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    Image of Complexified Complexified
    10/28/09

    In reply to Sony Gadgets Of All Ages Stripped Down And Photographed
    Rosa, we love you even more when you show us gadget porn. #sonygadgetteardowns
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Complexified was starred Complexified was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/28/09

    @Complexified: Had to follow up the boobs and bums (warning: NSFW) with some circuits and conductors after all. #sonygadgetteardowns
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of Complexified Complexified
    10/28/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Yup, saw that earlier today. Someone is being frisky today, huh :P #sonygadgetteardowns
     Reply
    Complexified was starred Complexified was unstarred
    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    10/29/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Looks like you go both ways...gadget and human. What? Were you guys thinking of something else?

    #RosaRocks #sonygadgetteardowns
     Reply
    Con Seannery was starred Con Seannery was unstarred
    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/28/09

    In reply to Sony Gadgets Of All Ages Stripped Down And Photographed
    I love gadget porn! It makes me want to get my soldering iron and do naughty things. #sonygadgetteardowns
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/28/09

    @Software_Goddess: OMG!!! SOFTWARE GODDESS JUST STABBED POOR TIMMY WITH A SOLDERING IRON!!! HE'S JUST A BABBBYYYY!!!! #sonygadgetteardowns
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    Software_Goddess promoted this comment Anonymoose was starred Anonymoose was unstarred
    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/28/09

    @Anonymoose: Is that what you’ve named the little guy?
    Fear not, I like my Timmys to be men!
    PS...
    ...The soldering iron is for the chains. #sonygadgetteardowns
     Reply
    Software_Goddess was starred Software_Goddess was unstarred
    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/28/09

    @Software_Goddess: little guy? please. i just mentioned it's a baby since it looks like a baby's arm holding an apple.

    *laughs really loud in an attempt to appear nonchalant and big-penised* #sonygadgetteardowns
     Reply
    Anonymoose was starred Anonymoose was unstarred
    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/11/09

    In reply to Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs
    When are noobs going to stop throwing LEDs into shit?
    They're the script-kiddies of modding.
    Go online -
    Pester people about the amount of power in device -
    pester more people about the brightest LEDs -
    find LED power calculator -
    Brag incessantly about your nigh unusable device.
    *sigh*
     Reply
    dingus promoted this comment CoHPhasor was starred CoHPhasor was unstarred
    Image of twilight-arc twilight-arc
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    Ars Technica didn't have much to say about the PSPGo:

    [arstechnica.com]

    Some of the issues there are really incredible. For example, 1GB game downloads, but only a 802.11b wireless connection!?
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment twilight-arc was starred twilight-arc was unstarred
    Image of LittleJon LittleJon
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    This is probably the worst mod I've ever seen. Completely pointless!

    If someone has gone to the trouble (and voided the warranty) of opening the thing up, it would seem worthwhile doing a little more than just wiring up some LEDs!

    It qualifies as a mod about as much as sticking rhinestones to the case.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment LittleJon was starred LittleJon was unstarred
    Image of Z Naught Z Naught
    10/04/09

    @LittleJon: You obviously don't understand the point of modding do you? It's not always about function or practicality, but about having fun and feeling proud of what you created/modded.

    You say its not much more of a mod than putting rhinestones? Well I think you voided your own argument in the paragraph prior to that one. He actually had to wire the LEDs up, find room for them, cut holes in the damn thing.
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    danger the pirate promoted this comment Z Naught was starred Z Naught was unstarred
    Image of LittleJon LittleJon
    10/04/09

    @Z Naught: As an electronics engineer, I can tell you that wiring up a few LEDs is no big deal. It's a bit like saying that you did some home improvement because you changed the toilet roll!
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    What the shit is the point of that?
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    Image of Andrew Ronstadt Andrew Ronstadt
    10/03/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Oh.. I just realized I can explain it. From two separate angles.

    A:) You have buttons on the PSP Go. End of discussion. But no! It isn't over, apple fanbois!

    B.) An outdated long term cost of ownership quote from an article on some web page:

    "
    $599 iPhone x 8% sales tax ($47.92) = $646.92

    $60 required cellular plan + $5 (taxes & fees) x 24 months = $1560

    Total cost: $2,206.92.
    "

    For two grand I can buy myself a different PSP Go for every day of the week, and seven unique copies of seven games for each day. And guess what? This is before the December price drop which will surely happen. This is launch price of $245 per PSP.
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    CustomFirmware promoted this comment Andrew Ronstadt was starred Andrew Ronstadt was unstarred
    Image of Worf Worf
    10/02/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Sony mis-marketed this. The PSPGo compares badly against the PSP in areas that matter - library size, used library size and availability.

