http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/simply amazing]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/i got all the information i was lookin for from this review!

]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
I've almost completed MIN-NA NO GOLF (Everybody's Golf), I am on the last set of stars to get to the highest rank. I can tell that Dan here is not a golfer, nor does he appreciate it, nor has any coordination to play the sport anyways hehehehe, but for me, this is the perfect game for a hand-held, a perfect game to pass the time. And in fact, it is very realistic, with all the difficulty in the sport's elements factored in to this game - spin, wind, trajectory, power, club selection, slope, weather (gotta love the snow and rain screens when they do show), and the challenge to climb to a better skill level brings you more courses to play. It is true that you have to have PATIENCE, just like the real sport. I am almost at the highest level with only 2 Stars to collect, after playing it for 5 days.

LUMINES is astoundingly beautiful and the music is just so perfectly RAVE-TECHNO to keep my eyes glued to the game, this game is glorious, glorious, glorious, I can't seem to get beyond Level 21, my eyes hurt and I keep losing! The background images flash and change with the tone of the music, and it's almost a sensory overload.... but man it is beautiful........

VAMPIRE CHRONICLES is the usual arcade style crap that makes my thumb ache and ache...

ARMORED CORE FORMULA FRONT is impossibly complicated, all the Japanese words are even hard for me to follow, there's so much detail in the game, this one will take some serious patience - oh yeah you have to be patient and go though all the details bit by bit as you build your figher robots and figure out a war time strategy as you place your machines in combat simulations/situations and watch the whole thing happen (kind of like being a Head Coach)....

About the only game that my friends could follow without having to have to read the Japanese, without having me sit there and explain everything to them every screen, is RIDGE RACERS, of course! I do have to set it up and bring it to the Race Screem before I hand it over to my friend to enjoy. Pixelation in the bottom corner? Are you nuts? What are you looking at, Dan? THAT's what you have to complain about?

Everyone says the Screen is amazing, and it is, this small High Definition screen is a marvel, and the refresh rate is tremendous, crystal clear, unlike any hand-helds/PDAs out there - so if anyone talks trash about it, they're crazy -
In fact, I know they're nuts because they would go and spend $250 for a stupid CELLPHONE with a Camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What idiot out there goes around TWISTING this unit in their hand? Would you do that with your Cellphone?
Would you do that with your digital camera?
Would you do that with your Laptop?
Would you do that with your PDAs?

What makes you want to twist the unit so much that the Disk pops out? All I can guess is that you're really CRAP at the games and can't play for shit, and you're hanging on to it way too hard.
Stop jerking off with it! You might find you don't need to whack the buttons so hard to make the thing work.


This is a great machine. I'm certainly going to enjoy it for a good year until it breaks (probably), and then I'll buy another one. A whole year's use is pretty darn good considering, I'll be using it every day, just like my Computer -
I don't even shoot with my DSLR every day, and I expect that to last me 5 years or so with steady use before something goes wrong with it -

I think there are people out there who expect these machines to be indestructible, when all they have to realize is that their own comments about how everything is obsolete in 6 months means they'll want a new thing anyways -


I can tell you that there are a lot of people at my work who play with their cellphone games a lot, and when they saw this thing, they flocked to it like flies.
At home, they said they would rather "watch movies than play video games" but they have moments when they're out by themselves when they wished they had something like the PSP to play to help kill the time, especially when travelling by air or riding on trains.

The machine in the nice soft pouch fits perfectly in the inside pocket of my leather jacket.
Yes, I got the Value Pack, even though I will never touch the remote and headphones that came with it. But I figured it might be a nice thing to have, this Value Pack, when I decide to give it some kid down the street when I'm bored with it.

I think most people will remember to keep their hands off the screen area in the future........ at least when you touch the face, we're not physically touching the LCD itself (unlike laptops and certain other machines), rather the whole face plate is one piece - so I am sure the face plate can be replaced once it gets scratched up too much, just like the Car Stereos.



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clearly you've never even played that bad boy, for all intents and purposes it is the greatest hand held system that has or probably will ever exist.

Sure the graphics don't knock your door down, but who cares, you get great playing games. For my money the NGPC did everything right, except for the lack of contrast and brightness control.

Personally I'd like to see a review of that, or even see someone admit that it existed. I'd review it for you but I'm not sure you'd be thrilled about my one game.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Innovation? Last I checked, throwing a touch screen onto a handheld device wasn't a new gaming thing - I was playing touch screen games on my Palm ages ago.

