Sony have globally released the 2.71 firmware for the PSP. All regions shuold have availability under the Network Update option on their PSP. So what’s new and changed?

• You can now download demos through the PSP Web Browser (previously you had to install demo files over a USB connection).
• Bugfix update to the Location Free Player, allowing the correct image to display when video output is selected..
• The icon “Goto Network Service” has been added into the “Network” column.

There’s not a lot updated here, so the main thing is the UI addition to make downloading demos easier. I can only assume that’s in response to the feedback from the LocoRoco demo that was made available. Nice to see that Sony should be continuing this trend (yes I know about Kazuo, see the next post), and it’s obviously another step that needs to be field tested before the PSOne emulation is made available.

And it should also be obvious that as 2.7 broke homebrew capability, so does 2.71. I wonder though if there’s a check for the Undiluted Platinum modchip in this mix?

Tags: PSP, firmware, 2.71.

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