So I've been wanting to play Rainbow Six Vegas for a while now and I finally got it (not at Dynabyte, so I had to pay full price for it--which makes me sort of bitter because RSV is one of the most expensive games around). Anyway, so my PSP came with a 2.81 firmware. Never updated it because I never thought it was necessary. But today I got a message that to run RSV you'd need the 2.82. And I'm okay with it, was thinking of just doing it right away until it said my battery was too low to upgrade.

But then I suddenly remembered loads of people were DOWNgrading their firmwares? I still can't figure/remember why they would be doing that as I haven't been playing handhelds (PSP/DS) until I left my parents' house. Does anyone know why these people would be doing that? What are the disadvantages of upgrading? I mean I want to play the game, but what should I be aware of?

Thanks.

-M

PS: I don't mess around with homebrews in case you're wondering... I just don't have the guts to play with them. So my question really is, if I play non-homebrews all the time do I still have anything to worry about?

X-Posted @ [Why Would Anyone Be Reluctant to Upgrade Their Firmware?]: http://community.livejournal.com/sony_psp/383226.html & http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25774836

[edit] Just remembered to register my games OL @ UbiSoft and EA. [/edit]

[edit] I swaer I will never laugh @ the Frag Dolls when they throw grenades @ themselves on R6V ever again... [/edit]