PSP Minis, Digital Comics get their own promo videos
By Nilay Patel 
posted August 18th 2009 8:39PM
posted August 18th 2009 8:39PM
posted August 18th 2009 8:39PM
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Any idea on the price of these minis. surely they cant be much mor than the cost of the iphone version right? Thanks
APPIC iFAIL
I'm a fan of Final Fantasy, Burnout, and Monster Hunter; does Apple have any of those games? I also love Mario, Brain Age, and yes Animal Crossing; does Apple have any of those games? I thought so!!! To sum everything up Apple sucks, I heard them begging Microsoft for an Outlook! Who makes their Office Application? Do they still use their own processors or did they copy PCs and implement Intel? What happened to Firewire? Can I conveniently go to any electronic store and find a WIDE variety of programs and games?
The reason why there are no viruses for Apple is b/c hackers know there is no point as it is not even compatible with anything!!! HAHAHAHA. And yes I do own an IPod but I think I purchase a Zune to replace it as I do not want to turn into a Apple Douche going to every other brand threads and trying to justify their stupid incompatible products.
Predictable and unexciting answer to products already in the wild.
This is pretty cool, I might get one.
I will buy the PSPGo or the ZuneHD in the fall pending the sound quality of each device. Whatever sounds better will get my cash. The pspgo is a solidly viable zuneHD alternateive and an app store would be icing on the proverbial cake. Anybody have a link to any info concerning pspgo sound quality?
I think you're better off with the ZuneHD. The PSPgo doesn't offer anything too new from the other PSPs. The new Zune has Tegra, which is better(I believe) than the proccessor in the Go. With Tegra and the OLED, the battery life should be really good. And there's been rumors that Xbox Live Arcade games may be ported to the HD via the Market Place. But if you want something for gaming, go for the Go. If you want something for Music with some HD radio, then by all means go for the Zune.
@sacapuntas
If sound quality is what your after the Sony OLED walkman is the best hands down....
In the end the Go has the big screen, the better games, the stronger speakers, and perhaps the stronger battery. Being a sony product its likely the headphones and actual device emit awesome audio.
I dont believe they can compare too closely. Obviously the go is better for gaming, duh, but dont discount Zune's key features: HD radio, music subscription service, and a way better browser. Also I'm sure the Zune has Audible support but I suspect PSP's dont.
Then again PSP now has this comic service to go along with a great video store, so.. you have a lot of thinking to do my friend lol.
Right now the competition between Apple, MS, and Sony is looking so good. And that mystery Android MID has me fricking giddy. Mobile consumer electronics are really cooking this year.
Hmm, I thought the typical PSP game was around 100MB
No, that is the average size of an iphone game. Easy mistake to make...
Average size for an iPhone game? My friend has one with full versions of 3D games, and most of are around 25 ~ 75 MB.
UMDs top out at 1.2GB I believe but I think most games average around 700MB, about like PS1 on CDs. An easy way to find out is to rummage through the PS Store and check out the file sizes for all the PSP games ported to digital download. When the go launches all games will be on the PS Store so it would be easier to find out.
I for one would like to see some one crunch the numbers and then maybe follow the popularity of the Minis. Also watch to see if average game file sizes shrink as more and more people download onto the go and memstick Duos. We may see a complete change in PSP games due to both of these factors.
UMDs (you know, those clunky things that were constructed out of pure gay sauce) can hold 1.8 GB of data. Most games didn't really fill the entire UMD and were closer to about a gig in size. Your estimates were a tad off.
Hey! Don't discount gay sauce right off the bat. It's awesome! Not that I'd know.......
IMHO, 480x272 resolution to read comic is plain torture
That's the hardware screen resolution. It has nothing to do with font size.
Already have a PS3, PSP and a touch, but am determined to blow my money on something. PS3 is a 60GB, that is staying, cant make up my mind on upgrading the PSP or the touch to the Zune HD instead, both need to get a serious boost in video content to beat itunes, which is the only thing I like about their service and product
PSPFart Action Whoopee Cushion Platinum Edition, now available on PSP.
