In an effort to better understand why hackers just love messing with the PSP, Sony has commissioned a survey designed to probe the depths of the hacking mind.
Respondents were asked to rate, on a scale ranging from "Do Not Agree At All" to "Agree Completely," their reactions to statements such as "I hack my PSP to see if I can get away with it," and "Hacking a PSP is a positive technical challenge."
The survey questions seem to fall into two groups: Those that suggest your typical hacker is a childish attention-seeker ("Hacking a PSP makes me feel like a rebel"), and those that figure a hacker is simply interested in a healthy mental challenge ("I like to push the PSP in directions the developers didn't intend.")
I'd be curious to know what Sony plans on doing with this information once the surveys are complete. Perhaps they hope to gain some sort of insight that will help them reach a detente with the hacking community. Constantly updating the PSP's firmware to stay one step ahead of the hacks must be a tiresome drain on resources, but I don't see how this data will help prevent that.
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Sony Wants to Know Why You're Hacking Your PSP [Kotaku]
