Sony’s PSP firmware upgrade 3.10 has been out less than a day, and already the C+D team have managed to get it decrypted. PSPUpdates have got the details on this feat.

What does this mean to you? Well, the first stage of being able to create either a custom firmware (Dark_AleX) or a DevHook (Booster) based on the latest firmware, it first needs to be decrypted, meaning that the firmware is no longer encoded in a way that makes it unreadable.

The firmware being decrypted so quickly means that it won’t take too long for a new custom firmware to be made based around firmware 3.10.

While I applaud the endeavours of anyone trying to free the PSP from its firmware shackles, I’m begining to think the ongoing battle between Sony and the underground developers is going to end in tears before too long, with potentially some Cease and Desist orders being served.

I guess the question is whether the continual circumvention of Sony’s firmware security features harming the PSP, its games sales, and the attitudes of the game developers who may feel that its not worth working on PSP games due to the high likelyhood of piracy?

I’m not suggesting that the only reason for custom firmware versions and DevHook is game piracy, but it does play a part of it, and its not good for the PSP or the general PSP scene. I would hate to see the PSP’s life end prematurely because there are no game developers left with any faith in the system.