a remarkably capable remote control for the system,

I hate that, because it's not. It does something called "remote play," which is where certain content on the PS3 can be viewed on the PSP, but the PSP cannot control the PS3 in any way.


I also hate the PSP. Every call I take for the thing is full of stupid and headdesk.

It's a useful melee weapon XD

And when you crack the screen when you threw it at your brother's head, $89 will get you a new one!

lol.

I love my PSP!

I love my psp- I love my ds too, but psp made my dream of having portable ps1 games come true- the price is completely worth it for that alone to me. Of course, it didn't come being able to do that but whatever. >.>;

Well I always see people use their psp for music instead of playing games. So maybe that part about good games is true but I doubt this is the end of the psp. I have yet to buy one >.>

I don't get that, I got a PSP a few months ago and find it to be an inconvenient music player...

Dissidia just moved 500 thousand copies in the first week.

I don't think the PSP is going anywhere.

Word!

I was thinking the same thing.

I'm one of the people that is waiting until Dissidia and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by sleep come out to make the step of getting myself a PSP.

I don't think that the PSP is disappearing if we consider the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts fans who will flock to the system once those two games are out :P

Well, the bigger poitn i meant was that sitting at #2 isn't necessarily a bad thing, nor doesi t mean unprofitable.

Wait.... PSP is a phone?!

Later models (I think all the slim ones but I'm not sure, as I haven't looked into model numbers) have native Skype support. If I didn't have a pink original PSP and my wireless router wasn't refusing to talk to my PSP I'd seriously be considering one so I could talk to my fiance and clean at the same time.


-Alexandra

wow... I didn't realize that.. That's interesting..

But when you say older models, does that mean that they removed that?

No, later models. As in the ones released more recently. They added whatever it was they needed to add for Skype support.


-Alexandra

ah.. ok. I see.. interesting.

psh, i love my psp. not everything needs to be touchscreen.

I actually prefer the buttons. I'm a whiner but the touchscreen hurts my hands sometimes. It's far more preferable for typing down your character-name but for everything else, I much prefer buttons. XD

My mom stole me PSP the first week I brought it home and I haven't touched it since.

I'm a DS girl all the way.

In a lot of ways, it's a shame. The PSP is a far more capable hardware platform than the DS. It's a phone, a portable music player, a pocket-sized movie device, a mobile web browser, and when paired with a Playstation 3, a remarkably capable remote control for the system, capable of streaming music and movies from a PS3 over the Internet to wherever you happen to be.

That's nice, but there was only one game I thought I wanted for Mr. Multitasker, and I heard it sucked. So I'll stick with the device that does a few things well instead of a bunch of things half assed.

so... when are PSPs going to be half price so i can pick one up?

I bought a PSP a few months ago after having been a hardcore DS nerd for a long time, and now feel that there's room for the both in my backpack on long hauls. I like them for different things, and I'm looking forward to exploring the PSP library further.

"Guess what, Sony: Apple already made the Walkman of the 21st century, and you missed the boat."

Yup.

I'm working for a major electronics retailer as seasonal staff, and I wanted to use my discount on a PSP as a reward to myself at the end of it, but I've been scouring the game library and there's just not enough games that I want to play :( In my store alone, we can't have more than ten or fifteen different PSP games on the shelf right now (not to mention a very sad showing of UMDs, mostly made up of Jack Ass, Beavis and Butthead, and Wild Boyz - not my cup of tea). I'm praying that there's some good titles on the horizon so I can pick up a used one in the eventual future, but for now, it looks like I'm sticking with my DS.

I like my PSP, too. I don't try to use it as a mp3 player, I have an iPod for that. I use it to play games and I enjoy those games. It doesn't need a touch screen in my opinion. I'm not that big a fan of touch screens (they are cool on the DS, but I never really got in to the other touch screen phones and iPod). Plus, I don't think the iPhone's available games will ever really match playing FF: Crisis Core on my PSP. I like pressing "X" to attack.

I prefer my PSP.

I think nintendo makes more games for "everyone". Cute "My little Dog/Cat/Hamster" games, brain-training for adults, well known game-titles like Mario and Zelda...

Sony is more specified with the games that are available for PSP (in germany) but for myself it was the right choice to buy a PSP instead of buying a DS ^^

I feel like it could do better if it had a legal alternative to Remote Play that actually worked? Like, some way to rip or otherwise download old PS1 games at a minimal licensing fee or -- since we're dreaming -- no fee if you can provide proof of the initial purchase? Remote Play is such a rockin' idea, but relying on wireless makes it work for five seconds and disconnect. Or freeze while the monsters keep attacking Aya so I get a game over, then disconnect. :( Not to mention my university wireless network is not supported, so the only place I can actually play my PS3 on my PSP is... in another room in my one bedroom apartment.

