Risen from the dead: PSP Firmware 6.61 is now available!
The latest PSP firmware update, system software 6.60, had been released in August 2011… That was pretty much 3½ years ago.
Today the PSP firmware 6.61 has been released and is available for PSP & PSP Go.
While this seems to be a bad joke, it actually isn’t one.
We are currently investigating the firmware changes, and will update you, when we have the answers to the most questions.
It has been confirmed that the old dusty 6.60 XMB HBL for the PSP is not working anymore, but any build of the VHBLs are working fine on 6.61.
Fake_np and Sign_np signed games are also working on version 6.61. The same applies to signed Homebrews.
The currently untested things are the ME CFW, LME CFW, PRO CFW, 6.6x HEN and the downgrader.
All these listed programs have a firmware detection build-in, and therefore refuse to operate on firmware 6.61 (as of now).
A simply rewrite of the CFW installer will show if the software (“as is”) is still compatible with firmware 6.61, or if it has to be tweaked to fit the firmware 6.61.
Rumours say that the game “Brandish: The Dark Revenant” is the cause for the 6.61 FW Update. The game will be available on the PSN as PSP game for the PS Vita (TV) and PSP (Go) and apparently requires PSP firmware 6.61 or PS Vita firmware 3.36.
As of now we suggest you to not update to PSP firmware 6.61 yet, at least not until the downgrader and the CFWs are working on 6.61.
I like what Sony does to customer to let them down.
So if you had your own gaming company, you’d be perfectly fine with everyone pirating your games and making you lose millions each year?? You wouldn’t bother to push out updates to stop people from stealing from you?
Why bother after nearly 4 years of nothing?
They could’ve published a 6.61 patch in september 2011, but they didnt.
They could of published a new firmware every month for 3 years, but they didn’t. Instead they made one now for a new game release.
So what’s your point?
It’s not like this has been the only new PSP game released in the past 3 years ;P
this may not be the only new PSP game(or more precisely PSN game for PSP) in the past 3 years, but this may be the only one that requires some new functions that old firmware did not offer? (so that it can be ran from PSN-DLC, not from UMD)
I agree to that, seems strange that its released such a long time after. That said, the first comment seems a bit silly. I mean, who is let down by a PSP firmware at this point in time? Is there even any point in updating to 6.61?
I can also add that this is probably a good “gift” for the PSP hackers since it makes things a bit more interesting again rather than letting anyone down 🙂
Maybe they know something we dont? Perhaps they found a Vita vulnerability that needed them to patch the psp software somewhow?
300/10, I totally get this logic.
@N, where did you get that BS from? Sony is raking in billions of dollars and your saying there losing money? Also piracy is not stealing since the original owner is not deprived of anything (at most it is classified as “copyright infridgement”). It seems like you work for sony if you assume CFW are for “stealing”.
People who using CFW purely for homebrews ain’t even 5% of total users. Let’s say, someone using my Wifi Access Point t to get free internet access without my permission is that not act of stealing? even if i never use full bandwidth, none has the right to use it without my permission.
“the original owner is not deprived of anything”
What kind of BS is that? huh? at very least, it would get into their nerves. How piracy is not stealing? it erases potential sales of people who saving money to buy certain game, most people will not think twice to get pirated copy instead buying it with their money. Dumb.
Cfw is not all piracy brah i have ps3 jailbreak and vita..my ps3 can play all vid formats official cant do that play nes snes gba games official cant do that backup my games so i cant take care of the blu ray offcial cant do that change boot logo etc offiial cant do that its not all about pirating iknow its one of the negative features but theres a lot u cant do on a official compare to custom firmware
lmao! I see your point in the stealing and pirating thing, but about the using your wifi without permission, I did agree until you said even if you never use the full bandwidth, no one has a right to use it without your permission. Now THAT”S where this starts to get dumb! If I log into someone’s wi fi that never get’s used, morally, I’m not doing anything wrong! ESPECIALLY if it’s not even secured with a passowrd! That’s their own fault! Maybe legally, they don’t have a right to use it, but just cuz somethin’s legally considered wrong doesn’t always make it morally wrong!
And breaking a law, depending on what it is, could be morally wrong for one person, but not morally wrong for a different person, depending on the situation. Example, using someone’s wi fi who uses full bandwidth:WRONG! Using someone’s Wi fi who uses only a spec and has lot’s of unused bandwidth:NOT WRONG!!
