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weatherman
11/23/09

In reply to Nintendo DSi LL vs PSP-3000: FIGHT!
I think it was the PS3 that people made fun of for being huge. The PSP has always been a tight little device, especially after the 2k and 3k revisions trimmed some weight.
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x40sw0n
11/23/09

@weatherman: naw. I have a 'fatboy' psp (1000, launch model). It was universally panned for it's size and cost, saying that it would never get market share. After about an hour of solid play you feel like you wrists have aged 30 years; you have 'the claw' of pain. I love it to death but it weighs a ton. Lots to love in it for capability, and its trim by comparison to an original DS, but thats not saying a hell of a lot. This new DS though confuses me. I liked that the DSi/DS lite were nice and slender, easy to use, good controls.
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MacBandit
11/23/09

@x40sw0n: No exaggerations in your post. None what so ever.

I still have my 1000 and since getting GT for it I have on multiple occasions played it for more than 6 hours straight with absolutely no physical problems at all.
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x40sw0n
11/23/09

@MacBandit: Hey whats the fun of posting without a little exaggeration? I have to admit, I have slender girly-wrists and a family history of Tendinitis. Probably the angle I was playing at; hard to get in a comfortable position when riding the light rail during rush hour (if you can get a seat at all).

#tips
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weatherman
11/23/09

@x40sw0n: I had the 1000 and the 2000 as well, and I can't say I had a problem with either. But I'm an adult - which is the intended market for the PSP, I imagine. By comparison I find the DS difficult to use, and the screen is tiny and lo-res. I guess that means I'm the target market for the DS-LL but I can't imagine buying one since most of the games for the DS are oriented to children, and the screen is larger but still lo-res so it just means it looks even crappier.

#tips
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karltpb
05/07/09

In reply to PSP 3000 Homebrew is Here Now
You can actually run homebrew now. Hell "ChickHEN" has been out for like 2 days now.

HEN = Homebrew ENabler.
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Jason Chen
05/07/09

@karltpb: Oh nice!
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Noobs-R-Us
01/26/09

In reply to PSP to Come in New, Festive "Carnival Colors"
Why do all these idiotic companies LOVE to copy Apple?!?

Are they so stupid and devoid of any creative talent that they can't come up with any of their own good ideas?

or perhaps all the Nano commercials just got to them?
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Rabid Penguin
01/26/09

@Noobs-R-Us: I've ALWAYS told people that Apple invented color -- before Apple everything was shades of gray -- but no one believes me. Now I have someone to back me up.
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ceilingFANBOY
01/26/09

In reply to PSP to Come in New, Festive "Carnival Colors"
Just reading the front page snippet of the article, my response was "The Japanese." I open the article to find that I was absolutely correct. Those Japanese love their special edition colors.
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♠ Final ♠
01/26/09

In reply to PSP to Come in New, Festive "Carnival Colors"
Add the original Black and they might form Voltron.
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ZLevee
01/26/09

@Final is Werewolf Nat Turner.: "and I'll form the head!"
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USB_Humping_Dog
01/26/09

@Zlevee: Always thought it was "And I givez teh head!"
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ZLevee
01/28/09

@USB_Humping_Dog: Maybe in the porn version where Princess Alura spends the whole time naked.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/26/09

In reply to PSP to Come in New, Festive "Carnival Colors"
Sorry, guys.

I was filling out an online survey on Sony products and ultimately settled on "shiny shiny happy fun colors". To be fair, I also asked for stickers. Which reminds me... sorry about asking for stickers. I was filling out an online survey on Google Apps and chose stickers over Google Notebook. Which reminds me... I think I killed AppleTV. The choice was between it and more Apple stickers.

Stupid Ponies!!!! Stupid! Stupid! Why do you always choose stickers?! Stupid!
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weatherman
01/26/09

@OMG! Ponies!: don't feel bad, we all choose stickers over pretty much anything when we think we're alone. It takes a real man to admit it.
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The-Simpsons-Rule!!
01/26/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Do you know what's better than boring old plain stickers?

SCENTED STICKERS!!!! You can sniff them for hours, EVEN DAYS!!
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ceilingFANBOY
01/19/09

In reply to Six Ways the PSP Could Make the PS3 Infinitely Better
The PS1 ripping tool is the thing that I have wanted the most ever since the ability to play PS1 games came out. I have so many PS1 games that have no trade value that would suddenly become games I would consider playing again.
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LandonGalopagus
01/19/09

In reply to Six Ways the PSP Could Make the PS3 Infinitely Better
PS one titltles that you can buy from the PSN network come with both PS3 and PSP versions, such as Rayman, for $5.99. A converter tool probably is impossible, since they have to tweak the games a little to work for the PSP's hardware, as well as the PS3. You can do a lot with remote play right now, google it, it might be a reason for me to buy a PSP. And the PS3 has lost the war already, ehh? You guys make me laugh. The 360's been out 3 years, the PS3 2 years, PS3 has sold MOR PER YEAR THAN THE 360, and sales were up 40% since l2007. Yup, their loosing alright...right.
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ceilingFANBOY
01/19/09

@LandonGalopagus: If a converter tool is so impossible because you would have to modify the games, why are you able to play PS1 games via remote play on your PSP whenever you put a PS1 disc in the PS3?
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LandonGalopagus
01/19/09

@ceilingFANBOY:

You can do a lot of things with remote play, but that's not the same as having a stand alone ps1 game running on the psp.
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Ryan Gilmore
01/19/09

@LandonGalopagus: On a homebrewed PSP, you CAN have standalone PS1 games running from memory stick. I've converted FF7 and a bunch of other games for mine. I'm not sure if the most current custom firmwares still support this, but it's not only possible, it's already been done.
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Microshock
01/20/09

@Ryan Gilmore:

I don't even get how some of the PS1 games work! Don't some ps1 games require the use of the 2nd analog stick?

