The PSP's biggest problem is emulating the PS and the PS2 without having a controller that properly emulates the control available ont hose systems. We don't need R2, R3 and L2, L3 but the analog sticks themselves are a must.
Imagine having both sticks and getting Call of Duty4 on there ! I played Rainbow 6 Vegas on PSP and was disgusted. The game looked great but without being able to properly look around (right stick) it felt totally wrong.
As for the touchscreen...if your gonna take the PSP down the iPhone route, speed up the CPU and add more onboard memory including a 4GB (or better) NAND drive.
I think its fine time for a new PSP to be released while we wait for Xbox 720 and PS4.
If the PSPII will be all touchscreen then they will have a big problem with touch feedback. Maybe haptics will solve the problem but a dual analog, touchscreen PSP will rule. The UI is great. The device could have a better CPU and a SSD would be great. Put Bluetooth Object Push profile support in and you have a winner.
So is this thing a handheld video game device or a UMPC/netbook? From the specs, it sounds more like a netbook without a mouse and with hand held video game controllers to me...
Openpandora sounds nice, except that nobody will develop games for it (it's 'open' after all), bit of a bummer to only have backgammon and solitaire on it I imagine.
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The PSP needs dual analogs before it needs a touchscreen...
YOU BEAT ME TO IT !!!
The PSP's biggest problem is emulating the PS and the PS2 without having a controller that properly emulates the control available ont hose systems. We don't need R2, R3 and L2, L3 but the analog sticks themselves are a must.
Imagine having both sticks and getting Call of Duty4 on there !
I played Rainbow 6 Vegas on PSP and was disgusted. The game looked great but without being able to properly look around (right stick) it felt totally wrong.
As for the touchscreen...if your gonna take the PSP down the iPhone route, speed up the CPU and add more onboard memory including a 4GB (or better) NAND drive.
I think its fine time for a new PSP to be released while we wait for Xbox 720 and PS4.
Just get a Pandora. It has everything. http://openpandora.org
:)
There is a dual analog mod already out! Its called the Razor and its made by those guys on www.acidmods.com
@atomicthumbs
So I went to http://openpandora.org
but I didn't find a way to "Just get a Pandora."
i found myself using the PSP for browsin the web more than playing games, to be honest.
would be nice to have the touchscreen for the keyboard... or something.
but i sold it and got an ipod touch. i woulda kept it but there wasn't many good games out at the time, i miss loco roco very much though :(
And if it gets a touchscreen, wouldn't it then need dual screens, since otherwise you won't see the action behind your fingers?
Hmm, dual screens. Someone should make a handheld like that...
@atomicthumbs
Why am I not surprised to see you here?
Yeah, buy a Pandora....whenever it's released.
A PSP touchscreen is useless, unless it's standard. I don't know why this guy went through the trouble.
If the PSPII will be all touchscreen then they will have a big problem with touch feedback. Maybe haptics will solve the problem but a dual analog, touchscreen PSP will rule. The UI is great. The device could have a better CPU and a SSD would be great. Put Bluetooth Object Push profile support in and you have a winner.
@atomicthumbs
So is this thing a handheld video game device or a UMPC/netbook? From the specs, it sounds more like a netbook without a mouse and with hand held video game controllers to me...
Openpandora sounds nice, except that nobody will develop games for it (it's 'open' after all), bit of a bummer to only have backgammon and solitaire on it I imagine.