The 11 Biggest Frauds in Gaming

[quote name='VipFREAK']I don't think I know what any of those are. I'm glad.[/QUOTE]
Seriously?
[quote name='Dead of Knight']At least they got #1 right. That's about it.[/QUOTE]
Agreed.
 
Ahhhh.....With the PSP go you can still play the games on it, you just have to download them instead of playing them on UMD. Now this will only not be a big deal if Sony makes due on their promise and releases all their games on the PSN by october first, and other people follow suit but beyond that it has the same functionality as it can still play the games. It also has a better screen (maybe smaller but better), a lot more on board memory, and is a lot smaller and lighter. Now is the PSP go Overpriced, absolutely, I think $200 would have been much more fair price, but there is always a premium for smaller, lighter items and therefore by no means is it a "fraud." Plus, all the reviews I have read from people who have ACTUALLY touched the thing absolutely love the thing as they claim it is extremely light and much more ergonomic, and fits better in your pocket and is much much more portable.
 
[quote name='H.Cornerstone']Ahhhh.....With the PSP go you can still play the games on it, you just have to download them instead of playing them on UMD. Now this will only not be a big deal if Sony makes due on their promise and releases all their games on the PSN by october first, and other people follow suit but beyond that it has the same functionality as it can still play the games. It also has a better screen (maybe smaller but better), a lot more on board memory, and is a lot smaller and lighter. Now is the PSP go Overpriced, absolutely, I think $200 would have been much more fair price, but there is always a premium for smaller, lighter items and therefore by no means is it a "fraud." Plus, all the reviews I have read from people who have ACTUALLY touched the thing absolutely love the thing as they claim it is extremely light and much more ergonomic, and fits better in your pocket and is much much more portable.[/QUOTE]


that's nice that all the games will be on the store, but what's their plan for people with full libraries of UMD PSP games? as far as I know, there's almost no secure way to convert your copy-- the discs don't have individual IDs or serial numbers.

the only way I can see it working is if they release official UMD ripping software that authenticates a copy, so that you can rip your games with your old PSP, and then transfer them to your PSPGo. There are some big security holes there too.

With the way Sony has been since the PS3 launch, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't offer a solution and instead just tell people to buy it again.
 
PSP Go...

Why not just write off every re-hash of a handheld? Gameboy Pocket, GBA SP, GBA Micro, DS Lite, DSi, PSP 2000, PSP 3000, *insert missed things here*

At least it is a significant change, not just "It's a little bit thinner... oh, and we made it have a glossy coat.'
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']At least they got #1 right. That's about it.[/QUOTE]
If this is a list of things the Crispygamer.com writers are most jealous of, the rest of the entries seem sort of out of place.

Not sure if their Pachter paragraph could be laced with any more bitterness and still be visible on the page.

I can see maybe two items on that list that could be considered "frauds" but I guess they needed a top 10 11 list this week.
 
[quote name='ninja dog']that's nice that all the games will be on the store, but what's their plan for people with full libraries of UMD PSP games? as far as I know, there's almost no secure way to convert your copy-- the discs don't have individual IDs or serial numbers.

the only way I can see it working is if they release official UMD ripping software that authenticates a copy, so that you can rip your games with your old PSP, and then transfer them to your PSPGo. There are some big security holes there too.

With the way Sony has been since the PS3 launch, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't offer a solution and instead just tell people to buy it again.[/QUOTE]

Keep your PSP 1000, 2000, 3000?
 
If this person seriously couldn't see the benefits of the expansion pack on games that supported it they are blind as a bat! Play Star Wars pod racer without it then stick it in, it's like night and day.
 
[quote name='coolsteel']If this person seriously couldn't see the benefits of the expansion pack on games that supported it they are blind as a bat! Play Star Wars pod racer without it then stick it in, it's like night and day.[/QUOTE]

Vigilante 8 looked great with it too .
 
I concur with the Mode 7 sentiment, as it's out of place on this list, as well as the Gameboy Camera. I worked at EB when that came out, and people went nuts for it. They had a ton of fun with the thing. It seems very silly now, but it's also over a decade later.

2 things that I thought should have been on the list - the Sega 32X and Nintendo not packaging an RFU with the N64. I worked at a small video game store during the N64 launch and that Christmas. I had a LINE of people waiting outside the door of my store the day after Xmas as well as 15 messages on the answering machine at the store asking how the hell they were supposed to hook it up to their TVs. I had 5 RFUs in stock, and they were sold within the first 5 minutes of opening the store. Every store in town sold out of them immediately, and the supply of them was outstripped by the supply of the systems...And they ended up backordered for 2 weeks from Nintendo. It was a mess, because most TVs didn't have A/V Composite input at the time, which was the only cable included with the N64.

