The Psp

SilentSoul92 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:25 am Post subject:

lucky, you're rich. Uh, the control are murder. I stopped playing for a bit till I could figure it out.

Stratadrake · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

I browsed an article in Official Playstation Magazine regarding the "revolutionary" PSP.

And I lay down a challenge:

Is the PSP revolutionary, or merely 'evolutionary' ?

Does it truly innovate, or does it just 'renovate' ?
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LDreamNinja · Newb Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 12

The PSP may not be Next-gen consloe wise, but it is a revolution handheld wise. If only they could fix the button.

Oh and sorry to beat a dead horse but...*BEAT!*

JediRevan20 · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:37 am Post subject:

Amen to that.

And Rita, I'm NOT rich. I just got a lot of cash for christmas, and I saved some of my money beforehand.

Stratadrake · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:23 am Post subject:

[quote]The PSP may not be Next-gen consloe wise, but it is a revolution handheld wise.[/quote]

Solid argument.

Although, on the other hand, I'd say that the Nintendo DS is more innovative, both on the handheld/portable realm, and forconsole gaming as a whole.

Every feature of the PSP, taken by itself, has been around for awhile in gaming:
Disc-based media - Sega CD was the first to use a disc drive
Multimedia uses (games, music, etc.) - PSX could play games and CD's
Backlit color LCD display - Sega GameGear, Atari Lynx
Wireless gaming capability - Nokia's N-Gage beat 'em to it
Short battery life (relatively speaking) - Sega GameGear, etc.

Whereas the DS has its different mix of features, many of which have been around for awhile in gaming but some are completely new

Dual screens - first time in any game system (VR setups, like Nintendo's ill-fated "Virtual Boy" don't count because the two screens were used stereoscopically, to create a single image)
Touch pad - first time in any gaming system
Stereo speakers - Well, headphone setups have [i]always[/i] been stereo speakers, right?
Built-in mic - First time in a gaming system
Wireless capability - Nothing new, although they say that some games will allow players to join in [i]even if they don't have the game themselves[/i] -- wirelessly downloading the game from another DS. Kinda like the GBA's ability to play some games multiplayer off of just one cartridge, only taking the idea to the "next level".

I might argue that the PSP doesn't bring [b]any[/b] new features to the world of consoles or handhelds alone (like ya said, it is only the combination of them that is new) . Although, does the PSP's combination of features bring in new innovation, new ideas? Any new surprises (beyond the button problems Laughing

-- which btw are still only about 0.1% of an occurence) ? Or are they basically taking the same code for existing games and 'porting' it to a new console?

Speaking in terms of basic architecture & game design ("industry" innovation), the PSP is no different from the PS2, XBox, GameCube, PC and laptop -- in other words, just a different combination of hardware input/output capabilities, a different set of machine instructions. The actual games are still coded, still designed, the same way they've always been coded and designed.
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SilentSoul92 · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

yes, and they only put a LITTLE of each in, so technically speaking, stick with your PS2, X-box, etc.

heartless-sinner · Member Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 63

you got that right. you have to be insane to buy that thing! cost too much$. i am so poor. Uneasy

Funky_EsterMan · Has No Life Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 413

Well, it's almost here, people of Gar! In just a few days, America will be introduced to the new generation of handheld-dom.....THE PSP!!!

As I said many times before, I hope you guys have your reserves....I know I have mine. I even got the bundle pack, because I can! Man this is gonna be so DAMN sweet....

LOGAN'S RUN

Stratadrake · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:

Addict :lol:

Reserves? What reserves? Me, it'll be at least a month before I can even afford to think about the possibility of maybe getting a new handheld....
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Stratadrake · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject:

This article (specifically, the illustration in it) was too good to pass up:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_inde....php?story=6535

PSP's been out for six months. Who has one? Who likes theirs? Who expected more?
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