I do love my PSP, though. Don't have as many games for it as the DS, but it's been getting a lot of mileage lately while my DS has been regulated to Glorified Kanji Dictionary.

Like, some way to rip or otherwise download old PS1 games at a minimal licensing fee(...)

You can actually do that... in Japan ): It'd be great if they made that service available overseas, too.

Are you serious?!? I think it's time to write Sony a letter. :/

I think so, yes. I was browsing the Japanese PS Store and came across this PSP-section where they sold games like Xenogears really cheap iirc.
You can check for yourself if you have a PS3 and create a Japanese account :)

Oh, so is it just like what we have now with a better selection (got me all excited for "ripping" or something. haha). I might have to check it out, anyway.

Wait, I think I've been totally out of the loop, I never knew you could already (legally) download PSX games to the PSP here (Germany)?
Just ignore me, seems like I have no actual clue D:

There are some PS1 games available on PSN, like Spyro and MediEvil. You can pay the $5 or whatever once and download the game to your PSP or PS3 or both (though I don't think saves transfer). Er, in the US anyway, not sure about Europe.

My boy friend just bought me a PSP for christmas , and he had gotten me white ds lite about 2 years ago or whatever.

I prefer my PSP over my DS any day.

This thing is just like, a mini ps3 for my hands! The games are awesome, the sound and picture quality outrivals nintendo any day. I think the ds sells well because overall it seems more children ply the hand held units than adults and i feel the psp is marketed more for adults.

But i guess what im saying is PSP all the way!

ah hahahahaha.

right after i read this post, i offered to purchase my friends' psp slim. it's complete w/warranty, case, and 2 games (crises core & ff tactic). it's a good deal, right? (he purchased it a few months ago)

ooops forgot to mention i paid 200 for it.

As long as they keep releasing PS1 games on it for download I really don't care what else is going on with it. Symphony of Night for 9.99, Castlevania Chronicles for 5.99 and Wild Arms for 5.99. And the kicker? Suikoden was just put on the store for 5.99! Screw paying the money that people want on ebay. I seriously think if they expanded the PS1 section more, people would be willing to lay down a chunk of change to be able to play games that were before their time or were never able to. The added feature that you can now directly go to the playstation store without having to go the round about way to connect to is using a usb cable to download is wonderful too.

This! This, absolutely!

You know, come to think of it, all of the recent Sony gaming devices are suffering from lack of games. I'd really like to know what the Sony higherups or whoever thought made the PS2 sell so well.

Their recent marketing strategies seem kinda wtf to me, why focus on the additional features and completely overlook its first and real purpose: gaming. People don't want more shit on top of the already unwanted added shit, they just want games. Why it took them this long to finally kick off with the PS1 download option I'll never know.

It's also confusing why they'd go through the lengths of spending heaps of money for additional features which essentially no one really needs - probably to target a new audience, but is it really working?

They really should be spending that said money on doing downloadable PS1 games for the PSP. Or at least funding actual PSP games.

I don't care. I love my sexy God of War PSP, even if I have only played one game (Crisis Core).

I just want a hacked one.... :D

Where's the touchscreen?

yeah...no thanks.

I like both my PSP and DS. Sure DS won me over sometime but I think I'm liking my PSP more right now :]

It's funny where the PSP sits with me. I first got it pretty early on in the release (I forget exactly when) I just remember it was $250 when I got it and I have the fat model. I played it quite a bit and thought it was the coolest thing ever... but after I played through the games I had I lost interest and it sat on my shelf.

A few months later I got my DS Lite and played that EVEN MORE and I questioned why I even bought the PSP in the first place.

Fast forward to today, I have a playstation 3 which really just seemed to have made my psp more awesome.. I like being able to download the ps1 games to the psp and it's hacked so it can do pretty much anything i want it to.

Now my DS sits on my shelf... though I don't regret buying it, lol I just haven't found any new games for it for a while.

So yea, this news makes me a bit sad... though I was a bit miffed at Sony for making the skype for PSP for the slim models only (No love for the people that bought the thing when it came out? wtf sony.)

the psp has a catalogue that is sort of disappointing to me, but i'd recommend patapon and loco roco to just about anyone. seriously.

and i do love my psp, it is just that the ds has more games that fit my taste.