[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:

Know what I mean? I hate it when some mod breaks up everyone's fun by acting all saintly. Go defeat terrorism or invent a replacement for the oil economy or something.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

This HORRIFYING screengrab is of that add on media player for the Nintendo DS.

What a wonderful way to play MP3's.

http://www.planetgamecube.com/hardwa...profile&id=237

[RonnieoftheRose]

More comparisons.

Tiger Woods 2005

Nintendo DS



PSP



Ridge Racer

Nintendo DS



PSP



Madden 2005 on the DS



NBA on the PSP



Spiderman 2

Nintendo DS



PSP




In each game the crap touchscreen controls and the low res blocky graphics of the Nintendo DS make them half as playable as their PSP counterparts. There is no comparison. The PSP owns the DS simply by having the processing power that gives a gamer an immersive modern experience that can be trusted because of traditional controls. The DS offers gimmick controls that don't work in practice and have crap graphics that make one want to laugh and buy a PSP.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
In each game the crap touchscreen controls and the low res blocky graphics of the Nintendo DS make them half as playable as their PSP counterparts. There is no comparison. The PSP owns the DS simply by having the processing power that gives a gamer an immersive modern experience that can be trusted because of traditional controls. The DS offers gimmick controls that don't work in practise with crap graphics that make one want to laugh

Exactly, in all those shots the second screen IS NOT MAKING THE EXPERIENCE BETTER. It is making it worse and more difficult to use. The DS also looks ugly.

[budster101]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Exactly, in all those shots the second screen IS NOT MAKING THE EXPERIENCE BETTER. It is making it worse and more difficult to use. The DS also looks ugly.

Tell us what you really think.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Please?

[Daracle]

Is there any sites that you guys are watching for any mods or hacks for the PSP?
I would love to find a way to maybe change the wallpaper (I am not too down with our pink at the moment)

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by Daracle:
Is there any sites that you guys are watching for any mods or hacks for the PSP?
I would love to find a way to maybe change the wallpaper (I am not too down with our pink at the moment)

Can't do that at the moment. Go to PSP Vault. They have links to everything.

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by budster101:
Tell us what you really think.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Please?

OK

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by budster101:
Tell us what you really think.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Please?

Tell us why you come back here OVER AND OVER if you don't like either system?

[Busemann]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Exactly, in all those shots the second screen IS NOT MAKING THE EXPERIENCE BETTER. It is making it worse and more difficult to use. The DS also looks ugly.

In games like Ridge Racer and Madden, that's definitely true (although it seems Tiger Woods makes better use).

If the DS was released instead of the SP, I think Nintendo would have a real winner. In 2005, however, it is so clearly one generation behind, and none of the games really impress either. It's a bit like the days of Playstation VS Saturn imho.

[kmkkid]

For the spiderman game on the DS, is the touchpad used to select moves? If so, how can you keep looking away from the action to pick a move and not get thrashed by the bad guys?



Chris

[goMac]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
This HORRIFYING screengrab is of that add on media player for the Nintendo DS.

Yeah, those MP3's look god awful. Especially in since thats the 3rd party media player.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by goMac:
Yeah, those MP3's look god awful. Especially in since thats the 3rd party media player.

So where is the built in one then?

[mdc]

picked up darkstalkers today. it's not too bad, i might return it and trade it for mercury, when it comes out (at the shop i was at today).

but in darkstalker's defense, it is a lot of fun, just not _that_ much fun.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

I saw a man on the train today with the PSP.

i am impressed. it made me stare. i dont think it will be a iPod replacement but I think it will destroy nintendo portables.


purely my opinion. i used to think nintendo portabls were bullet proof...

[Hawkeye_a]

Personally, im just here to annoy the PSP fanboys, cause its so easy...and the fact that they insist on dissing Nintendo all the time as though Nintendo scarred them when they were kids or something. What makes it even funnier is that these guys arent teens, theyre like in their 30s lol.

