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Why should I get a PSP?
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dark10x said:
There's a handful of titles coming out for psp that I'm interested in. Though honestly none of them scream out "awesome."
Virtua Tennis, Hot Shots Golf, Lumines, and GTA: LCS are awesome. They're already out, though.
I'm not saying PSP isn't about the games. I'm just saying it's real strength, IMO, is in it's features. I wouldn't have bought one without them. As awesome as those 4 games I listed are, it wouldn't have been enough to warrant me getting one. And neither would that upcoming list.
For an actual serious post that'll actually contribute something to this rather trolltastic thread:
If you can afford it: get both. Just like in the console world, owning every system tends to be worthwhile because you get the best of both worlds.
Myself I'm waiting for PSP revision #4. That appears to be the time when Sony hardware isn't made of shit and will actually last for awhile. Love that slimline PS2.
If you can afford it: get both. Just like in the console world, owning every system tends to be worthwhile because you get the best of both worlds.
Myself I'm waiting for PSP revision #4. That appears to be the time when Sony hardware isn't made of shit and will actually last for awhile. Love that slimline PS2.
Dragona Akehi said:Wow and I thought Nintendo fans were touchy.
Yep. DM put it best--
[November 05, 2005 22:15] DMczaf: i love GAF, if you dont like something then something is wrong with YOU
[November 05, 2005 22:15] DMczaf: and if you like something they dont, something is wrong with YOU
Well Sony fans have never been in this situation before, they've always had a smooth ride. They're uncertain how to reactDragona Akehi said:Wow and I thought Nintendo fans were touchy.
Remember when PSP was announced...DS was doomed Nintendo was doomed. When PSP launched...DS was doomed Nintendo was doomed.
How the times have changed :lol
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
You can VNC Remotley into your PC with your PSP with the App "TightVNC". Its a homebrew app but its very cool when you don't want to get your ass up and turn off your PC even if its in the same room by VNCing into the said PC and remotley shutting it down with your PSP.
Undeniably Me
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Everyone should get both a PSP and a DS so that we never see threads like these. I'll never understand why people bother to create a thread listing overwhelming evidence to suggest that a system isn't for them, and then ask others to sway their opinion. If you're not capable of being an intelligent buyer, i.e, performing some basic research on game releases, and weighing the overall (and well-documented) positives against the negatives, in order to make a decision for yourself then tough shit. You're either interested in what the system has to offer or you're not.
master_shake_05
Banned
Thinking over Drinky's post, to be honest I don't think either of them will go without a few looks from random people on the street. When I've taken my PSP out I almost always have people give me contorted stares and have even been called a "nerdy gamer dude" by my constituates......
Of course, the bitches think its the shit, but that goes without saying :lol
Of course, the bitches think its the shit, but that goes without saying :lol
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
DCharlie said:
The GameboyAdvance 2 is still waiting in the darkness waiting for the strike though right? I can't wait to see what Nintendo does with that.
master_shake_05
Banned
Aw, the GBA2. Don't be so naive - Nintendo still has another four or five models of the first GBA to release on the market before they'll even think of moving on 
The Abominable Snowman
Member
I honestly think that while the DS has some REALLY fun games that I may be involved in, the PSP has a better rounded library. Like, the DS is a portable system, with unique titles that you can only find on the system with the control scheme. However, it may not have all your likes and favorite genres on it.
The PSP has a lot of titles in a lot of genres that the DS does not offer. It has a bit of extra padding in the sports, racing, and other genres.
The PSP also has some great multimedia functions that, although they are technically not new since they've been in PDAs for a long time, makes it more of a complete handheld system than just a gaming handheld.
Other than that.... EMULATION!
Aside from the other NES, SNES, Genesis, and Amiga, there are other systems that make the PSP awesome.
Neo Geo CD is fucking awesome on the go! Neo Geo Pocket Color and Game Boy Color ae also excellent supplements, especially since they were already portable systems and have games made for the guy or girl on the go.
My favorite reason: DOSbox. Master of Orion, Raptor, Duke Nukem 2, Hocus Pocus, Master of Magic, Ultima 7 (Fuck 8), in addition to other games that were made to run on the PSP like Quake 1 and 2, Doom 1 and 2.
The PSP has a lot of titles in a lot of genres that the DS does not offer. It has a bit of extra padding in the sports, racing, and other genres.
