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Re:Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games by gambiting on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:36AM (#39439718)
>>Why create new games for a proprietary platform that users would have to hack instead of just writing it for PC?

Well, PSP(and DS/3DS) homebrew scenes were(and still are) amazing, with many brand new games created from scratch, even though any potential users have to hack their devices in the first place to even try them.

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Re:Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games by no_time on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:54AM (#39439808)
The PSP existed in the short timeframe where all the alternative handheld devices were vastly inferior in terms of specs and cost to perf ratio. The choice between an expensive WinCE PDA that barely had hardware 3D vs the beast that is a hacked PSP was obvious.

Then came Android/ios and bothering with a hacked PSP was no longer worth it for general computing purposes. Running "backups" and emulators prevailed as the only reason to mod a handheld.

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