Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B can’t access the Playstation network and has been blocked. I was just in it? And without logging in it shows up fine, but when you sign in you now require firmware 6.10 to download anything. Sony are getting smarter it seems, another counter Custom Firmware Measure for us all. The way I see it, they are shooting themselves in the foot. They will loose PSN sales because of this. Hell I brought a few PSX games using PSN via 5.50 GEN-A as I’m sure many brought FFVII.
PSN blocked on Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B
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October 14, 2009 at 3:42 am
Sony are stupid, they will wonder why PSN PSP sales will drop like 20%….
October 14, 2009 at 7:56 pm
actually, they did that because their sales are really low, umds, ps3 games etc, they want to stop this RIGHT NOW, so they made things without thinking or maybe they know that their sales r goin to drop but they dont care. sony doesnt get all his money from video games, my TV is sony and also is my dvd.
sony has a lot of money, so he wants to kick out all the people that is stealing games (iso, cso) etc,they dont care how much money they loose .
October 14, 2009 at 3:46 am
Blocking CFW users from accessing the PSN store is like losing your best customer. WE CFW users are the ones who use PSP’s the most, I hope you enjoy your next sales drop in the coming days..
October 16, 2009 at 8:36 am
Maybe you’re right but some people that are filthy rich buy many stuff from sony. I have a friend who doesn’t know how to use PSN because of parental controls and he does not have the manual and that his parents doesn’t want to put cfw on his psp 3000 but if he discovers it he will buy games everyday.(my friend likes wasting money because he is rich)
October 14, 2009 at 3:57 am
LOL Sony = dumb.. who cares anyways thats what ISO files are for
October 14, 2009 at 4:10 am
Dumb move sony, your sales are going to drop.
October 14, 2009 at 4:15 am
asshole sony i can’t access my PSN!!!!!! you S*ck!!!! by the way will gen team release new CFW ? to counter that stupid things!!!
October 14, 2009 at 4:46 am
hehehehe we will see who will say game over ina the end and I am sure that we will win and sony go to hell
October 14, 2009 at 4:49 am
A Letter to Sony,
Sony, your sales will drop significantly because of this. You will regret this. How about Nintendo? They’re allowing Homebrew and have way higher sales (10x more Wii’s than PS3’s). Correct me if i’m wrong.
October 14, 2009 at 5:04 am
No your correct. Sony should adopt Nintendo’s ways and fricken allow homebrew and they will have more PSN sales….
October 14, 2009 at 2:44 pm
actually, you are kinda wrong, i the sense that nintendo isnt allowing homebrew, they just released an update last month that deletes any and all things remotely related to homebrew, even hacked save files. downside is, it started bricking peoples wii’s, even if they never used homebrew xD
October 14, 2009 at 6:01 am
I dont rate the PS Store anyway, was never a big user of it on my PSP..
October 14, 2009 at 6:37 am
Hi, i’ve also encountered this particular problem. I have found a site, there it says that it’s a possible way to bypass psn. I havn’t try this solution, but i will do and post it here as soon as posible. Here’s the link:
http://www.consolespot.net/forums/psp-help-tutorials/24118-tutorial-how-bypass-fw-check-via-psn-store-psp-games.html
October 14, 2009 at 7:06 am
yea they charge to much for games that are outdated like 10 dollar tetris but yea i was gonna buy pixel junk monsters but now i wont i guess hahaha sony must not like its customers im shur we all buy games we like mabey instead of blaming us for bad sales they should make games that arnt repedative and boring and there sailes will go up instead.
October 14, 2009 at 7:24 am
just when there sales are going up, too! Sony really likes to shoot themselves in the foot, dont they?
October 14, 2009 at 7:28 am
sony is gonna cry !