In fact I’d dare say that YOU greedily hogging all of the bandwidth to yourslef, and not even using it but not allowing anyone else to use it just cuz it’s yours makes YOU more in the wrong then even the person hacking it! Your like those fools at my school who pay for lunch, and only eat a spec, and then go to throw the rest away and a hungry person comes and asks for it, and they say no, and would rather throw away unused food just cuz it’s theirs and feel that just cuz they don’t eat it, no one else deserves to have it and would rather waste it then share it!
You see it all black and white with no grey, automatically deeming that if it’s deemed wrong, therefore it is! So, let’s put it this way: if your gonna get butt sore and focuss on a bunch of useless details such as unused bandwidth getting used by someone else who actually needs it, just cuz it “your’s”, you seriousely need a life and learn to focuss on what really matters and complain about true crimes, and not be a little *** just cuz some guy uses bandwidth of yours that’s not even being used by you, just cuz they don’t have your almighty permission!!! I mean how pathetic can you be to get all offensive and upset cuz someone browses the web with your wifi? Oh NO! I’m suffering so much because someone just hacked my wifi and used a little bit of my bandwidth, not to mention bandwidth that I’m not even using! Oh woe is me, as my life is now ruined huh? GROW UP A LITTLE!!!!!!
But then again, maybe your statement was just an example and you actually DO use your full bandwidth, and if so, all the more power to you! However, whether you use the full bandwidth or not is irrelevant, as your mentality on the whole situation is pretty stupid and immature, and if you don’t use the full bandwidth, your probably the type of person who’d rather waste it rather then share it with a stranger who actually needs it!
So answer me this then: Say I find a PS3 in perfect condition in someone’s garbage that’s right on the street, for the garbage dump to pick up, (so I’m not trespassing to get to the garbage) and I decide to take it, …without asking permission, that’s wrong? That’s stealing and I don’t have a right to it?! Even if the person comes out and sees me taking it and yells at me and tells me to put it back there, and would rather have it destroyed and in a dump somewhere than to let someone else have it and I take it anyway, I’m a bad guy? A thief? YEAH! Your probably one of those types of people who would say I’m in the wrong and had no right to do that………….idiot!
I’m pretty sure that Sony lost money during the last quarter result. Their sales might be in the billions of dollars, but that doesnt matter that much if the expences is higher than what they make.
Just to add something, my comment was unrelated to CFW. I just wanted to mention that Sony isnt making billions of billions of dollars. Sony’s finance is not in the best shape.
Seriously. Last I heard there were rumors they were considering spinning off or shutting down some of their electronics divisions and presumably relying on stuff like insurance. Sony might not be going out of business, but they’re certainly not doing great within every market they’re in.
Yeah, Sony’s insurance business is doing pretty good. I think it is one their most profitable divisions. The gaming business is also making money now i think, thanks to the big popularity of the PS4. Their other divisions like mobile/tablet and TV are the ones that really drag them down i think.
If Sony were doing that well, they wouldn’t have sold off their PC/VAIO divison, or split their TV division into a separate entity, or there wouldn’t be rumours of them selling their mobile division, nor would they be closing all their stores in Canada.
“copyright infridgement” I never knew they needed to be kept cold. On top of that get a new spell checker. Wow
Piracy is an excuse for companies to cry foul when sales forecasts dont meet ends and the Vita proved it. PSP waded in mediocrity for years and Sony blamed piracy for being an easy scapegoat. The Vita borderline flopped and Sony stayed silent.
when did Sony blame PSVita sales slump because piracy? lmao
hes not saying that sony blamed the vitas sales on piracy. he said they stayed quiet because piracy obviously isnt what did them in.
they slumped because of the money sony dumped into making the vita difficult to crack, and the lack of money they put into things that matter.
Dude, the company doesn’t “lose” money per se. They simply don’t perceive the ammount they pronosticated. All is reduced to simply greed and avarice. Is ok to earn some millions but they don’t want some millions, they want to have all the money in the world, they want to have more money than the last year… That’s why piracy exists.
…What?
EAXCTLY!!! What S4rom said!
N, yeah you, the one who made the stupid comment to the first one in this article. So downloading PSP games, or using a PSP to hack it to download SNES games, NES games, etc that these companies don’t even make, sell, or profit from is “pirating”? Well maybe legally by law, but morally? NO!
