZY IGNORANT LOSERS who bought their pandora batt and memory stick off Ebay.
Since most of the games suck at that time i got CFW i was playing a lot Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Gameboy advance games forever running homebrew application which was really a blessing because it was made by someone for the PSP homebrew community to use free of charge and it came out one after another. There are so much that i can no longer keep up with all the fantasic hombrew freebies.......If it weren't for homebrew my PSP would have FLEW and HIT wall one day on PURPOSE...........Homebrew help me stay a loyal Sony "only" console buyer and i'm soo GREATFULL and PROUD to see how far homebrew has gone now.
I feel abadon from Sony even though i love them to the death and will never buy a xbox or 360 but maybe i'll get a Wii for "Monster Hunter 3" only for that game...lol.
And again I think Homebrew and the homebrew community for helping keep the PSP alive for trying sooo hard to squeeze all the juice out of an abadoned tree. The fruits of your labor is delicious.
P.S. my favorit games are MHF2, MHP2-G, Crisis Core, God of War respectively.
It is aimed at brainwashing the homebrew community into obedient moma boys..
I'm a hardcore gamer and there was nothing on the PSP that can interest me at all........ ipod plays and has better music functions......Everyone else has a computer at home to surf the net....The DS has a tons more games to offer.............The PSP had so much potential and yet compared to these there was nothing Sony was doing about raising the bar on the PSP and nothing was done about it.
in my opinion 85% of the games suck but i have to give credit where it's due. This year has a terrific PSP game line up and i couldn't ask for better.....but it was a litte too late to make up for what they were lacking.
But if you (Sony) had put more effort into the PSP or maybe 1/4 as much effort into putting more content on the PSP and making good games out for it in a reasonably timely matter, people wouldn't feel the urge to look for other ways to fill in the missing gap.
When i first got my PSP over a year ago the only game I bought was Monster Hunter becaues it was a great game even with the flaw of not having a second analog stick.
the only thing worth waiting for was the super cool GPS device and the camera attachments and i've waited for it over a year now and got slapped in the face when found out japan got both of that for such a long time while i'm patiently waithing for it to come out.
The line of games and content up for PSP made me feel so miserable that i bought the PSP for only one game and the wait for better stuff to come out after another long wait went on forever until i had enough and started digging through the internet.
I found out about homebrew and learn all the skill needed myself and no i'm not one of those LAZY IGNORANT LOSERS who bought their pandora batt and memory stick off Ebay.
Since most of the games suck at that time i got CFW i was playing a lot Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Gameboy advance games forever running homebrew application which was really a blessing because it was made by someone for the PSP homebrew community to use free of charge and it came out one after another. There are so much that i can no longer keep up with all the fantasic hombrew freebies.......If it weren't for homebrew my PSP would have FLEW and HIT wall one day on PURPOSE...........Homebrew help me stay a loyal Sony "only" console buyer and i'm soo GREATFULL and PROUD to see how far homebrew has gone now.
I feel abadon from Sony even though i love them to the death and will never buy a xbox or 360 but maybe i'll get a Wii for "Monster Hunter 3" only for that game...lol.
And again I think Homebrew and the homebrew community for helping keep the PSP alive for trying sooo hard to squeeze all the juice out of an abadoned tree. The fruits of your labor is delicious.
P.S. my favorit games are MHF2, MHP2-G, Crisis Core, God of War respectively.
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by NDWolfwood - 2008-04-10 |
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» wow
cfw is way better than ofw.
sony will never get the ofw as good as the cfw.
it would be awesome if D_A took over Sony ^_^
Sony give up -_-" you'll never be as good as dark_alex. theres no point to compete with him. he's way better than you'll ever be. Sony, if your reading this, just give up. you have no chance against him. don't even try.
cfw is way better than ofw.
sony will never get the ofw as good as the cfw.
it would be awesome if D_A took over Sony ^_^
Sony give up -_-" you'll never be as good as dark_alex. theres no point to compete with him. he's way better than you'll ever be. Sony, if your reading this, just give up. you have no chance against him. don't even try.