Gameplay? The games? After reviewing almost every DS game that's coming out from now till February (as the release dates are showing NOTHING in January - and Zoo Keeper isn't out yet), IGN has pegged the DS launch games at an average of 6.47. Don't trust IGN? Gamespot has an average of 6.71. There are very few compelling reasons to buy a DS right now if you're truly looking for *games*.

Battery? They talked about the battery. 3.5 hours on Ridge Racer alone - which is supposed to be a battery hog - is far from shabby, and certainly better than the "90 minutes" all the naysayers were brandying about.

Price? It's ~$30 more in Japan. We'll see what it is when it hits over in the US. But again, so? The Xbox and PS2 are both $50 more than the GameCube - you don't see the GameCube having supply issues this holiday.

Saying "I'm no Nintendo fanboy" right after saying "You can't possibly produce a decent article without comparing these" is good for a laugh.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
While that may be true in some sense, developers *really* get excited about the number of systems in households around the world. That's why there are still tons of games coming out for PS2, and almost none for Gamecube, even though the Gamecube is technically a better system.

No one can say for sure who will win this battle. While I, for one, love my DS and will definitely not be buying a PSP, there are obviously a lot of people out there who will. If anything, I'm looking forward to a close match-up, because it will encourage competition in both companies. I just hope Nintendo sticks with it, encourages lots of 3rd party support, and gets the games on the shelves. With Sony setting such a low price point, the PSP is going to be hard to beat.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Finally, while graphics don't sell a system (games do), if you saw Ridge Racer DS next to Ridge Racer PSP, can you honestly say you'd want to play the DS one? How many developers will make DS-only games versus how many making both, or making PSP-only (due to its better graphics)? Any games made for both will almost be worse for the DS, s they inevitably won't take full advantage of the DS's unique capabilities, but you can be sure they'll take advantage of the PSP's graphics horsepower.

This round goes to the PSP, hands down.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
I will also wait 4-5 months after NA release to get a well built unit.

this is the best review I have seen online. great job!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
That's hot.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
I can't say I don't find the PSP attractive, but I've yet to see a single game announced that I would want to spend time on. Most of them look like games I already played on Playstation 1 and 2... which is my big worry for the PSP. When you can easily port what you already have cheaper, why bother coming up with something new? It's going to take a while for PSP to come into lots of games of its own. PS2 took a while, too. (Besides, I like niche games... fighting games and racing games and the like are dreadfully boring)

I do see my future with the PSP, just not at launch time. I'll be waiting for a stronger games library and a newer, more robust PSP hardware revision. Judging by Sony's history, we haven't seen the best of PSP's hardware faults yet...

... and what I really wish for -- A PSP revision that doesn't have the insane finger print magnet front. I'm way too OCD to deal with that.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
The psp is more flexible, music,pics, etc but the battery life is worrisome. Right NOW the life in 3.5 hours in RR,what will it be like 6 months or a year? A game system with a 90 minutes battery life a year from now would be BAD. And just buying another battery or 2 is not a very good option.

It seems to me that the Nintendo HAS to push the games that only need one cart to play since that is a HUGE cost benefit of the DS system and ALSO a huge SOCIAL benefit of the system. Being able to have a group of gamers get together and not having to worry as much bout what cart everyone has SEEMS like it will be cool and useful. Time will tell.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Why would the battery life be worrisome to you? If the battery life on a launch title is 3.5 hrs, when the game developers have yet to really work on efficient disk access etc, the battery life (and load times) will only get BETTER. Where are you getting 90 mins from?

Don't say gamespot until you see their latest "onthespot" review:

http://www.gamespot.com/onthespot/?tag=gs_lnav_onthespot


]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Way to go guys.. Why didn't you show some of the shots of Metroid Hunters Demo.. The graphics are actually half decent..

Don't like the touch screen huh.. Enjoy communicating in online play(LAN) with that Cell Phone Interface...

This system is NOT revolutionary.. it would be a travesty if these 'been there, done that' games make an iota of difference in the market..

Convergence Blows..and over the next 8 months, Sony is going to show you why..

By then, Nintendo will have about a 70% marketshare (we'll try to ignore the SP monopoly for a second) simply because Nintendo will be supplying WAY MORE DS's..

Then we'll see who has more fun ....]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/it will take Sony a long time to even come close to getting near Nintendo's hold on the handheld market. were not talking the DS here, we are talking Gameboy. how millions sold? no one even bothers to compare the market share of the Cube to the PS2. think of that in reverse when it comes to the PSP and the Gameboy.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Let's face it -- if Nintendo controls 100% of the market (and relies on that for its future income), then any advance Sony makes in that area will hurt Nintendo.

