Best place to get PSP[from 1st sept?]

Placebo

are all the deals pretty much the same ? around 300 ?
What games would people recommend, i never got around to importing this thing, so gonna buy it now.

also check out this guy, didnt know it was already possible to run games via memory stick !
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Aug/fea20050808031718.htm

madmoe

It may be worth importing if you can get a PSP with version 1.50 firmware on it...that will run homebrew!

Most likely the ones shipping here on 1st Sept. will have vesrion 2.0 firmware which will NOT run any homebrew :-(

Dont be at yourself

Unless you've prebooked, it's doubtful you'll get a PSP any time in September. Also, you won't be able to run games from the memory stick with a European PSP, as these come with version 2.0 firmware as standard.

Placebo

REALLY? i didnt know that !
damn, i would have thought theyd be 1.5
i havent prebooked yet.


wouldnt they hack up 2.0 firmware or have sony completley covered up any holes possible.

Jammer

DSG Ireland have an allocation of almost 3000 (dunno if thats dublin, or country-wide), and have had a total of 22 pre-orders across the country. So thats bull....

srdb20

Smyths on jervis street are still taking pre bookings! and there retailing at about 255... so its all good

Mossy Monk

Jammer wrote:

DSG Ireland

who is DSG Ireland

someone obvious no doubt

Placebo

are people in ireland playng online much ?
XLINK KAI or whatever its called etc ?

kaisersose77

Havent tried xlink myself yet, theres a list of supported games on the teamxlink site, as far as i know japanese games arent compatabile with US games when playing against each other, so if you have a US game then its probably only busy at evening time in the US. Some games have infrastructure mode meaning you just turn on wifi and you can play online, the next fifa is gonna support this i think but pro evo wont. If you have the money now, look for a 1.50 online ASAP! , keep an eye on videogamesplus.ca as they seem to have them every so often or ebay. Or if you know anyone in London, theres a market on Tottenham court road on a saturday where you can get 1.50 psp's (well thats where a friend of mine got one last week)

Placebo

is there much point going through the hassel.
ive been meaning to buy this but aib have some sort of personal vendetta against me and never send me my credit card, my friends in usa and it probably back today so i didnt even tell him since i never realised only 1.50 was hacked. so im just gonna go with 2.00, im sure 2.00 will get hacked soon enough ? or there must be a way to roll back to the old firmware?

Mossy Monk

so the possibility of walking into a shop next Thursday morning and buying a PSP are good or bad? what time do argos open as that is where i will try first (assuming they will stock them)

Placebo

why argos ? why not HMV ? can u not use your student card and get 10% discount? im unsure , i dunno if it will sell out - i dunno many people waiting to get it really, but im preordering tomorrow just incase.

Mossy Monk

number 1: no HMV in Waterford
number 2: i'm not a student, so don't have a student card

Placebo

this is gay

HMV.CO.UK
Due to the massive demand for the PSP Console, HMV cannot guarantee day one availability for pre-orders placed after 17th August 2005. However, we are happy to continue to take pre-orders from our customers. You will now be placed in a queueing system, and we will supply your order to you as soon as possible after the release date. We are currently anticipating a second shipment of consoles W/C 5th September 2005, though this has yet to be confirmed

The HMV Games discount card offer does not apply to hardware sales.

Please note that Games Consoles and related accessories are only available to purchase by UK customers, and can only be sent to your credit card billing address. Please ensure that you select the Express Delivery option when ordering. Please also note that the HMV Student / Graduate discount schemes do not apply to purchases of Games Consoles.

kaisersose77

1.51/1.52 can supposedly be downgraded to 1.50 according to posts in various forums. Yoshi is at it again! and he doesnt even have a psp he sold it. Not 100% confirmed but could be good news for ppl plannig to buy a psp on the 1st as there gonna be 1.52 according to reports.

Placebo

no sept 1 psps = 2.00

kaisersose77

nope 1.52 with 2.00 on the sampler umd


the euro psps would of being in production before 2.00 was out for even japan, so easier to just put the 2.00 update on the sampler disc

kaisersose77

posted by an admin at psphacks.net

"This is real Yoshi just wants the word out so that the europeans dont update.

No files available yet.

It will bereleased about the same time as the EU launch.

He has two method but he needs to refine the second method because the first one has such a great chance of bricking."

Cabelo

I've got mine on 1.5 from Japan just now (haven't even opened the beauty yet) but I've got a question... can I get a web browser without going to 2.0?

kaisersose77

You can use wipeout and change some settings to use it as a browser, havent tried it myself and probably isnt too good. Just google it and u'll find out what to do.

Board@Work

I have an american PSP and wanted to prebook wipeout pure..

Smyths prebook for free but gamestop required a €5 deposit..

kaisersose77

"btw for the 1.51/1.52 downgrader it WILL require 2 psp and one of them has to be 1.5"

so as it says u'll need someone with a 1.50 if u want to downgrade

Placebo

prebooked at HMV for 10 euro,
games prebook for free, pre booked ridge race.

HMV [grafton st] midnight opening 12am, Wed.