195w ago - Sony's
John Koller has stated that the PSP Go has new firmware which precludes piracy and won't allow anyone to rip games.
He added that there is now no external battery either, which is part of the 'protections' for the system.
To quote: "We've had a lot of success with the 3000," Koller says when I bring up the issue. While the earlier models of the PSP were incredibly easy to use with ripped or downloaded games, the PSP Go is going to make things tougher on the pirates.
"You won't be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that," Koller explained. "There's no external battery, so there's a number of protections put into place on the system."
Although this is sure to protect the PSP Go, this may come of as one slight downfall for the PSP Go now. When that battery starts to wear down, that means sending that sexy device to sony for a couple of weeks with a fee.
that true ... but those feature are good in USA not in EU it big fail for EU as we cannot watch HBO... etc..
gold membership is not a big deal for ...
Sony is working on an official way to do it but I really dont see why hackers cant make it possible to put the many psp games online on your psp go or to rip the umd urself and send the file to the Go. Again, unless its another ps3 - locked down like Fort Knox it- will get hacked. They could encrypt all storage it uses etc etc.
To the guy 3 above: No the PSP Go does not have a UMD drive.