Nintendo has done the same thing for too long -- that is, repackage 10 year old games as new games for the GBA. Hell, Mario DS is a prime example of this.

Without any challenge, Nintendo has sat on its ass and sucked up the cash. It knows that it can't do that any longer.

Without the PSP, there would be no DS. Nintendo would have been content just to let the GBA be a cash cow.

Now that Nintendo is actually being challenged, we'll see how it responds. And so far, its response ain't lookin too good.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Well a couple of thoughts :

- give us a web browser, i can't wait to browse the web on such a gorgeous screen !

- i'm sure someone will soon find either how to boot games from the memory stick or to boot games from the usb cable (store on your computer) Don't get me wrong, I don't care for pirated games but I do care for the underground scene (emulators, web browsers, tiny apps and so on !)

- some "perfect fit" leather cases are already available for as cheap as 20$ ! I can't see the point of buying the value pack considering how bad is the case and how "small" is the packed memory stick. I'll also go for a standard pack with a custom leather case and a bigger memory stick.

Anyway, once again, thank you for such an in depth review]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Was that the Ron Artest brawl that you used in the video section? :D]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
480x320 screen, analog controls, dual SD slots, and a Palm OS that supports an array of apps - including some great games. Video. Audio. Bluetooth for multiplayer.

The Zodiac is currently occupying the handheld entertainment niche at my house.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
The DS can better weather an early drought of good dedicated titles, since you can still play all your old GBA games on it. I'm curious about the PSP and look forward to playing with one to see how it shakes out, but I *know* I'll be buying a DS once I actually see one available for sale.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/To the reply to my post.
The touch screen isn't the only innovative thing on the DS. There's the two screens, Instant Messaging, Online Play, Alarm, Rumble Pack (Using GBA Cartridge). Since when did the PSP do something innovative anyway that the DS hasn't done?
For games (sorry, I emitted the *'s, please excuse me), there are only a few titles on the PSP that really sort of excite me. Like Gran Turismo, and MGS. But otherwise - there are really none. The DS has so many, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing, LOZ are to name but a few.
Concerning Battery, you neglected to note that the play time of the DS can reach 9 Hours. Yep, grab your coat, that's right.
Price? $30 more in Japan? Still, $30 can go a long way. Like buying a game. Or buying the media add on. Plus, the games are also more expensive on PSP. The reason the Gamecube doesn't have supply issues even though it is cheaper is because the perception of the console is not macho, it's got nothing to do with the price. I find it funny that you can correlate price with sales figures, since there are numerous factors that play a part in sales figures other than price.
Finally, your humour is also questionable. How on earth could you find the sentence: "You can't possibly produce a decent article without comparing these" remotely funny? It really does display the kind of audience the PSP attracts, does it not?
Anyway, good greetings from UK.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
but more competition the better! cheaper units!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
Those issues aside, however, I can't see why anyone who already owns a PS2 would want the PSP. This, to me, is the main reason people outside of Dan's nerdy gadgetsphere will pass on the PSP. First, the games are going to be exactly the same. There will be no innovation on the PSP. The DS has the potential for serious innovation in video games, although it hasn't shown itself yet. I've got a friend at EA who says there are some serious real-time war/strategy games in production for the DS, ones that have the potential to completely revolutionize mult-player strategy games.

Also, gaming, for the guys I know, is primarily a social activity. We get together in front of a big TV and play until we're zombies. With the PSP not offering anything new, it would seem unlikely that any of this group of guys will pick up a system that can only have one player. (With each additional player having to buy the system and another frickin copy of the game.)

Anyhow, I certainly agree on the screen. Man that thing's nice. But the system will never get my money. (And the DS won't, either, until the truly innovative stuff comes out.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
That's not the point -- the point is that including old gameboys with the tally of all the gameboys sold (GBA, GBA SP, etc., etc.) is like including IBM ATs with the current number of PCs being used worldwide. I

Yes, a lot of GBs have been sold, but that was five years ago. Also, when you own a hundred percent of the market, and the market is able to absorb millions of units, you will, as a result, sell millions of units.

However, now that there's serious competiton (and Sega GG, Neo Geo Pocket, Wonderswan, etc. were never serious competition), Nintendo is in trouble.

And you have to admit: It has done more than its fair share of rehashing. Much more than its fair share.