    No, it shouldn't be a PSP. It should be Sony's answer to the iPod Touch and the Zune HD - that way it's more in line with what people expect.

    But call it a PSP and now it fairs worse. It's not a PSP. It's a media player that has an app store as well (that sells PSP-ish games, but no real apps...).
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    32ndnote promoted this comment Worf was starred Worf was unstarred
    Image of Kerensky97 Kerensky97
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    I'm not saying this to support the PSPgo, it has a ton of flaws, but these whole iPhone vs. Handheld console rants are pointless. It's a Apples vs Oranges argument. There may be alot of overlap but they're still two different categories. Alot of PC games were cheaper than their console counterparts for the same reason.

    On a realated topic as for why the PSPgo has alot more potential for traditional games that the iPhone doesn't...

    It has buttons!

    Multitouch is great but there are ALOT of things you can't do with touch alone. If you're not a hardcore gamer you may not understand why you need buttons in a game and this Apples v Oranges argument seems valid. But anybody who plays games knows better. Even the Wii focusing on motion sensing still has tons of buttons and joysticks built in.

    People need to quit comparing the iPhone to actual gaming consoles.
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    CustomFirmware promoted this comment Edited by Kerensky97 at 10/01/09 7:26 PM Kerensky97 was starred Kerensky97 was unstarred
    Image of Joel Thoman Joel Thoman
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    I bought tetris for both platforms. I like the PSPs interface for playing games because of the physical controls. Lest we not forget how much iPhone/iPod Touch games cost at the beginning.
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    FP_slomo788 promoted this comment Joel Thoman was starred Joel Thoman was unstarred
    Image of m-p{3} m-p{3}
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Not allowing free games on the store is just giving more ammunition for the homebrewer to open the platform by themselves.
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    FP_slomo788 promoted this comment m-p{3} was starred m-p{3} was unstarred
    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    10/01/09

    @m-p{3}:
    Or maybe give homebrewers an incentive to be somewhat legit devs and make some money? The PSP devkit prices are being slashed heavily as well.
     Reply
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    Image of TreyWaters TreyWaters
    10/01/09

    @FP_slomo788: So, basically, you're saying that anyone that wants to give their software away is not legit?
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    FP_slomo788 promoted this comment TreyWaters was starred TreyWaters was unstarred
    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    10/01/09

    @TreyWaters: wat
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    Image of Nutchromeo Nutchromeo
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Well to be fair, most of those games cost quite a bit more on the iPhone when they were first launched, but have gone down in price over time.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Aren't the developers the ones setting the prices? My guess is that part of this problem is that there isn't very much competition in the PSP market, so those who are there first think they can charge a premium. That combines with a price floor to make for even less elasticity in the market.

    But if you'll remember, when the iPhone App Store first opened, there was a lot of overpriced crap. Once more established game studios figured out that they couldn't charge $20 for something that wasn't any more fun than someone else's $1 clever little game, they had to reduce the prices. Maybe that'll start happening in the PSP store after awhile.
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    Image of ReedOchu ReedOchu
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    OH WOE IS ME, TETRIS IS SO EXPENSIVE!

    I mean honestly, the point of the PSPgo is to play, oh I dunno, PSP games?

    But sure let's bash on a system for titles that just so happen to be on everyone's favorite holy grail of technology.

    When Gran Turismo comes out for the iPhone you can give me a buzz, until then I'd quit complaining about crappy apps you can play for FREE on thousands of other platforms.
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    FP_slomo788 promoted this comment ReedOchu was starred ReedOchu was unstarred
    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    10/01/09

    @ReedOchu: Wow, thousands of othet platforms?! I can hardly think of more than a few dozen at best! Please inform a lowly man such as myself!
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
    Well iPhone owners already pay a shitload for their service. 69.99 to get the 700 min plan. Then 30 dollars for a data plan. $199 for the iphone. 36 dollar activation and other fees. If you want txt and sms that is extra. All these cost and the fact they have a shity network which 30% drop rate is acceptable. They need a break.
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment chapoec was starred chapoec was unstarred
    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    10/01/09

    @chapoec:

    What about about the iPod Touch that can play all those same games without all the superfluous crap you just mentioned?
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    10/01/09

    @NeoAkira: You are right I complete overlooked the ipod touch. The article was about iphones vs psp mini games though.
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