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IMU1808 said:
Euphoria14 said:

I want to get an honest response here.

 

Who loves their PSP?

If so, why did Sony add an internet browser?

If so, why did Sony add RS feeds?

If so, why did Sony add internet radio?

If so, why did Sony add new video formats? (Originally only had some bullshit .mpv or something where files were in 2 parts)

If so, why did Sony add custom themes?

If so, why did Sony add WMA and Flash after initially adding the browser?

 

 

I'll tell you why. To combat custom firmware. If not for custom firmware who knows if PSP would still be around and if so, if it would have all the features it has today.

So stop hating on things you know very little about. I am convinced that the VGC community knows very little about the benefits of the homebrew community. A community that is doing nothing wrong seeing as how after  paying $300-600 for a PS3 they should be free to do whatever the hell they please with the console they purchased.

Yes piracy is a negative to opening up a console, but stop focusing on only the negative and for once look at how many positives it brings.

 

For example, ask the XBox community what they thought about XBMC for all those years.


Before any hacks were announced, PS3 got:

DivX support
Web Browser Improvements
On-board store and PSN account settings
Photo Gallery
Video Editor
Video Store
Ad Hoc Party for PSP
Download Manager
Netflix Support
User generated content based games (LBP, UT3, Modnation)
In-Game XMB
Support for Cross game invites
Support for custom soundtracks

And much more. You can't really say the improvements were to combat custom firmware anymore than you can say there were to simply improve the system or keep it relevant. You can't say that those improvements weren't going to come if the homebrew scene never popped up. Upgradeable firmware for future improvements was something that SONY spoke of for the PSP and PS3 from the day they were announced.

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