So how bout that PSP?
Maybe its me but I can see no evidence of PSP hype on eoff(I speak to NA members) Its only 2 days more. I mean this thing is gonna be awesome. I was going to buy an iPod but I'm glad I didn't because PSP is gonna be so much more badass. Maybe we could have eoff tourneys via tunneling.
By the way, will PSP come in different colors? I saw a pic of a white GT version but I don't know if its purchaseable.
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Im gonna get that bad boy.
About how much is it going to cost?
Too big. The height limit is 250 pixels including images as well as text.
$250
Meh, The psp will crash and burn in my opinion. All who have challenged Nintendo at the hand held market have had their rumps handed to them on a silver platter. Mainly becuase the DS's design was extremely innovative.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...8974_2005mar19Originally Posted by square_is_the_best
Anyways, even then, I don't think the PSP will do too well; rather, I don't want it to do too well.
I bought my DS, and as far as I'm concerned, that's all I need between the two.
Well, I think the PSP looks great, but the $250 price tag and $50 per game thing is asking a lot out of gamers. Plus, I heard the battery life is terrible.
How about.... no.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.
Just like the article said, its about games..DS doesnt need those add-ons because frankly when i buy a portable gaming system i play GAMES...and DS for focusing on that already made me ignore Sony for their ploy to make them look attractive by doing all sorts of useless things. Frankly their special features are a turn-off for me(i even would say its faulty design)..not to mention their battery...if you lose it o god how evil that would be...the money needed to replace it! :x
Not to mention the whole crappy Square button and dead pixels thing I heard going on for the Japanese launch.
OK first of all I am supporting sony and their PSP because nintendo have pulled lots ofover the years and I just prefere sony.
Right, Nintendo do have a stronghold on the market but that is simply because there hasn't been any competition for around 10 years (Unless you count the N-Gage but that was hardley competition.) Nintendo will mostly be counting on their fanbase (which in the console wars doesnt seem to be faring them too well) and the nintendo mostly caters for the pre-teen market.
The sony on the other hand have the largest portion of the market and are catering more towards the early twenty something gadget market.
Next up. DS owners cant talk about add ons. The touch screen makes me think that the nintedo executives said "Hey sony are making a hand held console, lets rush out our own with a cheap gimmick that will really appeal to our pre-teen fanboys" It reminds me of that simpsons episode where Malibu Stacy dolls defeat the competition by releasing a doll with a new hat. Apart from using picto chat I dont really see the point. And with picto chat (correct me if im wrong) you within a short radius of the people your talking to anyway. Why not just use a pen and paper? At least sonys gimmicks are logical. Video and Audio playback are natural extensions to having a portable screen with speakers, wireless connectivity is the natual extension to... well being wireless.
Third battery life. Fully charged I have heard that it plays for around 4 - 6 hours with the WIFI ON. Remember the WIFI drains the batterys faster that simply playing a single player game. Losing the battery pack? Wouldn't that be just be the same as losing the stylus except there is no need to actualy remove it?
And then theres the difference in graphics which people seem to conveiniantly forget. If you compare Ridge Racer DS to Ridge Racers on the psp the diference is immense.
EDIT: Sorry I forgot. There have also been reports on the DS having dead pixles but little notice is taken as nintendo have a policy of repairing it even if there is only one dead pixel. Im not sure what the sony policy is but I think they only take it back if there are two or more.
Word/s.
Yeah, that wasn't a fanboyish comment there.
EDIT: If I sounded mean, I didn't mean to come off that way. Lately, I am sick of gamers being so cynical on the internet.
Last edited by Sephex; 03-24-2005 at 05:26 PM.
Ive got the PSP and its great!
In comparison to the DS it overpowers it in alot of ways.
It looks cool while the DS it a chunky block
The games are amazing like Darkstalkers and Ridge Racer.
While the DS has guess what MARIO and you guessed it WARIO
Geez can nintendo think of anything else except Fat Plumbers ( or pizza men I dunno )
The PSP has better games and Graphics. Im happy that Nintendo are trying to bring new things like the pen writing thing. But to be frank. After playing the DS that feature is crap!
Most people I know are going for the PSP. Mainly because they all have PS2s which are great, so they feel they can trust Sony to make a decent device.
The Gamecube wasn't such a big hit, and I know of nobody who has one. One of the letdowns was the lack of variety in the games. A large amount of the games were in the Mario, Zelda, region. Which may appeal to young gamers, but there isn't such a big market. People say PS2 is running out of ideas, yet Nintendo are still using the original concepts they used on the NES. This is a step back in my opinion.
If the DS becomes overun with Mario-type games, it will make me lose my already low confidence in Ninendo altogether.
there was a picture here
I clearly stated at the top of my post that I was supporting sony. There was no need to reassert that fact. I may have seemed a little extremist in that post but thats only because the majority of the people in this thread seemed to be against the psp.
Word/s.
I agree
I understand that sony are running out of ideas. But only on the actual
products not the games. The PSP is baiscally a PS2 controller but with a screen. But with the Sony formula anyway who wants to change it
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