The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
03-20-09 | 09:42 AM
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03-20-09 | 09:46 AM
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Re: The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
Do you mean the one named The Ark of Napishtim in the US? I notice that the PSP version is pretty cheap so I might have to check it out.
03-20-09 | 09:52 AM
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Yup, Ark of Napishtim. They dropped the VI for the US release.
Stay away from the PSP version. It is ATROCIOUS in the worst possible ways.
Stay away from the PSP version. It is ATROCIOUS in the worst possible ways.
03-20-09 | 10:15 AM
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Ah, cool, thanks for the warning. I managed to find a decent price on ebay so hopefully I'll be able to start banging through it in a couple of weeks!
03-20-09 | 11:57 AM
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Re: The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
So I put in Resistance yesterday, and I could tell I hadn't played a new PSP game in a while... I was two whole OS versions behind when I was forced to upgrade.
04-07-09 | 01:25 PM
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-...CmoreStories.0
Thanks to a chatty developer, we recently heard and relayed rumors that the next-generation PSP will have a sliding screen. Well, a second mystery developer, who's allegedly "working with the new hardware," has upped the ante: he or she claims Sony's next-gen portable gaming console will actually have a sliding touch screen along with the much-requested, dual-analog thumbsticks.
This all comes from Pocket Gamer, which doesn't name its "insider" source but says, "The new handheld will arrive before Christmas and will be far more similar to the iPhone than the current device." It also claims the new PSP will be announced in June at E3.
Take the rumor for what it's worth, but all the chatter seems to suggest that a new PSP will be a true PSP 2 and not just another incremental upgrade. Pocket Gamer speculates that Sony accelerated development on the new device after the success of the iPhone and the arrival of the Nintendo DSi. There's also continued talk that the new PSP will forgo UMD and instead rely on an expanded PlayStation Store that rivals Apple's App Store (at least in terms of games).
If this all pans out the way the rumors are pointing, I don't think there's any doubt that the PSP will be a better gaming device than the iPhone. The question is, what else will it be capable of doing? As I've said before, if Sony can integrate some of the features found in its Mylo Communicator, things get very interesting. If not, Pocket Gamer probably won't be able to go around calling the new PSP an "iPhone beater."
What do you think?
This all comes from Pocket Gamer, which doesn't name its "insider" source but says, "The new handheld will arrive before Christmas and will be far more similar to the iPhone than the current device." It also claims the new PSP will be announced in June at E3.
Take the rumor for what it's worth, but all the chatter seems to suggest that a new PSP will be a true PSP 2 and not just another incremental upgrade. Pocket Gamer speculates that Sony accelerated development on the new device after the success of the iPhone and the arrival of the Nintendo DSi. There's also continued talk that the new PSP will forgo UMD and instead rely on an expanded PlayStation Store that rivals Apple's App Store (at least in terms of games).
If this all pans out the way the rumors are pointing, I don't think there's any doubt that the PSP will be a better gaming device than the iPhone. The question is, what else will it be capable of doing? As I've said before, if Sony can integrate some of the features found in its Mylo Communicator, things get very interesting. If not, Pocket Gamer probably won't be able to go around calling the new PSP an "iPhone beater."
What do you think?
04-07-09 | 01:31 PM
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I don't have an iphone, and I don't play games on my current cell phone, but I'd think the main draw of it as a gaming system is that you don't have to lug around another system to play games, it's integrated with your phone.
04-07-09 | 01:37 PM
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The title is misleading... The new PSP is not gonna go head to head with the iPhone. Just that the touch screen is a "reminder" of the iPod Touch or iPhone. Technically, i agree with one of the post, iPod Touch and iPhone are not true gaming devices, no matter how you look at it. I mean, where is the control and buttons, duh.
04-07-09 | 02:35 PM
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Yeah basically they have part of the screen as the controller. I was looking at some youtube videos yesterday on how the different emulators and apps worked. Also a lot of games will move by titling one way or the other.
It works great with some games and horrible with other games.
It works great with some games and horrible with other games.
04-07-09 | 03:27 PM
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Yeah basically they have part of the screen as the controller. I was looking at some youtube videos yesterday on how the different emulators and apps worked. Also a lot of games will move by titling one way or the other.
It works great with some games and horrible with other games.
It works great with some games and horrible with other games.
04-07-09 | 03:39 PM
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So I looked up the mylo communicator, since I had no idea what it was, basically looks like a sliding phone.
I realize we're working off rumors at this point, but what makes this new design more like an iphone? No mention of motion controls, is it mainly the touch screen and downloadable games (which seems to be the direction the DSI is also going)? Also don't understand the need for a sliding screen... if it's not a phone used for texting, what would be under there, another screen? You wouldn't need a keyboard, right?
I do welcome dual analog sticks, though.
