> > I've been thinking about buying a PSP, but is it easy to develop on? Is there
> > something like a public domain devkit for it available?
> > It seems like a tempting little thing...
> >
>
> Sony's only upgraded the firmware 3 or more times to prevent unauthorized code
> from running on the PSP, do you think they'd tolerate software devs that'd
> support making unauthorized programs for their hardware? How the heck do you
> think they make money? CLUE: On games developed for it! Do you really think
> they'd tolerate software that'd get in the way of their profits?
>

There's an open-source Xbox Dev Kit in development OpenXDK ... it is probably a little early in the PSP's life for something similar to be usable yet, though.