Pre Order PSP?

[Equinox2003]

Does anybdoy else have a PSP on order? I am exited about the new console, and the games coming with it.
List any thoughts, good or bad you have on the upcoming PSP console.

[Stark]

Good points - big screen

Bad points - absolutely everything else I've ever heard about the PSP.

I might buy a DS, but there's no fucking way I'm buying a PSP. And I *love* Dynasty Warriors.

It *IS* amusing that they changed the battery spec because the originals were so horribly, horribly lame that everyone complained.

Its ALSO funny that the box button is mooshy. And that it endeavours to be a 'media center'. And that it uses Sony Evil Technology instead of media. The media is also ejected at huge velocity. But eh, little niggles eh? I'm sure it'll be wonderful. Not at all a complete failure, like... gee... every other console ever that wanted to be the next Game Boy. The Game Gear - PSP similarities are quite telling.

Then again, the DS is MUCH bigger in the flesh than it appeared in photos. So who knows.

[Hamel]

Good points - big screen

Bad points - absolutely everything else I've ever heard about the PSP.

I don't know what issues are going to be fixed for the american release, however, the prevailing 2 to 3 hour long play time speculation sounds like total FUD - people have said that Ridge Racer will run for 6 hours (brightness and volume not at their maximum) before the battery needs recharged. As long as DS? No, but good enough for road trips.

Its ALSO funny that the box button is mooshy. And that it endeavours to be a 'media center'.

I wouldn't downplay the media center aspect if I were you. The UMD playback is inconsequential unless the movies go for super cheap, but playing MP3s and videos from a memory stick is a hot feature. If Sony ever releases a version with a hard drive then you have an iPod killer on your hands.

[Praxis]

The battery life on Ridge Racers is 4 to 6 hours.

Who wants to play at anything less than full brightness? Nintendo doesn't even offer that option, its either on max or its not on at all. So when you hear Nintendo's high battery estimate, it's assuming MAXIMUM everything.

If you perfer graphics over gameplay and would rather have PS2 ports than actual new games, go ahead and buy a PSP.

But whatever you do, DON'T buy the PSP for media functions.

And yes, I WILL downplay the media aspect, because it SUCKS.

1) Less than TV resolution screen sucks for videos.
2) UMD disks cost as much as DVD, have lower resolution than DVD, and none of the extra features.
3)
You want to put videos and music on a MEMORY CARD?
This is quite funny.
Firstly, you buy the PSP. $250 US price, includes a 32 MB memory stick.
Oooh, you want to play music! Okay, let's go buy a 1 GB memory stick. What format? Sony's proprietary uber-expensive Duo stick. Hey look! 1 GB costs $200!

Great, we've just spent $450 to get an MP3 player with the same capacity as a $150 iPod Shuffle! And less than 1/60th of the equivilant priced iPod PHOTO!

And its incapable of holding a two hour video without terrible compression (like 1/4th tv quality, 320xsomething).


No. PSP media capabilities suck. For the price of being actually capable of using it as a media player ($450 to $650, depending if you want the 1 GB or 2 GB card), you can buy the Wal-Mart $500 Linux Laptop with a WAY bigger screen and WAY more space (20 GB) and DVD player.



If you buy the PSP, buy it for its gaming capabilities, not media.



Anyway:
PSP advantages:
- Better graphics
- Pretty screen
- Limited multimedia functions
- You can use the disk bug to launch disks out of the drive at people.

PSP disadvatanges:

- Games are mostly console ports. I have different criteria for my handheld and console games.

- TERRIBLE battery life. Assuming max everything, battery life is generally 4-5 hours, compared to 8-10 on the DS and 12-16 on the GBA SP.

-Terrible loading times. It uses DISKS. Expect console grade loading times. The DS, to contrast, has almost NO loading times. You choose the level and it starts almost instantly.

- It uses disks. I don't want to carry minidisks in my pocket.

- Sticky triangle button.

- You might get arrested if you actually hit somebody with the flying disk.

- Terrible FPS control. The analog 'nubs' are vastly inferior to a joystick. Compare to the DS, with the touchscreen that is incredibly accurate, more than a keyboard and mouse.





Personally, I got me a DS.

[Stark]

Its ALSO funny that the box button is mooshy. And that it endeavours to be a 'media center'.

I wouldn't downplay the media center aspect if I were you. The UMD playback is inconsequential unless the movies go for super cheap, but playing MP3s and videos from a memory stick is a hot feature. If Sony ever releases a version with a hard drive then you have an iPod killer on your hands.

