A PSP 2 Without 3D - Is That Good Enough?

[Guest]

Call me a bit spoiled, but is it just me or is it somewhat surprising that Sony skips its own 3D pitch for its next-generation PSP?

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[thegeeesta]

Who invited James Cameron? Is a quad A9 and touchscreen not good enough for you people?

 

[reprotected]

Well if the 3DS does succeed, then for sure the PSP 2 will include 3D.

 

[Guest]

all your kids have DS consoles, thats so nice for you Wolfgang Gruener, the checks you get from posting blogs that have stealth anti-Sony-Nintendo messages must allow you to do things the average families are not able to do until its christmas time, Microsoft must trully be a kind and generous god for you.
Oh and Apples products don't have real videogames, they are not even worthy maybe a few of being called one, Nintendo and Sony actually know how to make games not sell people consoles that burn in hell with red rings of death or phones or touch devices that break easily.

 

[ben BOys]

Its better

 

[kongqueror]

I've read very recent articles on hands-on experience with the new Nintendo 3DS and they all mentioned that the 3D effect dissappears when a gamer is not viewing the screen in an ideal way - so with motion-centric games, the 3D effect will most likely just be turned off. So i think Sony made the right decision as it seems like 3D on a handheld, as it is implemented by Nindtendo, is gimmicky at best.

Link: http/www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/nintendo-3ds-in-depth-preview-slight-return-video/

 

[darkchazz]

kids will get the 3DS to play rehashed versions of mario and pokemon , fail if you ask me.

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]kongqueror[/nom]I've read very recent articles on hands-on experience with the new Nintendo 3DS and they all mentioned that the 3D effect dissappears when a gamer is not viewing the screen in an ideal way - so with motion-centric games, the 3D effect will most likely just be turned off. So i think Sony made the right decision as it seems like 3D on a handheld, as it is implemented by Nindtendo, is gimmicky at best.Link: http/www.engadget.com/2011/01/19 [...] urn-video/[/citation]
they once said that about Wii's motion controller. Look what happened(to the point of a copy cat game, analog stick,ruble pack, those may have been gimiky, now standard). Nintendo knows something we don't.
I personally hope 3d does not go too far, but if it does, get ready to see EVERYONE on board.

 

[oncall]

3D s still gimmicky and hasn't proven it can move consumer products and Sony, more than most, is painfully aware of this. Sounds like Sony was already going for broke loading this up with every margin breaking add-on they could think of. I know, I know they make it up later in software but they have to slap a price tag on this sometime that at least looks competitive.

 

[dheadley]

The lack of 3D is a definite plus for me. I'm really getting kind of tired of the "oooh! it's 3D" talk going on with all the TV's, BD Players, game consoles and now I've been hearing the next thing in smartphones will be glasses free 3D displays. It's a frickin' phone for gods sake. This over hyped fad is worse than the motion control fad that the Wii started. Everyone that I know that has a Wii stopped even playing them within the first six months.

 

[Pawessum16]

I'm personally glad it won't have 3D. I'm not buying into this 3D craze and won't until there's a glasses free option that has a great implementation that won't cause eye strain or degrade picture quality. I'll keep the 3D to the movie theater and with my own gadgets and TVs all I'm looking at is picture quality and viewing angle (OLED can't come fast enough!)

 

[Yuka]

Kudos to Sony for the back touchpad! It's a nice little, but powerful feature IMO.

Cheers!

 

[tipoo]

IMO, yes. In fact its better off without 3D. It would cost alot more to implement, and lots of early reviewers have said they turned it off on the 3DS after a few minutes.

 

[Yuka]

Oh, and yes. I agree with the tough call on the 3D for the NGP. 3D is not bad in itself, is just another "eye candy" that can be welcome'd if done right (let me say that again: DONE RIGHT). Let's see if Nintendo does it right or keeps being a boring and non-giver feature.

Cheers!

 

[tipmen]

Yea? I'll take high end graphics dual thumb sticks over half ass 3d that is spotty.

 

[jprahman]

I don't think lack of 3D is any big deal. I personally don't have or want 3D for PC or console games, so it's even less of something that I'm interested in a handheld device supporting. Besides 3D will just reduce the amount of processing power that could be used for better 2D visuals, physics, etc. and will drive up costs.

 

[dconnors]

The PSP2/NGP not having a 3D screen seems like an open and shut case to me: Sony saw what Nintendo was bringing to the table in terms of glasses-free 3D, deemed it not worthy to integrate into its NGP, and moved to a high-res OLED screen. Personally I'd rather have an OLED touchscreen anyways.

-Devin

 

[reconspartan]

Among many others it seems, I also am not greatly interested in 3D for certain applications. I haven't owned a handheld since the gameboy advance, so I don't really have a preference as far as DS and PSP goes. If I had to chose 3DS or PSP2 though, I would go with the PSP2; then again, I haven't used either of them. I think both will succeed though.

 

[thejester420]

They should have implemented the NGP with their current 'with glasses 3d' as an option. so that people who can't afford a new 3d TV can experience 3d movies and games, provided that they get a pair of 3d glasses, this type of 3d is not affected by viewing angle like Nintendo's 'glasses free 3d' solution.

 

[ansar]

Hmm, wonder if Sony's patent and Apples patent are conflicting?

Apple's patent:
http/appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070103454%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070103454&RS=DN/20070103454


Sony's Patent:
http/appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20110021251.PGNR.&OS=DN/20110021251RS=DN/20110021251