As UncertainGod has mentioned, people has said this over and over again.  Really, nothing will happen, and generally, people making these suggestions seem to have an over-simplified view of the entire situation.

Sorry metalgear08, but:

metalgear08 Wrote:For the entire life of the PSP hacking scene, Sony has been trying to stop the whole homebrew thing. I think that instead of fighting it, because wee all know there's no way they'll win, they should embrace it.

No, they have a responsibility to stop homebrew.  Allowing unsigned code to run _is_ a security risk, which is something they _must_ stop.
It's basically like saying that anti-virus companies will never totally stop the spread of viruses, so, should they embrace viruses?

metalgear08 Wrote:Like maybe once they have the download service set up, there could be an entire section devoted to homebrew.

That costs money to maintain, and why should they support something that they don't get money from, or isn't made by them?

metalgear08 Wrote:That, or release official compiling tools and let people distribute games on their own.

They're available, but there's license fees associated with it.  You really didn't think Sony would give something away for free hey?

metalgear08 Wrote:They just really need to stop bitching and actually think about what the customer wants.

Are they bitching about it???
And what does the customer want?  (without a market study, you won't actually be able to answer this)

metalgear08 Wrote:Eh, whatever. I just wish they'd stop bitching about the whole thing. I mean, I got temporarily eXx1l3d from Gamespot for mentioning custom firmware. When I asked why, they said because topics like that are taboo with Sony and they don't want to piss them off. If the head honchos of Sony actually had half a brain, they'd stop and look at how the PSP sales have gone up since the advent of Custom Firmware

That's Gamespot's issue, not Sony's...