The Mod-Chip for the PSP is coming

Published on May 29th, 2006 in PSP

Since the PlayStation Portable’s release in September 2005, there are three groups in conflict. Thanks to savvy hackers and programmers, the first firmwares were hacked and every “poor” PSP owner could download games without paying for it. The other group, denies all of these accusations and sticks to the “Homebrew”-scene, which means they only use hacked firmwares for home-made software. Sony and a few others stick to defending legal software and boycott the hacker and home-made software scene.

The newest firmware (version 2.7) hasn’t been hacked yet and was able to provide some level of confidence to Sony and the system’s game publishers. Until now. There’s a new kid on the block, which would let homebrew fans and poor gamers win.

The so-called “Undiluted Platinum” PSP Mod Chip is supposed to enable its users, to run different firmware versions in parallel. This would mean PSP owners could switch back and forth between different firmware versions. This is important because newer PSP games demand newer PSP firmware versions. As already mentioned before, the newest firmware 2.7 hasn’t been hacked yet, but the great majority of games need version 2.6 or less, which have all been successfully altered to allow playing downloaded version of the internet.

Wether the still unannounced release date of this mod chip is going to be the PSP’s day of death, or if it increases sales just like it did for the PS2, remains to be seen.

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