Sony heeft enkele dagen geleden in de vorm van versie 3.01 nieuwe firmware uitgebracht voor de Amerikaanse en Japanse uitvoeringen van de PlayStation Portable. Sinds kort is deze firmware ook beschikbaar gesteld voor de Europese PSP. De nieuwbakken firmware kan door te klikken op deze link gedownload worden en op de handheld toegepast worden via de pc, het (lokale) netwerk of een umd-schijfje. Wat er allemaal veranderd is in de 3.01-firmware van de PlayStation Portable kan je onderaan deze meukpost lezen. Een van de noemenswaardige nieuwe features die toegevoegd is, is de mogelijkheid om PlayStation 1-spellen te spelen op de handheld via de optie Remote Play op de PlayStation 3:
GameNetwork
- PLAYSTATION®Network titles are now supported. PLAYSTATION®Network titles* can now be downloaded via the PLAYSTATION®3 system.
* The term "PLAYSTATION®Network titles" refers to PlayStation format software (PS one games) downloaded from PLAYSTATION®Store and PSP format games distributed electronically. Note that when playing on a PSP® system, system software version 3.01 or later is required.Music
- [Remote Play] has been added as a feature.
- [Online Instruction Manuals] has been added as a feature.
- [Set Timer] has been added as a feature under [RSS Channel].
Photo
- [Visual Player] has been added as a feature.
- Three-speed fast forward and fast reverse has been added as a feature under [Music].
Settings
- [Camera] has been added as a feature.
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- [UMD™ Auto-Start] has been added as a feature under [System Settings].