And as of this post, i take the leave of the geeks and nerds, cause thinking out of the box is too hard, and it's obvious debating, discussing and communication in general isnt a skill attributed to the geeky. So enjoy your discussions.... i wont be buying either the NDS or PSP. I will be buying RE4 and the legend of Zelda. And as of the next generation, my first choice is the Revolution, but if Nintendo releases a totally rediculious controller, ill be getting a PS3.

Ciao Ciao.

[goMac]

Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:
Personally, im just here to annoy the PSP fanboys, cause its so easy...and the fact that they insist on dissing Nintendo all the time as though Nintendo scarred them when they were kids or something. What makes it even funnier is that these guys arent teens, theyre like in their 30s lol.

They also seem very threatened by little virtual puppies. Maybe a virtual puppy killed SWG's parents or something.

[Obi Wan's Ghost]

Originally posted by goMac:
They also seem very threatened by little virtual puppies. Maybe a virtual puppy killed SWG's parents or something.

I have a strong feeling that a virtual puppy may have been your father, padawan goMac.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:
Personally, im just here to annoy the PSP fanboys, cause its so easy...and the fact that they insist on dissing Nintendo all the time as though Nintendo scarred them when they were kids or something.

You guys keep shooting but missing the mark. Like I have said a million times I was 100% a nintendo fanboy until about the time they announced the DS. It was at the same time that I woke up a realized that the cube was turning out to be worse than the n64 in terms of support.

Now remember the PS2 was my first non-nintendo system and I only bought it over a year and a half after it was released.

So try again.

[goMac]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
You guys keep shooting but missing the mark. Like I have said a million times I was 100% a nintendo fanboy until about the time they announced the DS. It was at the same time that I woke up a realized that the cube was turning out to be worse than the n64 in terms of support.

Now remember the PS2 was my first non-nintendo system and I only bought it over a year and a half after it was released.

So try again.

: cues sad Violin music :

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by goMac:
: cues sad Violin music :

Rest in peace, DS.

[powerbook867]

another decent website w/ a big forum for PSP info....

http://www.psp411.com/

they also have a release calendar...w/ some screen shots of some upcoming games..

http://www.psp411.com/show/calendar

[Garage81]

Originally posted by powerbook867:
another decent website w/ a big forum for PSP info....

http://www.psp411.com/

they also have a release calendar...w/ some screen shots of some upcoming games..

http://www.psp411.com/show/calendar

nice links, thanks!

i just bought a PSP today. im primarily just going to use it to play Lumines while i ride the bike at the gym. damn, that game is fun.

[mdc]

Originally posted by powerbook867:
another decent website w/ a big forum for PSP info....

http://www.psp411.com/

they also have a release calendar...w/ some screen shots of some upcoming games..

http://www.psp411.com/show/calendar

very nice site.

i like the review system made by users, and how you add stuff you own to your pspage and can add thoughts and reviews to items. forums are nice too.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:


Rest in peace, DS.

That was damn funny.

At any rate here is a blog for the superstar that created Lumines
http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5596845

Funny thing is he also created one of my all time favs for the PS2 also called REZ.

[goMac]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
That was damn funny.

At any rate here is a blog for the superstar that created Lumines
http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5596845

Funny thing is he also created one of my all time favs for the PS2 also called REZ.

I find it kinda funny he carries around every other digital device he can to make up for the PSP's shortcomings. iPod, laptop, etc...

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by goMac:
I find it kinda funny he carries around every other digital device he can to make up for the PSP's shortcomings. iPod, laptop, etc...

It's even funnier when a DS fan switches to a PSP to get some good games, media playback...etc, etc.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by goMac:
I find it kinda funny he carries around every other digital device he can to make up for the PSP's shortcomings. iPod, laptop, etc...

Shortcomings? it doesn't play incredible games? Who here new the PSP was a laptop replacement, you learn something new from a blind Nintendo fabboy everyday. My question to you is why do you carry around that palm you are so proud of? To make up for the DS's PDA shortcomings?

