Sony PSP

[RavenonesGF]

Has anyone know anything about this. I say one article that said it was going to be $450.00, thats ridiculous. It looks pretty cool and I like the way the controller buttons are set up but It seems expensive. I don't everything out there seems to be a bit iffy at this point.

[bruser_inc]

$450? Yeah, right.

 

Until Sony sets a price, it's all talk.

[RavenonesGF]

Yea well if sony thinks its gonna get $450 they're crazy in my opnion. The GBA SP is only $100.

 

Now I know the PSP will do more but not $350 more.

[VidGameKing]

I'd buy them at that price, I might buy two of them!

[CPUWIZ]

My guess is $199.00 considering the amount of power crammed into such a small case, well that and the widescreen LCD screen.

[Raijin Z]

The question is, what is the most you could be convinced to pay? Nintendo's latest HEY CLASSIC GAMES bid attracted a small segment of gamers as a whole to their cause, but many more are still disappointed with Nintendo's record. I for one, am still irritated about the lack of four face buttons and an internal light in the original iteration of the Gameboy Advance, and the release of the SP was too close to the original for it to have so few real improvements. I won't be purchasing an SP. I am also bitter with Nintendo for abandoning online gaming. PSO is hardly commitment to what has become standard for Mac and PC games. Microsoft, and to a lesser extent, Sony have taken advantage of this....

 

...and I now realise that typing an editorial on the failings of Nintendo in regards to Sony's entrance into the handheld market is a collossal waste of time.

[RavenonesGF]

I agree with you there, I don't like the SP either. Its almost too small and compact. I find the controls are hard to use. Thats why I'm kinda interested in the PSP. It's set up like an original Advance with many added features. However if Sony does drop a $450 price tag I don't think I'll be getting one. The games are also prices at $50 a piece. A bit much for a handheld. I'll be interested in seeing one hands on but I can't even find a release date so it seems like it could be awhile. Some sites say by Christmas which as we all know would be sony's best bet (well if its priced right). But I don't know I'm still up in the air about it.

[msaeger]

I think my SP is great. I already had a GBA when it came out and was not planning on getting SP. I went to a target when it was just released and mostly out of stock and they happened to have some so I just had to buy it. I too thought it looked too small before trying it but after I got one I could never go back to the old GBA.

 

Yeah it would have been nice if Nintendo had made the SP first but being a early adopter for many techno gadgets I am used to improved versions being released after I rush out to buy some new thing.

[raindog]

It won't be $450. Even the Tapwave Zodiac (alas...) isn't that much, and they can't subsidize their console with licensing revenue (at least not like Sony can.)

[Mr Egg]

this thing's main competition will be the Ngage so i doubt it will exceed 200 . still a bit pricey for a handheld.and if its more than 200 i doubt many will buy it no matter how cool it is . that is the way the turboexpress got killed by inferior systems back in the day

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Are you joking me? Ngage was a bust, and just because this is a PS related thing, that will move a few MILLION units alone. The things main compitition will be the DS, because they will set it up to come out within a month of eachother (if not a week)

[CPUWIZ]

Are you joking me? Ngage was a bust, and just because this is a PS related thing, that will move a few MILLION units alone. The things main compitition will be the DS, because they will set it up to come out within a month of eachother (if not a week)

 

Unfortunately for the big N, the DS isn't nearly as powerful in terms of computational power. Just because it has 2 screens doesn't mean anything, I have the programming specifications. I wish they wouldn't have cut so many corners on that thing.

[sigma]

I don't think the PSP will have any competition. I think sony will simply make their own niche market and be done with it. They must know that they won't be able to get a hold of the little kids with their and Pokémon addiction, which is pretty much the base of the GBA sales.

[chrisbid]

i think the PSP and the DS will effectively kill off the last remants of 2D gaming

[figgler]

 Unfortunately for the big N, the DS isn't nearly as powerful in terms of computational power. Just because it has 2 screens doesn't mean anything, I have the programming specifications.    I wish they wouldn't have cut so many corners on that thing.

 

What's "computational power" got to do with anything? It's just geek-speak (no offence of course). This should be all about gameplay. Show me any example where computational power has any relation to fun and I'll listen

[Stingray]

the release of the SP was too close to the original for it to have so few real improvements.

 

I have to strongly disagree about that. The lighted screen alone is enough to justify getting an SP. Add the long play time you get from the rechargable battery and the fact that the screen is finally afforded some protection by the folding case and we have a real winner here. I'm very, very glad that my GBA is an SP and not an original.

 

Oh and on topic, IMO even $199 is way too much for a portable.

 

-S

[raindog]

I would be surprised if Sony managed to get the PSP out before xmas, but I expect if it looks like the DS will actually succeed to the same level as the GBA, they'd find a way.

 

Nintendo's supposedly going to sell theirs for $180. If the PSP were actually $200, I'd have a tough time saying no to it even though I'm a latter day nintendo fanboy. I think it'll be $299 unless they get REALLY worried.

[Chickybaby]

I would be interested in the PSP - It seems pretty neat. I think that quite a few people will be turned off by the high prices - if games indeed will be around $50, you can count me out. The amount of info those tiny discs will hold is amazing. Having no compatability w/ the PS2 kind of sucks as well. Maybe once the prices drop in a few years,I would consider it.

