Official PSP Thread

Games List

Advent Shadow
AI Shogi
Angel Collection
Ape Escape P! (working title)
Armored Core: Formula Front
ATV Offroad Fury (working title)
Axel Impact International
Batman Begins
BBG (working title)
Burnout (working title)
Coded Arms
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Crazy Racing: Kart Rider
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII (working title)
Dead Aggressor
Death, Jr.
Devil May Cry
Dokodemo Issho
Dokodemo Kaishou! Pachislot Sengen
Dorasu Slot2: Shuyaku wa Zenigata
Dorasu Slot: Super Hanahana 30
Dragon Ball Z (working title)
Dynasty Warriors (working title)
Eiyuu Densetsu Gagharv Trilogy: Shiroki Majo
EX Jinsei Game
Fighting Spirits
Formula 1 \'04
Free Running
Frogger (working title)
Gaghary (working title), The
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Gran Turismo 4 Mobile
Hard Corps
Hoshigari Empusa
Hot Shots Golf (working title)
Infected
Jissen Pachislot Hisshouhou! Series (working title)
Karakuri
King of Fighters: Maximum Impact
Kings Field
KOF (working title)
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Daijiten
Lumines
Mahjong Fight Club
Mahjong Kakutou Club
Makai Wars
MediEvil (working title)
Mercury
Metal Gear Acid
Metal Shell
Minna no Golf Portable
Mobile Train Simulator + Densha de GO! Tokyo Kyuukou Hen (working title)
Mushi
MX (working title)
Namco Museum (working title)
Naruto (working title)
NBA ShootOut 2005
NBA Street
Need for Speed Underground Rivals
NFL Street
NHL FaceOff 2005
One Piece (working title)
Patlabor (working title)
Persona
Piposaru Academia: Dossari! Sarugee Daizenshuu
Plus Plum 2 Again (working title)
PoPoLoCrois Monogatari: Pietro Ouji no Bouken
Powerful Pro Yakyuu (working title)
Princess Crown
Project Interceptor (working title)
Project S (working title)
PSP Racing (working title)
Puyo Puyo Fever
Puzzle Bobble Pocket
Red Line (working title)
Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory
Ridge Racers
Saru Get You P!
Sengoku Cannon (working title)
Shin Sangoku Musou
Shinten Makai (working title)
Shutokou Battle: Zone of Control
Soukyuu no Fafner (working title)
Space Invader Pocket (working title)
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Sticky Balls
Syphon Filter: Logan\'s Shadow
Taiko no Tatsujin (working title)
Tales of Eternia
Tales of Melfes
Talkman (working title)
Technique Cute (working title)
Tecmo My Generation
Ten no Kagi, Chi no Mon
Tenchi no Mon
Tenchu
Tenken Chimon
TGM-K
This Is Football 2005
Tiger Woods PGA Tour
TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator
Tony Hawk\'s Underground 2
Toudai Shougi Portable
Touge MAX
Twisted Metal World Tour
Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
Viewtiful Joe
Visual Novel Series
Vulcanus Online
Wipeout Pure
World Championship Snooker 2005
World Soccer Winning Eleven (working title)
WRC
Yamasa Digi Portable
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
Zero Hour

http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/a...05110131235.jpg

SYSTEM SPECS:

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PSP CPU Core

PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1~333MHz)
32MB Main Memory
4MD Embedded DRAM

Media

UMD Drive (Playback only)
Region Code
Parental Control

Format

PSP Game
UMD Audio
UMD Video

Input/Output

IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
USB 2.0 (Target)
Memory Stick PRO Duo
IrDA
IR Remote (SIRCS)

5V DC OUT
Terminals for charging built-in battery
Headphone/Microphone/Control connector

Control:
- Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
- Analog pad
- Enter keys (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
- Left, Right keys (shoulder buttons)
- START, SELECT, HOME
- POWER On/Hold/Off switch
- Brightness control, Sound Mode, Volume +/-
- Wireless LAN On/Off switch
- UMD Eject

