PSP Is Go!

[Zer_]

The thing looks like an ergonomic nightmare. I can't see myself being comfortable for hours playing that thing.

 

[Rigs83]

It still needs a second analog nub for playing otherwise it still sucks.

 

[Rigs83]

Too bad there's no fucking second analog stick. I love Sony but this is just idiotic.

Agreed. Sony needs to smarten up and NOW.

You still haven't said how the earler PsP's would run the new games if they introduced a second analogue stick. Until then, you're just being idiotic.

The same way the first and second generation PS1 games worked after the Dual Shock was introduced. They just won't use it. The problem is not the controls so much the rumor it won't have a umd drive. It appears Sony will do to early adopters what it did to people who bought the PS2 hard drive, give them a big fat thumb in their eye.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

Oh please! Why does Sony keep trying!? They know DS is more popular, advanced, and better. I hope that rumor of Microsoft buying out Sony comes true.

Really Microsoft buying out one of the biggest electronic companies in the world? Where have I been? Oh thats right, I've been on planet Earth, not bizzaro world.

it's a rumor! WOW it doesn't mean it's going to happen. I just heard it on a different website that's all.

Yes but think about the rumor. The absurdity of it is well... Absurd.

*thinks about it* nnnnnnnnnnnno I could see that happening. Anythings possible. Microsoft might buy it out just so they belong to them. But that doesn't mean Sony disappears from the earth.

You could see Microsoft buying out the entirety of Sony? Let me repeat that; Microsoft buying out the ENTIRETY of SONY. Think about it, Sony is a humongous company that isn't going away soon, if one section is going bad they still have home electronics, movie industry, music industry, etc.
Need I continue?

 

[thiosk]

even if twice as many psp go's are sold as psps that have been sold already, there the DS will still have an install base many millions of units larger.

The PsP LoL is not nearly sexy enough, but if it has a good battery life and is hackable, i could forsee myself getting one to run NES and SNES emulators on.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Gah, I'd wait for the psp2, hopefully with touchscreen 2 sticks and a better layout.
EDIT:
Actually I don't care if there is a 2nd stick just dont make it suck like the current one.

A pop out stick (or some attachment would go a loooong way towards playability.

 

[Jumplion]

it sure looks pretty, but the prettiness wont make me trow my ds lite into a fire and start camping out for it, looking forward to new info.

I'm not sure that they're really asking you to throw your DS in a fire...

The thing looks like an ergonomic nightmare. I can't see myself being comfortable for hours playing that thing.

You know, when I look at it, it does seem alot like the DS with it's screens folded out, just a little curved at the edges.

Doesn't seem too uncomfortable to use, though using the DS alot does give me cramps.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

The thing looks like an ergonomic nightmare. I can't see myself being comfortable for hours playing that thing.

You know, when I look at it, it does seem alot like the DS with it's screens folded out, just a little curved at the edges.

I think he means 'ergonomic nightmare' by the placement of the thumbstick, which I could see but I felt no real problem with my friends PSP.

 

[Jumplion]

even if twice as many psp go's are sold as psps that have been sold already, there the DS will still have an install base many millions of units larger.

The PsP LoL is not nearly sexy enough, but if it has a good battery life and is hackable, i could forsee myself getting one to run NES and SNES emulators on.

The current PSP has sold over 50 million units. So, double that, it's 100 million units. Total it is 150 million units. The DS has sold over 100 million units.

Soooo........do the math

I will be getting a PSP soon, but I don't plan on hacking it. But I have to ask, is getting homebrew for it really worth it? I'm one of those law-abiding goodie-two-shoes that has a tenancy to break electronics when I have no idea what the hell I'm doing with them.

 

[Jumplion]

I think he means 'ergonomic nightmare' by the placement of the thumbstick, which I could see but I felt no real problem with my friends PSP.

Eh, the thumbstick I've used below the D-Pad is very uncomfortable after long use for me. The nub to the side of it resembles the dualshock controller, so I'd imagine I'd be more comfortable with that.

 

[-Seraph-]

I will be getting a PSP soon, but I don't plan on hacking it. But I have to ask, is getting homebrew for it really worth it? I'm one of those law-abiding goodie-two-shoes that has a tenancy to break electronics when I have no idea what the hell I'm doing with them.