Don't be RIDICULOUS. Physical size ALONE counts the PSP out of contention MP3-player wise. Every man and his dog at least has a 256Mb MP3 player the size of a pinky finger: why carry a huge-ass piece of shit like the PSP around instead? Where would you even PUT the HDD? It'd make it even BIGGER! I mean, MS-MP3 players are cheap in AU, and they're small. Go waste your money (and pocket space) on a PSP. I dare you.

Also, as I mentioned, the batteries have been upspecced for the US release due to their utterly laughable performance. Try and read my post next time.

I reiterate: as a media centre (the whole idea of which is stupid) the PSP has dangerous distractions (all that 'game playing' hardware, the extra control surfaces, etc), and as a game console its got shitty battery (probably the no2 important feature for ANYTHING BATTERY POWERED) and poor controls.

[wautd]

Heared bad things about the PSP so I bought the DS (and I love it). Ok, the DS games that are out so far arent my cup of tea yet (quite cheap tough) but it alos runs GBA games so what the hell

incidently, does the PSP have tough screen?

[Melchior]

incidently, does the PSP have tough screen?

No, it doesn't.

[Rye]

I've got 2 friends with PSPs that have had no problems with them. They got them on import at xmas.which is a bit crazy. Only ridge racer was out last time I saw their psps, but that seemed to run fine.

I've not had enough hands-on experience with either to give any definitive reviews, however.

[Praxis]

Heared bad things about the PSP so I bought the DS (and I love it). Ok, the DS games that are out so far arent my cup of tea yet (quite cheap tough) but it alos runs GBA games so what the hell

incidently, does the PSP have tough screen?

The reason is that, being a new system, developers are creating new games for scratch while with the PSP they're just porting PS2 games.

Check out the upcoming games list, it's incredibly cool.
http://www.gamesarefun.com/gamesdb/plat ... tformid=84

(I'll edit this if its too long and bothers anybody, just post)

Games on Nintendo DS:
2005 Advance Wars 3
2005 Age of Empires
2005 Air Assault 2
2005 Animal Crossing DS
2005 Another Code
2004 Asphalt Urban GT
2005 Baten Kaitos
2005 Big Mutha Truckers
2005 Boktai (working title)
2005 Bomberman
2005 Brain Twisting Game Vol. 1 (Japanese)
2005 Caduceus (Japanese)
2005 Castlevania
2005 Choro-Q DS (Japanese)
2005 Cool 104 Joker & Setline (working title) (Japanese)
2005 Crash Clash Racing
2005 Deep Labyrinth (Japanese)
TBA Devilish (Japanese)
TBA Disney Presents a Pixar Film: The Incredibles
TBA Disney/Pixar's Cars
2005 Dragon Booster (Japanese)
TBA Dragon Booster (working title)
2005 Dragon Quest Monsters
2005 Dragonball Z
2005 Dust and Shadows (Japanese)
2005 Dynasty Warriors
2005 Egg Monster Heroes
2005 Electroplankton (Japanese)
2004 Feel the Magic: XY/XX
2005 Final Fantasy III (Japanese)
2005 Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
2005 Ford Racing
2005 Frogger Helmet Havoc
2005 Fushigi no Dungeon (Japanese)
2005 Ganbare Goemon (Mystical Ninja) series (Japanese)
2005 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
2005 Gyakuten Saiban (Objection Court) (Japanese)
2005 Harvest Moon (Japanese)
2005 Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
2005 Intern Tendo Dokuta (Japanese)
2005 Jam with the Band (temporary title)
2005 Jaws (tentative title)
Jeff Corwin Experience
2005 Jinsei-Game DS (Japanese)
2005 Jissen Pachislot Hisshohou! Fist of the North Star (Japanese)
TBA Jump Superstars
2005 Kenshuui Tendou Dokuta (Japanese)
2005 King Kong
2005 Legend of the River King series (Japanese)
TBA Lost in Blue
2005 Madagascar
2004 Madden NFL 2005
2005 Mahjong Taikai (Japanese)
2005 Mario Kart (tentative title)
2005 Mega Man Battle Network (Japanese)
2005 Meteos (Japanese)
2005 Metroid Pinball
2005 Metroid Prime: Hunters
2005 Minna no Mahjong (Japanese)
2005 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
2005 Monster Farm Jamboree (Japanese)
2005 Monster Rancher DS (Japanese)
2005 Moonlight Fables
2004 Mr. DRILLER: Drill Spirits
2005 Nanostray
2005 Naruto (Japanese)
2005 Need for Speed Underground 2
2005 Nintendogs
2005 One Piece
2005 Organizer Plus (Japanese)
2005 Pac'n Roll
2005 Pac-Pix
2005 Picto-Chat
2004 Ping Pals
2005 Pokemon Dash!
2005 Pokemon Diamond (Japanese)
2005 Pokemon Platinum (Japanese)
2005 Polarium
2004 Prince of Tennis (Japanese)
2006 Project DA (Japanese)
Project Rub (European)
2005 Project Rub (Japanese)
2005 Puyo Pop Fever
2005 Puzzle Bobble series (Japanese)
2005 Quad Desert Fury 2
2005 Rayman DS
2005 Retro Atari Classics
2004 Ridge Racer DS
2005 Robots
2004 Sawaru Made in Wario (Japanese)
2005 Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
2005 Secret of Mana series (Japanese)
2005 Shin Megami Tensei DS (Japanese)
2005 Slime Morimori Dragon Quest series (Japanese)
2005 Snood 2: Lost In Snoodville
2005 Snowboard Kids (Japanese)
2005 Sonic DS
2005 Soul Calibur
2005 Space eXploration Rally (Japanese)
2005 Space Invaders Revolution
2004 Spider-Man 2
2005 Spongebob Squarepants DS (Japanese)
2004 Sprung
2005 Spyro (tentative title)
2005 Spyro RPG
2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2004 Super Mario 64 DS
2005 Super Mario Bros. DS
2005 Super Princess Peach (Japanese)
2005 Survival Kids (Japanese)
Tendo Dokuta (Japanese)
2005 Tennis no Ouji-Sama 2005 Crystal Drive (Japanese)
2005 Texas Hold Em
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
2005 The Game of Life DS (Japanese)
2005 The Incredible Hulk
TBA The Legend of Zelda DS
2004 The Urbz: Sims in the City
2004 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
2005 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
2005 Touch! Kirby's Magic Paintbrush (Japanese)
2005 Ultimate Brain Games
2005 Ultimate Card Games
2005 Ultimate Pocket Games
2004 Urban GT
2005 Uruseiyatsura (Japanese)
2005 Vandal Hearts (Japanese)
2005 Viewtiful Joe
2005 WarioWare: Touched!
2005 WINX (Japanese)
2005 World Championship Poker
2005 World Soccer Winning Eleven series (Japanese)
TBA Xenosaga
2005 Yakuman DS (Japanese)
2005 Yoshi Touch & Go
2005 Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
2005 Zoo Keeper
2005 Zoo Tycoon





