PSP Go battery removal a no-go because of piracy

Sony couldn't topple pirates with firmware, so the console-maker's taking things to the next logical level with an all-out hardware based assault. The target: the PSP Go's battery.

"You won't be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that," Sony's John Koller told PlayStation Insider. "There's no external battery, so there's a number of protections put into place on the system."

See, before, pirates were able to wrestle control of the platform away from Sony with something known as the Pandora Battery. Without the ability to install it, however, pirates will have a much harder time cracking the PSP Go. Or at least, that's the hope.

Sony's playing hardball now. It's your move, pirates.