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Just my personal opinion on the whole PSP threads. I am to old to really be passionate about any of the consoles, I still feel sad that the Dreamcast died. I really can't justify to myself spending so much money on any of the consoles when I would rather spend my money having good times with friends. I am of legal drinking age and ever since games seem kind of frivolous unless they are awesome and I have heard of few awesome PSP games, great games but no killer app level game or games that stand up on their own to justify the purchase. My Xbox died, I won't purchase a 360 and someone stole my DS but I did not realize it for weeks because I hardly ever used it except when it got dull at work during the holidays, and I tried WOW but hated the grind and quit after five months. I tried to rekindle my passion for games by going to E for All but had most of my fun just getting lost in LA and seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time at Venice Beach.Onmi said:
Don't own a PSP, but I do like them. There doesn't seem to be much of a reason to get a PSPGo though. You can get a Ds lite for under half that, and as soon as its released, the price on regular PSP's will go down so you might as well pick up one of those and save your money.
Mostly i agree, I like Valve's 5 games for $50 approach, especially since they were kick arse games.Danzorz said:
I don't like Sony at all, in fact I hope they don't survive long enough to finish their new PSP, but they got something mystifyingly right with the PS2, something everyone, but Sony, should pick up on and use.
Well the other PS3 fanboy is here, don't leave him out.Gerazzi said:
Monster Hunter was a really good game, and from what little time I have had with a PSP (My friend owns one) I can say its hardly a failure as a hand-held.GuNsLiNgEr X said:
i was wanting to get the new pspgo as my original pspphat is on life support the buttons arnt responsive the memory stick reader doesnt think i have a memory stick in it.
also as a handheld i think DLG are a good idea its annoying having to carry around 10 umds around
but then i found out the pricing £230 for a handheld is redic i thought sony would have learned from when they price dropped the ps2 ffs sony get your act together consumers want it so give us it! especially during this financial climate i can tell you this now sony: its you that needs us not us needing you.
psp lite is about £150
so a psp go should be, £150 - 170
so when it reaches that then al think about gettin it
also as a handheld i think DLG are a good idea its annoying having to carry around 10 umds around
but then i found out the pricing £230 for a handheld is redic i thought sony would have learned from when they price dropped the ps2 ffs sony get your act together consumers want it so give us it! especially during this financial climate i can tell you this now sony: its you that needs us not us needing you.
psp lite is about £150
so a psp go should be, £150 - 170
so when it reaches that then al think about gettin it
I read it all but I got about half of it. Am I stupid?
Just one small quibble; the iTouch isn't a name for the iPod Touch, though that's a common error. iTouch is licensed to another company.Sean Sands said:
Anyway, the scorched-earth retail policy paragraph hits this whole issue home. I guess that they're going for people who have no idea what the benefits of the opposing systems are, and just want to grab a last-minute gift for their kids.
I'm also sure that the Go has an advantage over Apple's products, given that Go is designed towards being a gaming platform (even if it lacks Apple apps).
Why would people want a Go anyway? Does it have any upgrades on the PSP? Smaller screen, smaller buttons, no UMD drive... I'm not seeing why this is an upgrade?
I bought myself a 1000 about a month ago now, I love it. For £15 from Ebay, it's now:
My MP3 player
My portable movie player
My portable games device
My large external harddrive (A 16Gb memory stick cost me £20)
And with the money I've just been given by someone, it'll be a digital camera as well.
Now, I know I can't glorify or suggest piracy in this case, so I won't open pandora's box. It has a fantastic battery, even without the custom Korean ones. All I had to do was update to the latest firmware and I was away.
Ok, thinly veiled suggestions aside, I have to say that the PSP is the most flexible console I've had the pleasure of playing on. My DS hasn't even been opened since it arrived, so it must be doing something right.
I bought myself a 1000 about a month ago now, I love it. For £15 from Ebay, it's now:
My MP3 player
My portable movie player
My portable games device
My large external harddrive (A 16Gb memory stick cost me £20)
And with the money I've just been given by someone, it'll be a digital camera as well.
Now, I know I can't glorify or suggest piracy in this case, so I won't open pandora's box. It has a fantastic battery, even without the custom Korean ones. All I had to do was update to the latest firmware and I was away.
Ok, thinly veiled suggestions aside, I have to say that the PSP is the most flexible console I've had the pleasure of playing on. My DS hasn't even been opened since it arrived, so it must be doing something right.
Here's the thing:
I have done extensive tests between the PSP's UMD and Digital software. What I have found is that games and movies on the PSP are a LOT faster when downloaded digitally than on a physical medium. The loading times are a lot faster, the games have a better frame rate. I mean, it is significantly better than before. I for one, am excited for the PSP Go!. Call me a Sony fanboy, I don't care. I, for one, like the idea of not paying taxes on a game. Saves money. Also, movies and music. So, yeah, it is crazy that they have it expensive, but I see value in it, oddly enough.
I have done extensive tests between the PSP's UMD and Digital software. What I have found is that games and movies on the PSP are a LOT faster when downloaded digitally than on a physical medium. The loading times are a lot faster, the games have a better frame rate. I mean, it is significantly better than before. I for one, am excited for the PSP Go!. Call me a Sony fanboy, I don't care. I, for one, like the idea of not paying taxes on a game. Saves money. Also, movies and music. So, yeah, it is crazy that they have it expensive, but I see value in it, oddly enough.
I really don't want that Sony back either, nor the one that made the original PS-X. Sony products (including their generic electronics such as TVs and such) have been crap for a very long time. The Playstation is an accidental success that Sony probably attributes to their own marketing savvy, when the reality is simply that their consoles happened to be where the 3rd Party Devs went. Kind of a "if you build it, they will come", whichever console has the 3rd Party games is going to win the so-called "console war".RooksEye said:
That's why the 360 is doing so well, it's the new Playstation in that its success has less to do with anything that Microsoft has done, and more to do with the fact that it's the system that the 3rd Parties are developing the most games for.
The PSP go isn't being manufactured right now is it? Please tell me it isn't. Sony should know that this thing has had nothing but bad PR, it's too high of a price for a "downgrade", and hardly anyone is gonna buy it.
Would I be foolish to wait for an announcement saying that the PSP go is "canceled"?
(and then they make the pun PSPNoGo)
Would I be foolish to wait for an announcement saying that the PSP go is "canceled"?
(and then they make the pun PSPNoGo)
Apparently they think you're sony's bodyguard.Indigo_Dingo said:
That and Jumplion WORSHIPS you.
Basically. OR, buy the PSP 2000 model, since it's cheaper and almost exactly the same. Whatever "screen improvements" were made are hardly noticeable, (My friend owns the 3000, I have the 2000, and the picture quality looks identical to both of us.) and the built-in mic is, as my friend put it, "Crap."Zephyr892 said:
As for the PSP Go, It LOOKS cool. Its not worth the money, OR the money I'd have to spend to be able to play SOME of the games I already have on UMD already. (Ratchet and Clank was great, but not worth buying TWICE. PLUS not all the PSP games are on PSN. Will they be? I don't care!) But, it looks cool, I'll give them that.
I'm happy with my PSP as is. The exclusives are good, and the ports of home console games are OK.