The 32X was on par, but only because it was a piece of garbage. It was an interesting idea by Sega, but about a year too late, AND it was never supported right. Doom 32X and Star Wars were awesome, but the 32X reeked of desperation after the flop that was the Sega CD.

Off-topic...fucking re-release Snatcher on PSN or Live. For real. it's been 15 years...just fucking do it. WTF Konami?
 
Sega CD was "weak" at the time, but it was the first CD based console, i won't call it a fraud...

Anyway, it's fun to read the list, but not exactly accurate.

PSP Go is not even out yet, so it's harsh to say it's a fraud... Motion Plus is out for a month, but giving that not many people buying into the "hype" it's not exactly a fraud, close enough. Seriously, WiiSport rocks, i don't think most people care about anything else on the Wii.

It's true, but you don't buy him anyway, so i don't think it's relevant.
1. Michael Pachter

 
i don't remember ANYONE hyping mode 7. it was just there. not even Nintendo Power, the super mega ultra propaganda magazine i believed in, really said anything about mode 7.
 
[quote name='Serpentor']Sega CD was "weak" at the time, but it was the first CD based console, i won't call it a fraud...[/QUOTE]Don't let those FEKA goons fool you! Turbo Duo was the FIRST CONSOLE CD SYSTEM!

JohnnyTurbo.jpg
 
[quote name='Gentlegamer']Don't let those FEKA goons fool you! Turbo Duo was the FIRST CONSOLE CD SYSTEM!

JohnnyTurbo.jpg
[/QUOTE]

OH GOD. Even to this day I still laugh at that.
 
[quote name='Ronin317']2 things that I thought should have been on the list - the Sega 32X and Nintendo not packaging an RFU with the N64. I worked at a small video game store during the N64 launch and that Christmas. I had a LINE of people waiting outside the door of my store the day after Xmas as well as 15 messages on the answering machine at the store asking how the hell they were supposed to hook it up to their TVs. I had 5 RFUs in stock, and they were sold within the first 5 minutes of opening the store. Every store in town sold out of them immediately, and the supply of them was outstripped by the supply of the systems...And they ended up backordered for 2 weeks from Nintendo. It was a mess, because most TVs didn't have A/V Composite input at the time, which was the only cable included with the N64.[/QUOTE]

Much of that can be chalked up to parents not knowing what the hell they were doing. They were so familiar with RFUs that they would never ever use anything else. I remember when we were moving when I was 14, and I saw the back of one of our TVs for the first time, and I was like "wait, we had these RCA jacks all the time? Why didn't you use these when you set up my N64, dad?" I, the kid who had never seen an RCA jack before in his life, was more familiar with them than somebody who knew what they were doing.
 
[quote name='prence']Count me as one of the people confused as to why the PSP Go is on the list but the DSi isn't.[/QUOTE]


The DSi dropped old tech to add new stuff including an online market place and built in web browser

The PSP Go has a smaller screen, non removable battery, no umd drive, slightly worse battery life, slider design (more susceptible to mechanical damage/failure), locked to digital content only, etc....the only added feature is bluetooth....they ignored what 99% of people were asking for, gimped the shit out of it and then want to charge more for it...it has already failed
 
[quote name='Malik112099']The DSi dropped old tech to add new stuff including an online market place and built in web browser

The PSP Go has a smaller screen, non removable battery, no umd drive, slightly worse battery life, slider design (more susceptible to mechanical damage/failure), locked to digital content only, etc....the only added feature is bluetooth....they ignored what 99% of people were asking for, gimped the shit out of it and then want to charge more for it...it has already failed[/QUOTE]

People wanted a smaller PSP... and that's what they got. Most people hated the UMD drive so I don't see how getting rid of it is a problem, plus for people like me who just want to download games and play it, the added on-board memory is perfect and it is incredibly small and light, and screen size is kind of irrelevant. The sliding mechanic is what makes it much smaller in your pocket plus from everything I've read from people who have gotten their hands on the PSP Go, it's much more ergonomic.

I have heard the battery life is going to be the same (it should be better, but w/e), and for people like me who don't want UMD's, the psp go is perfect. Now, I agree it's about $50 priced too high. But any lower and stores probably wouldn't carry it.

Again, the PSP Go is not for everybody. For those that don't care about size and want to play UMD's, they just get the PSP. For others like me who want to download stuff and watch movies and etc, the PSP Go is for us.
 
