Fanjita interviewed: the PSP and PS3 homebrew scene

PSP homebrew icon Fanjita – otherwise known as David Court in the “real world” –  was interviewed a few days ago, this time by The Skinny. The UK-based magazine wanted to know, basically, the inner workings of the homebrew scene. And so they tracked down Fanjita to ask, in The Skinny’s own words, “the whys and wherefores of hacking the little big screen.”

After giving a bit of historical background, Fanjita explains that during the beginning, not a lot of progress had been made. Despite this, the biggest thing that came out of it was that they were able to form a tight little group of decrypters and hackers (he’s probably referring to what we all know now as Noobz).

When asked of how Sony‘s been treating the homebrew scene, Fanjita answers that he’s really not too sure why the PSP has been getting firmware upgrades galore, whereas the PS3 has been pretty much opened up to the homebrew scene, care of Linux:

It’s symptomatic of Sony’s whole attitude to the consumer. They have a general disdain for the end user: “You will take what we make, and you will think its cool.” It’s where they are falling down with the PS3. It doesnÂ’t excite me, and then you can’t afford one.

Yeah, he’s entitled to his own opinion too. But what’s to become of this and how does that relate to his hacking and development for the PSP homebrew scene? It turns out that they’re getting pretty bored with the whole “update ‘race’ thing,” with Sony releasing a new PSP firmware and Noobz cracking it a few days (or sometimes, just a few hours) later. Well, it does sound tiring, and we know how the deal goes. Here’s what Fanjita had to stay about it though:

We’re trying to get ahead of Sony – writing our own firmware – if we can do that without getting into too much of a fight, things will get a lot more interesting. I’m very confident we’re not doing anything illegal, so I don’t think we have anything to worry about.

That leaves us with a lot of hope. Writing their very own firmware, huh? Yes, things will definitely get a lot more interesting, Fanjita. Question is: can you give us any updates on that? Last we heard, you’re going to be a dad!

You can check out the full transcript of the interview via the Read URL below.

PSP homebrew icon Fanjita – otherwise known as David Court in the “real world” –  was interviewed a few days ago, this time by The Skinny. The UK-based magazine wanted to know, basically, the inner workings of the homebrew scene. And so they tracked down Fanjita to ask, in The Skinny’s own words, “the whys and wherefores of hacking the little big screen.”

After giving a bit of historical background, Fanjita explains that during the beginning, not a lot of progress had been made. Despite this, the biggest thing that came out of it was that they were able to form a tight little group of decrypters and hackers (he’s probably referring to what we all know now as Noobz).

When asked of how Sony‘s been treating the homebrew scene, Fanjita answers that he’s really not too sure why the PSP has been getting firmware upgrades galore, whereas the PS3 has been pretty much opened up to the homebrew scene, care of Linux:

It’s symptomatic of Sony’s whole attitude to the consumer. They have a general disdain for the end user: “You will take what we make, and you will think its cool.” It’s where they are falling down with the PS3. It doesnÂ’t excite me, and then you can’t afford one.

Yeah, he’s entitled to his own opinion too. But what’s to become of this and how does that relate to his hacking and development for the PSP homebrew scene? It turns out that they’re getting pretty bored with the whole “update ‘race’ thing,” with Sony releasing a new PSP firmware and Noobz cracking it a few days (or sometimes, just a few hours) later. Well, it does sound tiring, and we know how the deal goes. Here’s what Fanjita had to stay about it though:

We’re trying to get ahead of Sony – writing our own firmware – if we can do that without getting into too much of a fight, things will get a lot more interesting. I’m very confident we’re not doing anything illegal, so I don’t think we have anything to worry about.

That leaves us with a lot of hope. Writing their very own firmware, huh? Yes, things will definitely get a lot more interesting, Fanjita. Question is: can you give us any updates on that? Last we heard, you’re going to be a dad!

You can check out the full transcript of the interview via the Read URL below.