October 14, 2009 at 7:51 am
No I think I’m gonna cry, I can’t play my best online game anymore- Resistance =(((((
October 14, 2009 at 8:19 am
buy battefeild 2142 if you want online shooter i found the psp online games to be sluggish but i could be wrong gta was fun multi play but meh still no battlefeild
October 14, 2009 at 10:01 am
Dude, I didn’t ask you to advertise some games to me. I just said that I’m said that I can’t play this great game anymore. I didn’t ask anybody to tell me another good online game that doesn’t require PSN.
October 14, 2009 at 10:01 am
*I just said that I’m sad
October 14, 2009 at 12:47 pm
i know i was trying to cheer you up no worries
October 14, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Thats way too bad. It would be great if we could somehow set up an alternative server for online games on CFW.
October 15, 2009 at 7:57 am
Yes but that’s impossible
I mean it’s easy to create the server, but it’s hard to set the game to connect it. I think you should really mod it and change something to set it to connect on another server, not on PSN.
October 14, 2009 at 8:59 am
Hey guys theres always PSP Media Go http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/mediago/?page=download
You can download your games and stuff with this, thats what I’m doing and I use 5.00 m33-6, log into your account, choose your downloads, it downloads and copies to your psp.
October 14, 2009 at 8:59 am
TEAM GEN WE NEED YOU NOW PLEASE GIVE US 6.10 GEN ASAP!
October 14, 2009 at 9:04 am
Will dax fix it? Or will gen fix it? We’ll see, hehe..
October 14, 2009 at 9:35 am
i hope so, but… dax its MIA since September
October 14, 2009 at 9:24 am
Forcing people to pirate, real smart Sony. ( `_ `)
October 14, 2009 at 10:03 am
So true xDDD
October 14, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Yeah they are!!
October 14, 2009 at 9:30 am
I think all hardcore gamers like to modify their own firmware and try things like homebrews, hacks, code interpreter, etc.
is a mistake that sony is doing as many of the improvements they made in their firmware was because of things they stole from the CFW
I mean come on UMD with firmware protection, understand you want to combat piracy, but not allowed to use the PSN is stupid.
October 14, 2009 at 9:50 am
Dumb move in my opinion… First the PSP GO and now PSN block, screw up’s all around this month lol
October 14, 2009 at 9:51 am
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October 14, 2009 at 1:15 pm
That’s it, i had it!!!! Now SONY has really pissed me off!!!!!!! First it was SONY’s new anti firmware protection on the most recent psp games, and now they block us from reaching psn??? FUCK YOU SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 14, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I’m not surprised at what Sony have done.
October 14, 2009 at 1:56 pm
1st stupid thing sony have done is this so now there going to make much money psp users
2nd every1 is going to change iso and be like f u sony lol
October 14, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Im tired of this. From now on I will get all my psx games pirated. At least I got to buy crash 3 and FF7.
October 14, 2009 at 2:28 pm
USE PSP MEDIA GO.
As mentioned countless times before, it doesn’t matter if psn blocks CFW, YOU CAN USE PSP MEDIA GO to access the ps network from your computer regardless of the firmware you use.
October 14, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I was about to say, you can still get in in a minorly roundabout way. so really, theres not much to worry about. Of course, the last time i checked the media go trick was like 3 months ago…
October 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Still works, it should always- so long as Sony keeps their word about it.
October 14, 2009 at 3:31 pm
“minorly roundabout way” what method is this?
October 14, 2009 at 3:38 pm
i was talking about mediaGo
October 14, 2009 at 3:35 pm
lol ipod touches on jailbreak 2.2.1 STILL have FULL ACCESS to the app store. Why can’t Sony do the same?
October 14, 2009 at 4:06 pm
It’s likely because jailbroken iDevices aren’t as much of a threat to Apple as opposed to CFW PSPs are to Sony. Sure, you can get cracked apps and third party applications, but you have to consider the fact that there’s more iPhone/Pod Touch users who actually buy their apps versus those who get pirated copies. CFW PSPs can play full versions of .iso files, and depending on how you obtained that iso, which in most cases will be from pirating the original, it can hurt both Sony and the developers in the marketing business (which could lead to closing down companies due to low sales).