[quote name='H.Cornerstone']
Again, the PSP Go is not for everybody. For those that don't care about size and want to play UMD's, they just get the PSP. For others like me who want to download stuff and watch movies and etc, the PSP Go is for us.[/QUOTE]


its not THAT much smaller...it is definitely NOT in cell phone range as far as throwing it in your pocket and not even thinking twice (like my iphone). the smaller screen is pretty shitty..they could have shoved at least the same sized screen in it. You can download stuff and watch movies on all of the previous PSPs as well as play games that wont be on PSN.

You are most certainly the minority...
 
[quote name='Malik112099']its not THAT much smaller...it is definitely NOT in cell phone range as far as throwing it in your pocket and not even thinking twice (like my iphone). the smaller screen is pretty shitty..they could have shoved at least the same sized screen in it. You can download stuff and watch movies on all of the previous PSPs as well as play games that wont be on PSN.

You are most certainly the minority...[/QUOTE]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/psp%20go%20vs%20iphone/thirty5tech/psp_go_vs_psp_iphone.jpg

It's not that much bigger than the Iphone and Brian Crecente at Kotaku has stated that it's a lot lighter. Only coming in at 4 oz.

Sony has stated that all first party games will be on the PSN, and I gaurentee companies will love putting games on the PSN because it means no UMD (which costs money) and no used sales. And yes, you can do all that on the regular PSP, but the 16gb on board memory helps you go a long way towards that.

and I've always heard that the new screen is better in that it's gotten rid of ghosting and the vertical line problem.

Read this preview from Stephen Totilo on Kotaku from his hands on with the thing:

http://kotaku.com/5325560/hard-to-resist-flinging-the-pspgo-for-a-good-reason
 
[quote name='H.Cornerstone']http://media.photobucket.com/image/psp go vs iphone/thirty5tech/psp_go_vs_psp_iphone.jpg

It's not that much bigger than the Iphone and Brian Crecente at Kotaku has stated that it's a lot lighter. Only coming in at 4 oz.

Sony has stated that all first party games will be on the PSN, and I gaurentee companies will love putting games on the PSN because it means no UMD (which costs money) and no used sales. And yes, you can do all that on the regular PSP, but the 16gb on board memory helps you go a long way towards that.

and I've always heard that the new screen is better in that it's gotten rid of ghosting and the vertical line problem.

Read this preview from Stephen Totilo on Kotaku from his hands on with the thing:

http://kotaku.com/5325560/hard-to-resist-flinging-the-pspgo-for-a-good-reason[/QUOTE]


iPhone 3G and 3GS: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches (115 x 62 x 12.3 mm)

PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) go: External dimensions: Approx. 128 x 16.5 x 69 mm

its longer thicker and wider than the iphone....it is gonna be bothersome in the pocket plus when my pants are tight from sitting I dont think I would feel comfortable with the go in my pocket....i doubt it is built like a tank like the iphone.....

developers arent too big on putting shit on PSN (especially the smaller ones) due to the fact that they have to pay Sony for bandwidth usage on downloads

dont try to compensate for the screen.....this industry is go big or go home and a smaller screen is just a bad choice
 
[quote name='ninjalunchbox79']my best friends mom should be on this list . . . . Everyone on the block has not taking a ride from her . . . . Just me about 7 years ago lol!!!![/quote]


o rly?
 
Author is a fucking dumbass. Mode 7 was a fraud? What the fuck sort of reasoning is that?

Also, he seems to have forgotten about a little game called majora's mask, in his N64 Expansion Pak rant (the thing was a fucking freebie in Dk64, so it was hardly a fraud, IMO).


[quote name='gbpackers94']How is the PSP go "already lame"?[/QUOTE]

Lame or not, it's a rip-off. There is simply no fucking way to justify the nearly 50% markup over the regular PSP, when all they did was remove all the moving parts (which should significantly LOWER costs), shrink the screen about 10% (again, should be cheaper), and add a few gigs of flash memory (which we all know is cheap as hell these days, certainly if you're buying in industrial quantities). There is simply no way to justify the PSP Go having a higher price than the regular model. It's a ripoff.
 
+1 for the "Where's Blast processing?" camp.

Where are FATAL1TY products on this list?

Game-branded memory cards (I.e., Sandisk Wii SD card, being so different from all other SD cards)?

You could argue game guides in today's Gamefaqs world, or game hint hotlines back in the day.

Horse armor, though you could parlay it into "all DLC" if you really wanted to look like a prick (which most sites have no problem with these days).

Shenmue's cliffhanger could be on here, but that's stretching the term "fraud" a bit. And the game sucks so who cares.

Surprised a generic Wii Fit/Balance Board diatribe isn't found on the list. That's such a big one for mildly annoyed and bored gamers.

Game Boy Camera, but no GBA-GC connectivity?

Monster Cables?

I had another but I can't remember it at the moment....

