flavio said:
PSP rocks!
It sounds like I'm the only one who actually has one in this thread so I'll tell you a few things....
First of all the games look as good or better than Playstation 2 games...way better than any gameboy.
That wasn't in doubt. It's not just about the picture, though, as you get to in the next line, or two...
flavio said:
Movies look pretty nice too. You can buy tons of movies on UMD for $10-15 now. I got "Family Guy: The Stewie Stories" for $12.
Sorry. I have enough problems trying to justify a portable DVD player to watch movies on when I'm travelling...and they have much bigger screens, and are much cheaper.
flavio said:
If you get a big memory stick for it (I have a 1GB) you can rip a couple DVDs onto the memory stick with free software. You can also use the USB connection to store mp3's, other videos, and pictures on the thing. This makes the PSP a mp3 player, gaming machine, and DVD/mpeg player all in one. The have good deals now on the PSP with a 1gb memory included.
At the price they charge, shouldn't that memory stick come with the system? I'm all for getting new tech, but if I have to reach too deep into my pocket to get accessories that should come with the system, I kinda balk at the initial price.
flavio said:
Inkara mentioned the wireless web browsing....but I didn't have to hack it to do this. All I did was download the latest firmware from Sony and the web browser was included in the OS.
So you had to load up something else that should've come with the system you paid top dollar for. Looks like Sony has been reading Micro$oft's playbook. Note. I'm not dissing your PSP...just the marketing and accessories that come with it...or not.
flavio said:
Now here's the kicker...there are now emulators that you can run on the PSP that will allow it to play game sfrom other systems and people are making homebrewed applications and games for the PSP. Checkout
http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/ but here's some of them...
At least you don't have to pay 'through the nose' to get those. All the things you mentioned, though, should've been provided by Sony from day 1...except the emulators, which may have royalty and/or copyright problems associated with them.
Sony was in a rush to get the PSP 'out the door', and caused two things...problems in the firmware and price gouging. The firmware is fixed, or you wouldn't be as happy, but the price gouging will continue for at least another 4 months....
if they actually fixed the firmware during the interim...