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Monster Hunter | |
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Developer(s) | Capcom |
Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Creator(s) | Kaname Fujioka[1] |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS |
First release | Monster Hunter March 11, 2004 |
Latest release | Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate August 28, 2018 |
The Monster Hunter (モンスターハンターMonsutā Hantā) franchise is a series of fantasy-themed action role-playing video games that started with the game Monster Hunter for PlayStation 2, released in 2004. Titles have been released across a variety of platforms, including personal computer, home console, portable consoles, and mobile devices. The series is developed and published by Capcom.
The games are primarily action role-playing games. The player takes the role of a Hunter, slaying or trapping large monsters across various landscapes as part of quests given to them by the locals. As part of its core gameplay loop, players use loot gained from slaying monsters, gathering resources, and quest rewards to craft improved weapons, armor, and other items that allows them to face more powerful monsters. All main series games feature multiplayer (usually up to four player cooperative), but can also be played single player.
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As of March 31, 2019, the game series has sold 54 million units worldwide, and is Capcom's second best-selling series following Resident Evil. The early games in the series principally sold well in Japan and other Asian countries, popularized by the series' use of ad hoc multiplayer features on portable consoles. Monster Hunter has been critically well received in Western markets, but has generally languished in sales, in part due to the game's high difficult learning curve. However, with Monster Hunter: World (2018), Capcom aimed to attract a global audience using the power of advanced home gaming consoles and computers, and released the title simultaneously worldwide; World became the best-selling Monster Hunter game within three days of its release; within a few months, it also became Capcom's best-selling game with more than 12 million units sold by March 31, 2019, with more than 70% of those sold outside of Japan.
In addition to games, the franchise has an anime based on the spin-off game Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village, Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On based on Monster Hunter Stories, a manga Monster Hunter Orage, and a book Monster Hunter Episode.[2] A feature film is scheduled for release in 2020.
- 3Games
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Gameplay[edit]
Monster Hunter games are action role-playing games, set in a fantasy genre. Players take the role of a Hunter that serves to help protect a village or help research the large monsters that roam the various areas near the village. This is generally presented through a series of quests to slay or trap a monster, but can include numerous optional challenges.
The core feature of Monster Hunter is its compulsion loop. A player's Hunter does not grow as in traditional computer role-playing games, and has no intrinsic attributes. Instead, the Hunter's abilities are defined by what equipment they select prior to leaving on a mission. The games have more than ten weapon archetypes, such as sword, axe, and bow, each with various combat abilities, and a vast array of specific weapons that provide attack power and the ability to inflict elemental or status effects on a monster. Multiple pieces of armor can be worn, providing defensive value, providing resistances to certain types of attacks or status effects, and additional skills that boost the Hunter's attributes while in the field. Additional equipment atop armor can be worn to also boost those skills. While the Hunter starts the game with basic equipment and can buy some equipment, most of the gear must be made by collecting resources from the field, including parts that are carved from downed monsters or given as rewards from completing quests successfully. The gameplay loop becomes one of selecting the best equipment to defeat a specific monster, and using the parts from that monster to make better gear as to face even tougher monsters. However, as the monster parts that are obtained are distributed based on certain rarity factors, a player may need to grind, hunting the same monster repeatedly to get the right parts.[3]
Once a quest is selected and the player equips their Hunter, they enter one of several fields and must track down the monster, as well as collect other resources used in crafting weapons, armor, and restorative items. While in the field, the player must watch their Hunter's health and stamina. The Hunter will faint if they lose all their health and be returned to the field's base camp where they can continue the mission, but fainting three times will fail the mission. Stamina is consumed by most attacks and actions, but can be regained quickly by standing still. However, should the Hunter use all their stamina, they will be unable to react until they fully recover, leaving them vulnerable to any attack. The games offer a number of tools and other equipment that can be used to help defeat a monster and recover health and stamina while in the field. Combat is centered around watching for a monster's tells prior to an attack to able to dodge it and/or make a counter-attack, and looking for openings to unleash strings of attack combos, depending on the Hunter's current weapon. In most cases, once the player has initiated an action, such as a combat maneuver or taking a recovery item, they cannot cancel that move until its animation cycle is complete (a method called 'animation priority'), which also may leave them vulnerable to a monster's attack in mid-maneuver.[4] In addition to monster parts for completed a quest, the Hunter is rewarded with Zenny, the in-game currency.