Size Details

Dimensions: Approxately 170mm (L) x 74mm (W) x 23mm (D)
Weight: Approximately 260g (including battery)

Other Specifications

Screen: 4.3 inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD
- 480 x 272 pixel (16.77 million colors)
- Max. 200 cd/m2 (with brightness control)
Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in lithium-ion battery
AC adaptor
128 bit AES encryption
Individual ID for each PSP hardware unit

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TECHNICAL SPECS:

PSP CPU CORE
MIPS R4000 32bit Core
128bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Main Memory :8MB(eDRAM) (**Changed to 32MB, 4MB embedded in May 2004)
Bus Bandwidth :2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops
3D-CG Extended Instructions

PSP Media Engine
MIPS R4000 32bit Core
128bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Sub Memory:2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
90nm CMOS

PSP Graphics Core 1
3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon
Compressed Texture
Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8)
Hardware Tessellator
Bezier, B-Spline(NURBS)
ex 4x4, 16x16, 64x64 sub-division

PSP Graphics Core 2
\'Rendering Engine\' + \'Surface Engine\'
256bit Bus, 1-166 MHz @ 1.2V (**Changed to 512bit Bus in final version)
VRAM :2MB(eDRAM)
Bus Bandwidth :5.3GB/sec
Pixel Fill Rate :664 M pixels/sec
max 33 M polygon /sec(T&L)
24bit Full Color:RGBA

PSP Sound Core: VME
Reconfigurable DSPs
128bit Bus
166MHz @1.2V
5 Giga Operations /sec
CODEC
3D Sound, Multi-Channel
Synthesizer, Effecter, etc

UMD(Universal Media Disc)
60mm
Laser Diode:660nm
Dual Layer :1.8GB
Transfer Rate:11Mbps
Shock Proof
Secure ROM by AES
Unique Disc ID

AVC Decoder
AVC(H.264) Decoder
Main Profile
Baseline Profile
@Level1,Level2,Level3
2Hours(High Quality) - DVD movie
4Hours(Standard Quality) - CS Digital

I/O
USB 2.0
Memory Stick
Extension Port(reserved)
Stereo Head phone Out

Communication
Wireless LAN (i802.11)
IrDA
USB 2.0

Gotta love Sony\'s quality control...

*Somebody in another forum posted this, and I just wanted to let you guys know.*

OK, reports from different Japanese sources confirmed different kinds of defects on the first shipment:
(thanks gcwind from a Chinese site to translate)

#1 Button Pressed, but it never come back up
http://v.isp.2ch.net/up/4f110e6a10b2.jpg

#2 Dead Spot (A LOT)
http://up.haiiro.info/file/626.jpg
http://up.haiiro.info/file/614.jpg

Read it here(Japanese): http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sanchan/20041211

#3 Screen has air bubbles (Japanese):
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hajime_ninomae/20041212

#4 Screen has dust inside the screen:
http://www.imgup.org/file/iup2658.jpg
http://www.imgup.org/file/iup2659.jpg

#5 Analog Control Nub has Fallen off!
http://v.isp.2ch.net/up/3c2417a24e9c.jpg

#6 Powered On but cannot start PSP (Japanese):
http://amanoudume.s41.xrea.com/
http://blog.livedoor.jp/od3/archives/10595825.html
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/fukutake/20041212

(Video showing it: http://up4.upload-ch.net/src/up2372.mpg )

#7 Twist PSP itself, UMD will FLY OUT (Videos) !
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cf6y-oot/auto.amc
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cf6y-oot/auto.avi

#8 UMD Cover CANNOT CLOSE Completely:
http://up.haiiro.info/file/627.jpg

#9 Ridge Racer BUG (Mini Game Rally X music Still playing when the Ridge Racer game starts)
http://home.megapass.co.kr/~ttf1513/a.avi

Other then Ginkos myriad of defects, the majority of press are pleased with the units and the games launched with it.  The only gripe being, in general, poor load times for some games though and that\'s hardly a big gripe since load times have never been enough to suade anyone from buying a console.  Here\'s some links to some really positive game impressions:

Ridge Racers:
Gamespot
IGN

Lumines:
1up
Gamespot

Vampire Chronicles (Darkstalkers):
Gamespot

Minna no golf (Hot Shots):
Gamespot

Nice array of titles for a system launch.

