PSP v2.0 upgrade: So close, so close…

We know it's been a rough eleven days, but it looks like your wait is almost over — Sony just put up a placeholder site detailing all of the new features of the North American version of the PSP's new 2.0 firmware upgrade. Nothing all that different from the Japanese version (surprise, surprise), but at least now you won't technically be voiding your warranty. The download itself isn't available yet (we just tested and it's still v1.52), at least not as of this writing, but we're guessing that it won't be long now.

[Thanks, SGOlsen]

Update: Ok, so apparently a bunch of people found a login (scea/scea—how original) to the PSP update site, which in return said something to the effect of the update being made available August 24th (i.e. tomorrow). Um, and now the PSP update site appears to have been taken down, removed, or is otherwise missing. Aiight, square one. And thanks to everyone who sent this in.

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

ya, it's up now.

[Joshua James @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

There's a download link. Seems to work..

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Actually, as of right now it's still not available. I just downloaded the upgrade and it's still 1.52. 2.0 still isn't live.

And if you go to the "official" upgrade page, they still have 1.52 listed.

http://www.us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=softwareupdate

[pspimp @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

it's out
http://stage-us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=SoftwareUpdate

[dzer0 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Wait, no that link points to 1.52

[psp fan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

duh, it's not out yet, if you download the file and install it it's 1.52.

[pspimp @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

oops sorry, next time I will read...

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

ITS OUT WOOO! BUT I don't have a PSP WAHHHHHHHH!

[Fuzz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I think I figured out what the big delay was about. It was not technical, it was getting the lawyers to craft that Internet browser licence agreement and make sure it is airtight. Good ol' litigeous US of A!

[Lou @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Its up for real now http://stage-us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=SoftwareUpdate. they also labeled the update date as August 2003, 2005. i'm sure they meant August 23, 2005

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Heh, if i tell them do you think they will give me a PSP?

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Wait they took the update away! What the hell! it went back to 1.52!

[PeeSaPoop @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I hate Sony!! I'm for weeks for them to put an update, first they say august 12, then the week of August 15, and now they finallly put it up on august 23 and they dont even put the right link! Sony get with it already! Also notice on the donload page it says "An update to PSP� system features was made available on August 2003, 2005." wait a second, the update was available since 2003?

[rocafellaice @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

PeeSaPoop, if you take out the 0's in 2003, you get 23, hmm, i wonder what today's date is...

[pn18 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

i have already tried the webbrowser at the GC Germany. It was the final version of the european firmware. i can tell you, the browser is really good, all site, except yourpsp.com, works.

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

The point is not that the date is "Close" there being sloppy and haveing poor consumer care. Might I bring up the stuck and dead pixel problems, again? Also the zeros no big deal, just a sign of them not careing and sloping this thing together like crap.

[Micheal @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Seems to be ready. I tried the System Update on the PSP and it told me that I have the latest. I'm using the Japanese v2.0

[Chris Kalan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Not really Robbie. Sometimes people just make stupid mistakes. Perhaps the person writing it was thinking about 2003 for some reason, and typed it accidentally. Notice it doesn't say that on any of the other pages. Cut them some slack, jeezsh.

[Phil @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

you can download it now...

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I cut someone who has had so much extra time "slack" Come on! They have had way to much time to screw up on the date and its clearly visable, can I say editors?

[mark @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I JUST WANT THE FREAKING UPDATE :(

does it work yet?? i mean like, for real work... not this "we are going to put a link to v1.52 and call it the link to v2.oo just to kill mentally destroy people" crap.

[john @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

it says it is for the 1001k only?

[Mes @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Wait, I just downloaded the file... and it's still 1.52 ?? Is this another typo.. including the Aug, 2003, 2005..????????? Sony! wtf ?????????

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Mes, look up a little its not available, the pic takes you to a placeholder, if you want to get the instant it comes out, then open a browser go to playstation.com then psp the system update and refresh away!

[Nilesh Nimkar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Looks like it just got slashdotted. Gives me a server too busy

[Nilesh Nimkar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Errr I meant engadgeted not slashdotted :-D

[PeeSaPoop @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

rocafellaice - i was joking when i said that they put the wrong date, its just pretty funny cause it looks like someone hacked their site put the broken (wrong) links and agreements and stuff and forgot to put the right date

[Mes @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Screw it .. I'll just keep my Jsp. Version. Since Americans Version is hard to get.. Obviously, they are slacking...