Animal Crossing DS is confirmed online, I've heard good reviews of Vietiful Joe games, Age of Empires DS will be AWESOME, Metroid Prime Hunters should be great, new Zelda games are always great (nintendo has talked about it), new Mario games are always great, new Sonic games should be fun, Star Wars Episode III...drool, and I've heard great things about Advance Wars.

[Styphon]

Good points - big screen

Bad points - absolutely everything else I've ever heard about the PSP.

I might buy a DS, but there's no fucking way I'm buying a PSP. And I *love* Dynasty Warriors.

It *IS* amusing that they changed the battery spec because the originals were so horribly, horribly lame that everyone complained.

Its ALSO funny that the box button is mooshy. And that it endeavours to be a 'media center'. And that it uses Sony Evil Technology instead of media. The media is also ejected at huge velocity. But eh, little niggles eh? I'm sure it'll be wonderful. Not at all a complete failure, like... gee... every other console ever that wanted to be the next Game Boy. The Game Gear - PSP similarities are quite telling.

Then again, the DS is MUCH bigger in the flesh than it appeared in photos. So who knows.

Heeey... I liked the Game Gear... even though it took like 90 batteries... and I was like 8 at the time...

[Sharp-kun]

Then again, the DS is MUCH bigger in the flesh than it appeared in photos. So who knows.

The thing about that is that the DS has a sturdy feel to it. I feel its strong enough to take with me to Uni every day and perhaps take a few knocks. When I tried out the PSP I didn't get the same feeling.

[Hamel]

lol battery sux
omfg it's bigger than the xbox i can see it from space
i dare you to buy it muthafuckaaahhh

So it seems that Sony's PSP is the son of the devil. 10-4 good buddy

[Rightous Fist Of Heaven]

Having tested both the DS and PSP at my local game shop (the owners are my buddies and they got test versions of the things from japan), I easilly arrived to the conclusion that there is absolutely no fracking way I would rather buy the DS than the PSP. Sure, the PSP is a bit on the large side and the battery life aint that shabby, but hot damn, the big screen and the awesome graphics are what impressed me. Seeing such graphical beauty on a hand-held console made me think that "this is how hand-helds should be damnit" and as such the PSP is the only hand-held I've ever even remotely considered buying.