Nearly all Monster Hunter games have a single-player mode; in these, the Hunter is often accompanied by a Felyne or Palico, a sentient cat-like creature that provides support and limited offensive abilities in combat. More newer games support four player cooperative online modes, allowing the group to hunt down stronger versions of monsters. The games typically have a main quest line, frequently called 'Low Rank' quests, which can take up to fifty hours to complete. Once completed, the game opens up with new 'High Rank' quests, featuring stronger versions of monsters they have previously faced, as well as new monsters yet seen and unique variants of these monsters, all which provide better components for more powerful weapons and armor sets, providing hundreds of hours of potential gameplay following the main quest.[5]
History[edit]
The first Monster Hunter game was one of three titles Capcom had developed to take advantage of the processing power and online capabilities of the PlayStation 2, which according to Ryozo Tsujimoto, who has been the series' producer since Monster Hunter Freedom 2, had begun to match arcade games in capabilities; the other two such titles were Auto Modellista and Resident Evil Outbreak.[6] Tsujimoto considered Monster Hunter to be the culmination of the work of these other two titles once it was released.[6] He also felt that the game was intended for such co-operative play so that players of any skill level, working with others, could feel accomplished in taking down giant creatures.[7]Monster Hunter proved a success, selling over 1 million copies, principally in Japan.[7]
The series took off explosively in Japan with Monster Hunter Freedom on the PlayStation Portable, and even more so once its sequel Monster Hunter Freedom 2 was released which supported up to four players via the unit's ad-hoc networking.[8] Handheld systems are generally more popular in Japan, and due to the country's high population density, it was easy to find players to hunt cooperatively with, making it a phenomenon there.[9] James Miekle, writing for PC Gamer, had worked for Q Entertainment and lived in Japan during the release of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which was the best selling PlayStation Portable game of all time, and described how even during work, impromptu Monster Hunter sessions would break out between employees, and there was extensive marketing of Monster Hunter branded consumer goods.[8]
While Monster Hunter had been successful in Japan, its popularity in Western markets (primarily North America and Europe) languished. In contrast to the Japanese culture, Western markets favored home consoles and computers during the mid-2000s, and because of a thinner population density, most players relied on Internet-based gaming rather than local ad hoc networking.[9][8] The series also struggled with a difficult learning curve that had made the games off-putting in Western markets.[10]
The series had little popularity in the West until the release of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Nintendo 3DS, a console that had gained a sizable foothold in Western markets. While Monster Hunter's popularity in the West was still to a niche group, Capcom saw the potential for more growth there and took steps to better localize the next few titles to make the series more attractive; Monster Hunter 4 was the first game in the series to break one million sales in Western markets.[9] Capcom recognized there was still room for further growth of the series there; in an October 2016 interview, Capcom chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto said they are looking towards increasing the popularity of the games in the Western markets, recognizing that gaming consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have dominance in these regions over handhelds.[11]Monster Hunter: World, the series's first major entry targeting home consoles and computers, was developed to be more alluring for Western markets without trying to make the game simpler.[10]
Games[edit]
Below is a list of games in the Monster Hunter main series. Each generation has a number of entries that are derivative of the original release.
