SCEA locks up homebrew talks at PlayStation Underground
We are all already aware about Sony’s official stance on the homebrew scene for the PlayStation Portable. The company’s actions suggest that they don’t want the community to continually mess up with their creation.
Today, we learned that Sony has just brought the battle to the PlayStation Underground Community by officially banning all homebrew-related talks on the said board. QJ.NET reader Miley_424 tipped us off on this development and explained that this did not surprise most members of the community.
What happened was a forum moderator (who represents SCEA as his/her username suggests) reiterated that homebrew applications void the warranty of PSPs. The moderator went on and provided the following topics that are not allowed to be discussed over at the PlayStation Board:
- Custom firmware
- Themes, applications, custom bootup animations/sounds, and other materials made available only with use of homebrew programs that may be used to aid or facilitate copyright violations (such as Eboots, ripping software, decryption software)
- Debugging software
- Programs designed to emulate firmware
- TIFF applications
- Programs designed to provide for modification of the PSP code or firmware, or that would allow for any exploitation of the PSP® system firmware flashing software
- Applications designed to bypass PSP system and game security features
- Emulators, ROMs, CSO, ISOs, or any other unauthorized copies of copyrighted material
- Software or hardware designed to aid or facilitate in cheating
We know you guys have a lot to say about this but it seems that the comment section of the said thread was disabled. However, you can freely speak your mind and discuss this through our own comment section below.
Via PlayStation.com
We are all already aware about Sony’s official stance on the homebrew scene for the PlayStation Portable. The company’s actions suggest that they don’t want the community to continually mess up with their creation.
Today, we learned that Sony has just brought the battle to the PlayStation Underground Community by officially banning all homebrew-related talks on the said board. QJ.NET reader Miley_424 tipped us off on this development and explained that this did not surprise most members of the community.
What happened was a forum moderator (who represents SCEA as his/her username suggests) reiterated that homebrew applications void the warranty of PSPs. The moderator went on and provided the following topics that are not allowed to be discussed over at the PlayStation Board:
- Custom firmware
- Themes, applications, custom bootup animations/sounds, and other materials made available only with use of homebrew programs that may be used to aid or facilitate copyright violations (such as Eboots, ripping software, decryption software)
- Debugging software
- Programs designed to emulate firmware
- TIFF applications
- Programs designed to provide for modification of the PSP code or firmware, or that would allow for any exploitation of the PSP® system firmware flashing software
- Applications designed to bypass PSP system and game security features
- Emulators, ROMs, CSO, ISOs, or any other unauthorized copies of copyrighted material
- Software or hardware designed to aid or facilitate in cheating
We know you guys have a lot to say about this but it seems that the comment section of the said thread was disabled. However, you can freely speak your mind and discuss this through our own comment section below.
Via PlayStation.com
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