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by NDWolfwood - 2008-04-10 |
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» sony -_-
by the way sony, by making the cfw, D_A helps you sell more psp systems
by the way sony, by making the cfw, D_A helps you sell more psp systems
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by izwild - 2008-04-10 |
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» sony get a life
The way I see it is sony came up with the psp good. Harley came up with a motorcycle and it was well let's just say boring my bike on one hand only became cool when I added my touches to it like pipes and a hiped up moter the paint work and all the extras this I saw fit to make steel or buy. I don't see harley gettin bent becuse I played with MY bike damn at least they now look at the bike show and what the other's are doing to these and know we see all kinds of differnt and must say some cool thing's from harley. They see what we want and try to give it to us that's why there are who they are today. The choice of the people.
Sony should look at what's really going notice there short commings and try to do what there costmers really want. I honestly would have no intrest in the psp if not for those who really make the cool stuff for it like Dark Alex, noob, and all the other who make the damn thing worth having.
maybe sony would pull up there pant's work with those who they condem and make the psp as great as it could be. Listen to them they know what we want.
The way I see it is sony came up with the psp good. Harley came up with a motorcycle and it was well let's just say boring my bike on one hand only became cool when I added my touches to it like pipes and a hiped up moter the paint work and all the extras this I saw fit to make steel or buy. I don't see harley gettin bent becuse I played with MY bike damn at least they now look at the bike show and what the other's are doing to these and know we see all kinds of differnt and must say some cool thing's from harley. They see what we want and try to give it to us that's why there are who they are today. The choice of the people.
Sony should look at what's really going notice there short commings and try to do what there costmers really want. I honestly would have no intrest in the psp if not for those who really make the cool stuff for it like Dark Alex, noob, and all the other who make the damn thing worth having.
maybe sony would pull up there pant's work with those who they condem and make the psp as great as it could be. Listen to them they know what we want.
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by eldestdan - 2008-04-10 |
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» hahahahaah
thatssss soo funnnnnyyyyy ...........sonys like f ...were doneee lets just ask y its soo cool to hack psp n see wat he says cause dark alex is rediculasslyy godd ................sony = sh*t happens
thatssss soo funnnnnyyyyy ...........sonys like f ...were doneee lets just ask y its soo cool to hack psp n see wat he says cause dark alex is rediculasslyy godd ................sony = sh*t happens
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by Binary - 2008-04-10 |
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» becasue
I LOVE TO PLAY OLD SCHOOL GAMES!!!
I LOVE TO PLAY OLD SCHOOL GAMES!!!
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by zeecron - 2008-04-10 |
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» Sony Give US the Goods!!!!!
Ok ill throw my 2 cents in and try to make it quick and simple. Hi i live in Japan and Europe and guess what i have gps for my psp and also i have the neat camera oh and lets not forget sony has blessed us european owners with a nifty little TV tuner that kicks ass. Oh and we released a neat messanger program that works with the camera so we can do audio and video chat. Guess what sony DAX gave the US homebrew cause you wouldnt give us jack squat. You want to know why we hack our psp's ill tell you this i dont have any copies of psp games that i havent bought but i have a PSP that has been unleashed and can run tons of neat applications. Things that you should have added along time ago but instead of releasing anything worth while you just spent all your time in the 2000 models without giving the US any reason to love the 1st damn models. Send us some gadgets. I didnt even considering buying a psp till i seen all the neat apps that programmers added so you could do tons of different things with the psp. Stop making every good thing for just europe. Im still freaking waiting for gps i had to buy my cam from japan for 80 bucks. And why the hell cant we have a TV tuner i would freaking buy it. Quit putting out new models that really dont do jack and put out some descent accesories for the PSP. Till then watch your damn fw get hacked so we have something to look forward to here in the good old USA.