October 14, 2009 at 4:12 pm
but if you think about it, i highly doubt any company will ever go out of business from pirates… they make a lot more money than they want us to believe.
October 14, 2009 at 6:35 pm
@Kagemaru: I know, but I was just stating a worse-case scenario
October 14, 2009 at 6:55 pm
@Yoshi
yea… i guess, i just hate the video game companies for making $60 games, on top of $200+ systems, and in the case of xbox a $10/m LiVE fee… when most games on the xbox can be run on a computer for free online (any fps, like Left 4 Dead even could be free on the computer minus the cost of buying the game. i STILL hate microsoft for making crash course , the new DLC for l4d, cost 560 MP.. that was stupid)
October 14, 2009 at 8:24 pm
@Kagemaru: I can get why games are worth $60+ these days, it’s because there’s more labor and more advanced technologies put into the developing the games as opposed to last generations. For the case of paying for xbox live versus PSN, it’s because (in my honest opinion) you get more features and content on XBL (Netflix, soon to be Twitter integration, Windows Live Messenger support, and much more) as opposed to PSN. I don’t know, it was Microsoft and the developer’s choice for you to pay for this stuff. There are people who are willing to pay, there are others who aren’t. Whatever floats the poorly manufactured boat.
October 14, 2009 at 3:57 pm
High Five, Sony! You just lost the marketing game! Congratulations!
I’m guessing that most phat/slim/brite psp owners have their PSPs using CFW…so the only customers on the PSN will be the PSP Go users. By the looks of PSP Go sales…well, we all know where this will lead
October 14, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I have a psp birte with cfw, and a fat. Tons of people I know have hacked ones and are in outrage at the moment. All have now lost faith. Hurray for Sony.
Think there will be a PSP2?
October 14, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Does anyone know when there will be a newer cfw????????
October 14, 2009 at 7:03 pm
no, stop asking, or go die in a fire, your choice
October 14, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I know! in the year 3010, when Microsoft and Apple combine forces and make “Microapple” and when Sony,Nintendo, and Microsoft all combine to make “MicroSonDo.” This will also be the year when homebrew is an accepted choice and illegal copies are now appreciated into the market!
October 14, 2009 at 8:22 pm
is it B2 has blocked 2
October 14, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Am I the only one who can see why this won’t hurt Sony? How many people with CFW actually pay for PSN downloads? Not many, and the ones who do, then post them on the internet for thousands of people to get it for free. 1 download legit = thousands in illegal eboot downloads. In the grand scheme of this, they aren’t losing that much money. If you really want a PSN game that badly, just update to OFW, download the game, go back to CFW and patch the game you downloaded. The only people this would hurt is the people with the unhackable PSPs, that have to stay on 5.03 firmware… and those aren’t the ones who use the PSN anyhow, as the CFWs lower than 5.50 have already been blocked from the PSN. So the people who usually give you the PSN games for free will still be doing so, because they have pandora batteries and can just swap from OFW to CFW anytime they feel like it.
October 14, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I’m one of those people who frequently buys from the PSN store. Also, it’s not cool to assume ALL CFW users who do have access to PSN make illegal copies because I’m not one of those people. I actually appreciate the developpers and BUY and DON’T make distributable copies of my games and/or content (yes, I bought Soul Caliber, but was able to use the patch for it). It was really not cool for Sony to not once, but twice block PSN from CFW users.
Sidenote: I will not go through all that hassle to just get one freaking game of the PSN
October 14, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Actually, you’re kinda wrong. the majority of CFW users DONT generally pirate games from PSN, especially if they’re bitching about it now, because why would they care, if they’re already pirating the games, who gives a damn about PSN? The thing about this is, it actually would make those CFW users who really want the game HAVE to pirate it (though still by choice). The thing about going from OFW to CFW and vise-virsa is really actually kinda annoying, as not every CFW user has a pandora battery, from my experience MOST dont, including me, and dont exactly have a simple way of getting one thats not from some weird website thats really kinda shady. so in actuality your logic is very flawed, cause this doesnt help sony in any way aside from the 10% of psp user’s who even use CFW, let alone pirate (yes, very few people use CFW, most dont even know it exists.)
