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I've (literally) been avoiding almost all PSP coverage because I could really care less.. now that it's getting closer and closer, i'm starting to think about picking one up for $250 + tax. I realize they'll be hard as hell to find (especially without a bundle), but I think i'll manage. Anyways, that aside, educate me.

In the box, it comes with a 32 mb "stick", right? Is that used for saving games or what? I can transfer MP3's with it, right? A whole 8 songs or so. I probably won't get any games at launch, but aside from GTA and GT4, what else is on the horizon? Basically, what else should I learn before trying to get one?

If you want to watch movies or listen to more MP3s you're going to need a bigger stick. It accomadates up to 1GB memory stick. Thats my main reason of wanting to purchase one. Also, yes the memory stick is for game saves as well.

Everything you need to know.

It's the new forum that defender and Stealthy made, just click on the picture of the psp.

If you've managed to wait this long you might as well hold back and wait for favorable conditions, something like a must-have game, major discount deal, first generation games on markdown, etc.

The N-Gage supports a 2 gb mmc. Sorry, I had to say it.

Basically, I equate the PSP to a candy bar. It's flashy, sugar coated, tastes great, and is very attractive to the eye.

But you can only eat so much candy. Eventually, you need substance. But you're not going to find that with the PSP. Cause the system, the games, and the features are all about the wow factor. WOW, look at the graphics, WOW it does this, it does that..

When it comes down to it, you're paying $250 + price of games + the price of a decent Memory stick(mp3) + the price of buying all your favorite movies, AGAIN, in UMD format(who in their right mind will do that), just to play portable ps2 knockoff games(Come on, is spider-man 2, tony hawk's remix, and NFSU Rivals really that different?). Now, to me, it's not worth the $250 simply because I don't want to support sony, who isn't really furthering or innovating in videogames in the least. But I guess a $250 candy bar is pretty appealing to most people.

I was able to use an import PSP for about a day. No doubt, Sony did a great job on the unit itself. I also had no problem with the "square" button, or sub-par battery life issues mentioned everywhere. The screen was amazing. Big and bright.

I will say that the "wow factor" ended quickly, for me at least. At the end of the day, it was just another hand held game system. I personally won't buy one at launch for $250. I just don't think it's worth it at this time.

IMO of course.

PSP is also able to use a 2GB memory stick. Just announced, see more here:

http://psp.ign.com/articles/589/589190p1.html?fromint=1

Originally Posted by screwkick I was able to use an import PSP for about a day. No doubt, Sony did a great job on the unit itself. I also had no problem with the "square" button, or sub-par battery life issues mentioned everywhere. The screen was amazing. Big and bright. I will say that the "wow factor" ended quickly, for me at least. At the end of the day, it was just another hand held game system. I personally won't buy one at launch for $250. I just don't think it's worth it at this time.

Thank you.

Not to mention the fact that you have to treat the thing like a newborn child. Touched the screen? Oops, now its greasy and grimy with fingerprints. Dropped it? Whoops! your $250 investment might not read discs so well anymore, and that screen could get a nasty crack! Not to mention sony's time tested method of increasing hardware sales by releasing faulty hardware for launch..

Originally Posted by jer7583 Basically, I equate the PSP to a candy bar. It's flashy, sugar coated, tastes great, and is very attractive to the eye. But you can only eat so much candy. Eventually, you need substance. But you're not going to find that with the PSP. Cause the system, the games, and the features are all about the wow factor. WOW, look at the graphics, WOW it does this, it does that.. When it comes down to it, you're paying $250 + price of games + the price of a decent Memory stick(mp3) + the price of buying all your favorite movies, AGAIN, in UMD format(who in their right mind will do that), just to play portable ps2 knockoff games(Come on, is spider-man 2, tony hawk's remix, and NFSU Rivals really that different?). Now, to me, it's not worth the $250 simply because I don't want to support sony, who isn't really furthering or innovating in videogames in the least. But I guess a $250 candy bar is pretty appealing to most people.

I actually wasn't looking for much innovation with this next crop of handhelds. I guess that's why I couldn't keep my DS for very long. Nintendo just tried to be too innovative with it.

I think the PSP will be just fine. They have some great games announced for it. Heck, Sony won't have to do much to have more games available than the DS.

Originally Posted by jer7583 Basically, I equate the PSP to a candy bar. It's flashy, sugar coated, tastes great, and is very attractive to the eye. But you can only eat so much candy. Eventually, you need substance. But you're not going to find that with the PSP. Cause the system, the games, and the features are all about the wow factor. WOW, look at the graphics, WOW it does this, it does that.. When it comes down to it, you're paying $250 + price of games + the price of a decent Memory stick(mp3) + the price of buying all your favorite movies, AGAIN, in UMD format(who in their right mind will do that), just to play portable ps2 knockoff games(Come on, is spider-man 2, tony hawk's remix, and NFSU Rivals really that different?). Now, to me, it's not worth the $250 simply because I don't want to support sony, who isn't really furthering or innovating in videogames in the least. But I guess a $250 candy bar is pretty appealing to most people.

I totally agree with you. You are going to be looking at almost 400+ dollars just to play some PS2 games in handheld form. Granted the system is nice, and there are going to be some awesome games, but I doubt they do anything to push the handheld market further. Also, the things they threw in with the bundle pack are in useless. The memory stick they give you is not even going to be big enough for the downloadable wipeout data

at 150 I wanted one, but at 250 they are nuts.