The DS didnt impress me, there just wasnt anything in it that would have rocked my socks, but there was plenty of that something in the PSP.

My two cents in the matter atleast.

[Admiral Valdemar]

The DS is wholely unimpressive. The screen has also got problems with a large number of games made for the damn thing! It feels horrible, the games are the same old Ninty handheld crap and given a GB successor is likely on the cards, I'd wait.

I don't really care for the PSP either, but the DS is so overrated I don't imagine anyone with a decent phone or a GBA SP already buying one.

[Hamel]

The system has some remarkable improvements over the GBA, and some over the N64, but Nintendo fanboys refuse to see the flaws.

• The second touch screen is a gimmick (sue me, people). Someone tell me how it could NOT be akward to use the touchscreen, especially with a stylus, and other controls at the same time. It will mostly be limited to HUD and map displays.
• NDS looks like it was hastily thrown together. This is probably because they needed something, anything, to counter the PSP. It looks barren and space is wasted.
• Specs are underpowered. The freaking thing doesn't even have texture filtering. The only technical aspect that impresses is the sound and the ability to practically play prerecorded (read: not midi) music once the card space approaches 256 Mb.
• Nintendo is releasing yet another Game Boy which is supposed to be the true successor to the GBA. More evidence of the NDS being a holdover, despite all the BS about catering to two seperate demographics.

[Praxis]

The system has some remarkable improvements over the GBA, and some over the N64, but Nintendo fanboys refuse to see the flaws.

• The second touch screen is a gimmick (sue me, people). Someone tell me how it could NOT be akward to use the touchscreen, especially with a stylis, and other controls at the same time. It will mostly be limited to HUD and map displays.
• NDS looks like it was hastily thrown together. This is probably because they needed something, anything, to counter the PSP. It looks barren and space is wasted.
• Specs are underpowered. The freaking thing doesn't even have texture filtering. The only technical aspect that impresses is the sound and the ability to practically play prerecorded (read: not midi) music once the card space approaches 256 Mb.
• Nintendo is releasing yet another Game Boy which is supposed to be the true successor to the GBA. More evidence of the NDS being a holdover, despite all the BS about catering to two seperate demographics.

Sorry bud, anyone who thinks the touch screen is a gimmick has NOT used it.

http://frazmal.com/andrewfee/misc/Super-Mario-64-DS.zip

Watch that video, now.
Thats for SM64 DS.

Although I personally hardly use it for SM64, that shows what its capable of if one uses it.

METROID PRIME, though, is the CHIEF example of how it is not gimmicky. I can not play it well without the touchscreen, simple as that. The touchscreen control is AMAZING. I'm talking keyboard+mouse accuracy here. You put the pen on the screen, and moving it up is like moving a mouse up, down is like moving the mouse down, etc. Perfect control. D-pad is like the WASD keys.

Plus there is a thumb protector you can stick on your finger and use your thumb on the screen without smudging it.

Hastily thrown together? Nintendo's systems always look like toys, and as a result, are unbelievably durable. I'm clumsy, I've dropped my DS and SP plenty of times, and they have no damage other than scratches on the outer case (all over the place :s ).

The space doesn't feel wasted at all.

As for being thrown out to compete with the PSP, huh? They were both announced at almost the same time and both displayed on the same date.

The specs aren't that bad, its the same (slightly better) specs as the N64. Compare to the GBA at 16 MHz processor and 600k of RAM.

Nintendo has said they will be eventually releasing a new gameboy but Nintendo's CEO called the rumors that it'd be soon a bunch of speculation.


The lines WILL be kept seperate though. The DS will always have two screens and a touch screen (according to rumors, it will evolve in a PDA. And Linux is already being ported. That'll be sweet), the GB will always have one screen. Nintendo has always said the DS is not their competition to the PSP- they're not even in the same price range. The next GB will probably have PSP-like graphics (or perhaps Dreamcast?) but better battery life (Nintendo sets 10 hours as a minimum for the GB line).

[Stark]

lol gimmick desin = t3h suck lam0r!!! k thx n00b

I hope you realise how disgusting it is when some faggot ignores your points (twice, even) and runs off childishly, attacking the DS (and me personally) when the whole point of the thread was talking about the PSP. Since everything I said was true, go fuck yourself.

The funniest part (aside from everything I said being true, Hamel being too much of a fucktard to read my posts properly in his PSP-rage, etc) is that I'm not going to buy either because portable game systems don't have a place in my life. But WATCH OUT! I'm a DS FANBOY!!

[Hamel]

I'm a faggot, huh? Are you married to your screeds, homophobe?

