dazr32 Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 hello all i am starting to sweat about getting a console in time. what are the advantage/disadvantages of the imported consoles. there seem to be a lot about but is there a reason for this. could anyone give me some advice please. thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriGGa Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Reason i know of : they came out earlier ?? My uncle spent a while in Japan and he had his back in march? He then started sending a few over. He has probably increased the overseas psp count by at least 30. Advantage of Jap psp's .. cheaper .. can get them in white and they are region 2 for umd's Disadvantage of USA psp's .. first batch only: joy stick was sticky .. not region 2 for dvd's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazr32 Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 cheers for the reply mate. is there any advantage of waiting and trying to get a uk spec one or does it make no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriGGa Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 errm.. doesnt really make any difference. I think the only thing to look outfor is firmware. firmware 1.5 ( old ) can play downloaded games firmware 2.0 (newish) internet browser .. can b downgraded to 1.5 firmware 2.1? ( newest) internet browser .. cannot b downgraded.. but is essential for liberty stories I personally would wait .. cos then prices would go down and you would get bundles from cheaper.. I will get mine from Japan mainly cos i want it in white.. too many black ones. I want to be different .. up to you really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazr32 Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 i could wait but it is a game of russian roullette as my son wants one for xmas. will the new gta not work on the older firmware ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriGGa Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 nooope not sure why tho? might be due to multiplayer between psps? I just know this as my uncle had liberty stories onthe first day of release. He has ocmplete story mode already .. someone obviously played it 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 GTA will work, it includes the firmware update on the UMD disc. It needs 2.5 firmware because it uses a new video codec which this update introduces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke2k Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Hi I have a firmware 1.5 PSP I brought it from eBay a couple weeks ago. You have to have firmware 2.5 for GTA to work because Sony forces you to upgrade to firmware 2.5, to stop people using the homebrew facility. Once upgraded to 2.5 at the moment there is no way of returning to firmware1.5 All thought some people have got GTA to work on the 1.5 by using a firmware faker which tricks the PSP into thinking that it's running version 2.0/2.1/2.5/2.6 I have tried the firmware faker without a game inserted and it every thing worked apart from the web browsing. It is used load UMD’s that need that certain firmware. Hope this helps you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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