The only shortcoming I know if is on the DS and that media adapter which is trying to get itself onto the same level as the psp, almost costing as much in the end, and looking horrible in the end.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Not only is the PSP getting TONS of 3rd party game support, they are also getting lots and lots of support from hackers, peripherals and other neat tricks:

PSP embraced by DIY technicians
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4420745.stm

[RonnieoftheRose]

I've been thinking about the Games menu that allows mini games and apps to be launched off the memory stick. If someone can compile Firefox for the PSP perhaps it can be launched off the memory stick if the PSP can be fooled into thinking a game is being run.

[ink]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
PSP embraced by DIY technicians
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4420745.stm

OK, I'm gonna pick one up on the way home.

Bastard.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by ink:
OK, I'm gonna pick one up on the way home.

Bastard.

be sure to get wipeout and lumines with it.

[ink]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
be sure to get wipeout and lumines with it.

I picked up Wipeout (took a "break" from work to run to EB games).

Lumines is good?

I was looking over the DNS spoof trick for the Wipeout browser; looks like it'll be easy. I'll post screens of MacNN when I get it working..

[RonnieoftheRose]

7 April 2005, 6:14pm ET

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Sony Corp. said it sold more than 500,000 units of the PlayStation Portable in its first two days on the North American market.

Sony started selling the $249 game system, also called the PSP, on March 24. The midnight launch generated lines outside stores.

In a press release Thursday, the electronics maker also said the machine generated $150 million in sales during the first week.

The gadget, which is being targeted at adults, can also play movies and music. Its wide array of functions may help Sony, which invented the Walkman, regain some ground against Apple Computer Inc., whose iPod music player is now the trendsetter among expensive electronic toys.

[starman]

I just got Mercury. Holy SH*T! this is a wicked game. Think Marble Madness meets Jell-O.

And for the record, the game is much more "innovative" than anything on the DS.

Mike

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by ink:
Lumines is good?

Highest rated game so far and if you like trippy music, graphics and great puzzles ...YES!

[ink]

My shiny new PSP, surfing MacNN:


[LARGE]

[LARGE]

The margarita in the top picture:

• 2oz Cabo Wabo Blue Agave Tequila (accept NO SUBSTITUTE)
• 0.5 oz Triplesec
• 1.5oz Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice
• Splash of Cointreau Orange Liquor
• 1/2 small lime, squeezed

Shake well with ice, wet rim of glass with lime rind and salt. Pour margarita into glass and serve.

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by starman:
I just got Mercury. Holy SH*T! this is a wicked game. Think Marble Madness meets Jell-O.

And for the record, the game is much more "innovative" than anything on the DS.

Mike

Great! I was waiting for some firsthand experiences. Would also love for a game like that to come to the Mac as it would be great to play with my new PowerBook with the built in XYZ sensor!

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by ink:
My shiny new PSP, surfing MacNN:

Are you lovin it?

Oh and check how the PSP is kicking the DS in America also:

April 7, 2005 - Woo, woo, Sony, and good on ya: the company announced today that, during its first week on North American shores, the PlayStation Portable generated more than $150 million in sales. Sony says more than 500,000 PSP Value Packs were sold in the system's first two days alone.

The sales figures, Sony claims, trounce the first-week performance of any comparable product. Quick translation: the PSP is a hit.

Introduced in North America on March 24, the PSP is Sony's bold entry into the handheld gaming market. The system (in case you've miraculously managed to miss it so far) features a vibrant, high-resolution display, built-in wireless, and a serious gaming processor -- among many other bells and whistles. For the full picture, check out all our coverage on IGN PSP.

[RonnieoftheRose]

You Lumines players and Sony have succeeded in ruining my life. I just got Lumines and can't stop playing it. It's hypnotic. It feels like games felt to me when I first discovered them in the early 80s. Remember that warm flush that came over you when you were ten years old stuck in front of a screen for hours playing a game that sucked you right in? I have that same warm flush coming over me with a thirst for chocolate milk.

[goMac]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Are you lovin it?