Main series[edit]
Title | Original release date | ||
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Monster Hunter | March 11, 2004 | September 12, 2004 | May 27, 2005 |
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Monster Hunter 2 | February 16, 2006 | August 28, 2007 (PlayStation Portable) | September 7, 2007 (PlayStation Portable) |
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Monster Hunter Tri | August 1, 2009 | April 20, 2010 | April 23, 2010 |
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Monster Hunter 4 | September 14, 2013 | February 13, 2015 | February 13, 2015 |
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Monster Hunter: World[12][13] | January 26, 2018 | January 26, 2018 | January 26, 2018 |
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Spin-offs[edit]
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2007 – Microsoft Windows 2010 – Xbox 360 |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2010 – Released on PlayStation Portable. 2011 – An expanded version called Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village G was released on PlayStation Portable. |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2011 – iOS |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2013 – Released on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U 2014 – PlayStation Vita. 2016 – An upgraded game called Monster Hunter Frontier Z was released on Wii U, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360.[14] |
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Monster Hunter Online Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2013 – Microsoft Windows |
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Monster Hunter Spirits Original release date(s): | Release years by system: Arcade |
Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2015 – iOS 2015 – Android[16] |
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| Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
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| Release years by system: 2016 – Nintendo 3DS[19] |
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Reception[edit]
Since the series debuted, Monster Hunter has sold more than 54 million units across all titles.[20] The series became Capcom's second highest-selling series, following Resident Evil, by December 2018.[21]
In the three days after release, Monster Hunter: World shipped over five million units (including digital sales), according to Capcom, and bringing the total series' sales to over 45 million by the end of January 2018.[22] By early March 2018, World had reached a combined retail and digital 7.5 million units shipped, making it Capcom's best-selling game in its history.[23] By mid-August 2018, following World's release to personal computers, the title had shipped more than 10 million units, and bringing total sales in the series to over 50 million units.[24] More than 70% of World's sales were outside of Japan, a major milestone for Capcom and helping to lead its profitability during the 2018 fiscal year.[25]
Total worldwide sales for Monster Hunter games exceeding 1 million units, through March 31, 2019, are listed below:[26]
Title | Sales (millions of units) As of March 2019 |
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Monster Hunter World | 12.4 |
Monster Hunter Portable 3/Freedom 3 | 4.9 |
Monster Hunter X/Generations | 4.3 |
Monster Hunter 4G/4 Ultimate | 4.2 |
Monster Hunter 4 | 4.1 |
Monster Hunter Portable 2G/Freedom Unite | 3.8 |
Monster Hunter XX/Generations Ultimate | 3.1 |
Monster Hunter 3G/3 Ultimate | 2.6 |
Monster Hunter Portable 2/Freedom 2 | 2.4 |
Monster Hunter 3 | 1.9 |
Monster Hunter Freedom | 1.3 |
Other media[edit]
Video games[edit]
A female Monster Hunter appeared as a playable character via downloadable content in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. The game also features a stage called 'Valkanda', which combines Val Habar from the fourth installment with Wakanda from the Marvel universe.
Rathalos, one of the series' mainstay monsters, appeared as a special event monster to fight in Final Fantasy XIV as part of a cross-promotional event with Monster Hunter World.[27] Rathalos also appears as boss character and assist trophy in the Nintendo Switch crossover fighter, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.[28]
Anime[edit]
A series of anime shorts titled MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura Airū Kiki Ippatsu (ja:モンハン日記 ぎりぎりアイルー村) was broadcast beginning August 10, 2010. A sequel, MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G, was produced.[29] An anime series based on the franchise premiered on October 2, 2016.
