The DS overall is killing the PSP....but the PSP's going down fighting.

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

Infinatey

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

it would be frickin awesome if the PSP had Pokemon or another game you can spend 50+ hours on

I mainly used mine for video clips+music anyway cuase i didnt like any of the games

If the PSP had good games i would be sad that mine is broken

but im not

WONDER HOW MANY DS LITE OWNERS BOUGHT A DS*sorry caps lock*a few months be4 the ds lite came out?few of my friends did ouch!!! good for ds sale numbers thomunsoned

I bought the psp after MGSPO came out. I also grabbed yugioh tagforce for some card dueling. It is very addictive. Then i tries MOH:Heroes and Dungeon siege. I like Heroes. Amazing for such a small system. Feels like I am holding a ps2 in the palm of my hands. Now I am on puzzle quest, addictive like yugioh. I plan to try ultimate alliance, marvel legends 2, harvest moon, gurumin, sid mier pirates. Already played locoroco. That was fun, can't wait for next one.

[QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

subrosian

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

psp is a better system than the ds, and has better games. the kiddyness of the ds is just selling jus like the wii.MultiplateOwner

Welcome to 2002 predictions! 

i hardly ever touch my ds my psp is constantly used but that could all change in 9 days when diamond and pearl are released.

WONDER HOW MANY DS LITE OWNERS BOUGHT A DS*sorry caps lock*a few months be4 the ds lite came out?few of my friends did ouch!!! good for ds sale numbers thomunsoned

HOT DANG why do I always forget this? Of course DS is going to have more than double of PSP's sales, because 85% of the people who owned the old DS went out and bought a DS lite! PSP had only one version, so even if they were dead even in actual userbase, DS would still have sold a signifigant ammount more. Obviously DS is more popular because it sells more than 2X that of the PSP, but it doesn't really change the fact that it's lead isn't as astounding as sheep make it out to be.

wait till this holiday, i hear we are gonna hear about the new psp at e3 in the summer, well not new but upgraded.-Daddy-

[QUOTE="-Daddy-"]wait till this holiday, i hear we are gonna hear about the new psp at e3 in the summer, well not new but upgraded.yellonet

Why would they add a touch screen when none of the current PSP owners would be able to play touch-enabled games? It's that kind of market segmenting that drives companies out of business.

In all likelyhood Sony will add a decent sized HDD (methinks 15-20 GB would hit the spot) and make data swapping with the PC more convinient. Also, they'd obviously add an extra layer of sexy, ontop of the one that's already there.

the PSP is by no means a failure. I mean 20mil is nothing to sneeze at. Its just that the attact rate is so low and the DS is just so freaking popular it just looks like a failure. I personally like the DS better because it is actually has the  kind of games a portable should have. Most of the games on the PSP are extremely imilar to PS2 games and I have a PS2, not only that I like mostly quick quirky games with the occational long game (FF GBA games to be specific) not the other way around. (lummies is kick a** btw pick it up if you have a PSP) laughingman42

Yeah I bought a PSP zero day, and have enjoyed it, now I just bought (well traded, XBOX, and GC, and some games for a DS lite), and have been enjoying it. No doubt about it the DS does seem to be more fun, but I'm sure it's the new console honeymoon. Also the new Mario is cool too, been playing that, and GH on the 360.

[QUOTE="yellonet"][QUOTE="-Daddy-"]wait till this holiday, i hear we are gonna hear about the new psp at e3 in the summer, well not new but upgraded.Timstuff

Why would they add a touch screen when none of the current PSP owners would be able to play touch-enabled games? It's that kind of market segmenting that drives companies out of business.

In all likelyhood Sony will add a decent sized HDD (methinks 15-20 GB would hit the spot) and make data swapping with the PC more convinient. Also, they'd obviously add an extra layer of sexy, ontop of the one that's already there.

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

NextGenNow

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Dude! I'm not a prinny d00d! The PSP blew it. The DS has two Castlevania games and Mario Kart under its belt, the PSP is just starting to offer stuff that's tempting. I know, because I didn't buy a DS at launch - I was hyped for the PSP, ready to buy it... and then? It just sucked. Dead pixels all over the place (to be fair I had to return my DS twice to get one with no "shadows" or dead pixels) and no real games.

When it came down to it - the PSP was doing (and continues to do) what made the DS launch bad - focusing on its most gimmicky feature. The DS sucked at launch because every game was hyper-focused on utilizing the touch screen. When stuff smoothed out and Castlevanias started kicking, I was a happy camper. Mario Kart? Right on. Animal Crossing - was good for a bit. The PSP? Obsessed with the big, shiny screen - all trying to put PS2 games that require dual analog onto a system with only one "analog nub".

