PSP firmware updated to 6.00

By Tom Bramwell Published 10 September, 2009

Some new colours. That's about it.

Sony has announced that the PlayStation Portable firmware will be updated to version 6.0 "soon", cautioning that it's just a minor update.

And they're not kidding - the headline feature is that you get a few new colours in the Theme Settings menu.

Beyond that, there's a new "security patch" and "Network Update" has been renamed "System Update".

It's a far cry from the sparklers, zebras and other animals that characterised the recent PS3 3.0 update, but then bigger changes are afoot in the new PSPgo and Minis initiatives, launching 1st October.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • phycus #1 2 years ago

    According to joystiq article new firmware hints at rental game support as games can now be grouped by 'expire date':

    Link : http://ww w.joystiq.com/2009/09/10/psp-fi...

  • Doctor_What #2 2 years ago

    Yep, that sounds like a adding-background-architecture update, rather than one adding new features.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #3 2 years ago

    i reckon there is also all the psp go stuff in it as well i will be surprised if psp go is shipped with a higher firmware

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #4 2 years ago

    just done the update and can confirm the sort by expiary date looks like rentals will be here soon : )

  • Mr_Dodger #5 2 years ago

    These updates are now more about cfw thwarting than anything functional.

  • Arwin #6 2 years ago

    That's what you think, Mr_Dodger. Instead, this update is probably all about a completely new DRM system that is open to third party publishers, rentals and so on. Stuff also that probably improves PSP-PS3 compatibility, and supports features for the PSP Go. Who knows even stuff like Trophy support on PSP - you just can't tell with those kinds of features until a game uses them. :)
    Edited by 1 at 10/09/09 @ 09:28

  • Kafeen #7 2 years ago

    Seems like a rather minor update for a major version number change.

  • Fodder #8 2 years ago

    You can't pick the new colours if you have a PSP 1000? That's a bit odd.

  • Vroom #9 2 years ago

    Yip, just a security update really.

  • SeesThroughAll #10 2 years ago

    Why is it that "sorting" under Games only allows us to sort by expiry date? Why not a simple "sort alphabetically"?

    The overall look of folders under Music and Videos was slightly changed as well. The term "XMB" is now adopted when we try to multitask.

    Interesting that the "System Update" resembles more the PS3 one, but the "System Software" icons under game still are not hidden!

    The Store seems to load a bit faster in general, so that's a good thing!
    Edited by 1 at 10/09/09 @ 14:18

  • beep #11 2 years ago

    I might be imagining things, but I think this firmware adds a custom screen size option when playing PSone games which allows you to manually squeeze and stretch the game display (use the nub to stretch n squeeze) to match the dimensions of the PSP. So no more issues with cropped games coz you can do the cropping yourself!