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So the PSP arrived...

raggedjimmi said:
The sort of awesome thing is you can buy an 8gb PSP memory stick ex alpha duo plus, or an 8gb iPod Nano for the same price :D
Or at least the price from the Sony Centre yesterday.

But that's more a rant than a story. The 4gb card I bought off eBay is as naff as hell. Playing FF7 last night and the thing crapped out on me!
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Yeah, 98% of the cards sold on eBay are knockoff junk.
 
bryctucker said:
Yes but the 1 GB stick held my whole I, Robot moive and still had 100 songs on it

and raggedjimmi (sorry if i didn't spell your name right) you have a 320 GB ipod because the max size for the MS is 32Gb

VCS is a good game, i have both of them, but next im looking to get a PS3
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1 GB stick holds one movie? So? My iPod has twenty movies and has plenty of room for music, and it's only the old 60 GB model.

I don't understand the second part. "you have a 320 GB iPod because the max size for the MS is 32 gb"? Huh?

I used to use my DS for music. Then I realized how annoying it was to have to pull the big hefty thing around in my pocket and get it out to change songs and it couldn't fit too much...

iPod > everything for music.
 
hey if anyone want's a psp in great condition for $100 bucks pm me...
i really don't like psp's...idk y.:eek:
 
Yes your right, the iPod is better for music, but i am a gammer, PSP is better to me. the second part about the 320 GB iPod if you would have read above it raggedjimmi or someone said that their ipod could hold 10x any psp, the psp (or the Memory Stick) has a max storage of 32Gb so that means that he has a 320 GB ipod. The only people that i have a grude against is Microsoft

please excuse my poor grammer.

but you didn't know that i am looking for an iPod touch, i do like ipods i just dont have the money to get one the PSP i have now i traded an Realy Old iPod MINI for it ATM a 300 Dollar Value.

and again please excuse my spelling
 
Wow this thread got carried away pretty fast...

To get on topic... hey Jimmi, how easy is it to create a pandora's battery and get the whole custom firmware thing going on on a slim? And what good homebrew is available for the PSP?
 
bryctucker said:
Yes your right, the iPod is better for music, but i am a gammer, PSP is better to me. the second part about the 320 GB iPod if you would have read above it raggedjimmi or someone said that their ipod could hold 10x any psp, the psp (or the Memory Stick) has a max storage of 32Gb so that means that he has a 320 GB ipod. The only people that i have a grude against is Microsoft
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Are you absolutely and completely blind? Did you not read my post above?

Sony do not make a 32gb Memory Stick Pro Duo. They max at 8gb. 32gb is the theoretical maximum storage! Just like how there is a "theoretical maximum storage" capacity of 100's of gb's with HD-DVD and BluRay

Tell me. If you walked into a shop today and bought a Memory Stick Pro Duo what would the maximum capcity be? :rolleyes:

Chone said:
Wow this thread got carried away pretty fast...

To get on topic... hey Jimmi, how easy is it to create a pandora's battery and get the whole custom firmware thing going on on a slim? And what good homebrew is available for the PSP?
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Very. There's an app floating around for Windows - Pandora's Easy Battery GUI. It's really useful indeed. Just connect the USB to the homebrew enabled PSP, go through 4 steps (which is just clicking "Go" 4 times over), run the app it installs on your PSP and bam. Battery and memory stick are ready. Then just put that into any PSP.

The odd thing is I read the slim PSP can't run 1.5 homebrew. So you won't see the Pandora menu and you'll be running it blind. But it showed up on mine :confused:
 
PSP is a great system now, I wouldn't have thought of buying one until now either.

PSP Lite is definitely 10x better than the original model.

My DS has generally collected dust for the last year and a half, I grew out of the 'phase' I suppose. (similar to the Wii 'phase') Nothing on either I'm dying to go out and buy, really.

I got the Star Wars PSP pack and bought Lumines and WipeOut for $15 and a 4gig Memory Stick Pro Duo for $40 on sale (sweet deal while it lasted)...downloaded the LocoRoco demo, that will be my next purchase. The game is too damned cute!! Gamestop (evil devil corporation that they are) is running a great promo til Dec 30th - buy 2 used games or accessories, get 1 free...I'll be stopping by there later to browse the used 360/PSP game section. ;)
 
Yep, PSP is a great system for "you" right now. I do find it a bit ironic that you deem the PSP as a system for now and that you wouldn't have bought it until now, but yet you picked up PSP launch titles.