I'm bored with my DS, but Pokemon is around the corner. I'm not going to buy a PSP however. Yes it's cool, but I'm not getting a system to play games I can play on my PS2 for $20. Every single game on the PSP is something I'm not interested in on PS2, so why spend the money on a PSP? Even the hotly followed Disgaea... um... PS2... had it *at launch*, put hundreds of hours into it, I'm done.

UMDs suck. End of story there. Web browser? I have a laptop. There's never going to be a scenario where I want to use a PSP to browse the internet. It's like browsing on your Wii... yes I totally like the idea of browsing in 720x480, that is what excites me to no end. What's that? No keyboard? On the PSP with its even lower resolution and still-no-keyboard button scheme?

I'm a hardcore gamer. I have an HDTV and a kickarse surround sound system - I have a portable for that obsessive "i'm gonna level my guys in school  type gaming - something PSP is attempting to do badly this summer by porting a game I already beat the snot out of on the PS2.

If Sony really wants my love, they'll get Square Enix to put FF7 and FF8 onto the PSP, that would make for some awesome portable gaming.

[QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

subrosian

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

FF7 is coming to PS3, remade.

Anyways, I think those titles up there a great, but for me Castlevania : Drac X for PSP, along with Silent Hill : Origins are my top prospects. 

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

subrosian

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Dude! I'm not a prinny d00d! The PSP blew it. The DS has two Castlevania games and Mario Kart under its belt, the PSP is just starting to offer stuff that's tempting. I know, because I didn't buy a DS at launch - I was hyped for the PSP, ready to buy it... and then? It just sucked. Dead pixels all over the place (to be fair I had to return my DS twice to get one with no "shadows" or dead pixels) and no real games.

When it came down to it - the PSP was doing (and continues to do) what made the DS launch bad - focusing on its most gimmicky feature. The DS sucked at launch because every game was hyper-focused on utilizing the touch screen. When stuff smoothed out and Castlevanias started kicking, I was a happy camper. Mario Kart? Right on. Animal Crossing - was good for a bit. The PSP? Obsessed with the big, shiny screen - all trying to put PS2 games that require dual analog onto a system with only one "analog nub".

I'm bored with my DS, but Pokemon is around the corner. I'm not going to buy a PSP however. Yes it's cool, but I'm not getting a system to play games I can play on my PS2 for $20. Every single game on the PSP is something I'm not interested in on PS2, so why spend the money on a PSP? Even the hotly followed Disgaea... um... PS2... had it *at launch*, put hundreds of hours into it, I'm done.

UMDs suck. End of story there. Web browser? I have a laptop. There's never going to be a scenario where I want to use a PSP to browse the internet. It's like browsing on your Wii... yes I totally like the idea of browsing in 720x480, that is what excites me to no end. What's that? No keyboard? On the PSP with its even lower resolution and still-no-keyboard button scheme?

I'm a hardcore gamer. I have an HDTV and a kickarse surround sound system - I have a portable for that obsessive "i'm gonna level my guys in school  type gaming - something PSP is attempting to do badly this summer by porting a game I already beat the snot out of on the PS2.

If Sony really wants my love, they'll get Square Enix to put FF7 and FF8 onto the PSP, that would make for some awesome portable gaming.

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

SolidTy

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

FF7 is coming to PS3, remade.

Anyways, I think those titles up there a great, but for me Castlevania : Drac X for PSP, along with Silent Hill : Origins are my top prospects. 

milk?

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

SolidTy

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

FF7 is coming to PS3, remade.

Anyways, I think those titles up there a great, but for me Castlevania : Drac X for PSP, along with Silent Hill : Origins are my top prospects.

Link? Crisis Core != FF7, as a true FF7 fan (played it when it came out on the PS1) I hate all the spin-offs and other crap they've done with it. Advent Children? Dirge of Cerberus? Crisis Core is just another money grab.

Part of the reason I'm backing the 360 this generation (don't have it yet, but still a supporter) is because of Mistwalker. I already have a DS, so I can look forward to ASH, but the 360 is the only place to get Hironobu Sakaguci's latest creations - Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Final Fantasy has been done to death, to the point where FFXII didn't even feel like a Final Fantasy release to me - not like it was in the days of FF7 and FF8, or even FF10.

Castlevania on the PSP is a nice inclusion, kind of an "it's about time thing" - though I'll pick up Symphony of the Night on LIVE Arcade. It's cool to see Rondo of Blood out there - that's really cool, though not enough to make me pick up a PSP.

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

SolidTy

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

FF7 is coming to PS3, remade.

Anyways, I think those titles up there a great, but for me Castlevania : Drac X for PSP, along with Silent Hill : Origins are my top prospects.

