I don't think battery performance is catching up with CPU miniaturisation fast enough.
And I love the apparent thickness of Sony's R&D staff.
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I don't think battery performance is catching up with CPU miniaturisation fast enough.
And I love the apparent thickness of Sony's R&D staff.
The PSP failed. This is no exception.
The PSP didn't do so bad in Japan, I mean it's no DS, but still.The problem with the PSP is that it offered nothing I couldn't get on my home console, there was nothing unique about it.
i think the multitouch pads that everyone is referring to are actually on the front. From the pictures I have seen they are the Analog stick. Rather than having physical analog stick, they will instead be touch sensitive. Which I think would be a much better approach then making a touch screen, simply because I can't see through my thumbs.
The only thing I really question about this device is the screen. 5" OLED and 960x544. I'm calling a little bit of BS on that one. OLEDs haven't quite got that small a pixel density yet. Even Sony's 11inch OLED TV is only 540p native resolution.
I'm not really sure where the original poster is reading about a Quad core graphic chip, and why they are so impressed by that. I remember the old 8800GTX used to have a 180 core graphic chip. I'm sure the newer graphic cards are even greater.
I'm not even sure what you mean there is nothing unique about it. I'm sure a car battery, inverter, LCD TV, Playstation 3 would be much more efficient to carry around in your back pocket.Quote:
Originally Posted by kokujin
I was saying it wasn't unique in anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xeniczone
TBH now that the press conference is over I have little interest in either platform.. BUT if either proves to be homebrew friendly I just be interested again. The PSP is a fine homebrew gadget, but if the 3DS has enough juice to emulate 32-bit machines it just might have the edge for me.
Sony proves again that they're the least imaginative console makers.
your joking right.The PSP2 is way more powerful than the PSP that means we'll be getting cooler games.Better hardware = better games, it's science.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pulstar
You can see what the PSP2 will look like here looks pretty awesome to me.
While it looks better then the PSP, It's still an epic fail. Sony still hasn't learned their lesson, you have to have some kind of cover for the screens(omg especially in this day, and age, when the screens are LCDs).Quote:
Originally Posted by doomguy
To the topic: I can tear this thing apart, but I don't feel like spending 2 hours on a post atm(needless to say, I wont be getting a 3DS or a PSP2, they're both crap).
Meh. Just like the PSP, I'll wait until the PSP2 (or, rather, the idiotically-named NGP) has a handful of awesome games.
I can't believe this thing will play ports of PS3 games (Uncharted has been shown and MGS4 is confirmed in development). How does Sony expect anyone to afford this?! The PS3's original price should have taught them something...
Yea I know, they're crazy. 250 bucks is a bit high for a handheld as is, but how much you want to bet crappy $ony is gonna put a 399 price tag on it, they never learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Televator
Being someone who adores his DS and only has a hanful of PSP games (waited 2 years after launch to purchase one), here are my impressions:
I'm impressed. At first glance, it's just a handheld console, which was always my issue with the first PSP. The PSP2, or NGP, or whatever we're calling it, seems to do a lot of things right this time around though.
It totally scrapped the PSPGO design, which I find humorous, and will actually use physical media. The screen looks great, there's two analogue sticks, and they aren't nubs! Both the screen and back are touch sensitive. While the front doesn't impress me that much, I do like the idea of manipulating objects by touching the back panel. That said, I'm curious as to how well this will work. The back touch panel is a pretty obvious way to compete with the DS, and not seeing that panel couldn't limit usability.
If we get new editions of Uncharted and Metal Gear, I'm excited. I just don't want the machine to be a port machine. If you look at my collection of portable games I only have a few ports in there, and usually because they're the best of the best (Lunar Harmony, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy Tactics). I prefer original experiences tailored to the portable like The World Ends With You, Elite Beat Agents, Patapon, Kirby's Cursed Canvas, etc...
I'm also interested in the 3G service. Obviously being able to be online pretty much anywhere would be great for a portable. I'm wondering what the cost of service will be. This is where I wish Sony would've just thrown a quick phone app on the damn thing and allow me to justify paying for 3G. As it is, IF I buy a PSP2, I'll probably play Wifi only and skip 3G. It would be pretty great to play some COD multiplayer at the DMV though.
Ultimately, I think I'm probably going to wait. There's simply too many devices I already own or want to buy (the 3DS). That isn't to say I'm not impressed, because I definitely am. I just think I can wait a year or two to allow the thing to build up a decent library. The same could probably be said about the 3DS, but I know games that interest me are going to be out for that portable.
Boy Nintendo sure does no how to sucker you some of you guys on here. With there 3DS which is about as powerful as the 7 year old PSP. But OH NOEZ it supports 3D graphix w/o glassees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the DS was about as powerful as the original PS1. Didn't do a thing to hurt it from becoming, in my humble opinion, the best games machine of all time.
It's the inovation that comes with these devices that sells us. It's cool if you don't get that, a lot of times pure console gamers or PC gamers just don't understand the point of portable gaming.
EDIT:
Forgot to mention Playstation Suite, which I think is brilliant. A direct way of competing with Apple while at the same time keeping the "Playstation" brand synonymous with "video games".