When I look at the 2008 list of games for the PSP and DS, the DS's selection has more to look forward to IMO. I personally like RPGs on portables and the DS has twice as many coming out next year according to this list. Not too mention just more games in general.

<]=)
 
JackAxe said:
Yep, PSP is a great system for "you" right now. I do find it a bit ironic that you deem the PSP as a system for now and that you wouldn't have bought it until now, but yet you picked up PSP launch titles.
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System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.

And who cares what titles I bought and when I bought them or how old they are; what, no one can be a cheap gamer these days? :rolleyes:

Now I know why I hardly post here anymore; anytime you say anything that can remotely be connected to negative towards Nintendo, the excuses and mudslinging commences. Whatever :cool:

JackAxe said:
When I look at the 2008 list of games for the PSP and DS, the DS's selection has more to look forward to IMO. I personally like RPGs on portables and the DS has twice as many coming out next year according to this list. Not too mention just more games in general.

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I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon. IMO for all intents and purposes that's what you get with the DS and the Wii is Nintendo's games. Whether or not what I play is rehashes or sequels, I could care less. I'll repeat again - I'm done with Nintendo's games. I've played Nintendo's same franchises since '84 and I'd like something a little different from them for a change. No matter what they add to their games or what they change, it's still a Mario game or a Zelda game or a Metroid game.

Trust me - I won't be buying whatever system Nintendo comes up with next. Because I'm sure I can expect more of the same. Keep marching to the beat of that old tired drum, Nintendo...suits you well. Don't abandon milking that cash cow in favor of, oh I don't know...making new franchises.

Pikmin was fabulous. More please. A little less "Mario Party", a little more "Miyamoto having a brain fart" is what I'm looking for. Color me impressed when they do just that. (And I'm not talking about Wii Fit either.)
 
zero2dash said:
System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.)
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Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?

zero2dash said:
I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon.
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Your missing out. Honestly that all I can say.
 
zero2dash said:
System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.

And who cares what titles I bought and when I bought them or how old they are; what, no one can be a cheap gamer these days? :rolleyes:

Now I know why I hardly post here anymore; anytime you say anything that can remotely be connected to negative towards Nintendo, the excuses and mudslinging commences. Whatever :cool:
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Hey,

I didn't know I was stepping on your feelings when I pointed out a bit of irony in your post and that it was your opinion about the PSP being the system for now. Where's the mudslinging? Oh, in your response!


I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon. IMO for all intents and purposes that's what you get with the DS and the Wii is Nintendo's games. Whether or not what I play is rehashes or sequels, I could care less. I'll repeat again - I'm done with Nintendo's games. I've played Nintendo's same franchises since '84 and I'd like something a little different from them for a change. No matter what they add to their games or what they change, it's still a Mario game or a Zelda game or a Metroid game.

Trust me - I won't be buying whatever system Nintendo comes up with next. Because I'm sure I can expect more of the same. Keep marching to the beat of that old tired drum, Nintendo...suits you well. Don't abandon milking that cash cow in favor of, oh I don't know...making new franchises.

Pikmin was fabulous. More please. A little less "Mario Party", a little more "Miyamoto having a brain fart" is what I'm looking for. Color me impressed when they do just that. (And I'm not talking about Wii Fit either.)
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Good for you. A bit heavy on the dramatic side, but your opinion none the less. Congratulations on this rant to pass on your patronage.

<]=)
 
zap2 said:
Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?
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-I liked Battlefront myself, and I'm far from a Star Wars fan.
-MGS Portable Ops + looks good.
-Disgaea and FF Tactics: War of the Lions are solid on the strategy/rpg side.
-2ny swears (or 'would swear') by Silent Hill.
-I love the GoW:CoO demo.
-Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters looks fun.
-WipeOut Pulse will be great
-I love the LocoRoco demo
-FF Crisis Core looks like it may be good

Guess you're into different games than me. No harm done; different strokes for different folks.
Out of the two, I'm more excited to go back and buy PSP games that I've missed vs going back and buying DS games that I've missed. But then again that's just me.
 
zero2dash said:
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon.
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You know, the really sad part is that while you're ranting about rehashing, while Metroid Prime 3 is a bit of a rehash, Mario Galaxy and Phantom Hourglass are probably among the most original and unique titles in their respective franchises and deviate quite a lot from their predecessors. You couldn't have picked two worse titles to "prove" your point.