Thanks Ryu

No thanks Ginko

Screw the japanese release. Of course all of those complaints might be correct but who knows what kind of thing would have to happen for some of those things to take place.  On the screens i only saw a max of 3 dead spots - vs how many? Annoying yes - enough to kill the system - not even close.

The dust - didnt see too much of it.

The UMD popping out - looked like they put it under a lot of pressure.

Unless you manhandle your controller like an ape then im sure your buttons should be ok but if not i hope the problem is fixed for the US release.

If the thing does end up having defects then i can always return it.

I don\'t swing off of Sony\'s nuts so I\'ll bring the bad news with the good news.

Sony\'s PSP Console Sells Out in Tokyo After Debut (Update3)
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp.\'s new PSP portable game console sold out at Tokyo electronic retailers such as Yodobashi Camera Co. and Bic Camera Co. within hours of its debut yesterday.

Yodobashi Camera sold out of the hand-held device at all 17 of its electronics outlets, said Yoshiharu Satake, a spokesman for the Tokyo-based retailer. Bic Camera ran out of the consoles at its 13 stores in Tokyo and the surrounding area by 2 p.m., said Yumi Kawahara, a spokeswoman at the company\'s headquarters.

``It\'s the most people we\'ve seen lined up for a game device in recent times,\'\' said Bic Camera\'s Kawahara, adding that the retailer didn\'t take reservations for the PSP.

Sony\'s bet that it could take on rival Nintendo Co. for some of its 95 percent market share of hand-held game market may be paying off. About 1,200 people were lined up for the PSP\'s debut outside Bic Camera\'s main downtown Tokyo outlet ahead of the store\'s 6:55 a.m. opening, said Kawahara.

``We expect this to be a big hit and for this momentum to continue,\'\' said John Yang, an equity analyst at Standard and Poor\'s in Tokyo.

Sony may start selling the PSP in the U.S. as early as January, helping it ship at least 3.5 million units of the game console by March 31 and bettering its earlier forecast of 3 million units, Yang said.

The company met its target of shipping 200,000 units of the PSP to retailers for the Dec. 12 debut, said Nanako Kato, a Tokyo- based spokeswoman for Sony Computer Entertainment.

Sony sold 171,963 PSP consoles yesterday, Tokyo-based market researcher Media Create said in a faxed statement.

``Harsh\'\'

The PSP plays video and music as well as games such as ``Tiger Woods PGA Tour\'\' from Electronic Arts Inc.

Nintendo Co. started selling its own dual screen Nintendo DS hand-held console in Japan on Dec. 2.

Hiroaki Sakuma, a 21-year-old university student, was first in line to buy a PSP from one of Bic Camera\'s downtown outlets after waiting there since 9 p.m. the night before because he couldn\'t reserve one online.

``It\'s my first time to stand in line like this\'\' for a game console, said Sakuma ``It\'s harsh. But I had to have one.\'\'

Sony shares rose 2.1 percent to 3,870 yen as of the 3 p.m. close on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nintendo shares gained 0.1 percent to 12,020 yen.

Meanwhile, Nintendo on Dec. 9 raised its year-end shipment forecast for its own dual-screen console, which it started selling in the U.S. on Nov. 21, to 2.8 million units from 2 million units.

Sony, the maker of the best-selling PlayStation 2 game console, said in October it broke even at its game division during the second quarter ended Sept. 30. The company has said it will sell the PSP in the U.S. by March 31.
 


