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> It will also remove the actual downgrader as well.
True, I found this out while backing up the files to CD.
Or you could try charging a PSP with a different region charger if you wanted to break it in a different way, ohohoho.
Come to think of it the proper downgrader had me screaming "bricked, oh balls" many a time, but it finally worked, hooray.
> it just voids the warranty.
Well, exactly. At least give it a year! :-)
> It was only a matter of time.
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> Still, I'm not daft enough to mod my PSP, so I'll be fine.
Exactamundo. Use it as it's designed to, revel in it's glory.
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> But considering it's something people shouldn't be doing in the first
> place, serves them right for modding.
Actually once you own the thing (unless it's a PS2) you can pretty much do what you like to it - it just voids the warranty.
> Launch a PSP that can be destroyed by a trojan.
> Release a trojan that destroys the PSP.
> Sell more PSPs.
But considering it's something people shouldn't be doing in the first place, serves them right for modding.
> Genius. Wonder what they've got in store for us with the PS3?
> Self-destructing Cell chips that they can blame on Al-Qaeda, invoke
> the force majeur clause in their smallprint and sell more PS3s?
Watched the MGS4 trailer? One part of it seems to hint at that ;)
Which isn't going to happen.