My First Impressions - Sony PSP
by LaxBandit on Comments
Here is what I picked up today...PSP, Thug2 and Gretzky NHL.
Okay, so lets get this impression going. My first disappointed came early after I opened up the box. I figured since I had to pay full price for this stupid Gretzky Package, I would get Gretzky in a normal UMD Case, but I should have known better. Instead I got this...
I expected for Spiderman 2 to come in a sleeve but not Gretzky! Oh well...I cant do anything about it, life goes on. I love the idea of Sony including a cloth for the PSP, because it gets a lot of dust particles and smudges from fingers. But I have learned to not pay attention to that very much, while Im playing at least.
My first good experience for the PSP was when I saw the size of the UMD's. I thought that they would be bigger then that, but I love the size that they are. Not to big, but not to small.
While I am on the topic of size, the screen is HUGE. I fell in love with it, as soon as I saw it for the first time. I was lucky enough to get a unit without any dead pixels, or nothing else wrong with it. The memory stick duos are also very small, a LOT smaller then I originally thought, and that is good, cuz I dont want to have these massive memory cards to carry everywhere.
The one thing I wonder about the PSP is the UMD drive. It uses basically the same technolgoy as the MiniDisc players, when it comes to opening and closing the drive or slot. They have that stupid little latch, and from past experiences, if you are not careful with this latch, then it will bend and affect the ability to open and close properly.
(sorry for the blurry pic, I dont know if you can see the little latch or not)
As long as you are careful with it (which you should be for $249 USD/$299 CND) you shouldnt have a problem with this.
Overall, I give the US Value pack, a 9/10.
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