It's time for Sony's billionth PSP firmware update! If there's one thing that pisses me off about the PSP, above all else, it's that in between every game for the system that's actually worth buying, a new update appears. This means that not only do I barely switch my PSP on, but when I do, I have to sit through yet another update screen. This has happened with the last three or four games I've played, and it's getting quite beyond a joke.
This update provides no features, with Sony's Eric Lempel feeding us the usual "software stability" line. This means it's another one of the PSP's quite unnecessary updates that exists solely as a futile attempt to curb piracy and irritate anybody who legally buys games and wants to just play them. It's not like the PSP has much battery life anyway, we don't want to waste precious time with updates when we're on a plane and want to get to the frigging game we foolishly decided to buy instead of torrent.
Sorry, but Sony's obsession with firmware updates really gets on my nerves.
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9:20 AM on 06.11.2009
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also Piracy.
I think that was his plan.
Anyway, I'm not big fans of Sony, since I'm pretty sure the employees working there probably have masters in elitism. I also am not fond of what their business plan, which is pretty much "Hey, here's a bunch of promises we made. Now go download this crap if you want them." So meh.
You evidently don't.
I'm gonna have to do this "BAAAWWWWWWWWWWW"
Seriously, if this firmware fixed a bug in the hardware which caused your data to be corrupted you'd want the update, even if you haven't encountered or heard of the error before.
If this constitutes news to destructoid and jim sterling, perhaps you should rethink your 20 minute update cycle, or learn the standard publicist practice of renaming emotionally detached in order to deliver FACTS, this is why fox news is such a joke.
But it doesn't. This firmware update doesn't add or fix anything useful, just like so many other PSP updates. That is why Jim is complaining, and that is why comparing it to the release of Left 4 Dead 2 isn't valid (ie: L4D2 does contain new features and content).
If Sony provided useful content in their updates, and rolled them out a little less frequently, or if they provided good PSP games more regularly, then this wouldn't be an issue. But Sony doesn't, so it is something worth complaining about.
I'm gonna have to do this "BAAAWWWWWWWWWWW"
Seriously, if this firmware fixed a bug in the hardware which caused your data to be corrupted you'd want the update, even if you haven't encountered or heard of the error before.
If this constitutes news to destructoid and jim sterling, perhaps you should rethink your 20 minute update cycle, or learn the standard publicist practice of renaming emotionally detached in order to deliver FACTS, this is why fox news is such a joke."
In this thread: Butthurt L4D2 boycotters.
I'm quite into my football - the proper one - so I read a lot of the BBC football writers blogs including a guy called Robbo Robson. A lot of other users don't like his humour but you know what, they still read it and complain about it on the comments page. Does this remind you of anyone?
Ummm, who is subjecting you to them now? Have you ever heard of a concept called "not reading something you don't like"? I know that's a difficult concept to grasp, but once you bend your mind around it, you'll be a lot happier.
Oh sorry, I didn't realize I was pointing this gun at your head until you'd finished reading all my "hate blogs." I'll stop doing that so you can have a better quality of life!
Of which this new update is doing neither. It's adding no new features and if you delve a little deeper little in the way of added stability. Only more piracy controls.
Also adding stupid cartoon characters is technically adding a feature numb nuts. Shit feature though it may be - it's still adding one.
Logic - you possess none.
The day I start a melodramatic boycott about something I haven't even played, you can accuse me of practicing what I preach. However, I own a PSP and am illustrating my issues with it. That is quite different from people boycotting a game that isn't even released yet based on their own wild interpretations of what "might" happen, as opposed to what *has* happened.
There's nothing wrong with complaining about something. There is something fucked up about boycotting a game just because it was announced.
Nice try, though.
What does my a terrible person have to do with this?
But this is a news site, not a console forum, take your complaints somewhere where you aren't supposed to be delivering news. Sony devs check the forums on the playstation blog all the time, perhaps you should voice your concern somewhere productive to solving the issue at hand?
Take him in the third round! The third round!
Incidently, it's much more of a pain in the ass to spoof the firmware version in cfw than to actually just update the psp legitimately.
on the L4D point i do kinda feel screwed out of my game, but im not boycotting L4D2 just yet, valve just has to make up for it by releasing another 6-12 full levels in L4D1 then ill be happy.......waiting several months for new content, then getting the ass-end of a regular level, and a survival mode was kind of a joke, especially because usually you die at the third wave unless you are uber l33t h4x or glitch out the level by reaching a hidden area........although hazmat zombie does look sweet, and meelee weapons sound cool
No it's not. I'm not employed to do news, I'm employed to write about videogames in the style with which I am accustomed. I don't think you ought to tell me how to do my job, when my bosses employ me to do exactly what I am doing.
Also, I am astounded people are trying to say that Sony is just trying to support the PSP. I'd rather they had spent the last six years supporting it with games instead of shitty firmware updates. But hey, if you guys love firmware so much, that's up to you.
It's not that your writing style or the fact that you were employed for it is not what i am throwing into question, it's the content of this "article"
"This update provides no features, with Sony's Eric Lempel feeding us the usual "software stability" line."
you're making the claim that we should be angry that sony didn't release some crazy new app to go along with this frequent update and that the only thing it's addressing is stability. In my opinion, stability is something consumers want from their products and again, it's NOT a bad thing that sony is offering this kind of continued software support without having to be pressured by angry consumers.
Why are you so excited to defend Sony on this point? The update is annoying and does nothing to make the PSP more attractive for existing or new customers. Limiting piracy is a reasonable goal, but mandatory updates that provide no benefit for consumers are still a pain in the ass. End of story.
No I'm not. I'm not telling anybody else what to think. I'm sharing MY opinion, which is what I am paid to do. My opinion is that the firmware-to-game ratio constitutes farce. That is MY opinion. I don't care who agrees with that or not.
I find it perplexing that you don't consider software stability to be a benifit to customers. Do you think Red ringing 360s is a benifit? no, because it's not what you purchased, if microsoft had released a series of updates that eliminated the issue you would welcome it, because it's an apparent flaw.
They're simply fixing issues you don't know exist before it becomes a problem for anyone, this is a good thing by any standard, despite the very slight inconvenience, i as well hate waiting for updates for my ps3, but you know what? if that's what it takes to ensure my hardware continues to perform like i expect it to, then i'll take the lumps.
"Continue reading: More ZOMG Jim moar anti-Sony bias ZOMG stories"
It has nothing to do with it being sony, if you were complaining about the 360's updates i'd say the same thing. If there was less firmware updates it wouldn't change the quantity or quality of games for the handheld. Nor would it change the perceived "value" one gets from the handheld itself, they are updates meant to make sure those who have purchased a psp continues to use it in a fashion which is both legal and without problems.
It has nothing to do with it being sony"
Why are you quoting one of our pre-built tags? That's from our tagging system and has nothing to do with the thread.
Strange post is strange.