October 14, 2009 at 8:38 pm
No problem. It’s just one step Sony takes. Now its the hackers turn. How this goes is, Sony takes a turn then the hackers take a step to undo what Sony does. Then Sony follows up with another block… And so on and so on… I can wait for a fix. There will always be a fix to their block… Always.
October 14, 2009 at 8:42 pm
you, my friend, have won every single argument on this website. Congratulations! You won the internet for the day
October 14, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I never won anything before! Thanks!
October 14, 2009 at 10:12 pm
whats funny, is there is already a way around the block, it just requires you to have a… oh wait, you have a computer dont you… well, then get a usb cord for your PSP and find mediaGO, and i think the USB version faker
October 15, 2009 at 12:32 am
are you sure MediaGo is a workaround?? Because I noticed before that I could download PSN items with my older firmware. However, I just tried to download a theme for a quick test, it Media Go gave me this error message while my PSP was in USB Mode – “A software update for the PSP system is required. For update methods, refer to the instructions for the PSP system.” have anyone else have encountered this?? I can’t believe this is happening…
October 15, 2009 at 12:46 am
do you have usb version fake, and if you do, are you sure its set on 6.10?
October 15, 2009 at 1:04 am
haha wow, i forgot all about that. how stupid am i. thanks. it cuz I’m using a differnt memory stick. I forgot to reset it to 6.10.
October 15, 2009 at 1:00 am
this is the end of custom firmware : (
October 15, 2009 at 1:13 am
what the hell is wrong with you? this one snag, and you’re already reading it as doom? get a hold of your self man!
October 16, 2009 at 2:18 am
OMG!!! THE END IS NIGH!!! QUICK, GRAB YOUR PANDORA BATTERIES AND FIRE!!!!
October 15, 2009 at 1:04 am
haha wow, i forgot all about that. how stupid am i. thanks. it cuz I’m using a differnt memory stick. I forgot to reset it to 6.10.
October 15, 2009 at 9:03 am
See now this is just stupid.
I for one only have custom firmware so I have an XMB that I actually like the look of.
I have a large collection of UMD games and also purchase quite a lot of the PSN.
But if Sony want to be idiots and block access then I’ll just download illegally as I have the option to do so.
Someone at Sony really should sit down and look at why a lot of people use custom firmware for the PSP as it’s not just to play illegally downloaded games.
October 15, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You’re so damn right… I, for one, installed CFW on my fattie just to run homebrew apps… I don’t support piracy at all… But if Sony forces me to do so … I will ( gladly ) do it… Sorry Sony…
October 15, 2009 at 11:23 am
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October 15, 2009 at 9:21 pm
How bout Gen 5.50-A? Are u able to loging with this one? Bc i can’t doit with one as well.
October 15, 2009 at 11:30 pm
why in the world would you be able to get on with gen-a if it says that you need to have 6.10 OFW?
October 16, 2009 at 1:37 am
Kagemaru, be nice to the kiddies! They don’t know better!
October 16, 2009 at 1:50 am
i cant help it… i mean come on, unless im like some kinda genius that just seems to be common sense. it even says that you need an update, which means all older firmware wouldnt work, which would mean that anything below 6.10 wouldnt work…
October 16, 2009 at 1:54 am
But give the the little guy a little break! He’s at least trying. You know what I do when noobs start asking “those sort of questions?” I eat a cookie. You should try it, it totally makes you forget why you were here in the first place. Especially when there’s a bunch of those questions on one post, then it’s like a COOKIE BUFFET!!!
October 16, 2009 at 2:56 am
if only i had a cookie for every time i heard one of “those” questions.
October 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm
IM NOT GIVING SONY A FUCKING DIME NOW!
October 24, 2009 at 8:21 pm
failtroll is fail…. have any idea how much no one cares?