I have just seen the Sony PSP and think I need one NOW. Persuade or dissuade me from buying it!

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I saw a demo unit at a Best Buy and (dead pixel worries aside) the screen is BEAUTIFUL and the ability to watch video I download would be a plus, assuming my lazy ass gets around to reencoding overnight and copying to a memory card. Should I make the buy?

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

No. You will regret it. The next generation will be even better. It's only worth it if you have ____. The ____ is known to be fault. Blah blah blah.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Just buy it. You can trade it in against the next next generation thingy.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

oh I totally want one of these. especially for KATAMARI DAMACY.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, are they porting Katamari for PSP? Last I heard it was coming out for the DS.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

How much is it?

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

What games can you get for it?

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

How much battery power?

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

How big is it? How heavy?

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

etc

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't afford one EVER.

I just want to know.

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

oh wait stephen, you may be right, I'm confused.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

KDamacy IS coming out for the DS in June and I have no idea if it's gonna be PSP bound.

I'd wait about six months on the PSP until they work out whatever the major problem is (weak battery, lousy wire connection, easily-scratched screen) and fix it for the market. In the meantime, satiate self with whatever new toys you already have.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate portables. I've bought like 3 gameboys (original, gbc, advance), and in the end I've discovered that videogames are not something I need to be able to take from home, and I won't even spend time staring at those little screens with the cramped controls when I can fire up the Xbox, etc. I actually would rather have the eventual adapters that let you play the games on the consoles.

I've made a resolution to sit out this generation unless I see some serious killer apps.

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

My mother bought one last night, left it running for a moment while she was in another room and one of her (declawed) cats scratched the screen. I'd wait until all the bugs were sorted out.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 26 March 2005 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think that that is a bug that will be easily sorted out.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 26 March 2005 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

you could chop off the cat's feet. probably not worth it.

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

but likely as entertaining and cheaper.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)

pawlesskitten.com

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)

well they could have a flip top display. that's a pretty easy fix.

― ()ops (()()ps), Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)

that would be rad, then you could look at their brains whenever you wanted.

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"brains"

― weath'D, Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:13 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't this just a portable ps2 with really expensive games?

― a banana (alanbanana), Saturday, 26 March 2005 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

TOO LATE!

I got one after figuring out that not only does Target have them in stock, they give you 10% all purchases the day you apply for/get a Target Visa card. I decided this was a "deal" so I walked out with a PSP and two games.

Game one: Lumines. This is one of the cooler puzzle games I've played in a while. It involves making squares out of at least four squares. Squares fall from the top, tetris-style. The kicker is that the music is linked to the gameplay, meaning it'll occasionally sit in a loop until you get another combo. It also shifts between music and backgrounds. Completely addictive.

Game two: Wipeout Pure. If you've ever played Wipeout, you know what's going on here. Futuristic race craft, weapons, Designers Republic-style menus, and some music from Paul Hartnoll and a handful of licensed tracks.

The system also comes with Spider-Man 2 (the full movie) on Sony's new "Universal Media Disc" format and a sampler disc. Sample disc has promos for a bunch of movies, music, and games from Sony.

I am looking for the 1GB memory stick for this thing so I can stick videos on it. Some people have made apps to encode video for the sucker, and it can also play mp3s (Sony finally came around on the whole mp3 thing!) and display pictures from digital cameras. You can connect it to a computer via USB cable and it'll act like a removeable drive. It also has 802.11 wireless and automatically detected my home network! The rumor is that they're going to release a web browser for it.

Unless the battery starts dying after a ridiculously low time, this is an amazing toy.

― mike h. (mike h.), Saturday, 26 March 2005 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

, Designers Republic-style menus

HAHAHAHA oh man that takes me back. it was 1999, and Wipeout 3 was being advertised during WWF shows....

― kingfish van pickles (Kingfish), Saturday, 26 March 2005 07:22 (twenty-one years ago)

it comes with spiderman 2? crazy! this thing sounds pretty fun though. so the games are on little discs then?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 26 March 2005 09:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Three months ago, some guy caused a small riot at an Electronics Boutique I was in when he whipped out his Nipponese PSP import. I got to play it for a bit (as I was the first to say "Hey, isn't that a...") and I gotta say it looks fresh as fuck.
I'm just saying that the savvy are never early adopters. Waiting for the kinks to show and be ironed is just good business.
That said, I wannit.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

A (financially challenged) bandmate of mine is lusting after this. He had to buy a superball instead.

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 26 March 2005 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha Jordan!

Please please please tell me the Wipeot soundtrack is going to be released on CD...

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 26 March 2005 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. You're serious. I thought the thread title was a joke. Why would anyone buy something like that. Idiotic.

― AreYou10YearsOld?, Saturday, 26 March 2005 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

People who post on internet message boards have no business making fun of people who play video games.

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha like there isn't a 95% overlap anyway!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 26 March 2005 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

we just bought a nintendo ds. or i should say *I* bought one. couldn't resist. had to have it if only to play zookeeper. it's GREAT. i don't care about the psps (though i think i'll buy that one eventually as well, i'm a gadget freak).

― nathalie barefoot in the head (stevie nixed), Saturday, 26 March 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I love how if you wanna use any of the media function on the psp you need fucking memory sticks

― BOATPEOPLEHATEFUCK (ex machina), Saturday, 26 March 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

memory fuck sticks

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Saturday, 26 March 2005 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

You use those on the flip top kittens' brains.

― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Saturday, 26 March 2005 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.penny-arcade.com/2005/20050325l.jpg

― W i l l (common_person), Saturday, 26 March 2005 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot to mention the biggest fac: this is the first handheld game thing that does not at all feel like a kid's toy. The screen is the same acrylic type stuff that covers the front of an iPod and comes with a little cloth to polish it, it ships with a promo disc full of promos for adult Sony stuff, and the launch titles are almost all sports or racing type stuff.

And, reason number one I think this'll catch on: the screen is not fucking tiny! I am able to stare at this thing without squinting! When I ate dinner with my parents and mentioned there's a Tetris-style puzzle game and showed them the thing, THEY showed interest.

I've had a lot a weird conversations lately about "gamers" but I think when it comes down to it, we have a very large percentage of the population who have at one time had an active interest in video games, even if it was just to play RC Pro Am against their cousin when they were 8 years old. Casually playing Tetris or the odd Mario-style game doesn't make you a "gamer."

BTW, the average age of a Gameboy Advance buyer around six months after they came out was 17 or 18 years old. Just sayin'.

― mike h. (mike h.), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd get one of these but I don't think I want one.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Penny Arcade is not funny, ever.

the launch titles are almost all sports or racing type stuff.

Also known as, generic crap!

― BOATPEOPLEHATEFUCK (ex machina), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i played FIFA on it and it is pretty damned cool.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 27 March 2005 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.chivian.com/chivian/p/PeanutsTributeCloseToHome.gif

― W i l l (common_person), Sunday, 27 March 2005 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

Ooh, firmware update happened today, so the PSP now has a proper browser. I've downloaded it, but haven't played with it yet cos it won't let me install until my battery has recharged. Grr.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Aha, got it! So, this is the first ever post made to ilx from a PSP! I'm making history!

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 28 July 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

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