Sony has released a new firmware update for the PlayStation Vita, dubbed 3.71. The new update is intended to fix a security flaw that could allow owners to run homebrew games on the handheld.

A slight hint of excitement arose for PS Vita lovers, as the latest firmware update has gone live, bringing us to PS Vita Firmware 3.70. Sadly, it's a bit underwhelming.

The big attraction, however, is that with PS Vita custom firmware, one can also negate the need for Sony's proprietary memory cards.

The PlayStation firmware update on Windows PC is now the official PlayStation Accessories app. Players on PC can now use the PlayStation Accessories app to customize their DualSense Edge controllers.

New PS3 PS Vita firmware updates have been rolled out, disabling the ability to create PSN accounts via the systems. Details inside.

In it, you can see that Home Manager “TedtheDog” explaining that a fix to Home crashes will most likely be coming “later” next month with the release firmware 2.5.

PS Vita's 2.0 firmware was released in late November, adding support for PlayStation Plus to the handheld along with an email app and improvements to the web browser.

Firmware update 3.68 was said to have been vulnerable to H-Encore, an exploit that allows the installation of homebrew applications. There rumors that PS Vita update 3.69 may arrive to patch that up.

According to reader reports, the PlayStation 3 firmware 2.1 is now available, complete with DivX support, WMVs, enhanced audio bitmapping and a voice ...

Namely, the official PlayStation website seems to have a cached version of the EULA for a DualSense firmware updater application, and it could be coming out soon.