I realize we're working off rumors at this point, but what makes this new design more like an iphone? No mention of motion controls, is it mainly the touch screen and downloadable games (which seems to be the direction the DSI is also going)? Also don't understand the need for a sliding screen... if it's not a phone used for texting, what would be under there, another screen? You wouldn't need a keyboard, right?
I do welcome dual analog sticks, though.
04-08-09 | 12:29 PM
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Re: The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
have you seen the pics of the supposed new PSP?
My guess is that there will be games that don't use the controls and are touch based only. That way you can keep a smaller form factor. For the games that use the controls you have to slide the PSP to have access to the controls.
Of course that's pure speculation. I personally don't like that form factor. And I don't want a touch based PSP.
My guess is that there will be games that don't use the controls and are touch based only. That way you can keep a smaller form factor. For the games that use the controls you have to slide the PSP to have access to the controls.
Of course that's pure speculation. I personally don't like that form factor. And I don't want a touch based PSP.
04-08-09 | 01:03 PM
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Exactly, the PSP is a finger print magnet as it is. So is UMD officially dead then? And will this new console stick with the pro-duo memory card format or will Sony come up with another propriety one? Micro SD should be the standard for the near future.
04-08-09 | 01:18 PM
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You can argue whatever you want, but iPod games cannot and will not substitute games on the portables like DS and PSP.
04-08-09 | 01:26 PM
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Duo memory stick or not, who knows. Micro SD is cool, but the 16gb one is not widely used yet, so only time will tell (the speed is different, 8gb works in many devices). As to another proprietary format? It could be. I'm not surprised if there's no slot at all...
04-08-09 | 01:31 PM
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Re: The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
At this point, it's fairly safe to assume the new PSP will have two analog sticks and a touch screen. While reading Sony's OLED Walkman, i'm beginning to wonder if that gets incorporated into the new PSP.
http://www.cio.com/article/483697/So...screen_Walkman
http://www.cio.com/article/483697/So...screen_Walkman
04-08-09 | 04:03 PM
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* for the record, I own a PSP and a DS, but not an iPhone - though I've played around with one, and the potential is obviously there.
04-08-09 | 04:56 PM
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I'm actually gonna go ahead and say that not only can iphone games do everything that psp/ds games can do, but because of the way developers can code for the touch-screen, they are much more free to do what they want with those games than the control scheme restrictions inherently imposed by the PSP and DS.*
* for the record, I own a PSP and a DS, but not an iPhone - though I've played around with one, and the potential is obviously there.
* for the record, I own a PSP and a DS, but not an iPhone - though I've played around with one, and the potential is obviously there.
04-08-09 | 05:26 PM
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Sorry, I have to disagree. The best implementation of twin stick control on the iPod is probably iDracula, and while it's not bad, it can't compare to the tactile feel you get from 2 actual sticks. Also any of the apps that use a virtual dpad are horrible to play. The ds and the psp will still be able to fill a niche for games that require tactile controls.
04-08-09 | 06:39 PM
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Re: The Official PSP Thread - Part 3
Nub works fine for me, I'd be happy with 2 nubs on the new psp. Of course transplanting the 360s sticks into a handheld would be perfect but probably not realistic.
Any app I've played using a virtual dpad has controlled like garbage. Try playing Pacman on the iPhone, it just doesn't work. I love my iPod touch but I want to play games designed around that interface rather than crappy ports of games that are meant to use a traditional controller.
04-09-09 | 09:42 AM
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That's a bit harsh man... Granted that shooters don't feel "natural" w/o the 2nd nubbin, but the one nubbin on the left is descent. There are a lot of games work well with that single nubbin. Those games can't be ported over to the iPod with the same kind of experience. Hell, that's why we have PSP, DS and iPod games, each portable offers something different. Think of this way, the DS don't even have a nubbin, but with a D-pad. The iPod got nothing, virtual buttons look nice, but even if they work, they take up screen space.
04-09-09 | 03:03 PM
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I guess they can only get better in the future, and right now the iPhone is my portable gaming device of choice. I have a PSP but barely use it and I think the same would happen with a DS. At home I play my big consoles. I really hope iPhone games get better.
04-09-09 | 03:15 PM
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That's a bit harsh man... Granted that shooters don't feel "natural" w/o the 2nd nubbin, but the one nubbin on the left is descent. There are a lot of games work well with that single nubbin. Those games can't be ported over to the iPod with the same kind of experience. Hell, that's why we have PSP, DS and iPod games, each portable offers something different. Think of this way, the DS don't even have a nubbin, but with a D-pad. The iPod got nothing, virtual buttons look nice, but even if they work, they take up screen space.
04-10-09 | 12:13 PM
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^ Well, there are alternatives, like a clip-on for the tiny thumb stick. Anyway, regardless how you look at it, the nub is going to be small, that is, well not be like the size of the regular controller. Just be happy that there going to be two nubs 