Hacking The PSP: Teh C00L

It looks like it only took about 4 months since the U.S. release until hackers worked out how to play pirated games on the Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP). Should Sony be worried? Not really, pretty much every popular console has been hacked and I would argue that overall it’s a good thing that people seem to be so interested in hacking the PSP. The PSP is not just being hacked to enable piracy, it’s being hacked because hackers think that it is a cool device and they want to be able to do more with it than Sony had in mind. From a marketing perspective this is great! The people hacking the PSP are likely among the bleeding edge early adopters, the people who lead the way for the masses. If they’re interested, then there’s a good chance that the masses will follow, and most of those in the masses will buy software through legitimate channels, and that equals profit! The free publicity in the mainstream and techie press isn’t bad either.

So hack on! Sony will be crying all the way to the bank!