Sony has launched a questioꦫnnaire asking why gamers hack there PSP consoles with💯 custom firmware.

The poll, sent to select gamers, is apparently part of Sony's "ongoing PSP consumer research", looking into understandin⛎g more about the huge hacking community that has thrived on the PSP.

Sony has been embroiled in a heated b꧋attle with hackers since they ❀cracked open the portable's software protection months after its release.

Installing custom firmware is passed off as a way of opening up the console to seemingly innocent homebrew programs and home-made games, but it also ꦡallows the running of illegal game "back-ups".

As well as seeking to find out how and why gamers seek to hack their PSP and how they view the risks involved, Sony also asks𒊎 if hacking a 🔥PSP makes you "feel like a rebel".

Well, does it?

Apr 10, 2008