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Dunno. Says 2.0 now. And the file it downloaded says last modified 10:35am (MST). I won't know till I try to install it but it looks right.

[SuperProducer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

The update page said 2.00- and now they changed it BACK to 1.52. Sony, apparently, thinks they're funny.

Not funny Sony.

[SuperProducer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

The update page said 2.00- and now they changed it BACK to 1.52. Sony, apparently, thinks they're funny.

Not funny Sony.

[mark @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

yeah i think i downloaded and transfered v1.52 about 2394203948209 times in the past half hour, despite the fact that the site cleary states "v2.00"... no to mention how many times ive tried to update wirelessly

[Craig @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Note: August 2003, 2005. They probably meant to put 23 instead of 2003, so there's a probability of the update finally being released today.

[Craig @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Note: August 2003, 2005. They probably meant to put 23 instead of 2003, so there's a probability of the update finally being released today.

[Not Impressed (Dmitri) @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Hurray. Now all the PSP f0xx0rs can stfu.

[trilamb @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

You people are retarded. It's a staging site. The real one will be up eventually. It's not the actual download site: it says stage.

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

You people are hilarious!

It's up!

No it's 1.52!

No it's up fro REAL now!

Nope thats 1.52...

Geeze people, get some brains! Look at the FILE before you say it's actually up:

cepler@cepler ~]$ strings EBOOT.PBP | more
BOOTABLE
CATEGORY
DISC_VERSION
PARENTAL_LEVEL
REGION
TITLE
TITLE_0
TITLE_2
TITLE_3
TITLE_4
TITLE_5
TITLE_6
TITLE_7
TITLE_8
TITLE_9
UPDATER_VER
1.00
Update ver 1.52
ver 1.52
Mise
jour PSP
ver. 1.52
Actualizaci
n de PSP
ver. 1.52

Gee, look, 1.52.

[cepler@cepler ~]$ md5sum EBOOT.PBP
b976783070c12c4ed81cc27785222491 EBOOT.PBP

[cepler@cepler ~]$ sha1sum EBOOT.PBP
e4221ad917c6155600bf723ddf50b2f0f3e4abab EBOOT.PBP

So until that SHA or MD5 changes on that file, don't bother updating.

[Minks @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

wake up people. you will know when the update is available when you go to the official URL and it says v2.0. what you see in the link above is a staging site where they are waiting on the update to be ready and then they'll push this page live so that it is then the official update page. calm yourselves. this page could have been built weeks ago.

[SuperProducer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

"f0xx0rs"?

ha- waht are you, a hacker or something?

someone spends too much time on the internet... :)

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Ahhh, but if you were less stupid over two times today they put the "staged" version on their actual website, then removed it, of course.

[SuperProducer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Exactly. Thank you, Robbie.

[trilamb @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Get a room.

[www51 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I'll keep my japanese version

[mark @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

haha now im getting the "this page does not exist" message when i try to go to the update page. looks like we caught them in the middle of the release. should be up within the next few hours i would imagine?

[Josh @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Guys. How many times has it been said that that page was a stage. The actual update, when it's ready, will be HERE:

http://www.us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=SoftwareUpdate

[SuperProducer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

How about you get a life, trilamb.

Which one were you thinking of when you gave yourself that name- the sweetheart with the special javelin?

[Robbie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Ok lets go over to key points to the "stage" YEs there is a staging site, and its easy to tell the diffrence, the people here are not morrons.

and 2) at some points in the day you WERE able to accsess the update via the real site, NOT the staged.

3) Also think about this, if it was just astaging and it never poped up on the site what would cause such an uproar? your stupid.

Also thats a great come back "get a room" becuase you said something irrational and thought you were smarter then everyone, so your ego was shot down.

[PSPFrenzy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

The update isnt out yet and actually the stagic site was just taken down..it says it no longer exists..hopefully thats a good sign!

[GamerLA @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I really don't see the point in updating to 2.0 - Especially with all the great homebrew emulators available for the PSP. I've been rocking SNES, Genesis, NES, Sega Master System, and MAME games since there's nothing to play on the system right now.

Until these homebrews figure out a way to load around the 2.0 security tags..i'll keep mine at 1.5

[mark @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

yeah im gonna have to agree with Robbie and SuperProducer... the two guys who have actually been following this and know what they are talking about. we know the difference between the actual update page and the staging site, thank you :)