News from Dark Alex (king of custom firmware and PSP hacking in general) has confirmed that the new PSP-3000 (PSP Brite) will not be hackable when it becomes available.

- DC7 does NOT work. (Probably already assumed by most of you)
- 3000 version probably has the same CPU as 88v3, or with the same hashes checks made on this second.

What does this mean – well, if you are buying a new PSP-3000 model, don’t expect to be playing any homebrew games or apps on it for a while. Until a new potential exploit is discovered, the PSP-3000 will only be able to use Sony sanctioned games and applications.

This may also restore some developer confidence that their games are not going to be pirated within hours of being released. Expect to see new games released with minimum firmware requirements and potential checks against hardware versions.