First off, let me just say that I love my PSP, and plan on playing it until there is a PSP 2.

The homebrew scene has gone through many ups & downs.
But lately, there is a weird feeling in me that the scene is past it's prime in some ways.

Many of the "big names" have now left us - never to return...
And there isn't really much being released like it used to.
And aside from DaRk_AleX recessitating the scene with a new cfw from time to time,
it's been pretty dead lately.

Please don't get me wrong
I'm not condemning or quitting the homebrew scene in any way.
It's just that you would have to be pretty blind to not see the slowdown...
And I wanted to have a legitimate discussion about it.

If I where to take a guess, I would say that it will probably go for another several years.
SONY, and DAX are both still supporting PSP.
PSP homebrew still has the biggest following out of any homebrew console.
And if you look at the Dreamcast - it is still getting occasional releases.  

I liked Schmilks thought best:
"As long as there is a current cfw, than I will continue to Mod it"

What are your thoughts/expectations/comments ??

(This post was last modified: 30/03/2008 08:21 AM by Mr. Shizzy.)

a slowdown:-yes,

reason for slow down:-well the psp already has a lot of great apps and stuff almost all the retro console emulators possible except for the n64 emu but that is still in developement

sony is always doing its bit for eg the new internet radio facility and other stuff

And dax with his cfw's is the most important part

there is not much more the psp cannot do
with irshell ,pspfiler ,and even functions which are built into the firmware

I certainly think the flood of 'noobs' is a large part of the slowdown.

Any other forum I go to besides this one.... I can only shake my head....

In the 'development/hack sections' wee have the entire first, second, and third pages flooded with "help me" threads.....
People in the know......, people who used to hang around with like minds are starting to say 'double you tee eff????' where did all the like minds go??? F' this I'm out.

Now, all wee are left with are people saying 'help me, help me' all the time instead of 'look what I made today'.

(This post was last modified: 30/03/2008 10:58 AM by Slushba132.)

yeh ive noticed this for months now

other than ctorrentpsp
nothing really new has came out

You're mistaken.

The slowdown has occurred permanently over the last year or so.

What do I mean?

I created a similar thread on -Hacks when I was there a long while ago.

I can't say theres been much difference apart from the fact the Homebrew scenes activity is very volatile.

Simply, one minute its busy, the next it isn't.

So, theres nothing to worry about, just go about your days enjoying your console, keep an eye out for the latest releases and chill, I doubt the scene will die before PSP2.