Originally Posted by bmsdaddy PSP is also able to use a 2GB memory stick. Just announced, see more here: http://psp.ign.com/articles/589/589190p1.html?fromint=1

The memory stick costs almost twice as much as the system! I think I'm going to wait a year or so until these crazy prices come down. I just don't understand why it costs so much. Is a 32MB card that much different from a 2GB one? It's the same size and all the same materials...

Originally Posted by Grave_Addiction The N-Gage supports a 2 gb mmc. Sorry, I had to say it.

Well, the N-Gage is also a piece of shit. Sorry, had to say it.

I just hope it's all its cracked up to be. Think of all the promises Sony made with the PS2 that didn't come to fruition.

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Originally Posted by jer7583 Basically, I equate the PSP to a candy bar. It's flashy, sugar coated, tastes great, and is very attractive to the eye. But you can only eat so much candy. Eventually, you need substance. But you're not going to find that with the PSP. Cause the system, the games, and the features are all about the wow factor. WOW, look at the graphics, WOW it does this, it does that.. When it comes down to it, you're paying $250 + price of games + the price of a decent Memory stick(mp3) + the price of buying all your favorite movies, AGAIN, in UMD format(who in their right mind will do that), just to play portable ps2 knockoff games(Come on, is spider-man 2, tony hawk's remix, and NFSU Rivals really that different?). Now, to me, it's not worth the $250 simply because I don't want to support sony, who isn't really furthering or innovating in videogames in the least. But I guess a $250 candy bar is pretty appealing to most people.

Dude, Spiderman 2 is a completely different game....NFSU is a completely different game, and Thug2 remix is just a remix....no different from Super mario 64 DS....What about Ridge Racer....wow, playing those three tracks over and over again from the N64 version is soooo ill. How about the 80% shit games the DS has so far....what about the fact that the DS has like 2-3 games coming out a month?

Sprung sucked, Ridge Racer sucked, Metroid Demo was "meh", Mario 64 we've all played a 100 times, Mr Driller was a shitty Mr Driller (But still kinda cool, cause Mr driller rocks), Zoo Keeper was a shitty bejeweled knockoff,Wario ware is ok (but just really a quick game to make to put something other than crap out there), Pokemon was just another shitty pokemon port, and lets not forget the horrible Asphalt racer game....

What happened to Sonic DS? The PACMAN games? Where are they now?

The DS reeks of Virtual boy, give it 6 months and you'll be able to buy the system for 30 bucks at Toys R Us.

It just seems way too pricey for a handheld system. I'd rather use that for an XBOX 2.

Plus, handheld games being $50 is just plain dumb. Memory Stick media is way too expensive for what I would want for that. I guess you can get a 1GB for around $100 or less though.

UMD movies are just plain dumb. I'm sure you can rip a DVD to a memory stick...but you will lose quality trying to get it down to 2GB or less


It does look nice...the new cool toy, but I think I may pass, even though I have $150 in credit at GameRush

I played 5 or 6 PSP games at GDC last week and it is totally sweet. After that, I cannot wait to get my hands on it.

As for "innovation", you guys are nuts. The PS2, XBox, and Gamecube didn't have any sort of wacky input devices built in - so are they incapable of innovation?

As far as I'm concerned, being able to play Untold Legend diablo-style multiplayer wireless is far more attractive than a bunch of weird inputs that noone really cares about.

Also, I have a DS so don't call me biased.. I really WANT to like it, but they need to come out with some GOOD games, not games that they call innovative but aren't as fun as what we were doing before. Innovation is great, but people love to _say_ something is innovative and then jump all over people who don't like it.

Originally Posted by mmn Well, the N-Gage is also a piece of shit. Sorry, had to say it.

The N-gage does more than the psp will ever be able to do. Fact. The psp will outsell it 1,000 times over. Fact.

I'm not saying the PSP won't be successful, working at a game store, I know people like it. It's going to outsell the DS, and i'll be surprised if the DS even lasts another year. It's the facts. People go for whats flashy and cool, not nessecarily what's innovative or new, or even good. It's a lot harder to come up with something original and actually FUN on any system than it is to just put out some licenced crap that cashes in on the latest fads (see: THUG, NFSU:Rivals, anything else EA puts out)

The thing I hear the most from PSP fans: Look at those graphics! its sick, man wow.. I gotta have that.. So I ask, what games are you looking forward to.. well.. I dunno, I guess there's some racing games or something coming out..

The focus isn't on the games anymore. That's the problem.. But it doesn't matter, sony could put out anything, regardless of quality, and it'd sell more than anything anybody else makes, thats the sad state the industry is in.

My general system-buying motto: If there isn't at least 3 system-exclusive titles I want for it, it's not worth the money. Right now PSP has Dynasty Warriors and Lumines that I'm somewhat interested in. Not worth the time or money yet.

DS depends entirely on Final Fantasy 3 (Iread somewhere it's schedules for it.) Since I've been intending on importing a pink GBA SP anyway, I figure if FF3 does come out I can just pay a bit more and get the pink DS instead (in my mind it's the same system+ 1 game I very much want.) Otherwise it won't happen.