PSP File-sharing Explosion 'Days Away'

The release of a utility onto the web that allows anyone with a 1.0 firmware PSP to 'dump' the data from a UMD to a memory stick is about to trigger a PSP file-sharing explosion.

According to GamesRadar the files are stored on the memory stick as raw ISO files. There is currently no way of playing back such files, but hackers are hard at work attempting to write a utility that does just that and a release may be only days away.

If they succeed we will likely see a flood of illegally copied and distributed PSP games.

There are, of course, several benefits to running games off a memory stick, including improved battery life, so users of the hacks are likely to defend themselves with the claim that they are just copying games for their own use. Yeah right!