Discussion of new homebrew releases has gone on at the official PlayStation message boards for some time. Until now that is. According to an SCEA representative, Sony is clamping down on all homebrew discussion at the boards.

Homebrew applications void the warranty of the PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) system, and an official area to discuss such activities cannot be provided by SCEA. Any postings that are clearly homebrew-related, such as those providing instructions on downgrading firmware updates, will be removed from this board. This also includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

* custom firmware
* themes, applications, custom bootup animations/sounds, and other materials made available only with use of homebrew
* programs that may be used to aid or facilitate copyright violations (such as Eboots, ripping software, decryption software)
* debugging software
* programs designed to emulate firmware
* TIFF applications
* programs designed to provide for modification of the PSP® code or firmware, or that would allow for any exploitation of the PSP® system firmware flashing software
* applications designed to bypass PSP® system and game security features
* emulators, ROMs, CSO, ISOs, or any other unauthorized copies of copyrighted material
* software or hardware designed to aid or facilitate in cheating

I can see why they’d do this. However, to have it go on for more than a year and now suddenly lock out all homebrew discussion, doesn’t make much sense to be completely honest.

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