Daxter Too
Banned
I'm starting to have my doubts. I've never believed in the PSP, I think Sony is making a huge mistake by trying to beat Nintendo on their home turf, but I am also starting to think that NIntendo reacted poorly to the initial rumors of the PSP.
Gameboys are great because they are cheap & have TONS of great titles. I have laways stated the whole concept of the PSP is flawed, but perhaps the DS is as well. Why would I buy a expensive DS for just a few new titles on the market, when I can still get a GBA SP for super cheap? I know DS is backwards compat, but as a consumer I try not to look like a complete chode when I'm gaming, and the 2 screen thing is just geeky as hell. If I want t play me some Zelda, I'll stick with the SP, especially in public.
If I were Nintendo, I would have just upped the resolution on the GBA, up the color pallate and tweak the sound. Super sharp sprites could be remade from old NES/SNES classics. The money would pour in.
If people arent lining up to buy Metroid Prime, who is to say they will do so to play it on a portable? A high priced 3D portable is just not feasable imo. People want to turn a blind eye to the Ngage, but it didn't work for a number of reasons, and a lot of those reasons are compounded in both the DS and the PSP. What Sony should have done was skip the UMD BULLSHIT and make a PS2/PS1 player in about a year or 2, when it's ready for the market. RIght now with battery issues and cost, this is a huge gamble. The UMD aspect is the nail in the coffin imo. The case is closed as far as I am concerned with the PSP, it just isnt going to happen.
But does anyone else wish Nintendo just put out a SUPER GBASP? Something tells me they have that project already in the works, the DS is a gamble in it's own right and success is no guarentee.
Gameboys are great because they are cheap & have TONS of great titles. I have laways stated the whole concept of the PSP is flawed, but perhaps the DS is as well. Why would I buy a expensive DS for just a few new titles on the market, when I can still get a GBA SP for super cheap? I know DS is backwards compat, but as a consumer I try not to look like a complete chode when I'm gaming, and the 2 screen thing is just geeky as hell. If I want t play me some Zelda, I'll stick with the SP, especially in public.
If I were Nintendo, I would have just upped the resolution on the GBA, up the color pallate and tweak the sound. Super sharp sprites could be remade from old NES/SNES classics. The money would pour in.
If people arent lining up to buy Metroid Prime, who is to say they will do so to play it on a portable? A high priced 3D portable is just not feasable imo. People want to turn a blind eye to the Ngage, but it didn't work for a number of reasons, and a lot of those reasons are compounded in both the DS and the PSP. What Sony should have done was skip the UMD BULLSHIT and make a PS2/PS1 player in about a year or 2, when it's ready for the market. RIght now with battery issues and cost, this is a huge gamble. The UMD aspect is the nail in the coffin imo. The case is closed as far as I am concerned with the PSP, it just isnt going to happen.
But does anyone else wish Nintendo just put out a SUPER GBASP? Something tells me they have that project already in the works, the DS is a gamble in it's own right and success is no guarentee.