Is the PSP going the same way as the Dreamcast?

Jesus christ it just dawned on me what happened to my DC

i lent it to a friend of a friend, and i never got it back, it just slipped my mind.

Christ! :(
 
Thing said:
Skies is better on GC (unless you're an audiophile at the expense of everything else).

Shenmu though... pure awesome. And almost impossible to find *sobs*.

Jet Set Radio gets an honourable mention too.
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shenmue in a high street shop sells for a mere 7.99 which I was shocked at. The sequel though goes for 25.
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Yet Mario Kart DS instintly looks/feels the same as playing it on the SNES, N64, Cube or GBA. Not saying that it's a bad thing at all just makes me wonder why it's ok for one system and not the other.
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I disagree, Mario Kart DS is a worthy addition to the franchise since you can go online with it and it has great graphics and multiplayer.

Advance Wars on the DS is a sequel.

Metroid Hunters is the only FPS on a handheld that actually works (the controls are tricky at first but become very intuitive after you;ve practiced).
 
Edz said:
The PSP has already pretty much died, Sony need to let go..

Unfortunately I can see the PS3 following suit, might be the end for Sony in the console market in the next couple of years?

Bad marketing will do it :(

Shame
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i agree couple reasons:
1 ps3 keeps gettig put back looks like there possability might be put back till sept which means 360 been out 1 1/2 yrs so devoloper would have got to grips at maximising 360 hardware unlike ps3 and garuntee within 6 months to a year of ps3 being realised **'ll be hearing slivers of news of xbox new machine
2 the price for a machine that'll have short time at the top with a second rate online format which is the way forward and microsoft do it so much better .
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Yet Mario Kart DS instintly looks/feels the same as playing it on the SNES, N64, Cube or GBA. Not saying that it's a bad thing at all just makes me wonder why it's ok for one system and not the other.
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Just because it looks feels the same as the SNES, N64, Cube or GBA ones doesn’t mean its a port, its built from the ground up to play on the DS.

For example lets take GTA LCS and VCS both those game are ports from the ps2, they have ripped the code and textures from the game and made them play on the psp and simply added new missions in and then charged full price for it.


So there is a clear difference between the 2
 
XPE said:
Just because it looks feels the same as the SNES, N64, Cube or GBA ones doesn’t mean its a port, its built from the ground up to play on the DS.

For example lets take GTA LCS and VCS both those game are ports from the ps2, they have ripped the code and textures from the game and made them play on the psp and simply added new missions in and then charged full price for it.


So there is a clear difference between the 2
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Very well explained.
 
XPE said:
Just because it looks feels the same as the SNES, N64, Cube or GBA ones doesn’t mean its a port, its built from the ground up to play on the DS.

For example lets take GTA LCS and VCS both those game are ports from the ps2, they have ripped the code and textures from the game and made them play on the psp and simply added new missions in and then charged full price for it.


So there is a clear difference between the 2
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Maybe for those two examples, but I was thinking along the lines of Tekken for the PSP. Completely re-written from the ground up for the PSP, still has all the great features of the originals but also manages to offer the extras suited for the handheld (online play etc).

Killzone Liberation is another that springs to mind, completely different to the PS2 versions.

Maybe it's just me but I see both handhelds as great gaming systems offering both good ports of existing games for new users to play for the first time, and plenty of new fun games written specifically for the actual system. Don't see the constant need for silly arguing which one is better, simply they are different!
 
I had a go on my mate's PSP a few months back because I was thinking about getting one. I was horrified by the loading times on the thing, how can it possibly take so long??

I bought a DS Lite and I haven't looked bac. Despite having only bought four games for it I still play it for a couple of hours a day on Animal Crossing and like to get online to play some Mario Kart against my twin brother who is down in Plymouth doing a degree. We wasted so much of our youth playing SNES Mario Kart and it feels like the glory days of Nintendo all over again with the DS.


On the Dreamcast subject, I would have to put it in my top three consoles of all time along with the SNES and the N64 just because of Crazy Taxi and Samba De Amigo. I sometimes get a bit nostalgic and have a look in the second hand shops through all of the old titles. Perhaps I'll get one of if I can find a reasobly proced Samba De Amigo with maracas :)
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Maybe for those two examples, but I was thinking along the lines of Tekken for the PSP. Completely re-written from the ground up for the PSP, still has all the great features of the originals but also manages to offer the extras suited for the handheld (online play etc).

Killzone Liberation is another that springs to mind, completely different to the PS2 versions.

Maybe it's just me but I see both handhelds as great gaming systems offering both good ports of existing games for new users to play for the first time, and plenty of new fun games written specifically for the actual system. Don't see the constant need for silly arguing which one is better, simply they are different!
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Right now I been playing ace combat on the psp and liking it more than vcs, the problem come from the fact that new and original games on the psp are few and far between, but on the DS there seems to be a more constant flow of original well made titles for it.
 
just bought a psp the other day and im well happy with it its a nice shiny peice of kit and i like the games to :)

sold my ps2 an some games to my sister for 25 pounds lol
 
Psp could have been great it if did what it was designed to do, but alas it was crippled by sony, again.

Video playback - Only plays video at half resolution without homebrew. Only supports mpeg4 sp/avc so videos have to be converted, defeating the point of it because you could have watched the videos while waiting for them to convert. Brightness far too low even on max, audio far too low without a 300% boost in conversion. Can only play video at 15/30fps resulting in blur from motion estimation when adding in extra frames in the conversion process.

Audio Playback - Doesn't support ogg vorbis or losless formats, has crap organisation, doesn't allow 2 levels of folders, so you can't sort music by artist and album.

Internet - Slow browsing, didn't support flash until ages after release, doesn't support java. Poor navigation controls, very slow input method, with no keyboard add-on in sight.

Games - Cost far too much. Most are Ps2 rehashes. Slow loading.

Misc - Poor battery life, no in built memory so expensive low capacity memory stick pro duo cards are required as it doesn't even support sd. Ps1 game download service too expensive and only works if you have a ps3 and will probably only work in the future if you have wifi. Umd video format, well I don't need to explain that. Screen prone to scratching, low brightness, glares like hell, impossible to watch videos in even mild daylight. Sound too low even when using sennheiser headphones.
 
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However the PSP now has it's own proper handheld version of Metal Gear Solid, nothing like MGA 1+2 (which were good anyway)

Also got a new FFVII game coming next year.

And games aren't expensive enough if you look and shop around.
 
GSXRMovistar said:
I thought that was addressed with one of the newer versions of firmwave, a codec that played full res video.
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Ha no, not sony.

I never use the psp for it's other uses anyway, mainly a games console (only one i own) and mostly i enjoy using it, ge's me away from the pc.
 
Energize said:
Psp could have been great it if did what it was designed to do, but alas it was crippled by sony, again.

Video playback - Only plays video at half resolution without homebrew. Only supports mpeg4 sp/avc so videos have to be converted, defeating the point of it because you could have watched the videos while waiting for them to convert. Brightness far too low even on max, audio far too low without a 300% boost in conversion. Can only play video at 15/30fps resulting in blur from motion estimation when adding in extra frames in the conversion process.

Audio Playback - Doesn't support ogg vorbis or losless formats, has crap organisation, doesn't allow 2 levels of folders, so you can't sort music by artist and album.

Internet - Slow browsing, didn't support flash until ages after release, doesn't support java. Poor navigation controls, very slow input method, with no keyboard add-on in sight.
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lol now cite its competition and rate the competitor console on the same features/
 
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