The PSP also has some great multimedia functions that, although they are technically not new since they've been in PDAs for a long time, makes it more of a complete handheld system than just a gaming handheld.
Other than that.... EMULATION!
Aside from the other NES, SNES, Genesis, and Amiga, there are other systems that make the PSP awesome.
Neo Geo CD is fucking awesome on the go! Neo Geo Pocket Color and Game Boy Color ae also excellent supplements, especially since they were already portable systems and have games made for the guy or girl on the go.
My favorite reason: DOSbox. Master of Orion, Raptor, Duke Nukem 2, Hocus Pocus, Master of Magic, Ultima 7 (Fuck 8), in addition to other games that were made to run on the PSP like Quake 1 and 2, Doom 1 and 2.
Jive Turkey
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Pretending for one second that this thread really is to convince you to buy a PSP and not to troll the system...
If you need to ask "Why should I buy a [system name]?" my answer is always "If you need someone to convince you to buy it, you must not really want it."
If you need to ask "Why should I buy a [system name]?" my answer is always "If you need someone to convince you to buy it, you must not really want it."
I just bought the Giga pack yesterday, downgraded to 1.5 and did all that nifty stuff
and WOW. The d-pad and buttons feel so cheaply made despite the fact that they don't look cheap. The analog nub is put too low and makes racing games VERY uncomfortable to play. I'm not even going to go into the feeling of deja vu when you play the MUST OWN PSP games....
despite that, it's a very shiny and glossy system that can play pretty much all the SNES games at 90% speed Definitely not worth the $324 I paid though.
and WOW. The d-pad and buttons feel so cheaply made despite the fact that they don't look cheap. The analog nub is put too low and makes racing games VERY uncomfortable to play. I'm not even going to go into the feeling of deja vu when you play the MUST OWN PSP games....
despite that, it's a very shiny and glossy system that can play pretty much all the SNES games at 90% speed
Definitely not worth the $324 I paid though.
Agent X
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Matlock said:
See, for me, that's part of the case for getting the PSP. If a game is truly good, then it shouldn't matter whether you're playing it on your TV or on a handheld.
PSP enables me to carry around games of similar quality to those I'm accustomed to playing at home. Virtually every handheld has promised the ability to do this, but few have truly delivered it. Of those that did, most of them didn't have the financial backing of the manufacturer and/or the third-party support to stick around in the long run, thus perpetuating the myth among some Nintendo fanboy cliques that "no one wants to play console-style games on the go" (even though Nintendo originally marketed Game Boy on that same premise).
It's analagous to why the Walkman and iPod found success. They offered the ability to listen to high-quality music on the go, the same music you would listen to at home with the same instruments, the same vocals, and similar fidelity. It's not like condensing music into a wind-up music box and then carrying it around in your pocket so you can listen to it plinkety-plink a 20-second segment of one song. Handheld gaming with the PSP is the same way--you get a comparable experience to what you would expect to play on a home system, except you're not tethered to the TV.
Remember what I said earlier: if a game is truly good, then it shouldn't matter whether you're playing it on your TV or on a handheld. This holds true going in both directions. Think about it from the perspective of transporting the handheld game home: If a handheld video game is of such low quality that you would never bother to play it if it were released as-is on a home console, then why would you waste your time playing that game on a handheld?
Matlock said:
I can't argue with these here, although the PSP does make a dandy portable video player.
Matlock said:
So do I. At the time I bought the PSP, I had seven other handheld video game systems in my home. Interestingly, there were only three distinct platforms represented between them: 3 Lynxes, 2 Genesis Nomads, and 2 GBAs. Since getting the PSP a few months ago, it has gotten more play than all of the other handhelds combined, and in fact gets more gaming time devoted to it than any other system I own except for the PS2. Not counting the handhelds mentioned earlier or multiples of the same system, I can play games on 15 different home gaming platforms, so that's pretty strong praise for the PSP.
It helps if you don't think of the PSP as a mere portable. Think of it as a full-fledged video game console that just happens to be portable.
Matlock said:
Hey, I think it's a great system, but if you can't justify it for yourself with the games that are out now, then don't worry and forget about it for a while. But give it another look again in the next few months when more games are available. Heian-kyo and Matix did a nice job of compiling some screens from a lot of great looking games that are coming in the next few months. Perhaps when those games are available, you'll decide that you want your own PSP.
