PSP developer calls it quits

This is a huge loss for the scene. There haven't been many that have contributed as much as Dark_Alex, I hope that this is not a permanent retirement.

i hope at least someone as smart and brilliant as dark alex can do the stuff he did.

haven't heard much from Booster either with the Devhook releases. i just hope this doesn't spell the end of homebrew and OE stuff for PSP.

wow that sucks. =[

cold av at least given us the 3.51OE he was wrkin on..

HOLD ON how do you guys know this is the real dark alex and not a fake, there is hundreds of them?

go on his site and find out then unless it got hacked

is it possible for him to say he has quit just to lay low from sony and release other custom firmwares through a different name?

I don't blame him, what he did was risky. But he did great stuff, we all owe him thanks. Thanks Dark_Alex! You will find many good uses with your intelligence and your time!

wtf how can it be fake its on ALL major websites round the world as breakin news!

im sure he would av at least contacted someone if it was fake

Well I don't think this will be the end. He may quit, but others will take his place.

Remember how they thought that music sharing was dead when they took down napster? Same situation here, a developer in the scene quits and someone else takes his place...nothing new.

I would think that it would be hard to just walk away, He will be back...with a new name...it should throw off the dogs...if not..he should walk away with his head held high..he has helped a whole sub-culture and is well known and respected...Go to Tibet and find your self again Dark_Alex you WILL be missed......................

he dont got time to be messin with video games... he got a life.. it takes him a week to crack a firmware... and a day for sony to release a new one.. so hes like man this is dumb... just get the mod chip... i used to help out a scene. but it was too time consuming.. so i said later..

As much as it sucks to say he is right it is risky. We will miss you
Dark_Alex.





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Originally posted by webe123:

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Well I don't think this will be the end. He may quit, but others will take his place.

Remember how they thought that music sharing was dead when they took down napster? Same situation here, a developer in the scene quits and someone else takes his place...nothing new.

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haven't heard much from Booster either with the Devhook releases. i just hope this doesn't spell the end of homebrew and OE stuff for PSP.

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I never thought I would see the day...dark_alex was probably the bets thing to happen to the homebrew scene with his OE custom firmwares.

Originally posted by svtstang:

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errmm....last time I checked making a music sharing site did not have the same level of complexity of creating a firmware. D_A has stated he is not giving out the source code for security reasons, nobody will be able to pick up where he left off. The scene is about dead, there is only one other firmware develop I know of, becus25, and he uses the source code from previously made firmwares to make his. Not even in the same league as D_A.

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I think when DA site got hacked it has scared him im willing to bet Sony had something to do with it.Calling it quits...naw i don't think so just a name change that all.

He did the right thing. =/

Thanks for everything, Dark_Alex.

You'll know if it's real if Sony starts puting in big things in their firmware all of a sudden lol.

Then we'll all have to upgrade :(

But remember, there's always China!

dude this guy is the scene. no doubt he has been harrased by Sony into making this decision but wait, this is just cover up story so he can emerge under a different name. guys that do the things he do, dont quit like this!

mark my words

Hey man i don;t know if you will read this but i respect what you have done and know it's risky and i give you hope for the future, peace, will miss you

The best damn psp hacker Dark Alex. R.I.P
Retire In Peace

This is indeed a major loss to the PSP scene :( But I understand why he did it. Hopefully someone will start where he left off.

Wow!!! I feel for him due to the fact he takes ages to create them and the hackers just kill and reverse it in a shorter time.

yeaaaaaaaaaa, if he is under cover ur kinda giving him away :D lol

Then we will need to wait for becus to make us a new firmware...Sooner or later sony will be releasing games with 3.50 or 3.51 and bammm,we'll be on the ground.... :(

I doubt it. He's about 16 years old, which is fairly young to be the arch enemy of a company like Sony. But I'm sure someone else will continue where he left on.

will the psp version changer fool the updates guys??????????????

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The version changer (which I think you mean firmware spoof) is nothing more then a kiddie trick, so you can say to a bud, "hey, look I have version 95940.32!!! w00t!"

The scene wont die, just will sloooooooooow down a bit. I havent seen a 3.50 required game yet, so hopefully we are good for at least another month or two.

looks like were all in need of DevHook update soon so can play 3.50 + games?

hate to say it but bring back the DevHook!