Yar, this here list be full 'o trash off the starboard bow, arrrrrrrrr.
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']Much of that can be chalked up to parents not knowing what the hell they were doing. They were so familiar with RFUs that they would never ever use anything else. I remember when we were moving when I was 14, and I saw the back of one of our TVs for the first time, and I was like "wait, we had these RCA jacks all the time? Why didn't you use these when you set up my N64, dad?" I, the kid who had never seen an RCA jack before in his life, was more familiar with them than somebody who knew what they were doing.[/QUOTE]
I have to disagree here, to an extent. I have no hard data for this, only my personal experience - but coming from people that had purchased a Genesis or SNES before the N64, and most likely had older TVs that didn't have A/V inputs, it wasn't entirely their fault. Yes, some people are stupid - hell, there are still people using RF modulation boxes to hook DVD players up to old TVs. But it was poor consumer education on the part of Nintendo, and even Sony and Sega, during that Hardware Generation. Particularly with Nintendo, which was viewed as more Kid-friendly than the PSX and Saturn (oh, how things stay the same), there should have been a better job on their part to make sure dreams weren't shattered on Xmas morning with new toys they couldn't use.

Plus, as we were told at the time, Nintendo of America themselves were physically sold out of the RFUs...
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']Much of that can be chalked up to parents not knowing what the hell they were doing. They were so familiar with RFUs that they would never ever use anything else. I remember when we were moving when I was 14, and I saw the back of one of our TVs for the first time, and I was like "wait, we had these RCA jacks all the time? Why didn't you use these when you set up my N64, dad?" I, the kid who had never seen an RCA jack before in his life, was more familiar with them than somebody who knew what they were doing.[/QUOTE]
I have to disagree here, to an extent. I have no hard data for this, only my personal experience - but coming from people that had purchased a Genesis or SNES before the N64, and most likely had older TVs that didn't have A/V inputs, it wasn't entirely their fault. Yes, some people are stupid - hell, there are still people using RF modulation boxes to hook DVD players up to old TVs. But it was poor consumer education on the part of Nintendo, and even Sony and Sega, during that Hardware Generation. Particularly with Nintendo, which was viewed as more Kid-friendly than the PSX and Saturn (oh, how things stay the same), there should have been a better job on their part to make sure dreams weren't shattered on Xmas morning with new toys they couldn't use.

Plus, as we were told at the time, Nintendo of America themselves were physically sold out of the RFUs...
 
Lol, I remember The Phantom. I think the PSP Go is more of a test at Digital Distribution than a fraud. It still looks pretty useful, but I wouldn't buy one, lol.
 
[quote name='Maphinoki']Lol, I remember The Phantom. I think the PSP Go is more of a test at Digital Distribution than a fraud. It still looks pretty useful, but I wouldn't buy one, lol.[/QUOTE]


A real test would have been to cut down on the making of UMDs and push digital distribution over PSN on the current PSPs which already support it.
 
[quote name='Gentlegamer']Don't let those FEKA goons fool you! Turbo Duo was the FIRST CONSOLE CD SYSTEM!

JohnnyTurbo.jpg
[/QUOTE]
oh sir, you're absolutely correct! I forgot all about that Turbo Duo thing :) Well, there's a reason why i forget :lol:
 
[quote name='Malik112099']A real test would have been to cut down on the making of UMDs and push digital distribution over PSN on the current PSPs which already support it.[/QUOTE]

That's true, yeah, but they can also make a quick buck by doing a redesign of the current PSP while testing on it's own.
 
Seriously, about half this list is just perfectly legitimate products/features that the author simply didn't like, or didn't think were high enough quality or whatever (specifically MotionPlus, VMU games, N64 Expansion Pack, Mode 7, Gameboy Camera), rather than a list of things that really could be definitively called "frauds."

Yes another dumbass on the internet with no insight, trying to be a game journalist, on some shitty no-name "me too" blog piece of shit.
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']Seriously, about half this list is just perfectly legitimate products/features that the author simply didn't like, or didn't think were high enough quality or whatever (specifically MotionPlus, VMU games, N64 Expansion Pack, Mode 7, Gameboy Camera), rather than a list of things that really could be definitively called "frauds."

Yes another dumbass on the internet with no insight, trying to be a game journalist, on some shitty no-name "me too" blog piece of shit.[/QUOTE]
I'm surprised this thread hasn't been locked for the reasons you stated. It's just flame-bait, nothing more.
 
[quote name='Phunin']That's true, yeah, but they can also make a quick buck by doing a redesign of the current PSP while testing on it's own.[/QUOTE]


They aren't making a quick shit on R&D and all associated costs of a redesigned PSP at that price point.
 
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