Anyone pick up a PSP Go yet?Follow

This would be the most foolish idea ever.

They'd have to compete with Nintendo in a market that Nintendo actually cares about.

I'm waiting for the PS2 version of the PSP. I plan on getting the first run, since it'll be the easiest to bootleg. Sony completely sucks when it comes to hardware security.

You guys act like Sony is springing this on the consumer but the mainstream gaming media have been pushing both Nintendo and Sony to do this for a long time now.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/09/david-perry-son/
http://kotaku.com/325681/umds-are-still-relevant-arent-they-arent-they

I think kudos should go to Sony for taking the first steps, while still leaving a back door open for those who aren't convinced. After buying several games digitally it's my preferred method now. I can just carry my PSP around now and don't have to worry about hauling all of the UMDs should I decide I want to play something else. However, I think they need to lower the price of the digital formats to encourage adoption.

Really what this boils down to is Sony doing something people said they wanted, but limiting it in ways they think are unfair. I can imagine it would be incredibly difficult to get all of the publishers to OK allowing users to copy their own UMDs for backup to their PSP. Yeah right, that's a huge pill to get them to swallow.

They are also testing the waters that the iPhone is currently owning, mini games. The PSP mini's should have been there from the start. I'm sorry, I have an iPhone, but it is crap for gaming on for most games. If I want to make a larger game purchase ($10-$20 and up), it's not going to be for my iPhone. I think they will turn out to be a good thing. Now if only they would open up development like Apple has with the dev kit and the way Microsoft did with XNA. I believe the current price for a PSP dev kit was reduced to $10,000

Sorry my second commment had absolutely nothing to do with the first. I edited it in so as not to double post.

my bad.

Sad excuse, face it they made it to much for the hackers.

Its pretty pathetic when microsoft, the software company cant even keep its console unhacked.



Edited, Oct 8th 2009 8:29am by MasterOfWar

I bought a case that had these extendable handles for the psp. makes it bulkier and easier on the hands.

I like the capabilites of the PSP and all, but the ergonomics and the horrible analog nub are major design flaws.

The nubs fine, it just takes a bit of getting used to, you naturally want to use it like a thumbstick but thats not how you use it at all.

Kinda like handling a ps3 controller, you want to use the R2/L2 triggers like the old buttons, but thats not how they work at all.

Edited, Oct 8th 2009 8:38pm by MasterOfWar

You can install a version of Linux on your PS3.

But when running in this OS mode, a large portion of the graphics power is locked out (So says the people in the scene...) This was Sony's way to stop piracy by using the Operating System.

I believe they have been able to run emulators for other systems (that require less power) on the PS3 hardware using the linux operating system. But so far they don't have a way to play pirated PS3 games.

You cannot even play your own PS3 games purchased on real discs when using the Linux OS, you have to boot up to the normal PS3 XMB or what ever they call it in order to play PS3 games.

Toooootally, bro. I sit on my *** all day doing nothing, so my muscles have atrophied so much that I can't lift a 6 lb laptop.

Stop being a ******* moron, axhed.

Wint,

Hardware is not the same as Operating System.
Computing is not the same as gaming.

The Linux OS for the PS3 is just about worthless. Unless you like using your PS3 for playing NES or SNES games, cause I'm pretty sure there are homebrew emulators that can use what power then OS lets you access.

How about being able to play your library of games without having to change discs or cartridges all the time?

I own many DS games, which I still play using pirated methods because I can keep 50+ games on a single cartridge, and not have to carry around a dozen DS games with me everywhere I go. About 30-90 minutes depending on the size of the game, and you can back it up to your PC, then play it on your DS without having to bring the games with you.

Same principle for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Don't have to use discs, even if you own them.

And I don't care if you think it's right, wrong, indifferent, etc. Or that I'm lying and just want to play downloaded games. These are the reasons people want to be able to modify the PS3. Being able to install games onto the 360 was nice, but you still have to change discs to play.

My 360 is not modified at all. The new Xbox operating system lets you install games and run them off the harddrive, but it still checks for the disc in the drive at startup.