Unlike the Walkman division, the Playstation development team has delivered a constant stream of firmware updates giving additional functionality across the brand for both the PS3 and PSP devices. It’s a great way for companies to push products out the door as quickly as possible so manufacturing costs eventually subside as the software within gradually matures. What happened to the days of a product that was released out of the box with full functionality?

Regardless, the existing processor power of the PSP was software capped at 222mhz, but in actuality is 333mhz. With the release of firmware 3.5, Sony has graciously lifted the limitation on processing speed so software developers can now release games that more feature-rich, graphically intensive, and so forth. Those who employ homebrew software have already had the opportunity to use the full power for a while. Whilst 100mhz won’t be a huge boost, it should allow better multitasking capabilities within the PSP and/or allow more intensive renderings. Perhaps with a patch, this update will get rid of that horrid lag when you attempt to make a goal in the original FIFA for PSP.

[Via Ars Technica]