PSP upgraded to 3.50

Sony's PlayStation Portable gets a firmware update to enable remote PS3 viewing.

Last week, PlayStation 3 firmware 1.80 was released, which enabled a variety of extra features for the console, including adding the Remote Play ability--anyone with a PSP could then access his or her PS3 over the Internet.

Now the 3.50 firmware update for the PSP updates the handheld to be Remote Play ready as well. Owners of both gaming machines won't be able to access DVD or Blu-ray movies or play PS3 games from their handhelds, but they will be able to access music, other videos, pictures, and their friends lists.

Firmware update 3.50 also adds an RSS channel guide for PSP owners who use their portables to receive news and other RSS feeds. More details can be found on the official PlayStation Portable Web site.

216 Comments

  • tonicmole

    Posted Sep 23, 2008 12:53 pm PT

    I freak'n luv my PSP, but Sony needs to stop releasing almost cool stuff. Whats the point in remote play if I can't play PS3 games or even watch movies? Why use a Cell processor when you only have 512Mb of ram? Come on sony, I would buy a $800 console if it was 100% beast, or a $300 portable that can stream next gen games. Do or do not. There is no try.

  • 93at11

    Posted Aug 30, 2007 3:57 am PT

    ummmmmmm hi sooooooo where can i download this for free cos i cant find any sites that'll do it for me

  • Wanngan_Runner-

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 3:24 pm PT

    Cool, but one question;
    Are you able to listen your music while playing a game on a PS3 or PSP ?

  • RunningMansKid

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 12:24 pm PT

    pretty much useless.... thats why homebrew is so popular because we can get more stuff than sony will ever give us....

  • AtlanticRock

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 9:31 am PT

    Now bring out Worms II Open Warfare 2 already and the next portable GTA

  • strangeseraph

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 6:35 am PT

    GunGriffin should have specified. Only 200 HONEST homebrew users who aren't using pirated software and games. Maybe at MAX.

    Seriously, the homebrew community is really small. Wake up call!

  • SephirothSyZtem

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 5:15 am PT

    Well, new updates are welcome. But i sadly don't have a ps3 because it lost like 50 exclusives.

  • tootergray34

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 8:24 pm PT

    boooo I don't care about seeing pictures or accessing movies on my PSP just give me news about games.

  • GunnyHath

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 6:58 pm PT

    Homebrew is huge.

  • KingProdigy617

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 5:49 pm PT

    "Only about 200 people use Homebrew"
    Hahahahahaha!!! You are severely misinformed. There are at least 500 major people programming PSP homebrew and tens of thousands using homebrew.

  • GunGriffin

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 1:59 pm PT

    I guss you all missed the last thing GS posted about the fact that the PSP DL service comes this fall? Thats going to pout all these crapy HB users in their places when they see that without Sony's offical sotfware they can't access the PSP store. Besides the real number of HB users is no where near what HB users will tell you. Only about 200 people use Homebrew, the rest stick to offical stuff because they don't wan't to risk breaking their PSP as you aften see people post about on the Sony boards that when "downgrading" they did it wrong and busted their PSP.

  • eddy_jr

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 9:16 am PT

    Ok gamespot guys, thanx for sharing this. Now I'll be on the look-out for OE version of it. Dark Alex totally ROCKS!... Anyway, again, thanks for lettin' us homebrew/hack freaks know this was out...

  • einsteinecker

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 1:45 am PT

    @GerrardJames

    lol Nintendogs? You are so last century. Goes to show what you know about the DS lol

    About the PSP, I wonder how many of the homebrew'ers would even bother with this. But it is nice to know you can access your PS3 over Wifi. Guess my PSP is going to have a slightly better future

  • osxgp

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 12:13 am PT

    Huh? The PSP is still on the market. I forgot about mine a year back. I guess I should wipe off the dust and see if it still works.

  • hezbollahector

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 7:27 pm PT

    right with you rob dark alex WILL release 3.50 oe-a within days lol sony has some pretty crappy security for firmwares

  • Big_Evil666

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 5:15 pm PT

    I don't have a PS3 yet, but when I get one, I'll use this for sure

  • HXCDEW

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 12:30 pm PT

    Great. Now I can access my multimedia on the go or on holiday. My uni has Wifi all over the campus and there are hotspots near my workplace. Battery life is not issue as I have a USB charger. So when it gets boring during long breaks I can just access my favourite shows. Soon PSP will have voIP also for video chat on the go. Nice! For a handheld, PSP's online functionality is second to none.

  • Sephiroth747

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 10:59 am PT

    Using Remote play and DLNA on the PS3 to PSP is simply AWESOME. I get to watch all my movies on my computer from anywhere with a wifi connection.

  • chazzx21

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 8:52 am PT

    When's guitar hero coming to PSP, it should come with a mini guitar, that would mini rock

  • wakko19991

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 4:14 am PT

    i thought remote play was on ps3 in a previous update several monts ago?

  • Irve

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 3:08 am PT

    update to 3.5 ... i still want to downgrade to 1.5 .. i want to play Sam & Max on my PSP !!! ... one day i'll get round to downgrading .. but my PSP is virtually untouched .. it was a waste of dosh !

  • GerrardJames

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 2:05 am PT

    Your having a joke right, your trying to tell me that a embaressing attempt at a console is better than a MP4, PS2 graphics machine which can access internet and quality graphics for a portable device? Psp IS better than a DS, which bases its sales on Nintendogs for little girls that want to waste their money down to one game. Shocking...