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

subrosian

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Dude! I'm not a prinny d00d! The PSP blew it. The DS has two Castlevania games and Mario Kart under its belt, the PSP is just starting to offer stuff that's tempting. I know, because I didn't buy a DS at launch - I was hyped for the PSP, ready to buy it... and then? It just sucked. Dead pixels all over the place (to be fair I had to return my DS twice to get one with no "shadows" or dead pixels) and no real games.

When it came down to it - the PSP was doing (and continues to do) what made the DS launch bad - focusing on its most gimmicky feature. The DS sucked at launch because every game was hyper-focused on utilizing the touch screen. When stuff smoothed out and Castlevanias started kicking, I was a happy camper. Mario Kart? Right on. Animal Crossing - was good for a bit. The PSP? Obsessed with the big, shiny screen - all trying to put PS2 games that require dual analog onto a system with only one "analog nub".

I'm bored with my DS, but Pokemon is around the corner. I'm not going to buy a PSP however. Yes it's cool, but I'm not getting a system to play games I can play on my PS2 for $20. Every single game on the PSP is something I'm not interested in on PS2, so why spend the money on a PSP? Even the hotly followed Disgaea... um... PS2... had it *at launch*, put hundreds of hours into it, I'm done.

UMDs suck. End of story there. Web browser? I have a laptop. There's never going to be a scenario where I want to use a PSP to browse the internet. It's like browsing on your Wii... yes I totally like the idea of browsing in 720x480, that is what excites me to no end. What's that? No keyboard? On the PSP with its even lower resolution and still-no-keyboard button scheme?

I'm a hardcore gamer. I have an HDTV and a kickarse surround sound system - I have a portable for that obsessive "i'm gonna level my guys in school  type gaming - something PSP is attempting to do badly this summer by porting a game I already beat the snot out of on the PS2.

If Sony really wants my love, they'll get Square Enix to put FF7 and FF8 onto the PSP, that would make for some awesome portable gaming.

/post

Why do people say things like "I don't need that I have this..."

Guess what....I don't need a PS3..I have a PC....but I have a PS3....you know why? Cuz it goes to 11.

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

NextGenNow

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Dude! I'm not a prinny d00d! The PSP blew it. The DS has two Castlevania games and Mario Kart under its belt, the PSP is just starting to offer stuff that's tempting. I know, because I didn't buy a DS at launch - I was hyped for the PSP, ready to buy it... and then? It just sucked. Dead pixels all over the place (to be fair I had to return my DS twice to get one with no "shadows" or dead pixels) and no real games.

When it came down to it - the PSP was doing (and continues to do) what made the DS launch bad - focusing on its most gimmicky feature. The DS sucked at launch because every game was hyper-focused on utilizing the touch screen. When stuff smoothed out and Castlevanias started kicking, I was a happy camper. Mario Kart? Right on. Animal Crossing - was good for a bit. The PSP? Obsessed with the big, shiny screen - all trying to put PS2 games that require dual analog onto a system with only one "analog nub".

I'm bored with my DS, but Pokemon is around the corner. I'm not going to buy a PSP however. Yes it's cool, but I'm not getting a system to play games I can play on my PS2 for $20. Every single game on the PSP is something I'm not interested in on PS2, so why spend the money on a PSP? Even the hotly followed Disgaea... um... PS2... had it *at launch*, put hundreds of hours into it, I'm done.

UMDs suck. End of story there. Web browser? I have a laptop. There's never going to be a scenario where I want to use a PSP to browse the internet. It's like browsing on your Wii... yes I totally like the idea of browsing in 720x480, that is what excites me to no end. What's that? No keyboard? On the PSP with its even lower resolution and still-no-keyboard button scheme?

I'm a hardcore gamer. I have an HDTV and a kickarse surround sound system - I have a portable for that obsessive "i'm gonna level my guys in school type gaming - something PSP is attempting to do badly this summer by porting a game I already beat the snot out of on the PS2.

If Sony really wants my love, they'll get Square Enix to put FF7 and FF8 onto the PSP, that would make for some awesome portable gaming.

/post

Why do people say things like "I don't need that I have this..."

Guess what....I don't need a PS3..I have a PC....but I have a PS3....you know why? Cuz it goes to 11.

So I can use software to roll back my PSP and hope it doesn't brick it... and by "home brew" you really mean "put a bunch of emulators on the PSP and play STOLEN games illegally" - nice. As there are very few games that people have simpy made for the PSP - but plenty of ROMs.

As far as your spinal tap reference goes, give me a break. There is no driving force behind buying a PSP or its games, the poor sales of PSP games are a dead giveaway that you are correct about *stealing* (this is NOT what homebrew is, nor does the PSP have a huge homebrew community - it has plenty of *emulators* being made, this is not the same thing)

 I don't need an HDTV or a surround sound system, but I have them. I also have a PS2 and a Gamecube gathering dust and a DS that is hidden somewhere because it hasn't been played in so long. I'm not going to buy another dust gatherer like the PS3 - or the PSP for that matter.