Your over-the-top rant was mostly hilarious opinion and a repeat of every piece of anti-psp fud that one would expect to see from a slashdot/pennyarcade troll. You deserved to be mocked.

[Praxis]

Your over-the-top rant was mostly hilarious opinion and a repeat of every piece of anti-psp fud that one would expect to see from a slashdot/pennyarcade troll. You deserved to be mocked.

Hamel, I'm not gonna give a fanboy rant on you, but from your above post, I can tell you definitely have not used a DS for any extended period of time.

Anyone who has actually used a DS knows that almost all your "points" are incorrect.

The touch screen is very, very nice for controlling, especially in FPS. NOT a gimmick.

Your "hastily thrown together" thing is your opinion, because when you use it, it feels VERY durable. And it is.

Your claim the NDS is a holdover is silly. It ISa third pillar. One system for dual/touch screens, one for normal gameplay. The DS will likely evolve into a PDA at some point.

Etc, etc. See my above post.

[Cal Wright]

While normally I say, give it a chance, the PSP is just a big no to me. I might eventually get one, but then again, I've said I was going to buy a Game Gear for years. I want to get a hands on before I say yay or nay, which I have the opportunity. However, I will say this. It's drawing the attention mostly of the 'bling' crowd around here. Which can be a bad thing since all they want is something flashy, and they promote games that suck. It seems to be a universal that they buy only those games. Ahem, back on topic. There are 'original' games, yet most of what they're toting is PS2 'ports'. That's not a very strong draw for me. While the poor DS is getting blasted even though it's highly innovational. Either way, no, I am not pre ordering one, and I doubt I will purchase one within the next year.

[Hamel]

Hamel, I'm not gonna give a fanboy rant on you, but from your above post, I can tell you definitely have not used a DS for any extended period of time.

Anyone who has actually used a DS knows that almost all your "points" are incorrect.

The touch screen is very, very nice for controlling, especially in FPS. NOT a gimmick.

I watched the video, and while the guy has obviously had much practice with the touchpad controls, it looks super akward. I'm assuming he's holding the DS with his right hand. Unless the touch pad is functioning as a directional pad AND action buttons, I don't see how this works out. Maybe if the video was well lit I'd have a better idea of how it handles.

Your "hastily thrown together" thing is your opinion, because when you use it, it feels VERY durable. And it is.

Hastily put together doesn't necessarily mean lack of durability. That you can drop it 5 times and not break it is great but that has nothing to do with the visual appearance, space utilization, and performance specs. But of course, we disagree on those points.

Your claim the NDS is a holdover is silly. It ISa third pillar. One system for dual/touch screens, one for normal gameplay. The DS will likely evolve into a PDA at some point.

That seems bizarre and stupid and we've yet to see if it works to Nintendo's benefit. They need to do something, because the PSP is outselling the DS in Japan on a weekly basis.


Cal Wright:

There are ports and original games for both systems. Mario64DS is a port with new characters and content. There will be more such ports. Just as there are ports for DS, there are original games for PSP including the Bleach fighting game.

[Cal Wright]

However Sony is using 'ports' as a selling point.

[Hamel]

However Sony is using 'ports' as a selling point.

What do you mean by this? Is Sony telling people "HAY GUYS, we've got the games you played 4 years ago, and they're portable!" or just putting ports like Wipeout Pure in the front and center of attention? For some reason I'm not seeing much of a negative point to this.

[Ryoga]

Also, let's not forget the Square button that's only half on its contact. But that's not an error, that's a feature!

Frankly, between the dearth of interesting games and Sony's bullshit 'we didn't screw up! Honest! Our system is a work of art....those flaws are...uh...features!' excuses, I don't have much interest in a PSP. I <3 my DS, though; it has a much brighter screen than an SP, and it enabled me to send my SP to my dad as a present. Soon enough I'll be playing Zelda, Mario Kart, and Xenosaga on it. Whee.

EDIT: Corrected embarrassing typo.

[Cal Wright]

Let me say it slower then.

Sony

is

using

the

'porting'

of

exisiting

PS2

games

to

sell

their

PSP.

Whether they drop all of these ports in the library is something entirely different. The damn thing hasn't even come out yet. Either way, one of thier biggest totes is GT4 on the PSP, and it will be the PS2 GT4 at that. Which is just a load of horse shit, since GT4 is probably one of the hardest system pushing games in the PS2 line up. Why rely on portable versions of your console games. That's buying the same game twice, just to play it on the road. (although I have three versions of Mario 3 and one is the GBA, heh). Either way, thier emphasis is on having ports.