Phantom Hourglass was very special to me because it actually felt like no other Zelda game I'd ever played; it actually brought some very unique puzzles to the table that I'd never seen anything similar to before.

And Mario Galaxy, well, it's the first Mario platformer in five years and the third in a decade. That's certainly not rehashing; then factor in the gravity stuff.

I certainly grant you Metroid Prime 3 as same-old-stuff with a better control scheme.
 
zero2dash said:
-I liked Battlefront myself, and I'm far from a Star Wars fan.
-MGS Portable Ops + looks good.
-Disgaea and FF Tactics: War of the Lions are solid on the strategy/rpg side.
-2ny swears (or 'would swear') by Silent Hill.
-I love the GoW:CoO demo.
-Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters looks fun.
-WipeOut Pulse will be great
-I love the LocoRoco demo
-FF Crisis Core looks like it may be good
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Says the person who's apparently sick and tired of rehashed franchise games. ;)


Lethal
 
zap2 said:
Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?
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Well we all have different taste because I have a whole heap of good PSP titles and my DS gets no love....its a matter of taste and for me the DS is not offering anything.

The puzzle games and action games are big on the PSP and thats what I'm into on handhelds so I'm good on that front.


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I quite like that SW BF:RS (worra name) game. I'm not itching to keep playing it but it's a nice little PC style multiplayer game. At the moment I'm happy just sniping enemies out.

I'm sort of "done" with the DS for now. There are some excellent games and if I hadn't played either at this point I'd certainly go for the DS again. But I've played all the current big games so much.
I'd love Ninty to bring us an F-Zero DS game or a Golden Sun 3. Maybe a Street Fighter game too.
Not done with the Wii though :D Braaaaawwwwl!

Personally I don't care for Silent Hill, Twisted Metal, MGS, God of War, Killzone or any of them games so I'm probably missing out too.
 
I know that 32 GB is the Theoretical max but 1 GB is good enough for me, as before i am a gamer not a media fan. off subject but do you know what they are trying to make the Blu-Ray disc out of?

i like MGS but i don't like it for the PSP its too hard to play, and Killzone is alright, the demo lets you play multi player and thats all i would use it for.
 
Yeah, Silent Hill has to be one of the most non scary cheese-ball games ever. Its cheesiness and flower filled lands bouncing with bunnies really annoyed the freak out of me. I had to puke multiple times to get the taste of its cuteness out of my mouth. :)

Seriously though:
Street fighter on any portable SUCKS!!!! :mad: I would only be happy if the potable had an actual full size arcade stick attached.

And what am I missing, I've always seen the DS as having more puzzle games than the PSP? I'm a massive Tetris fan, so played that game to death.

OK, I just did something quite anal and counted just the puzzle games for each platform from A - Z on Gamestop. The DS has more than double the puzzle games:

DS:
61

PSP:
28

And that doesn't include games like Trace Memory, or Phoenix Wright, or any other graphic adventure/puzzle stories, which the DS has quite a few. And there's also the massive GBA library. :) So nyYyYyyyaaaaa. :p But for action, I guess it's preference, the PSP definitely has a monopoly on PS2 ports.

<]=)
 
^ Yeah, guess that's why I still play my DS far more.

I like puzzle games on handhelds (in fact it's nearly all I play on handhelds). Nearly all my PSP games are puzzle style games and same with DS, but I find the DS touch screen works better for puzzles and there is more of them if you include all the brain training style ones too.
 
Ordered myself an official 4gb Sandisk card. Assuming the post office is open I'll have the broken PSP and memory stick sent back and the whole sorry episode can come to an end.

I think SFA3 is miiiiles better on the PSP slim than the fat. The ghosting on the fat and the old dpad rendered it almost unplayable. I've managed to beat it on 5 stars a few times now. Never played it in an arcade (do they still exist?!) so I can't really compare it to them.

Other than Tetris I'm not really into puzzle games :) I think it all falls down to consoles being a complicated mess of cables, formats, the "right TV" and all that BS. In the end they cost an arm and a leg just to match the same experience that my PC provides. If a console game is ported well to a handheld I'll go for that. And I travel a lot :)
 
JackAxe said:
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Well I did say it was all about taste and I'm into the PSP puzzle & actions games....I don't think I mention more than...Just the puzzle games I'm interested in.


The PSP has some rather unique and smart puzzle games as well(This is the main reason why I play handhelds).....lumines 1 & 2, PQ 1 & 2, Crush, Every Extend Extra etc...


DS aint far behind with those ports either man;)



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