In the last few weeks we have told you that developer Qwikrazor is going to release his very own kernel mode exploit, but also his very own Custom Bubbles, for the PS Vita system softwares 3.5x.

This means that you can enjoy an ARK-2 eCFW Custom Bubble on your Playstation Vita, as long as you can follow the requirements.

Depending on what the community decides, Qwikrazor might delay his own Custom Bubbles, and replaces them with Tom’s & Mr.gas’ own Custom Bubbles…

Custom Bubbles³ – Cubic Bubbles

If you have read the previous article, which involves a huge upcoming release for the PS Vita firmware 3.52, then you might have noticed that this release includes a variation of Custom Bubbles.

Major_Tom’s and Mr.gas’ Custom Bubbles were patched as of PS Vita firmware 3.50, but they have another functional method which works on firmwares 3.50, 3.51 and 3.52, thus brings back the ability to use Custom Bubbles.

Bubbly overlap

If you still cannot see the problem, let me explain it to you in very simple words:

Overlapping Bubbles.

If we consider all possible Custom Bubbles on the Playstation Vita, we will end up with 3 different ones. The first batch (by Major_Tom & Mr.gas), which was released for system softwares 3.36 and below, that stopped working as of version 3.50.

The second batch, the upcoming Custom Bubbles (by Major_Tom & Mr.gas) for Playstation Vita system software 3.5x (3.50/3.51/3.52), which will work on any Playstation Vita system software, as long as it is version 3.52 or below.

The third batch, (once again) upcoming Custom Bubbles (this time by Qwikrazor87) for the Playstation Vita, which in theory should survive at least one major Firmware update.

The current problem is, that we would have 2 upcoming Custom Bubble releases scheduled, which would overlap in firmware compatibility. Both of these upcoming Custom Bubble releases would support firmwares 3.52 and below, but only Qwikrazor’s will most likely work for one additional firmware update (after which Sony will also patch Qwik’s Bubbles), assuming Qwikrazor publishes his Bubble Method.

In an easier world, one would simply say that we keep Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles on ice, until a better point in time has been found to release them. Why keep Qwik’s Bubbles instead of Tom’s/Mr.gas’? – Well, Qwikrazor’s Bubbles won’t be patched in the next PS Vita firmware, while the ones of Tom & Mr.gas will almost certainly be patched.

The Community decides:

We have unfortunally told you that you will need a PSP exploit game, and a compatible (random) base PSP game for Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles to be installed and for them to work.

While this information was mostly correct, it has become obsolete, due to Major_Tom’s and Mr.gas’ own Custom Bubbles, which require neither.

The Custom Bubbles of Major_Tom & Mr.gas do not require any PSP exploit game and they do not require any PSP base game (as far as we know), which in the end would make your purchase of a base & exploit game – both planned to be used with Qwikrazor’s Bubbles – pretty much useless.

The base game is the smallest problem, since most of you did not have to buy a new random game, since most people should already own at least 2 PSP games, which happens to be one random one and the other one most likely an exploit game.

The problem is that we have told you that you will need one of the exploit games (compatible with your PS Vita’s firmware) for the Custom Bubbles to successfully work. This still applies if we plan to release Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles, and your money will be well spent.

On the other side this would be a huge waste of Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles, because Tom & Mr.gas are going to release their very own Custom Bubbles anyways, since their Bubbles will be patched in the next PS Vita firmware, while Qwikrazor’s Bubbles should survive at least one firmware update.

Shall it be choice 1 or choice 2?

We currently have 2 choices, that might affect you:

The first choice would be, that we are going to release Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles for the very next Vita firmware, just as planned, but this would mean that Qwik’s Bubbles will be patched in the following upcoming firmware.

The second choice would be, that we are not going to release Qwikrazor’s Custom Bubbles, because Major_Tom and Mr.gas can provide their very own Custom Bubbles as a replacement.

While choice 1 seems to be the morally correct choice, choice 2 seems to be the more logical one, to waste as few hacks as possible.

Why did I say morally & logical? Let me explain it.

A few people have spent some money on PSP games (exploit games), which were a requirement to use the Bubbles (Qwik’s). If we simply say that – “there won’t be a release of Qwikrazor’s Bubbles, but you can have these free ones instead” – then people are naturally going to be pretty mad, since they have “wasted” their money on “useless” PSP games (which cannot be used as exploit games in a future firmware).

The logical part would be, that it would be a waste to release Qwik’s Bubbles, if Tom & Mr.gas are going to release their very own ones anyways. This would be the logical choice, to preserve Qwik’s Bubbles for a later, future firmware.

As you can see, choice 1 would leave people without any “loss & harm”, while choice 2, despite offering the same as choice 1, would leave people with a “loss & harm”, to a certain degree. They would have wasted their money, because we said so.

As you may have noticed, I am writing this article with a pretty biased opinion. Of course people are going to be mad if they have spent some money, that they didn’t need to spend, but I am a friend of the logical world, and the only logical decision would be to keep Qwik’s Bubbles, and substitute them with the ones from Major_Tom & Mr.gas.

In the end it is your – the Communities – choice what happens. We can waste both Bubbles on firmwares 3.5x, and be done with them; or we can postpone Qwikrazor’s Bubbles and keep them for a later firmware.

Regardless what you choose, a few people are going to be either mad or incredibly salty, but nonetheless you guys are getting some Custom Bubbles for firmware 3.52, one way or another.

Please give us some feedback via the Comments section, but also via Twitter (@Qwikrazor87 – @The_Zett), so we can evaluate what you guys want us to do.