I give myself completely to the Dark Lord Nintendo

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I give up on the PSP.

It's not that there are no good games--there are plenty of good games! But when I try to play those good games that've come out for it, the system's unwieldly size and weight, excessive fragility, poor battery life and awkward form factor all conspire against me. I give up on everything after just a few hours because I just can't get past the hardware itself. Nintendo was right--with the DS. For portable systems, more power is not always better.

I look to the horizon--Metal Gear: Portable Ops will be janky and unplayable, and Crisis Core will be a steaming pile of Nomura's shit. Lumines II is a downgrade total. And what else is there? Every Japanese developer has 250% moved over to the DS. The PSP has fought, and the PSP has lost.

I have no hope for the future of the system, and I want to sell my PSP and all of my games.

How did it come to this, EvilBore? How did something so beautiful go so terribly wrong?

[demi]

Owned

[Fatghost28]

Sony missed the boat on the PSP's design.

Function is the most important.  And sony knows this, but they misinterpreted the FUNCTION of a PORTABLE.  Sony thinks function is what the console/handheld can DO, but the actual function is HOW DOES IT DO IT,

So PSP takes a big shit on DS in terms of what it can do, but DS takes a huge shit on PSP in terms of how well it does it.

[VALIS]

I give up on the PSP.

It's not that there are no good games--there are plenty of good games! But when I try to play those good games comes out for it, the system's unwieldly size and weight, excessive fragility, poor battery life and awkward form factor all conspire against me. I give up on everything after just a few hours because I just can't get past the . Nintendo was right--with the DS. For portable systems, more power is not always better.

I look to the horizon--Metal Gear: Portable Ops will be janky and unplayable, and Crisis Core will be a steaming pile of Nomura's shit. Lumines II is a downgrade total. And what else is there? Every Japanese developer has 250% moved over to the DS. The PSP has fought, and the PSP has lost.

I have no hope for the future of the system, and I want to sell my PSP and all of my games.

How did it come to this, EvilBore? How did something so beautiful go so terribly wrong?

The other day I whipped out my PSP for the first time in months to play some games I had sitting around like Every Extend Extra and a few others. I go to play EEE... okay, I figured this, firmware update. I agree to the update, but oh, the battery isn't charged and must be charged first. So an hour and a half later I'm able to do the update, then I'm able to play the game I wanted to. Hurray? After sitting around with my thumb up my ass for an hour and a half, my anticipation is mostly shot, of course. Dumb.


edit: I should also mention the PSP was plugged into the wall, but still required a fully charged battery to do the update. Why the hell is this, anyway?

[Vizzys]

Shoulda haxed it, would have saved time.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

edit: I should also mention the PSP was plugged into the wall, but still required a fully charged battery to do the update. Why the hell is this, anyway?

In case there's an impromptu power failure they want to make sure you have at least 4 hours of battery left to complete the firmware update...just-in-case.

[Bloodwake]

You have realized something that most of us have already realized long ago.

[ToxicAdam]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

But, just think, in 5 years there will be nostalgia threads talking about how awesome the PSP was. Just like every other failed portable.

[MrAngryFace]

Why give up? I have maybe 12 PSP games, which is even to my DS in games and that's more than my 360 right now and I support that one. Hell, my dreamcast is still hooked up. Does anything need to win?

[Human Snorenado]

Why give up? I have maybe 12 PSP games, which is even to my DS in games and that's more than my 360 right now and I support that one. Hell, my dreamcast is still hooked up. Does anything need to win?

Nothing really NEEDS to win, but it gives me a warm feeling inside when Nintendo loses.

[Polari]

Why give up? I have maybe 12 PSP games, which is even to my DS in games and that's more than my 360 right now and I support that one. Hell, my dreamcast is still hooked up. Does anything need to win?

Nothing really NEEDS to win, but it gives me a warm feeling inside when Nintendo loses.

That's a bit sad.

[Van Cruncheon]

nah, I'd giggle like one of those GameLife fatties if the Wii bombed miserably

[CajoleJuice]

I'd giggle if any of the new consoles bombed miserably.

You know what that brings us closer to Drinky...your forgotten dream...

[Melissa]

Owned

 

one of those GameLife fatties

Shame!

[Saint Cornelius]

Owned

I'm glad to see we're encouraging Demi to go back to his less-is-much-less routine; Thomas makes the intarwebs fun!

[Melissa]

I'm glad to see we're encouraging Demi to go back to his less-is-much-less routine

Yeah, not sure why I found that one funny...but I did!