And for your question about how if he’d be fine with people pirating from his company if he had one, and losing millions each year, you do realize that question has no logic to games that these companies don’t profit from, don’t you? PSP’s can’t play pirated games that the companies still make money off of! They can only be used to play old, outdated dead consoles and games that no one gives a flying *** about anymore, except us nostalgic fans of course.!
Let me put it to you this way, if Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, etc are gonna get but sore and be a little *** ant about us downloading old games, and go out of their way and use resources to make patches just to ruin our fun over games that don’t mean *** to them anymore, then they seriousely need to get a *** life and grow the *** up a little!! 😉
still not gonna budge from 6.20 i like my plugin compatibility thank you very much :I
I did not expect that :o. Thanks for the update!
Damn it. I bought Brandish and I don’t want to be forced to 3.36 to play the game on the Vita.
You should be able to play it from within TN-V/ARK-2 on 3.18/3.20.
It is also not confirmed that this game requires the new firmwares, it is a rumour.
https://twitter.com/SMOKE587/status/555705505554124800
Ah, well.. it at least does stop me from transferring it from a PS3 since it doesn’t show available to transfer on a 3.18 Vita
WHAT?! They can’t do that! If you pay for a downloadable game on one Sony console, your legally entitled to play it on ANY sony Console that can play it, so making it so you can’t transfer it from PS3 to PSP and forcing you to rebuy it again on PSP I would think be illegal! Especially for the fact that I don’t think they can legally prevent you from playing a LEGALLY UN PIRATED paid for game on a different Sony Console!
Idk why its making me smile
Wow…just…wow!
hmm just let you know i have psp 3001 660lme cfw and i do have brandish with englist patch so your ideal for new version for the game is not valied thnx for all you have done for the psp world keep up the good work
I will just change the version.txt. to 6.61 for now.
Crazy madness
Brandish: The Dark Revenant works fine on 6.60.
I have dusty hand maded PANDORA kit. :3
made*
I still love my psp…. PSP FOREVER!!! <333333
Thank GOD For Pandora!…
so … is this a psp update for psp’s … bring back store ?.?
or is this an update to the pspemu ?
great tho to see it need reviving :p
Store is working – at least you can download you games.
Lol… I Couldn’t Even Update If I Wanted To, Cause My PSP Doesn’t Connect To My Internet. 🙂
Mandatory update if you want to use your PSP as a remote controller of your PSONE
wow…….
i hope focus on 6.60 perma development doesnt shift towards 6.61. 6.61 isnt really required and 6.60 perm is enough to make all psp possible perma
just my thought lol :p
sperm perma …
or all possible things perma …
be nice if a hole is accidentally found in 6.61 which will allow for light cfw and perma!!!
Davee is already working on a perma patch for 6.6x FWs.
6.61 also does not patch any of the 6.60 exploits, therefore a CFW for 6.61 is easily doable.
Dear Z your downgrader are not work on PSP3000/3g module
Any ideas on when are we going to get a CFW for 6.61? 😐
brandish is for 6.60: http://i.imgur.com/1g9Dh10.png
Is this the PSN version or a possible UMD version?
That is the US PSN version, hence the game serial ID starting with “N”.
I have installed 6.61 today and now my cfw is not supporting it.So, what should i do now ?
Wait for a release or try qwikrazor’s PRO-C build from here: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41219
but this firmware 6.61 improvement the cpu mode inferno, cpu clock, iso read? what features bring exactly
correct me if im wrong but didnt sony kill the psp’s access to psn a while ago? why update something they’ve abandoned? i support militantslash’s theory. they’re prob patching psp to better work on permanently killing tn-v, ark
no i don think so. ps store is still working and updated in japan so its probably aimed on that public. btw N and mixfish are dumb jerks. western devs abandoned psp but japanese never did, games are still released there, piracy or not. piracy did not kill psp , it was never dead in the first place. as to why did they release update now idk. perhaps its a goodbye gift for psp hacking community
Ah yeah, this shows how many keys Sony had dormant in their 6.60 fw. I mean since august 2011 the psp steadily got umd & psn releases even if they only came out in japan and they didn’t bend a little finger.
And no, brandish came two days before 6.61 out on 13.01.2015 and 6.61 on 16.01.2015, so nope.
hey anyone help me i want play games from memory stick,my psp is 3001 version 6.61 help me plz