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="Infinatey"]

1. Daxter (jak and daxter game)

2. Ratchet and Clank: size matters

3. Ace combat X: Skies of deception

4. devil may cry

5. God of War

6. several FF games

7. Gran Turismo

8. killzone: liberation (much better than the PS2 game)

9. loco roco game

10. Some Metal Gear Solid games

11. Monster Hunter

12. syphon filter

13. SOCOM

14. 2 tales games

15. Twisted Metal game

And many other, greater/lesser titles. This was sony's 1st handheld....and they did very well (for their 1st time), and have been the 1st of many companies to do some real damage to nintendo in this area. Nintendo has always dominated this area.....finally, some nice competition.

No matter how big these titles they may be....nintendo has some powerful trump cards of their own. Pokemon comes to mind...which is the 2nd-most-sold franchise in history. And mario games (1st most-sold-franchise in history). Anyway.....I'm actually thinking of buying a PSP because of these games or a DS with pokemon diamond/pearl....I'll think about it

if I want 1 or not]).

subrosian

And they absolutely blew it by limiting the CPU speed to 222mhz for 3rd party titles, only having one crappy analog "nub", and launching for way too much money and then being slow to price cut. Titles I'd rather be playing on my new HDTV / surround sound combo? No thank you?

I admit, the PSP has become a lot more tempting - I have a DS, and I've just grown a bit bored with it now that I'm done with Portrait of Ruin. With the new Pokemon games coming out though, I don't see the need to get a PSP - Pokemon is the kind of game series you can obsess over - money well spent.

I think the early problem with the DS was that it didn't have a lot of games like Pokemon that were addictive games you wanted to play anywhere you went. The PSP has really held that problem its entire lifespan. If the PSP had a game out like a direct port of FF7 or FF8 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Dude! I'm not a prinny d00d! The PSP blew it. The DS has two Castlevania games and Mario Kart under its belt, the PSP is just starting to offer stuff that's tempting. I know, because I didn't buy a DS at launch - I was hyped for the PSP, ready to buy it... and then? It just sucked. Dead pixels all over the place (to be fair I had to return my DS twice to get one with no "shadows" or dead pixels) and no real games.

When it came down to it - the PSP was doing (and continues to do) what made the DS launch bad - focusing on its most gimmicky feature. The DS sucked at launch because every game was hyper-focused on utilizing the touch screen. When stuff smoothed out and Castlevanias started kicking, I was a happy camper. Mario Kart? Right on. Animal Crossing - was good for a bit. The PSP? Obsessed with the big, shiny screen - all trying to put PS2 games that require dual analog onto a system with only one "analog nub".

I'm bored with my DS, but Pokemon is around the corner. I'm not going to buy a PSP however. Yes it's cool, but I'm not getting a system to play games I can play on my PS2 for $20. Every single game on the PSP is something I'm not interested in on PS2, so why spend the money on a PSP? Even the hotly followed Disgaea... um... PS2... had it *at launch*, put hundreds of hours into it, I'm done.

UMDs suck. End of story there. Web browser? I have a laptop. There's never going to be a scenario where I want to use a PSP to browse the internet. It's like browsing on your Wii... yes I totally like the idea of browsing in 720x480, that is what excites me to no end. What's that? No keyboard? On the PSP with its even lower resolution and still-no-keyboard button scheme?

I'm a hardcore gamer. I have an HDTV and a kickarse surround sound system - I have a portable for that obsessive "i'm gonna level my guys in school type gaming - something PSP is attempting to do badly this summer by porting a game I already beat the snot out of on the PS2.

If Sony really wants my love, they'll get Square Enix to put FF7 and FF8 onto the PSP, that would make for some awesome portable gaming.

/post

Why do people say things like "I don't need that I have this..."

Guess what....I don't need a PS3..I have a PC....but I have a PS3....you know why? Cuz it goes to 11.

So I can use software to roll back my PSP and hope it doesn't brick it... and by "home brew" you really mean "put a bunch of emulators on the PSP and play STOLEN games illegally" - nice. As there are very few games that people have simpy made for the PSP - but plenty of ROMs.

As far as your spinal tap reference goes, give me a break. There is no driving force behind buying a PSP or its games, the poor sales of PSP games are a dead giveaway that you are correct about *stealing* (this is NOT what homebrew is, nor does the PSP have a huge homebrew community - it has plenty of *emulators* being made, this is not the same thing)

 I don't need an HDTV or a surround sound system, but I have them. I also have a PS2 and a Gamecube gathering dust and a DS that is hidden somewhere because it hasn't been played in so long. I'm not going to buy another dust gatherer like the PS3 - or the PSP for that matter.