Oh and check how the PSP is kicking the DS in America also:

April 7, 2005 - Woo, woo, Sony, and good on ya: the company announced today that, during its first week on North American shores, the PlayStation Portable generated more than $150 million in sales. Sony says more than 500,000 PSP Value Packs were sold in the system's first two days alone.

The sales figures, Sony claims, trounce the first-week performance of any comparable product. Quick translation: the PSP is a hit.

Introduced in North America on March 24, the PSP is Sony's bold entry into the handheld gaming market. The system (in case you've miraculously managed to miss it so far) features a vibrant, high-resolution display, built-in wireless, and a serious gaming processor -- among many other bells and whistles. For the full picture, check out all our coverage on IGN PSP.

You do realize that it has only sold 600,000 total. That means it was only selling 20,000 a day after the launch. Sony would like to spin it otherwise. Slashdot called the article on this "First Week Sales Results". The comments jokingly corrected this to "First Weak Sales Results".

http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/0...id=187&tid=233

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
You Lumines players and Sony have succeeded in ruining my life. I just got Lumines and can't stop playing it. It's hypnotic. It feels like games felt to me when I first discovered them in the early 80s. Remember that warm flush that came over you when you were ten years old stuck in front of a screen for hours playing a game that sucked you right in? I have that same warm flush coming over me with a thirst for chocolate milk.

Yup, unfortunately that know it all running scared wanker goMac will never know that feeling as he can't afford a DS or PSP

At any rate here is a good PSP story:
"Sony's new PlayStation Portable is turning into a great tool for web browsing, comics reading and online chat -- and it also happens to play video games, movies and music, if you prefer that sort of thing."
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,67151,00.html

Oh and:
"and sold through more than 500,000 units during its first two days alone"
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04...src=mwrss-0405

[RonnieoftheRose]

Originally posted by goMac:
You do realize that it has only sold 600,000 total. That means it was only selling 20,000 a day after the launch. Sony would like to spin it otherwise. Slashdot called the article on this "First Week Sales Results". The comments jokingly corrected this to "First Weak Sales Results".

http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/0...id=187&tid=233

Sales figures in business are counted at the end of a Friday week. Sony's figures don't include sales up until the 7th April (today). It's impossible to count that way. Thus those sales figures are from the end of last Friday. Not bad. Bloody good in fact.

I still can't see much on the shelves as they sell out as soon as they come in. I can't get my hands on Wipeout as every copy on order is reserved.

[goMac]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Yup, unfortunately that know it all running scared wanker goMac will never know that feeling as he can't afford a DS or PSP

Oh, now the reason is I'm too poor to afford one? That must be it.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by goMac:
Oh, now the reason is I'm too poor to afford one? That must be it.

Why else would you be in a PSP thread all day talking about how it sucks.

Sour grapes cuz you can't afford one

[goMac]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Why else would you be in a PSP thread all day talking about how it sucks.

Sour grapes cuz you can't afford one

Wow. With my job and my income, if I can afford a $1000 PC and a $3000 Powerbook, and I can't afford the PSP, it really is doomed.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by goMac:
Wow. With my job and my income, if I can afford a $1000 PC and a $3000 Powerbook, and I can't afford the PSP, it really is doomed.

Do you work in the same skyscraper as MOSR cuz I hear they have high tech merchandise like you also

[MindFad]

This thread needs 18 more pages before I can make a sound purchasing decision.

[mdc]

i bought mercury today. i am enjoying it a lot, it's wicked fun.

kinda like supermonkey ball in the way you have to get to the goal, but way different when you have three different colored globs of mercury that you can not let touch since you need to make them each touch their own colored button. sheer craziness sometimes.

i wrote a shortish review and submitted it to psp411.com, but it takes a while for reviews to show up there.

[Preciousss]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
What in the name of sweet baby jesus is this DS game all about? it is going to give me nightmares!

http://www.touchds.jp/mediagallery/st13.html

Here's a demo of it. Sounds like it was at a convention or something.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/new-rel...-ds-038846.php