Manga and comics[edit]
A manga titled Monster Hunter Orage was published jointly by Kodansha and Capcom in April 2008. The author of the manga is Hiro Mashima. There are four volumes total with the last volume published on May 4, 2009. An English release of Monster Hunter Orage first took place on June 28, 2011. Elements from Monster Hunter were later included in the Worlds Unite comic crossover from Archie Comics, which featured several other Capcom and Sega franchises making guest appearances in the previously running Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man comic lines.[30]
Card game[edit]
A trading card game titled Monster Hunter Hunting Card was released in October 2008 with periodic updates planned.[31]
Film[edit]
A film based on the series has been in conception since 2012 by director Paul W. S. Anderson. The film was formally announced by Capcom in October 2018, with production starting that month with Impact Pictures and Constantin Film, and a scheduled release on September 4, 2020. The film will be based on a United Nations task force falling into an alternate dimension where Hunters fight off monsters, and the force join the Hunters to prevent monsters from returning through the portal to Earth. The film will star Milla Jovovich, Ron Perlman, T.I. Harris, Diego Boneta, and Tony Jaa.[32][33][34][35][36]
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Animated special[edit]
Capcom and Pure Imagination Studios announced that they are working on a 3D animated special Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild, to be available in 2019. The special will be written by Joshua Fine, and feature a fledgling hunter taking down an Elder Dragon.[37]
See also[edit]
- God Eater, a video game franchise with a similar gameplay mechanic
- Dauntless, a free-to-play game with similar gameplay mechanic
Notes[edit]
- ^Per the developer, World is the fifth game of the main series. Generations is a spin-off.[17]
References[edit]
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- ^Kerr, Chris (March 5, 2018). 'Monster Hunter: World is now the best-selling title in Capcom history'. Gamasutra. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^Moyse, Chris (August 20, 2018). 'Monster Hunter: World passes 10 million units thanks to PC port'. Destructoid. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^'2nd Quarter in FY2018 Presentation of Financial Results'. Capcom. October 29, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- ^'Platinum Titles'. Capcom. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^Wales, Matt (June 11, 2018). 'Monster Hunter World is coming to FFXIV this summer'. Eurogamer. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^Moyse, Chris (August 8, 2018). 'Monster Hunter's Rathalos joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside new Pokemon assists'. Destructoid. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^'Monster Hunter Nikki Anime Shorts Get Sequel'. Anime News Network. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^Schedeen, Jesse (26 February 2015). 'Capcom and Sega Join Forces for Worlds Unite Comic Book Crossover'. ign.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^'Monster Hunter becomes a card game'. andriasang. August 22, 2008. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^Hopewell, John (May 21, 2017). 'Constantin Drives Into Tentpoles With 'Monster Hunter,' 'Resident Evil' Reboot'. Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^Hopewell, John (May 11, 2018). 'Constantin Sets September Shoot for Paul W.S. Anderson's 'Monster Hunter''. Variety. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^Kit, Borys (September 25, 2018). 'T.I. Harris, Ron Perlman Joining Milla Jovovich in 'Monster Hunter''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^Frank, Allegra; Sarkar, Samit (October 4, 2018). 'Capcom confirms live-action Monster Hunter movie'. Polygon. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^Kit, Borys (October 1, 2018). 'Diego Boneta Joins Milla Jovovich in 'Monster Hunter''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^Frank, Allegra (July 11, 2018). 'Monster Hunter getting 3D animated special in 2019'. Polygon. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
External links[edit]
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Developer | Sony Computer Entertainment |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Closed source |
Initial release | December 12, 2004; 14 years ago (as 1.00) |
Latest release | 6.61 / January 15, 2015; 4 years ago |
Available in | German, English (United States), Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplied), Chinese (traditional).[1] |
Update method | Direct Download Download via PS3 Download via PC Universal Media Disc |
Platforms | PlayStation Portable |
Default user interface | XrossMediaBar |
Preceded by | PocketStation |
Succeeded by | PlayStation Vita (system software) |
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The PlayStation Portable system software is the official firmware for the PlayStation Portable. It uses the XrossMediaBar (XMB) as its user interface, similar to the PlayStation 3 console. Updates add new functionality as well as security patches to prevent homebrew applications and plugins from being executed on the system. Updates can be obtained in four ways:
- Direct download to the PSP over Wi-Fi. This can be performed by choosing [Settings], [System Update] from the XMB.
- Download to a PC, then transfer to the PSP via a USB cable or Memory Stick.
- Included on the UMD of some games. These games may not run with earlier firmware than the version on their UMD. See also List of PlayStation Portable system software compatibilities.
- Download from a PS3 to a PSP system via USB cable. (Japanese and American version only)
While system software updates can be used with consoles from any region, Sony recommends only downloading system software updates released for the region corresponding to the system's place of purchase. System software updates have added various features including a web browser, Adobe Flash Player 6 support, additional codecs for images, audio, and video, PlayStation 3 connectivity, as well as patches against several security exploits, vulnerabilities, and execution of homebrew programs.[2] The battery must be at least 50% charged or else the system will prevent the update from installing. If the power supply is lost while writing to the system software, the console will no longer be able to operate unless the system is booted in service mode or sent to Sony for repair if still under warranty.
