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Ok,let me rephrase this...
I have nothing against hacks or both hard and software modifications, in fact I welcome them!
However with the Sony PSP we saw a whole other face of Sony. I was there in the whole process; and though Sony wasn't preventing people to tamper with their device, they do where trying to force people to upgrade their firmware (by creating games that no longer supported the old firmware), to a version that did not allow software modification like before.
They stuffed the newer firmware with feats long begotten by homebrew hackers.
Only in the very end Sony kind of gave in, by allowing flash files to be played back on the PSP, which gave most of the homebrew guys the satisfaction of creating and playing flash games instead.
And some open-source games where pretty good (like a clone of Sega's Streets of Rage).
Also the Vaio's batteries sold for 275 and $400,while you could buy them on ebay for $30-$75.
Maybe Sony learned a lesson since... Or maybe not, and in a couple of weeks we'll see firmware upgrades that block certain hacks..
Once again, I don't mind people doing with their device as they like... I'm just saying previous encounters with Sony weren't pleasant,and that it could happen again...;
..'could'..
& Gwynevans, thank you for the answer to my question!
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