The sad thing is that those questions were probably generated after focus groups were conducted. I can just picture the kids that made those comments.

Hacking my PSP makes corporate suits convulse with uncontrollable rage: 5 - Agree Completely

How about, booting games off the memory sick is TRUE portability and a camera should have been built in instead of the useless UMD?

You almost get the feeling they wanted to include something like:

"I hack PSPs to get the money I need to fund my heroin, ice and hooker addictions."

or

"I hack my PSP because I hate God, America, and puppies."

Damn straight, Cod.

I wish I got that questionnaire. I want to put a big fat "1" on the "I won't get caught" question, and send them a link to my guide for them to visit.

(Hey, why didn't I get one? This "Gamer Advisory Panel" card indicates I should be consulted on these matters!)

!! *digs around* oh man, crap, where did it go... *keeps digging*... *glass breaks*...

Aha!

No joke. This should be an option.

"I hack my PSP because I paid for the hardware and I should be able to do anything I want with it, as long as it's not illegal."

5 - Completely Agreee

It makes me want to buy a PSP just to hack it. Buy it, hack it, sell it, rinse and repeat.

Reasons to hack your PSP:

* Games from memory stick - turn lengthy UMD load times into absolutely nothing, and prolong battery life from not having the juice-sucking UMD motor spinning
* Improve performance of some PSP games by running PSP CPU at 333 MHz (Wipeout @ 333 MHz is just sinful)
* Play tons of old games with emulators (like I like to say, it's the best GBA I've ever owned - and having LucasArts adventures in portable form is ten kinds of awesome)
* Play any PSX game, not just the few that Sony chooses to sell you on the PlayStation Store
* Have a way of restoring your PSP yourself should you suffer a bad firmware flash
* The hard part has been taken care of for you.

To me, it's crazy to own a PSP and not race to hack it. An unhacked PSP is just... gimped. UMD load times by themselves are all the reason anyone should need.

Hacking my PSP give me superpowers.
Hacking my PSP gives me minty fresh breath.
Hacking my PSP makes me a sex-bomb.
Hacking my PSP cures cancer.
Hacking my PSP turns lead into gold.
Hacking my PSP brings my dog back from the dead.
Hacking my PSP makes doughnuts fall from the heavens.
Hacking my PSP disproves global warming.
Hacking my PSP makes my Wii feel inadequate.

I would think they would appreciate "The ability to hack my PSP allowed me to justify the purchase of a system that had no games I really wanted to play".

$200 for the ability to play Monkey Island on the go is an easy win, for me.

Thanks Mystic. Almost made me spit my coffee AND wake up the little one.

While not a PSP owner, I now want to buy one so I can hack it. I like feeling like a rebel ... and hey, if it impresses others, WIN!

I hacked my PSP because the regular update failed and semi bricked it. Called customer support and they basically told me to f*ck off you broke it, it's not our fault.

Got the unbricker and went to M33. The PSP is so much more fun when it's hacked.

Then I hacked my brothers because the UMD laser stopped reading disks.

Being somebody who uses MAME and other emulators on the PC, this makes me giggle.

Man, now I want a PSP just so I can hack it!

I was gifted an unloved Dell Axim. SCUMM ran just fine on it, and traveling touch screen Monkey Island goodness was enjoyed.

Just FYI for those who might have an old PocketPC lying around.