What do they do to overcome that on the PSP?
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ceilingFANBOY
01/20/09

@Microshock: For a lot of games the buttons are mapped so that they either are assigned to unused buttons or using a combination of buttons will allow you to get the functionality of the missing button (such as select+right shoulder= R2). For most of the PS1 games though, dual analog controls should have been voluntary.

@LandonGalopagus: I would be happy with just the ability to rip the games to my PS3 and then play them using Remote Play so that more than one PS1 game can be accessed at a time. Shit, I'd even be glad if they simply came up with a way of detecting the game in your PS3 so that if you already have a PS1 game that is available for download you can download it for free rather than paying for a game you already have.
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vandiemen007
01/19/09

In reply to Six Ways the PSP Could Make the PS3 Infinitely Better
Then they just need to license Tingle! [en.wikipedia.org]
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everfade
01/19/09

@vandiemen007: Straight up! Tingle maps and hints were the shit.
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Alex2643
01/19/09

In reply to Six Ways the PSP Could Make the PS3 Infinitely Better
PS3 has not lost the game machine war....
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ZLevee
01/19/09

@Alex2643: Does failing to fight count as "not losing"?
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Monty
01/19/09

@Alex2643: I suppose if you consider the PS3 as Sony's next generation entry which Microsoft and Nintendo have not even released a product to compete against yet, then -- yes, Sony's PS3 is doing just fine.

But, honestly - even if that were true they are still losing.
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pdditty
01/19/09

In reply to Six Ways the PSP Could Make the PS3 Infinitely Better
What would be the price for the PS3/PSP Bundle?
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Wormfather is Wormfather
01/19/09

@pdditty: $1,759.99 there's games and movies and litature in the bundle ya know.
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OMFG! Horny Manatees!
01/19/09

@pdditty: eleventy billion dollars!
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Monty
01/19/09

@blazedshaggy:

eleventy billion dollars!

Is that all? I'll take two.
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Scaramanga
01/15/09

In reply to Sony PSP Survey Mentions Touchscreen, Bluetooth and Integrated Storage
Personally, the size of the PSP is my biggest complaint. For a portable it should be smaller and start-up instantly.

Obviously the future is touch screen, they should drop the UMD and backwards compatibility and start fresh with a totally new portable. The PSP2 will need to be able to do everything the iPhone can do but more games oriented, things like keyboard and UMD only add weight.
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Demonbird
01/15/09

@Scaramanga:

a touch screen is nice, but should in no way be the focus of the gameplay, or the system.
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Demonbird
01/15/09

In reply to Sony PSP Survey Mentions Touchscreen, Bluetooth and Integrated Storage
I would like

A more powerful psp, just cause.

A bigger storage medium for the games, at least dvd standard, dvd9 standard would be AMAZING!

Now that you have those two things, you can throw any ps2 game on the thing.

Dual analog nubs.

Touch screen TOTALLY not necessary.

16 GB solid state hard drive, minimum, with expansion slot for memory cards.

I don't care if it is backwards compatible for psp games.
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ripfire
01/15/09

In reply to Sony PSP Survey Mentions Touchscreen, Bluetooth and Integrated Storage
If they want to sell a product, they need to be more creative than ask people what they want.
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NeoAkira
01/15/09

@ripfire:

Whose to say they already don't have some secret new feature planned but just want to know what else to add?
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ripfire
01/15/09

@NeoAkira: Are we talking about Sony? The same company who's about to release a whopping 70+ product line this year?
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RoboBagins
01/15/09

@ripfire: I don't understand that. So you would rather not have input on future product development?
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ripfire
01/15/09

@Robotic Bilbo Bagins: Ideally, you would want something like that so you can sell product to a bigger audience. But in reality, it doesn't work out because everybody wants everything on it for cheap and that's just not going to happen. Let's put it this way: When you take a survey and you create a product based on the average of the results, then you would just get an average product; there wouldn't be anything exceptional about it. But if you try to be original, the chances will be an extreme hit or miss. Take Apple for instance, when they create a product, they have that "fuck their opinion; I'm gonna make it the way I want it" attitude. In the end, they ended up with the iPod and iPhone. Another example would be Asus's EEE PC. Well... you get the idea.

Clearly, Sony lacks that ability and a testament to that is their shotgun approach to their products with their 70+ gadgets.
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A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake!
01/15/09

In reply to Sony PSP Survey Mentions Touchscreen, Bluetooth and Integrated Storage
Someone making a wise ass comment about a spelling error in the post in

3......2........1
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ripfire
01/15/09

@Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake! ohhhhhhhh it's snake!: Spelling errors?
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