  • rey06 posted May 31, 2007 8:57 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    rey06

    Posted May 31, 2007 8:57 pm PT (hide)

    to sony: no matter how many times u update ur waky psp, it wont surpass the ds hahahaha!

    From: Fanboy

  • lam_jeremy

    Posted May 31, 2007 8:46 pm PT

    you know what would be a good idea? to be able to play ps3 games on ur psp
    thats virtually possilbe if u have a fast enough connection
    the button inputs gets streamed to the ps3, and the ps3 streams the video over in real time, they can already stream video, and streaming inputs isnt a ig hassle anyways
    so for non button-intensive games, such as rpgs, i think thats totally possible

  • carl2tan posted May 31, 2007 8:39 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    carl2tan

    Posted May 31, 2007 8:39 pm PT (hide)

    what does this have to do with gaming?

  • Panzer88mm

    Posted May 31, 2007 7:52 pm PT

    This idea is brilliant. In theory. When I heard this I was really excited, I imediatly updated both my PS3 and my PSP only to find out!......that your PS3 has to be on and in remote play mode all the time for this to work. I don't want to leave my PS3 on all the time though so basicly...it's usless. Now if I could access my PS3 through my PSP while my PS3 was in sleep mode, it would be amazing. Other wise, I'm dissapointed. Make it happen Sony...Make it happen.

  • etai79 posted May 31, 2007 7:52 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    etai79

    Posted May 31, 2007 7:52 pm PT (hide)

    This is ridiculous.

    ...why? When is this useful?

  • chickenoverlord

    Posted May 31, 2007 7:27 pm PT

    waste of time.. my PSP and PS3 are both collecting dust atm

  • Dreski83 posted May 31, 2007 6:30 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Dreski83

    Posted May 31, 2007 6:30 pm PT (hide)

    a reason to dust off my psp... YAY!

  • fathertroy posted May 31, 2007 6:13 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    fathertroy

    Posted May 31, 2007 6:13 pm PT (hide)

    I dont really need this lol

  • Freaken_Feline posted May 31, 2007 5:55 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Freaken_Feline

    Posted May 31, 2007 5:55 pm PT (hide)

    ......cool?

  • Pete5506

    Posted May 31, 2007 5:32 pm PT

    cool

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted May 31, 2007 5:28 pm PT

    um yeah if only they added more VIDEO CODECS!!!!!!

  • brian1213

    Posted May 31, 2007 5:20 pm PT

    im still waitin for a 3.11 downgrader and dont really care for this update

  • knnth

    Posted May 31, 2007 5:16 pm PT

    Don't mind me, I'm just stopping by to espouse random assertions in regards to whatever subjects I deem myself an expert, specifically because I have purchased the product in question, or a competing product, and had a conversation with someone about market strategy once.

  • Z00Mbite

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:48 pm PT

    i was really hoping that i could play PSP games through my PS3. Loco Roco on the big screen...yeahh.

  • football_legend

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:38 pm PT

    I just tried out the new remote play from Macdonald's, its awesome! I didn't knew u can actually access ur PC's content by PSP via PS3.

  • EmperorSupreme

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:38 pm PT

    @epilepsykid You sound jealous. Your rant is totally off topic to begin with and your information has no facts. 3 years left to live?? Where did you get that from? Did you know PSP outsold X360 last month?
    PSP - 183,000
    360 - 174,000
    Last if you don't see a difference between DVD and Blu-ray your blind. Blu-ray movies are amazing. If you have or plan on getting an HDTV and want to get the most out of it PS3 is the way to go.

  • EpilepsyKid posted May 31, 2007 4:27 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    EpilepsyKid

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:27 pm PT (hide)

    So what if the Sorry PSP has better graphics & more features than the DS. Look whos selling more systems. The PSP doesn't even have enough high quality games for it. I would give the PSP, 3 more years to live. The DS is winning the portable game market by a large margin, and even outselling the PS2 & the PS3. that is shameful. PS3 doesnt even have enough good games to back it up, and they are losing third party exclusives. Even the president of the Playstation series left because he was disgusted with the company and the whole situation. The PS3 made the PS2 look bad, and its just a matter of time that both systems will go down. As for the PSP, in the near future, people are going to use it only for movies, sad thing is there arent that many good ones worth watching. If Im going to watch movies, Im going to get myself a dvd player. What the hell is blue-ray anyways? Is it the next beta-max!? I pity for you all PS fans. I know I'll get hate responses from people but I don't have time to write back to you Sony fans. See ya!

  • sdkingsht

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:27 pm PT

    that's what's up. cool update. keep em coming and lets get that Resistance map pack!

  • The_Gunslinger_

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:24 pm PT

    Awesome, keep the updates coming!

  • GizmoVirus

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:24 pm PT

    I guess streaming from the PS3 to the PSP might be something people want to do!

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:21 pm PT

    More updates are always good.

  • FstBrk342

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:13 pm PT

    awesome now all i need is a PS3 and im set ................ >.> .>

  • cjthemaster

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:07 pm PT

    Awesome i just need a PS3 which im planing to buy real soon proud Xbox360 owner they both rule the wii is okay

  • LexLas

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:07 pm PT

    Why is this update not listed on Sony's site yet ?

  • desolation00

    Posted May 31, 2007 4:07 pm PT

    Awesome, now all I need is a PS3 and a PSP and some reason to look at them over the Internet and I'm set.

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