PSPHart Action Whoopee Cushion Platinum Edition, now available on PSP.
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PSPFart sounds better.
avoiding confusion with PSP fat is a bonus.
why cant we have it all.......i gettin the new zune hd , psp go , ps3 slim (for the car)and need i say it the touch pro 2 with all those gadgets i should be well of for about 6 months till somthing new comes along...............yea i have a really good job. No one person makes THE best device you gotta mix up the sauce just as long as you dont mix in apples.............yea i went there.........and my hp runs a damn good vista
Only fanboy trolls and hater trolls mention Apple on non-Apple posts. I mean, if you want to "have it all (except Apple)" instead of, you know, actually "having it all", then that's fine - I don't care which company's products you are prejudiced against. But since the fanboy trolls get hauled over coals for mentioning Apple on non-Apple posts, surely you should be as well, yeah?
And your computer and its OS are - if it is possible - even less relevant! You wrote "and my hp runs a damn good vista" as if someone had said, "HPs don't run Vista well" when no-one had said anything like that. Are you insane? Do you drop random and completely unrelated pieces of information into your real-life conversations with people? If someone asks you for the time, do you respond with, "it is a quarter to three, Apple sucks, and my HP appears to be handling the Windows 7 RC without problems" ??
Wow you cant always tell an apple fan boy will come out of hiding when you drop apple's name .....
First -If you reall ALL the post not just the recent ones youll see the first reply to the first comment said what??
im not copying and pasting scroll up like you should have done.
Second- I mention my PC cause this is a gadget post block head And as long as i was listing why not throw it in ?
Third - look at the 4th post sacapuntas mentions the zunehd and picking and choosing that where why cant you have it all came from.
So now that you got your rant out about my post lets state this you didnt even comment on the thread ?????
Read the FULL thread and THINK before responding, and know what your talking about.....and to end on a cheesy happy note KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE GIJOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I can see the point if you're underage and can't get a contract or can't afford an iPhone. But for everyone else, this just seems to be doing exactly what the AppStore is doing best.
Normally I wouldnt slam any company per se, but come on.. You mention the App Store in a way to signify Apple. Apple isnt doing anything really, the developers are. The only thing Apple has been doing directly to the App Store is block good features and apps. Anyone with servers and a device can create an App Store. You have to go the extra mile if you want a string of negative articles on Engadget.
@omen_20
Yes, the developers deserve most of the kudos for good apps and games, but it also takes good management at the hardware company (Apple or Sony) to stop throwing roadblocks between developers and customers who want their products. Apple is proving that this is easier said than done. Sony generally has an even worse track record in that regard, but is showing some signs of enlightenment. The success of any Sony "apps store" will hinge their ability to get the hell out of the way.
@Omen_20:
This article is very much about the new way of getting games onto the PSP, namely through a built-in store. I compare it to Apple because somehow, Apple is the only company that has managed to do this right ever in the history of handheld computing, despite there being iPaq's, Palm Pilot's, smartphones and other stuff around for ages. No other company has ever managed to sell applications properly to its customers, which I think is quite mind-boggling.
Surely, the AppStore isn't without its faults (much because of the things you mentioned) but those are fairly minor complaints compared to what Apple has pulled off.
sony psp is the best gaming system to date
agreed completely
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PSP graphics handelling and power is double from as compared to Iphone 3GS
iphone 3GS pushes - 7 million triangle / second.......at the fill rate of 250 million pixels / second.
PSP pushes - 33million triangles / second at the fill rate of 664 millions pixel per second.
don't believe me have a search on the google .............
I wonder what the comics are going to look like with their "auto-flow" and how much they are going to cost?
Just a friendly reminder that one need not buy lame PSP Go hardware to get your snacky games.
Another reminder:
The promo videos I like are all encoded with MediaCoder PSP Edition (freeware)
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/device/psp.htm
I'm certain that if more people discovered this app, there would be far more using their PSP as a portable vid thing.