 

I wouldn't even waste my time on the Nintendo DS as there isn't anything that shouts "must own" that I have seen yet. It's a shame that the big push for that handheld is the "dual-screen" action. Alas, agreed that it does seem that quite a few corners were cut to rush production.Both systems seemed more geared for adult gamers.

 

As far as 2D gaming goes - that's why they have arcade classic series, I just wish new stuff would come out that isn't so complicated you have to read the instruction manual just to play. I like a "sit down no worry about multiple control buttons and tasks" kind of game. Probably why I am happiest w/ my older systems like Atari, NES,Genny, and Dreamcast. I pretty much lost interest after PS1. Life is complicated enough without bringing it into my video games too.

 

I like my Gameboy SP- more then I thought I would actually. The battery life is great to begin with, with car and a/c adapters it's endless. It's completely backwards compatible major bonus points. The lighted screen isnt as cheesy or tacky as I was afraid of, the hinges are pretty strong.The controls are awkward to say the least however.The one negative is w/ arthritis my hands go numb if I play for long. Hubby dosn't even try to play the SP he wears a size 13 ring (for comparison I wear about a 5 3/4-6) and the system gets lost when he holds it.

[Curt Vendel]

The question is, what is the most you could be convinced to pay? Nintendo's latest HEY CLASSIC GAMES bid attracted a small segment of gamers as a whole to their cause, but many more are still disappointed with Nintendo's record. I for one, am still irritated about the lack of four face buttons and an internal light in the original iteration of the Gameboy Advance, and the release of the SP was too close to the original for it to have so few real improvements. I won't be purchasing an SP. I am also bitter with Nintendo for abandoning online gaming. PSO is hardly commitment to what has become standard for Mac and PC games. Microsoft, and to a lesser extent, Sony have taken advantage of this....

 

...and I now realise that typing an editorial on the failings of Nintendo in regards to Sony's entrance into the handheld market is a collossal waste of time.

 

I think SP saved a lot of face for Nintendo, I bought 2 GBA's the morning they were originally released, played one for a day or two and found the lack of backlighting and the shape just didn't appeal to me, so it sat and collected dust. The SP I play often and its size and the screen are huge improvements.

 

The new "DS" or isnt there a new official name, looks interesting, but unless they get developers to HEAVILY utilize the dual display, its going to be a massive waste.

 

 

Curt

[pmpddytim]

I was skeptical at first. But the more I read the more it intrests me. It now all depends on the price tag. If the price is right I'll probably end up getting a PSP and DS.

 

-Tim

[VidGameKing]

The problem with the PSP is it's going to do more than ~just~ play games. I think this would be a failure for ANY portable gaming device. I'm not talking about add-ons, I'm talking about built-in functionality! Look at the Game.Com!! It's not that "I" wont buy the hardware, it's just that others will feel it's too expensive at even $199!! which is ludacirst!! But who am I to judge a market? I'm a weirdo Hardware collector that collects games on the side!

[RavenonesGF]

More add ons means higher price. Why does everything now-a-days have to do everything possible. Can't we just get back to gaming.

[VidGameKing]

I just got rid of my PDA because I decided I was using it for too many things and I wasn't carrying enough hardware around! So I bought another, new, iPod, and a Palm Tungsten 3.

 

so long PocketPC, Why did I start using you as a Music player?

[Jess Ragan]

Gwa! How much did you sell your PocketPC for anyway, VidGameKing? I'd love to have one of those things, if I can find one for the right price.

 

Annnyway, I tend to doubt that Sony can cram the power of a Playstation 2 into a handheld game system, and make it cost less than $250. A PS2 alone costs $150, and an LCD screen of that size is another hundred bucks. Integrating the two together and shrinking the components in both is likely to raise that price even further.

 

The PSP is going to be gaming's next Edsel... you know, one of those big commercial failures that seemed like a good idea at the time. Making a handheld game system that won't fit in your pocket and that won't last more than three hours away from an AC adapter is like making a square wheel, or wax fruit. It's just missing the point.

 

JR

[VidGameKing]

Gwa!  How much did you sell your PocketPC for anyway, VidGameKing?

 

It was an old Dell Axim X5 400MHz Xscale Pocket PC

 

it had the Intel Xscale 255 Processor @ 400MHz

 

Windows Mobile 2003 OS

 

64MB Ram

 

48MB ROM

 

Compact Flash I/II/III

 

Secure Digital / Multi Media Card

 

3.5 " True Backlit Transflective Active Matirx Screen with QVGA resolution

 

It was top of the line in early 2003, but although it's still extramly capable system, Dell was not going to allow it to get updated to the next (unreleased) version of Windows Mobile 2003 SE. So because of that I felt it was inferior. That and my old first gen iPod w/ upgraded HDD was just starting to act buggy, weird battery prblems, the system would reset all the time etc... So I started to use the PocketPC as a MP3 player. It had a 1GB CF card in it so there was "enough" room for alot of songs. But it didn't have terribly good battery life either.

 

So I sold it for $50.

 

Bought a T3, and the spankin new 20GB iPod with click wheel, and I'm a happy camper!