The current version of the software, 6.61, was made available on January 15, 2015. It is a minor update released more than three years after the release of the previous version 6.60 in 2011.
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Technology[edit]
Graphical shell[edit]
The PlayStation Portable uses the XrossMediaBar (XMB) as its graphical user interface, which is also used in the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console, a variety of Sony BRAVIAHDTVs, Blu-ray disc players and many more Sony products. XMB displays icons horizontally across the screen that be seen as categories. Users can navigate through them using the left and right buttons of the D-pad, which move the icons forward or back across the screen, highlighting just one at a time, as opposed to using any kind of pointer to select an option. When one category is selected, there are usually more specific options then available to select that are spread vertically above and below the selected icon. Users may navigate among these options by using the up and down buttons of the D-pad.
The basic features offered by XMB implementations varies based on device and software version. On the PSP console, the XMB had top level icons for Photos, Music, Videos, Games, Networking (which allows the use of the web browser), Settings and Extras. Also, XMB offers a degree of multitasking. With the PSP, using the Home button while playing music would allow users to browse photos without stopping the music. While XMB proved to be a successful user interface for Sony products such as PSP and PS3, the next generation Sony video game consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita no longer use this user interface.[3] For example, the XMB is replaced by the LiveArea interface on the PS Vita.
Web browser[edit]
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The PlayStation Portable comes with a web browser for browsing the Internet. The web browser is a version of the NetFront browser made by Access Co. Ltd. and was released for free with the 2.00 system software update.[4] The browser supports most common web technologies, such as HTTP cookies, forms, CSS, as well as basic JavaScript capabilities.[5]
The version 2.50 upgrade added Unicode (UTF-8)character encoding and Auto-Select as options in the browser's encoding menu, and also introduced the saving of input history for online forms.
Version 2.70 of the PSP's system software introduced basic Flash capabilities to the browser.[6] However, the player runs Flash version 6, five iterations behind the current desktop version 11,[7] making some websites difficult to view.[6]
There are three different rendering modes: 'Normal', 'Just-Fit', and 'Smart-Fit'. 'Normal' will display the page with no changes, 'Just-Fit' will attempt to shrink some elements to make the whole page fit on the screen and preserve layout and 'Smart-Fit' will display content in the order it appears in the HTML, and with no size adjustments; instead it will drop an element down below the preceding element if it starts to go off the screen.
The browser also has limited tabbed browsing, with a maximum of three tabs. When a website tries to open a link in a new window, the browser opens it in a new tab.[8]
Parents can limit content by enabling Browser Start Up Control which blocks all access to the web browser and creating a 4-digit PIN under [Settings] in [Security]. Additionally, the browser can be configured to run under a proxy server and can be protected by the security PIN to enable the use of web filtering or monitoring software through a network. Recently, TrendMicro for PSP was added as a feature that can be enabled via a subscription to filter or monitor content on the PSP.
