Game Developer Says PSP is a 'Waste of Space'

[captaincharisma]

the only thing the PSP is good for is the homebrew scene for it. lots of emulators on the PSP to play old games

 

[wotan31]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]You mean Sony right? Like it's refusal to adopt popular tech and push expensive proprietary tech to the detriment of itself?BetamaxMini-DiskDynamic Digital SoundHiFDMusicClipATRACMemory StickConnecteBookUMD drive The last time Sony had a successfully adopted media standard was the 3.5" floppy disk and in technology terms thats like saying the last successful car that Ford had was the Model T. No one is arguing that Sony don't make excellent hardware but their obsesion with creating new media standards is a joke that is so unfunny that it really has to stop and BluRay has only gone to show that winning the battle doesn't always make you right.[/citation]
You'd be right about that. Ford cars are rubbish, except for the Focus and the GT40.

 

[matt87_50]

[citation][nom]slickyfats[/nom]I just bought a PSP and I love it. My PS3 at home has a 320Gb hdd and I can access all my movies, music, minis, and PS1 games from anywhere with internet. Also if I leave my pc on I can access all 4Tb of data on it from my PSP via internet to my PS3. The remote play feature was the selling point for me. It is nice to be able to talk my movie collection to anyones house and watch my movies on their TV. Also God of War Chains... is awesome. Amazing how far the graphics have come from the first gen PSP games.[/citation]

wow look, see? there are people who like these features, just as there are people who don't find them useful and will hence say the thing is useless.

Gavin Cheshire's opinion is just as valid to me and no more, it is his own personal opinion, and it is unprofessional of him to come out as the head of a major publisher and give his personal opinion. wtf does a guy who buys some tech on a whim and then realise he doesn't use it for anything know about products anyway? you should ALWAYS research a product and consider whether or not it's ACTUALLY for you, whether you will ACTUALLY USE IT for something, because clearly there are people like slickyfats here who do. and quite frankly, I would sooner listen to him, someone who has looked in to the actual features of the device before buying it, than mr Cheshire, who just bought it because it had a good screen...

 

[tacoslave]

they are saying the psp was a fail? what about damnation?!?!? that game sucked donkey DACKK.

 

[the associate]

Sad? My girlfriend isn't what you would call tech savy, I mean she could obviously figure out how to connect a dvd player to a television, yellow with yellow, red with red and white with white, duhhh??? Even easier today, hdmi to hdmi -.-

She never had issues transferring music, converted videos, pics, changing settings, or playing games for that matter. If she can figure it out, hell, shouldn't anyone else with common sense?

Oh wait, lol, I forgot...common sense is to much to ask for in this day n age

Other then that, I fully agree with matt87_50's comment above ^+1

 

[silky salamandr]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Even a broken watch tells the right time twice a day...The problem with BluRay, indeed with all HiDef physical media is they spent billions developing a system that will be the last of it's kind. Imagine that you were a company that spent a few billion developing a new kind of magnetic music tape when Phillips had just released the compact disk. You knew that your time was over and if you knew beter you would have spent the money making sure you had the best CD players instead.That is the problem Sony have. Digital distibution is the new kid on the block, broadband speeds will only get faster, TV companies have HD movie channels and on-demand up the kazooey and even iTunes has Hi Def TV episodes to buy. Even though the iTunes TV shows are 720P and not 1080P that will change quickly and full movies won't be far behind.So here's the rub, if a Hi Def movie is 25Gb, does a 1TB HDD and the cost of a 40 downloaded Hi Def movies cost less than 40 Blu Ray movies? If the answer is yes then Sony won the war for nothing. Physical media was a dying breed and there will be no successor to Blu Ray.[/citation]

I like my blurays but I would have to agree with you 100% Never thought about it that way. Didnt think there would be no successor to blu ray. I like other angles to look at stuff. I knew digital is the future but when you say that this may be the last optical media, my blu ray collection just came crumbling down lol.

Well I guess its time to start ripping my blu rays and HD DVD(yes i still buy hd dvds lol). I have lots of tbs to fill up.

 

[m-manla]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]You mean Sony right? Like it's refusal to adopt popular tech and push expensive proprietary tech to the detriment of itself?BetamaxMini-DiskDynamic Digital SoundHiFDMusicClipATRACMemory StickConnecteBookUMD drive The last time Sony had a successfully adopted media standard was the 3.5" floppy disk and in technology terms thats like saying the last successful car that Ford had was the Model T. No one is arguing that Sony don't make excellent hardware but their obsesion with creating new media standards is a joke that is so unfunny that it really has to stop and BluRay has only gone to show that winning the battle doesn't always make you right.[/citation]

Funny you don't have DVD in there. Sony is responsible for most of technologies growth. Where would we be without the WalkMan? There will be no iPod today. What about CDs? we still would be wondering what tape to take with us. What about the original Playstation? Well, It is in the numbers.