To contact the reporters on this story:
Desmond Hutton in Tokyo at  dhutton@bloomberg.net and Kyoko Suzuki at  ksuzuki3@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Iain Wilson at  iwilson2@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: December 13, 2004 02:25 EST  

>>>Link<<<

Some games are worth noticing in that list.
Btw.Whats up with the battery life

>>>IGN PSP: Battery Journal

poor load times for some games though and that\'s hardly a big gripe since load times have never been enough to suade anyone from buying a console.

You can take out that never, I\'m not fond of the idea of putting up with load times on a portable.  If it were just a one time loading for each PSP game I could deal with that, it wouldn\'t be an issue.  However, as of the moment, it\'s common to have 10-20 sec load times in between things like character/track selection to actual gameplay...and that\'s every time.  I won\'t be buying a PSP until the load times are dealt with, or at least that the norm is below 10 seconds.

Heh, welcome to the life of optical media.  So long as the system is disk based, there will always be load times.  You accept them at home on consoles.  You accept them on your PC.  Accepting them with a great game on a handheld will not be any different.

Originally posted by Ryu
Heh, welcome to the life of optical media.  So long as the system is disk based, there will always be load times.  You accept them at home on consoles.  You accept them on your PC.  Accepting them with a great game on a handheld will not be any different.

I deal with them on home consoles because I\'m settled in with time to spare.  I still find them annoying, even the games with the one big load.

If I had to deal with a loading time for my phone book on my cell phone I would have to find a different phone and/or service.  Because it\'s a portable and because I\'m on the go.  If I\'m only going to play my portable gaming machine for 15-30 minutes, which is the norm for me, then I really don\'t think it\'s cool to have sit out half of that time on loading.

for 15-30 minutes, which is the norm for me, then I really don\'t think it\'s cool to have sit out half of that time on loading.

dude, you are overreacting. Even if you have 10 load times in 30 mins at 15 sec, that would be roughly 2 mins. Far from "half" your playtime.

If there are only 10 load times...

Did you read about VC: The Chaos Tower yet?  And for Ridge Racer  I just can\'t imagine a 10-15 second load time going into a race then again coming back out of it.

anyway, I don\'t care for load times on any device so if they don\'t get better on the PSP then I can live without it.  As it is I\'m not impressed but I\'m hoping Wipeout Pure and Tales of Eternia load times are minimal.

Lets say for example that I put Ridge Racer.
If it takes around 10 secs to get the game loaded,10 seconds to get to the title screen , ten seconds in car selection (if I m not mistaken it takes some seconds to move from one car to the next in the selcetion screen), 10 seconds to go to the track selection screen, 10 seconds to load the data and play the game....then you ll have to show more patience than ever.
These arent the loading times we experience in consoles if thats the case.Its worse

This morning, Reuters posted word that the PlayStation Portable has had a successful launch in Japan. Citing Sony, it seems retailers throughout Japan had almost completely sold out of PSP units on its first day of sales, with Sony shipping around 200,000 units to retailers ahead of the Sunday launch. Although the article goes on to state that Sony, who is sticking with its 500,000 unit shipping target in Japan by the end of 2004, didn\'t put forth exact figures that magazine publisher Enterbrain put out estimated figures. According to the figures, Sony sold 166,017 units on Sunday, working out ot 86% of the 193,056 units shipped. The top selling unit for the PSP were Hot Shots Golf, (67,685 units sold), Ridge Racers (57,131 units sold) and Armored Core Formula Front (11,867 units sold).

>>>Link<<<

Meh. If you hate loading times that much then i guess thats just your problem then. Yes you\'ll be on the go but you will have some time. if you had to wait a minute total for loading times then it still wouldnt be a big deal as most games you rarely just pop in for 5 mins and play. Of course there are those times but personally i could deal with it.

After watching the loading time on the Ridge Racer glitchy video I can easily say that the loading was tolerable. I dont know what so many people are complaining about. Perhaps Ridge Racer isnt the worst of the worst. Either way we still have time till the US release.

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Mark as me as one who thinks the DS and PSP are both just shit idea\'s. 3D on handhelds, no thanks.