Ok ill throw my 2 cents in and try to make it quick and simple. Hi i live in Japan and Europe and guess what i have gps for my psp and also i have the neat camera oh and lets not forget sony has blessed us european owners with a nifty little TV tuner that kicks ass. Oh and we released a neat messanger program that works with the camera so we can do audio and video chat. Guess what sony DAX gave the US homebrew cause you wouldnt give us jack squat. You want to know why we hack our psp's ill tell you this i dont have any copies of psp games that i havent bought but i have a PSP that has been unleashed and can run tons of neat applications. Things that you should have added along time ago but instead of releasing anything worth while you just spent all your time in the 2000 models without giving the US any reason to love the 1st damn models. Send us some gadgets. I didnt even considering buying a psp till i seen all the neat apps that programmers added so you could do tons of different things with the psp. Stop making every good thing for just europe. Im still freaking waiting for gps i had to buy my cam from japan for 80 bucks. And why the hell cant we have a TV tuner i would freaking buy it. Quit putting out new models that really dont do jack and put out some descent accesories for the PSP. Till then watch your damn fw get hacked so we have something to look forward to here in the good old USA.
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Re: JaXeRiR - 2008-04-11 |
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» Lol.
"lets not forget sony has blessed us european owners with a nifty little TV tuner that kicks ass."
The TV Tuner was only released in Japan.
I live in Europe but I think that the US people also deserve these things.
"lets not forget sony has blessed us european owners with a nifty little TV tuner that kicks ass."
The TV Tuner was only released in Japan.
I live in Europe but I think that the US people also deserve these things.
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by Stewies - 2008-04-10 |
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» & Brian
Enough said by a fraction of the psp community above me so all I can say is
PSP Homebrew Scene FTW!!! :D
Enough said by a fraction of the psp community above me so all I can say is
PSP Homebrew Scene FTW!!! :D
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by animebuster - 2008-04-10 |
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» FAKE
this is sooo fake sony knows the top 2 reasons why we hack our psps 1 because the games are to much$ especially for those of as in NZ. reason number2 because there is alot more things you can do with custom firmware and added things
this is sooo fake sony knows the top 2 reasons why we hack our psps 1 because the games are to much$ especially for those of as in NZ. reason number2 because there is alot more things you can do with custom firmware and added things
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Re: Abraham A. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2008-04-10 |
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» but maybe
but maybe sony wants to read from the PSP users themselves so there won't be any assumptions. speaking of assumptions though, the items in the survey are really leading questions indeed
but maybe sony wants to read from the PSP users themselves so there won't be any assumptions. speaking of assumptions though, the items in the survey are really leading questions indeed
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by stiks - 2008-04-10 |
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» i wanna take
i wanna take this survey, and even answer it honestly.. i think for 27 the things about being a rebel and cool are pretty much all 1's that crap went out a while ago in my life. if it wasn't for homebrew i would have never asked for a psp for my birthday and would have never got it (yes i still get gifts on my birthday). the only thing on it of any value without CFW is the browser for me and even that is slightly lacking.
i "hack" my psp cause i want to get my $200 worth and sonys programs/games just don't seem to offer the money worthness that HB definately gives the options of (saying HB is free and more usefull then almost the whole sony lineup)..
make this a public survey and not just a select few survey and you might get more of a true answer, though severly crippled from the bias of the questions to start with
i wanna take this survey, and even answer it honestly.. i think for 27 the things about being a rebel and cool are pretty much all 1's that crap went out a while ago in my life. if it wasn't for homebrew i would have never asked for a psp for my birthday and would have never got it (yes i still get gifts on my birthday). the only thing on it of any value without CFW is the browser for me and even that is slightly lacking.
i "hack" my psp cause i want to get my $200 worth and sonys programs/games just don't seem to offer the money worthness that HB definately gives the options of (saying HB is free and more usefull then almost the whole sony lineup)..
make this a public survey and not just a select few survey and you might get more of a true answer, though severly crippled from the bias of the questions to start with
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by T-Spice - 2008-04-11 |
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» there should be a question...
the way that these questions are laid out is just moronic.... i half expect that they originally had 15 options, and the last one was:
"to totally get chicks."
The reason people hack the psp is all summed up in question 11. The rest is just poppy*****.
the way that these questions are laid out is just moronic.... i half expect that they originally had 15 options, and the last one was:
"to totally get chicks."
The reason people hack the psp is all summed up in question 11. The rest is just poppy*****.
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