 

[m-manla]

Ok I'm confused. Does this guy like it or not? Why not help make it better in that case.

 

[requiemsallure]

in all honesty, for the games that the DS has that are good, the DS is better, the only thing is you have to sort through all of the... not so great games.

i have to say, GOLDEN SUN DS!!!!!!! can't wait.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

GEE! There are a few high points for Sony. Let's not forget what Sony did with the transistor technology it bought from Bell Labratories! They sold millions of portable transistor radios the size of a pack of cigarettes. Then came the Trinitron tv sets. Even Sears used those Trinitron crt picture tubes in their own TV sets (so much for buy American). Then there was the Walkman! Those were the good old days. Things started to go downhill for Sony with the VHS/Betamax issue in the 1970's. Sony had a superior product but Hollywood prevailed. Go figure!

 

[wintermint]

PSP is not just for game. I just it for some other "purpose" heh heh 😀

 

[FlayerSlayer]

I actually like my PSP-3000. It's got games for it that I like, graphics that are better than the DS by a mile, a nice large screen, and an analog stick. I go on WiFi to download demos for other games, and the updates are pretty painless. I am no fan of UMD as a format and would love some more games for it, but on the whole I'm happy with it.

 

[HappyBB]

PSP is not good for fighting games! The control experience is horrible. I tried to play Street Fighter Alpha and the experience was crap, not responsive and special moves were hard to pull off.

 

[fjiekie]

its good for watching movies on the road or on the train...
it's small enough for it

 

[anamaniac]

Now only if they actually put some effort into the PSP.
Wonderful machine, but how about 1024x768 AMOLED, a 1GHz CPU, much better GPU, 512MB RAM, much better battery, a decent browser, touchscreen (if only for typing), 3G/4G wireless, better pricing on games, a second analog stick, wireless N, a camera in front (just for video chat) and a 12MP camera in the back, two MicroSD slots, and a microUSB for charging/data transfer.
I'd get rid of my phone for this (would just VOiP everything), and wouldn't really consider buying a laptop anymore.
I'd seriously put some mad cash into that.
$250 for the N1000 anyways, but how much does it take to produce? And why do so many of the games suck? I just use it as a oversized MP3 player now.
It has bluetooth tethering, which is nice, but my mobile carrier blocked the feature on my phone (even the cheapest phones with bluetooth can act as a bluetooth modem now, if the feature isn't locked).
It has so much potential, but too bad Sony has their thumbs stuck up their asses.

 

[The_Trutherizer]

Hang on.. Isn't the PSP relatively speaking kinda old. This seems a bit like ranting about a 486 begin slow and klunky. Things change quickly in the computing world. Gotta keep with the times eh Gavin.

 

[jamesedgeuk2000]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]You mean Sony right? Like it's refusal to adopt popular tech and push expensive proprietary tech to the detriment of itself?BetamaxMini-DiskDynamic Digital SoundHiFDMusicClipATRACMemory StickConnecteBookUMD drive The last time Sony had a successfully adopted media standard was the 3.5" floppy disk and in technology terms thats like saying the last successful car that Ford had was the Model T. No one is arguing that Sony don't make excellent hardware but their obsesion with creating new media standards is a joke that is so unfunny that it really has to stop and BluRay has only gone to show that winning the battle doesn't always make you right.[/citation]

Just thought I would add that Sony also created Digital Audio Tape, now refered to just as DAT or DDS, and its the most popular/successful computer backup tape format of all time

 

[ErrolDC]

for someone to say physical media is dead and that content will be distributed over the net is an interesting comment, considering we are at a crossroads right now where internet providers are doing everything in their power (both through technology and lobbying for legislation) to classify traffic and make a profit off of say you streaming a hi-def content reliably versus sending an email or browsing the web. not everyone has super-fast-holy-smokes internet speed. also, keep in mind there is over superscription can occur with a provider too. we need to look at this from the perspective of everyone. it's like google saying the "desktop is dead". some people may live in the clouds, but for me, i like my feet on the ground! like with all things, a hybrid approach works well. i download AND I purchase bray for the stuff i want most.

 

[reactive]

A nice idea, crippled by Sony's stupid proprietary hardware ideas (as usual) - trying to lock you into their own pointless parallel ideas when everyone else follows standards. UMD was the silliest idea imaginable, and memory stick is just plain pointless. Will never buy anything Sony again.

 

[may1]

Sony IS famous for lack of its firmware supports,
It's not just the PSP but walkman etc as well.
They really need to do something about that.