So if DS is truly the superior product (in terms of "gameplay", which is already an extremely subjective element to judge), then let it stay on top.

But one look at the PSP's screen (which appears to be bigger than both DS screens combined) and its quality, and how the games LOOK on it...

I think Nintendo's going to have some serious problems on its hands.

(P.S. -- And what happens to the DS when the next Game Boy comes out?)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
ridge racer ds is basically a port of the n64 ridge racer game. had namco actually bothered to make a new ridge racer game from scratch, i'm sure it would probably look a bit better. not as good as the PSP one, but better. metroid prime hunters doesn't look that good by pure fluke. the developers just took advantage of the hardware better.

the psp games DO look better, and ultimately will have more appeal to people because of that.. but you have to ask yourself if you really want to be playing games like gran turismo or even ridge racer on the go (for usually short bursts) on a portable system or would you rather play it at home with no time limit (battery life) on a big tv and stereo surround sound?

the thing i can say for the DS is that at least you can't play those kinds of games anywhere else, so whether you're on the go, or at home, the DS is still enjoyable.

given the choice between the ps2 or the PSP, i would rather just play my ps2 at home. from what i've seen so far, it looks like all the games on the PSP are shrunken ps2 games..

the PSP is a SEXY machine, but sony's challenge will be to get compelling software for it. let's not forget all those systems that had better screens and graphics than the original gameboy.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
All Nintendo has done is sit back and re-realease the same games for all their systems, i am fucking tired of Super Mario, and fucking Diddy kong Racing.

HEY MOMMY LETS BUY ANOTHER NINTENDO SYSTEM SO I CAN PLAY MARIO WHEN IM SHOPPING, IN BED, IN SCHOOL, AND BEATING MY MEAT!! (we all know thats why they have touchscreen) so you can one hander your your way through the 14th super mario game for nintendo.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/
I completely agree.

Simple fact is no handheld has ever been successful with less than 8 hours of battery life. None. Not even in the face of technically inferior competition. Is 3.5 hours even close to that? No.

Now, I'm not saying battery life is all that matters. But nobody who looks at systems like the Lynx, Nomad, or Game Gear would ever tell you that poor battery life (in their cases, around 5 hours) wasn't part of the reason for their failure. Yes, we're dealing with rechargeables now - but the problem with those earlier systems wasn't the expense, it was the lack of convenience. This is the Lynx vs. the original GameBoy all over again.

3.5 hours, I mean I'm sorry, that's just not acceptable in any portable device, game system or otherwise. If I have to keep the thing tethered to a power cord or charging up every single day, then what's the point? I honestly have a feeling that Sony will package in a higher capacity battery when it's released here, because if they don't, then this thing's gonna have some major problems.
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oo and another thingy...i went to gamestop yesterday and they had two DS for sampling...i tried one DS while playing metriod and basically...it stank...the screens are too dark even with the light on(mebe ish jus meeh...)and whenever i tried to use the touch screen i could never get it to do what i wanted it to...so when i exited out of the game and went into pictochat...i realized that the screen was off and that wherever i touched would appear far to the left of where i touched it! jus a week or so after being put in the shop and it gets screwed up...thats sad...buhbye...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/Who in their right mind sits down and plays 8 hrs straight?
Hell, even 4 hrs straight? Even when I'm on a NY-LA flight, I'd only conceivably play for maybe 2 hrs tops.

Its not like the recharge takes 4 hrs!! Its less than 2.

And to those who think a FPS can't be pulled off with one analog control, I seem to remember Goldeneye for N64 working just fine with one analog control.

As to why someone who has a PS2 would buy a PSP? Ummm....to play on the road????

So you're argument now is "wouldn't you rather play it on a big screen?"
Yeah, but only when I'm at home. When I'm on the road, I don't have a PS2 with me. I'll have a PSP.
And if I have more than 4 hrs of free time a day when I'm on the road, it means I'm on vacation, and I really don't think I'd be wasting time playing video games while I'm on vacation.
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That's the most pathetic fanboy excuse that I've heard yet. "Battery life isn't a big factor because no one plays for that long." What ever.

There are people in this world who travel a lot, you know, which are the type of people that Sony is targetting with the PSP. We don't want to be chained to power outlets, even if it's only for a "couple of hours." You're missing the whole point of a portable system. Have fun sitting on your couch.

Also, for the PS2 vs. PSP thing, would you honestly buy the same game twice? Man, you must be richer than I am.

Vance

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