Just because you went online, searched for websites where you can find downloadable PSP games, and downloaded them, means your PSP can run those games. What most of these websites don't say clearly is that, after you pay some kind of membership fee, you need to change something in your PSP to play those games. Also, you don't always get the best deals on websites that offer downloadable PSP games from them. If you want to know your way around PSP game downloads and how to look for the good websites where you can download them, this article serves as your guide.

Downgrade your firmware

What most of these websites don't mention is that you need to downgrade your firmware to 1.50. The Sony Play Station Portable (PSP) has been hacked and firmware upgrades are designed to reduce the capacity of hacked programs or homebrew applications from being played in your PSP. This is understandable, as companies don't want to encourage downloading games that don't earn them revenues. But you can hardly care about this.

So, after you downgrade your firmware you can run most of the stuff from the downloadable-PSP-game websites you must have visited. Now that your PSP is ready to run free PSP games, and even emulator programs that allow you to run old games, like those from the SNES and others, you can choose which website with downloadable PSP games.

Choose your websites well

The catch word you use when you type search words on search engines is 'free.' As is free download of PSP games. Naturally, websites that pretend to be free even though they're not will use those words so that your search engines will find them. There are three kinds of websites that allow allegedly free downloadable PSP games.

The first one is filled with pop up ads and banners, allows slow download, and sneaks in adware and spyware after your download finishes hours or days later. The good thing is that you don't pay anything. It's really free downloadable PSP games. Good luck with the spyware, and hopefully you have the patience to wait for the download to finish.

The second one doesn't have spyware and adware, is less peppered with ads and pop ups, has got a decent download speed, but asks that you pay a joining fee and monthly membership fees. So be prepared to shell out an initial joining fee, and be happy you'll only be paying a monthly fee while you avail of the download services.

The third one is the best of the three. It takes off from what the second one has and cuts down the payment to a one-time joining fee. After that you pay nothing monthly and there are no hidden charges. You can have fast access to all the downloadable PSP games you want.

There you have it, a quick guide that matters. Now you know your way around downloadable PSP games.

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