Jive Turkey
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Glad I'm not the only one.Tony HoTT said:
Tony HoTT said:
Just as a review, I went over the "OMG GOTTA GET THESE GAMES" lists and filtered out the ones I don't give a crap about. I came up with this list.
Extreme Ghouls & Ghosts
Katamari Damacy
Loco Roco
Ridge Racers
Gradius
Daxter
Also, fuck what you think about this thread. When I troll, I troll big, and not with an innocent question.
BlueTsunami
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Matlock said:
No Hot Shots Golf?
Drinky Crow
Banned
No, no, they really haven't been. There's 3.5 games I'd play on the DS. I own 8 games for my PSP.
Aleight then I should tell you how I feel about these title in particular.Maybe it will help you, maybe it won't. You get what you asked forMatlock said:
Extreme Ghouls & Ghosts: From what I've seen this seems to be very close to the SNES one in design and look except for the graphics being 3D of course. I used to get all excited about remakes, but when I finally had them I didn't play them at all because basically I did already know the games. I learned my lesson.
Katamari Damacy: Have this on the PS2 and haven't actually finished it. So I don't even feel the need to get the sequel anytime soon. While having this game portable would be cool, that's not enough to essentially by it a second time for me. Especially if the controls really are as bad as rumored.
Loco Roco: I'd like to play this. Looking forward to read reviews about it.
Ridge Racers: We had an office PSP with all the launch games back then and I gave this a go. Pretty much felt about it like I did with other remakes described above: excited at first then shut off after 10 minutes because it was like what I played 10 years ago on the psx with better image quality. Sort of when you first learn about emulators, you play all your favorite games for ten minutes to check out how they look with those filters applied.
Gradius: I'd like to play Gradius Gaiden, but I think I'll look out for the PSX version instead for cheap. To be honest, old school gradius games are a bit too hard and frustrating for me.
Daxter: Don't know anything about it.
Personally, games like Rez or Gitaroo Man are what I'd like to see on PSP and what I would buy one for. Unfortunately, with that whole "console like experiences" thing going on, we're unlikely to see more of that kind on the PSP than on say the PS2
I wish for new 2.5D games too (not existing franchises).The Abominable Snowman
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i've played U7 on my Xbox using DOSBox. I've not tested it on the PSP yet. There shouldn't be a problem with the PSP version of DOSbox. U7 works well at about 5k cycles, and the PSP can apparently handle that.
WrathOfOtaibah
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I had to sell my PSP. When playing it, it really fatigued my eyes. As in dried them out. They were more red than white if I'd play PSP for maybe 2-3 hours a day for a few days. It also bothered my back and made the under part of my left shoulder blade numb. I had to sell it off. I enjoyed it but I couldn't keep it for obvious reasons.
As for the DS, man I made a big mistake there. I bought it thinkng it was going to be as fun and amazing as it could get from all the hype here. I got Advance Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania, and Phoenix Wright. I forgot how much I hated Advance Wars. Its simple SRPG gaming with not much thought process. All you do is just wait for the enemy to advance to you, hit them hard, defeat them. Plus the storyline was so corny, I felt like an asshole playing this game. Castlevania wasn't too bad. Phoenix Wright was a joke though. It seemed so cool until you actually play the game.
As for the DS, man I made a big mistake there. I bought it thinkng it was going to be as fun and amazing as it could get from all the hype here. I got Advance Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania, and Phoenix Wright. I forgot how much I hated Advance Wars. Its simple SRPG gaming with not much thought process. All you do is just wait for the enemy to advance to you, hit them hard, defeat them. Plus the storyline was so corny, I felt like an asshole playing this game. Castlevania wasn't too bad. Phoenix Wright was a joke though. It seemed so cool until you actually play the game.
Join the technological future, Matlock. Buy a PSP. DS is a nice diversionary secondary portable.
Oh, and the DS is fighting a losing battle against the PSP. The only reason the DS is BARELY outselling the PSP at the moment is because the system is half the price. Once the PSP drops to 199, then 149 and finally 99 dollars you can take the flawless PSP victory to the bank.
Oh, and the DS is fighting a losing battle against the PSP. The only reason the DS is BARELY outselling the PSP at the moment is because the system is half the price. Once the PSP drops to 199, then 149 and finally 99 dollars you can take the flawless PSP victory to the bank.
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