Anyone got a Jap PSP?

glitch · 20 Jan 2006 at 18:00

I've been offered a Jap PSP, brand new and with some PSP goodies, for a bargain price. A stupid price in fact. All legal and above board too.

Does anyone have a Jap PSP? What problems have you encountered with using it?

glitch · 20 Jan 2006 at 18:54

fly14i said:
only thing is that the o button is used to select and x is used to go back a step

Does that not change when using a UK version of the Firmware?

glitch · 20 Jan 2006 at 19:09

Is there any particular reason?

glitch · 21 Jan 2006 at 11:59

OK, there seems to be some confusion over the Jap PSP/UK Firmware issue, but if it doesn't change the X and O buttons back it might not really be worth it! That was my only thought about changing the ol' firmware in the first place.

If I was playing a UK game on a Jap PSP, running either Jap or UK firmware, are the X and O buttons only swapped in the PSP menus or does this affect the games as well?

glitch · 21 Jan 2006 at 13:05

Thanks for clearing that up. All this for a Ceramic PSP eh?

glitch · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:38

Thanks to everyone who offered opinions. Just to clear things up once and for all:

There are no issues with using UK firmware on a JAP PSP
UK firmware will not swap X and O buttons round in PSP menu
UK games will use UK button layout

And we're sure about that, yes?

glitch · 22 Jan 2006 at 14:22

Now to find £120. And then haggle the bugger down to £100.

glitch · 22 Jan 2006 at 15:28

Actually, I had heard that the Jap ones had a better screen (for a given value of better). Anyone able to shed some light on this rumour?

glitch · 22 Jan 2006 at 22:54

How are you getting around the Jap PSP / UK download situation, Tupac? The first game I'll want to buy is Wipeout Pure (probably the only one for now) and I'll obviously want to get my hands on the downloadable content available.

Have you experienced any issues or are you mainly using homebrew games at suchlike?