The PSP browser is slower compared to modern browsers and often runs out of memory due to limitations put in place by Sony. Alternatively, Homebrew has allowed a custom version of the browser to be released that utilizes all 32/64 MB of the PSP's RAM, which allows the browser to load pages faster and have more memory for larger pages.[9] Opera Mini can also be used on PSP through PSPKVM, a homebrew application which is a Sun Java Virtual Machine. It was claimed to provide much faster loading times than the default browser and provides better web page compatibility.[10]
Other features[edit]
Like many other video game consoles, the PlayStation Portable is capable of photo, audio, and video playback in a variety of formats. However, unlike Sony's home consoles such as the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4, it is not possible to play Blu-ray or DVD movies on the PlayStation Portable directly since it lacks of a standard Blu-ray or DVD drive. While it does have a UMD drive and there exist UMD movies, the UMD format never saw implementation on any device other than the PlayStation Portable and as a result the market is very limited compared to those for other optical media formats. There have been no more movies released on UMD since 2011, and the final Harry Potter movie was one of the final releases on the format.[11]
The PlayStation Portable also supports a feature known as Remote Play, which allows the PSP to access many features of a PlayStation 3 console from a remote location using the PS3's WLAN capabilities, a home network, or the Internet.[12] However, unlike the later Remote Play feature between the PlayStation Vita and the PlayStation 4, the Remote Play capabilities between the PSP and the PS3 are much more limited. Although most of the PS3's capabilities related to its main user interface are accessible with Remote Play, playback of DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, PlayStation 2 games, most PlayStation 3 games, and copy-protected files stored on the PS3's hard drive are not supported.[13] Actual Remote Play between the PSP and the PS3 games are only supported by a 'select' very few PS3 titles.
Furthermore, PSP-2000, PSP-3000 and PSP-N1000 can use the SkypeVoIP service starting with system software version 3.90. The service allows Skype calls to be made over Wi-Fi and on the PSP Go over the Bluetooth Modem feature. It is not possible to use the VoIP service on the original PSP-1000 console due to hardware limitations. There also existed other services for the PSP such as the Room for PlayStation Portable, similar to the PlayStation 3's online community-based service known as PlayStation Home.
Custom firmware[edit]
Homebrew development was very popular during the time of the PlayStation Portable. Besides the official firmware (OFW) made by Sony, custom firmware (also written as Custom Firmware, or simply CFW) is also commonly seen in the PlayStation Portable handheld consoles. Custom Firmware allows the running of unsigned code such as homebrew applications and UMD backups, emulators for other consoles as well as PSone games when the disc images are converted into PSP format,[14] unlike official system software which usually only allow signed or retailed copies of software to run. Famous Custom Firmware include the M33 Custom Firmware by Dark_AleX as well as those made by others such as the Custom Firmware 5.50GEN series, Minimum Edition (ME/LME) CFW and the PRO CFW. Since from the early days hackers working on the PSP discovered exploits in system software 1.00 and 1.50 that allowed them to run unsigned code on the PSP, many PSP-1000 users had downgraded their consoles to these versions in order to install a Custom Firmware corresponding to a higher version of the system software. Later exploits were discovered in some more recent versions of the system software too allowing the installation of homebrew content. Sony had put significant effort into blocking Custom Firmware and other third party devices and content from their PSP consoles, but their effort was not quite successful for the PSP. In July 2007 Dark_AleX officially stopped his work on the PSP, citing perceived problems with Sony as one of the reasons for his departure,[15] but other Custom Firmware continue to be developed or updated. However, this would be very different for its successor, the PlayStation Vita. Unlike the PSP, there is currently no native CFW for the PS Vita. Besides the popular henakau exploit, which allowed users to run unsigned code, it wasn't technically a custom firmware. There only exists eCFW for the PS Vita, meaning Custom Firmware for PSP running in the PSP 'emulator' of the PS Vita, but the features of eCFW are expected to be much more limited than a real CFW for the PS Vita, unless with the usage of Adrenaline, a homebrew upgrade to the existing 'emulator' , which adds USB support, fixed PS1 emulation, blue colour filter and more.
History of updates[edit]
KEY | Settings changes | Media changes | Disc changes | Game changes | Network changes | System changes |
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Description |
Version 6[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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6.61[16] | January 15, 2015 |
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6.60[17] | August 10, 2011 | First 'universal' firmware version for all PSP models; PSP-1000, PSP-2000, PSP-3000, PSP-N1000 and PSP-E1000 series
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6.50[18][19] | Pre-installed Only First found on August 16, 2011 | This firmware is only available pre-installed on very early production PSP-E1000 models.
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6.39[20] | May 24, 2011 |
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6.38[21] | April 12, 2011 |
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6.37[22] | January 20, 2011 |
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6.36[23] | UMD Only First found on December 1, 2010 |
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6.35 | November 24, 2010 |
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6.31[25] | July 29, 2010 |
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6.30[26] | June 29, 2010 |
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6.20[28] | November 18, 2009 | Initial release for a revision of PSP-3000 with TA-093 motherboard.
