PSP Fanboy and Joystiq are all over the PSP Slim

Now that the PSP Slim is in the wild, we know you're aching to see what it's like up close, and Joystiq and PSP Fanboy have got you covered with an in-depth three-part series that should answer virtually every question you might have -- and them some -- about Sony's littlest console. Check it out!

Read -- Part 1: Firmware, Video-out, button response
Read -- Part 2: Load times, size comparisons, pricing
Read -- Part 3: Cables, cases, battery charging, battery life

[comrade @ Sep 6th 2007 9:52PM]

So, what's the angle? How does Sony treat you like a criminal with this one? Does it phone-home and let Sony know when you listen to mp3 encoded music?

[James @ Sep 7th 2007 7:05AM]

The nonsensical, inexplicable hate just keeps spewing, don't it.

Take a long hard look at yourself, would you?

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Sep 6th 2007 10:02PM]

Thanks, this is what I've been waiting for. A good thorough review for the PSP Slim!

It covered my main concern about the "ghosting" effect when watching videos and playing games. Btw, the video-out feature seems very cool though.

The new PSP seems nice, but I think Sony could have worked on it a little bit more. You can't fret when it's priced at $169 I suppose.

[Mike Street @ Sep 6th 2007 10:05PM]

At the end of the day the PSP is just not fun. I still have mine but i haven't played with it or brought a game for it since I got a DS Lite.

[Ruben @ Sep 6th 2007 10:05PM]

Good thing hackers have the firmware this uses dumped. Now all thats left is decrypting and making a custom firmware, and this thing will once again be worth it. As it is now, way too much of a risk, since homebrew IS the PSP.

At least FF7: Crisis Core is coming out. That should be a good game. But i agree. I didnt buy this to be a portable PS2. Enough with recreates. Really, the only, and i mean only, really good game for this was Loco Roco.

[Patrick @ Sep 6th 2007 10:15PM]

Whats this got to do with the new iPod

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Sep 6th 2007 10:37PM]

How old are you? 12?

[james stringer @ Sep 7th 2007 12:30AM]

LOL that is the best comment ever, Maybe he is twelve, But Haha.

[James @ Sep 7th 2007 7:08AM]

Hey, LiQuiD: ever heard of SARCASM?

[Jaylord @ Sep 6th 2007 10:29PM]

I don't understand why people always complain that the PSP doesn't have any games. I don't own a PSP or a DS, but I would much rather have a PSP. If the DS is your fancy, that's fine and dandy, but it seems these people make a concerted effort to bash the PSP. The games that interest me that are all original are Syphon Filter, Metal Gear Solid, PQ 2, Crush, and Loco Roco. Those are all already out. I think I'd pick up a PSP just for Echo Chrome which looks amazing to me. As for the new hardware? I think it's pathetic as an update, but since I don't own a PSP yet once homebrew comes around I plan on picking this up.

[Cal @ Sep 6th 2007 10:38PM]

Well, its hard to say DS or PSP games suck without owning both, you sort of have to get a feel for the libraries. That said there are many good games for psp, i wouldn't count loco roco amongst them though, it gets pretty boring after the first few levels. I played around with the new PSP at PAX while it was tethered to some chick's waist, the star wars battle front game felt pretty terrible in the brief time i played it but the hardware definitely feels nicer than the original. The difference in size is a lot more noticeable than just looking at the measurements would have you think and the dpad felt great.

[Alex @ Sep 6th 2007 10:43PM]

And even with all this I still won't buy one until they take expandable memory cards.

[Cal @ Sep 6th 2007 10:46PM]

what do you mean by expandable memory cards? like a 2 gig card that you could suddenly turn into a 4 gig card?

[Alex @ Sep 6th 2007 10:48PM]

Naw I was refering to something like an SD memory card.

[ryan @ Sep 7th 2007 12:01AM]

Alex... They do and have taken expandable memory...

[Jamesology @ Sep 7th 2007 2:17AM]

Yeah, it's funny how they keep complaining about the games. I'm pretty sure they played one game and gave up. Now that Monster Hunter 2 is out you technically do not have to buy a new game for a long time, based on the fact that it no Mini-game.

But no matter what I will always love my portables more than my home consoles. I rarely play with my Wii since I'm always at work or school. Planning to sell my Wii for a 80gb PS3 for its Remote Play functions. I can watch endless movies at work. Also, while I play Glory Dasy 2 on my DSLite. These two toys are luxury to me since I pretty much live in my car.

[fred @ Sep 7th 2007 10:59AM]

ps3= needs more games
psp= needs more games

after 2 years

ps3= still needs more games
psp= still needs more games

damn fanboys will you give sony consoles a break!sheesh
im glad the xbot did not came before
the ps1 and ps2 so you wont say they also need more games!

[ryan @ Sep 7th 2007 11:26AM]

Personally, I like to direct people to Metacritic where you can see that there are more highly rated games on PSP than on the DS. That's not to say the PSP is unequivocally superior to the DS, but I think it shows that people who complain about the lack of good games just have their heads up their asses.

[James @ Sep 7th 2007 4:11PM]

"Good Game" selection on the two platforms is highly dependent on your personal definition. Say you start the definition of "Good" at a Metascore better than 80% -- that's 37 PSP games and 38 DS games. The problem with this is, Metascore (or rather, the reviews that make up Metascores) generally reflects how well a game did what it set out to do, not whether it's actually fun -- I, for instance, can't stand sports games. Take out the sports games (maybe it's an excellent tennis simulator, but it's still a tennis simulator), and you lose 10 or more of those PSP titles. And take out Advent Children (not a game -- WTF?). You're left with maybe 20 decent games, which isn't great after ~3 years on the market.

Take the same cream-of-the-crop list from the DS side, and you're only padded by one or two sports games. There's maybe 5 or 6 kiddie titles (Nintendogs is on there 4 times, and I don't even consider that a "game"), but that still leaves you close to 30 titles, and that inexplicably leaves out such gems as Final Fantasy III, Mega Man ZX, Super Princess Peach (I was *sure* this one did better than a 75 with the critics...), Kirby Squeak Squad, Wario: Master of Disguise... there's a ton of first- and second-party games that deserve more attention. If nothing else, Nintendo is famously better at bringing up in-house brands than Sony.


Now, that said, I've been playing my PSP more lately than my DS, and I love both my "kids". I just think that "PSP Library < DS Library" remains a valid complaint.

[JPerry2010 @ Sep 7th 2007 4:05PM]

But will it blend???

[Jay @ Sep 10th 2007 1:28PM]

It doesn't change the fact that -

PSP = Passe Shitty Peripheral

[jdmbo1 @ Sep 10th 2007 10:38PM]

Wow, all it needs now are some good games.