It's certainly a nice added bonus but personally I don't care about it and it's not entirely necessary to enjoy the system like some people claim. Playing emulators on it is sweet but it's something that one shouldn't lose sleep over. Get enough good PSP games and you'll be plenty occupied to worry about homebrew. Well thats my case anyways

But keep it in consideration because ya never know, just remember PSP 3000 models aren't hackable yet to my knowledge.

EDIT: oh and hacking a PSP is rather simple that anyone can do it, but if your that un confident in yourself just find someone who can do it for you. The whole process takes a few minutes really.

 

[thiosk]

Soooo........do the math

from vg chartz:

103.70 million vs 47.73 million. my math is valid!

And homebrew on my Wii is really the number one reason I own it.

 

[Moormur]

I'll truly believe it until I officially see it because all I gotta say is "WHY SONY...WHY". As cool as the concept is it's unnecessary at this time. It better damn well still support UMD's, oh and cue second analog stick whiners in 3...2...

This. Photosop is fairly powerful. Until it is official, I refuse to believe any of it.

 

[kingkillion]

wow this thing is fungly seriously the design is ugly

 

[Rigs83]

So far the most compelling selling point for the PSP is that you can view porn on it through the memory stick. I use to (could have but never actually did)sell them at a camera store I worked at not long after launch and the games were unfun, the screen too small to watch movies and the battery a significant pain since they always died. We had a color Gameboy the manager brought in to kill time (not the screen just the body, red)and we'd play Doctor Mario or Tetris on it and ignored the PSP completely. Granted you usually don't buy games at a camera store but the fact that it garnered no attention from any employees and few customers (questions but no purchases mind you) is the epitome of a failed system. Chuck it in the closet with your virtual boys, lynx, and wonder swans and move on. Sony needs to regain the console market before it should go for the hand helds again.

 

[Jumplion]

Soooo........do the math

from vg chartz:

103.70 million vs 47.73 million. my math is valid!

And homebrew on my Wii is really the number one reason I own it.

I was going under the math of "even if twice as many psp go's are sold as psps that have been sold already, there the DS will still have an install base many millions of units larger."

If the PSP Go! sold twice as much as the current PSP, then the total amount of PSPs sold would be about 50 million more than current DSs sold.

So HA! I have done better maths than you!

 

[Jumplion]

SoChuck it in the closet with your virtual boys, lynx, and wonder swans and move on. Sony needs to regain the console market before it should go for the hand helds again.

Okay, so the PSP has sold about 50 million units, around half of the DSs current install base.
The Virtual Boy sold a pitiful 750,000 units.
The Atari Jaguar sold fewer than 500,000.
And the Wonder Swan, never heard of it till now.

So please, take your ignorance elsewhere. Just the fact that the PSP survived against the juggernaut of Nintendo is proof that Nintendo has a run for their money. Nintendo, if anything, is the king of handhelds, no doubt about it. But there's no harm in some competition. I guarantee you that if the PSP wasn't as much of a success as none of you give credit for, the DSi would have come much later (which is a good or bad thing for some of you guys for some reason).

 

[Rigs83]

After looking

it sure looks pretty, but the prettiness wont make me trow my ds lite into a fire and start camping out for it, looking forward to new info.

I'm not sure that they're really asking you to throw your DS in a fire...

The thing looks like an ergonomic nightmare. I can't see myself being comfortable for hours playing that thing.

You know, when I look at it, it does seem alot like the DS with it's screens folded out, just a little curved at the edges.

Doesn't seem too uncomfortable to use, though using the DS alot does give me cramps.

If they move or switch the nub over to where the Select/Start buttons are they would have a license to mint money and the people demanding 2 nubs can stop complaining. Sony I prefer cash for fixing your mistakes.

 

[DRADIS C0ntact]

That looks horrible. Like they're ripping off the Game Boy Advance SP or whatever it was called.

Didn't the Advance SP flip open and closed like a cell phone? I get all the different Nintendo handheld versions mixed up. This thing looks like it slides open and closed. Anyway, I think it looks pretty neat.