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6.10[29][30] | September 30, 2009 |
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6.00[31] | September 10, 2009 | This firmware does not contain the 05g model (PSP-N1000 (PSPgo)) according to psardumper.
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Version 5[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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5.70 | Pre-installed Only First found on October 1, 2009 | This firmware is only available pre-installed on new PSP-N1000 models and some later PSP 3000 models and cannot be downloaded.[34]
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5.55[35] | UMD Only First found on July 5, 2009 |
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5.51[36] | June 11, 2009 |
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5.50[37] | April 20, 2009 |
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5.05[39] | UMD Only First found on February 19, 2009 | Provided only with the Japanese release of The Idolmaster
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5.03[42] | January 19, 2009 |
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5.02[44] | November 20, 2008 |
Japanese only feature:
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5.01[45] | October 21, 2008 |
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5.00[46][47] | October 15, 2008 | First 'universal' firmware version for the original PSP-1000, PSP-2000 PSP Slim & Lite and PSP-3000 series
|
Version 4[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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4.21 | Pre-installed Only First found on December 5, 2008 | Only available pre-installed on the initial release of the black Rachet & Clank Entertainment Pack PSP-3000 series in North America and possibly some later production units of the Silver Rachet & Clank and Gran Turismo bundles in North America and other colors and regions worldwide.
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4.20[48] | Pre-installed Only First found on October 14, 2008 | No update to this firmware was ever made available. This firmware was only available pre-installed on the initial release of the PSP-3000 series
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4.05[49] | July 13, 2008 |
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4.01[50] | June 25, 2008 | Initial release for the TA-088 v3 motherboard, non-compatible with the Pandora Battery.
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4.00[51] | June 18, 2008 |
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Version 3[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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3.96 | UMD Only First found on June 3, 2008 | Provided only with the North American version of Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2
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3.95 | April 8, 2008 |
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3.93 | March 18, 2008 |
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3.90 | January 29, 2008 |
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3.80 | December 17, 2007 |
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3.73 | November 29, 2007 | Initial release for a revision of the Slim & Lite with TA-085 v2 motherboard.
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3.72 | October 30, 2007 |
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3.71 | September 13, 2007 |
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3.70 | September 11, 2007 | First 'universal' firmware version for both the original PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 PSP Slim & Lite series
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3.60 | Pre-installed Only First found on September 10, 2007 | No update to this firmware was ever made available. This firmware was only available pre-installed on the initial release of the PSP Slim & Lite with TA-085 motherboard.
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3.52 | July 24, 2007 |
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3.51 | June 29, 2007 |
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3.50 | May 31, 2007 |
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3.40 | April 20, 2007 |
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3.30 | March 28, 2007 |
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3.11 | February 8, 2007 |
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3.10 | January 30, 2007 |
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3.03 | December 20, 2006 |
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3.02 | December 6, 2006 |
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3.01 | November 22, 2006 |
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3.00 | November 21, 2006 |
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Version 2[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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2.82 | October 26, 2006 |
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2.81 | September 7, 2006 |
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2.80 | July 27, 2006 |
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2.71 | May 30, 2006 |
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2.70 | April 25, 2006 |
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2.60 | November 29, 2005 |
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2.50 | October 13, 2005 |
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2.01 | October 3, 2005 |
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2.00 | September 1, 2005 | Initial UK release (with included update disc)
|
Version 1[edit]
Version | Date Released | Description |
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1.52 | June 15, 2005 | Initial UK release
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1.51 | May 18, 2005 |
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1.50 | March 24, 2005 | Initial North American release
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1.00 | Pre-installed Only First found on December 12, 2004 | Initial Japanese release
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See also[edit]
Other gaming platforms from Sony:
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd English Patch Torrent
Other gaming platforms from the next generation:
Other gaming platforms from this generation:
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd English Patch Team Hgg
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