Author Topic: Wow. PSP news. Very intriguing. (Read 1414 times)

GmanJoe · « **on:** June 19, 2003, 06:21:13 PM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/31296.html

Very smart move by Sony. They are not going head to head with Nintendo directly but indirectly. Sly move.

I like this :

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Deering specifically mentioned movies when talking about region codes, and went out of his way to point out that there would be no differences between devices in PAL and NTSC regions, so it may be that region coding is being dropped entirely for games on the system.

« **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2003, 12:36:31 AM »

Well, 2B honest.... i didn\'t use my GBA much until recently when I was abroad, on vacation in Italy. When not on vacation GBA playtime was (when it occured

) only at home, not on the train, bus, school or any other place than my house. This is fairly much the user profile Sony\'s PSP is aiming for :cool:
Anyway, I\'m surprised by the hint at the possibilty of PSP packing the punchpower of a PS2, like the article says ; a portable PSX. :eek:

videoholic · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2003, 03:42:17 AM »

OK, I may be totally stupid, but was this not just discussed like 2 days ago? WHere is the old thread?

GmanJoe · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2003, 04:01:34 AM »

I looked for it. If there is one, the subject heading isn\'t as obvious as mine. Besides, the article is fairly recent - 19/06/03 (that\'s European standard, day month and year

)

« **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2003, 04:31:38 AM »

what does sony gain from the PSP not being region specific? Isn\'t the GBA that way too?

MPTheory · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2003, 04:44:36 AM »

Somewhere in between what??? I guessing the only reason theyre saying it wouldnt be something carried around the childrens schoolyard is because of the price. It will probably be the same price as a PS2... I wouldnt doubt it. Hell, Id probably buy that before I bought the PSX though. Who knows how much that things gonna cost.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2003, 01:15:51 PM »

*yawn*
The only thing I care about is if Sony is goin\' to push 3D for handhelds, if they do, I will hate them more than ever. Nintendo has proven that 2D gaming is still the way to go with handhelds. You can\'t have such great games as the CastleVania series , Advance Wars , Golden Sun and more in 3D.

In Short: PSP + 3D Games = Me vomiting .

« **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2003, 01:37:03 PM »

So 3D games can\'t be good?
And why hate Sony? It\'s the developers that will choose wether they go 2D or 3D. Sure you could blame Sony for making PSP powerful enough for good 3D, but that\'s just taking it too far.

« **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2003, 01:50:18 PM »

Exactly Echo. And Sony already stated that most PSP games will be fairly cheap at $ 20- 30. Also, keep in mind that they might
have learned alot from compressing the PS2 tech onto 1 single chip which reduces costs ; this may result in a competitive PSP hardware pricing too. And about handheld hardware offering 3D graphics ; saying that is bad perse is comparable to saying cdrom based games are inferior to cartbased games becuz of loading times...... ( N64 - PSone :rolleyes: )

« **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2003, 03:34:34 PM »

As long as PSP gets games that are good to play on the move or just at any time you feel like it then it\'ll be a good handheld.

GmanJoe · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2003, 09:55:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip

In Short: PSP + 3D Games = Me vomiting .

This will be very entertaining for me to see you vomit.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2003, 03:23:02 PM »

Obviously, Echo does not remember when the original PSone came out and Sony refused to allow 2D games on the system for the longest time. I have a feeling they will do this with the PSP.

« **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2003, 07:27:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Obviously, Echo does not remember when the original PSone came out and Sony refused to allow 2D games on the system for the longest time. I have a feeling they will do this with the PSP.

and ARE there any 2d games on psone? YES. stop complaining.

« **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2003, 09:11:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
*yawn*
The only thing I care about is if Sony is goin\' to push 3D for handhelds, if they do, I will hate them more than ever. Nintendo has proven that 2D gaming is still the way to go with handhelds. You can\'t have such great games as the CastleVania series , Advance Wars , Golden Sun and more in 3D.

In Short: PSP + 3D Games = Me vomiting .

Ok well if they are pushing for 3d that doesnt mean great games have to be converted to 3d. Thats a poor assumption or bad wording. Personally i think it would be nice to have 3d on a handheld, depending on how its pulled off. Anyway, i do love 2d games and always will. I still live for 2d fighters and play genesis, nintendo, and snes almost every other day.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2003, 09:40:34 PM »

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and ARE there any 2d games on psone? YES. stop complaining.

Do me a favor and think before you post.
If you had a clue, you would remember when the Psone came out that Sony refused to let developers put 2D games on it. Infact, I believe the first 2D game was Street Fighter Alpha and that was almost a year and half into the PSone\'s lifespan.

We don\'t need 3D handheld games.

Hello

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