If it is realatively easy to port games from the PS3 to the PSP2 there will be a whole catalog of great games available and if they price them right it could be great.
Something like MGS4 for a 15 quid
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Something like MGS4 for a 15 quid
That pretty much applies to any launch console.
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If it is realatively easy to port games from the PS3 to the PSP2 there will be a whole catalog of great games available and if they price them right it could be great. I'm glad they're going with physical media instead of downloads from the PS Store as I was pretty much mugged with the PSP Go.
Something like MGS4 for a 15 quid
Yeah that would be great, I'm still a bit sceptical about the games at the moment though. The console looks great and the hardware is out of this world for something which fits in the palm of your hands. If they could make simple ports of PS3 games and maybe turn off one or two graphical features to get them running on the PSP2/NGP then that'd be great.
True but I'm talking about my personal circumstances. I already have a PSP so there's no point in my buying this on or shortly the release because I can already play all those games, whereas I don't have a DS so while some people would wait a few months or maybe until the second version of the 3DS for better 3DS games it makes more sense to me personally to just buy that on launch and get the best games as and when they come out. Also that's just over 200 quid and lord knows how much this thing is going to cost but judging from the tech it isn't going to be anywhere near £200 unless Sony make big losses on each system.
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At least they have added a way to buy games on a physical media instead of download only.
If you are talking about UMD, forget it, we will never see another handheld that will play your UMD's, better buy another 2nd hand PSP as backup if you want to be able to keep playing UMD's in the future.
What do you think the chances are of getting Sony to finally instigate a system to "trade in" our UMDs for a copy of the game that will work on the NGP?
Slim to none?
I would have to say so, if they will do it they would have done it with the PSP Go and they didn't.
This will suffer from a lack of original content in the first few years I don’t think publishers will be willing to put the money required to take full advantage of the system abilities.
How big is the media for it, it will need to have a large storage capacity to store MGS4
How big is the media for it, it will need to have a large storage capacity to store MGS4
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Digital Foundry Sony NGP analysis
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-sony-ngp-analysis?page=1
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-sony-ngp-analysis?page=1
I guess most of the 50GB of MGS is cutscenes, cut those or make them low res and use stereo sound instead of 7.1 uncompressed and it will be a lot less space.
Even if it's 8GB it still possible to download it only a memory stick in the PSP2
Not gonna happen if it didnt happen with the go i cant see them doing it with this. Only digital media will transferable, those who got 10 free games with thier pspgo lucked in on this one lol.
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Some new high quality videos, also added to the OP.
User interface Demo
Uncharted Demo:
Hot Shots Demo:
Little Deviants Demo:
User interface Demo
Uncharted Demo:
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Little Deviants Demo:
Understood.
A few thought of mine on this, i think this will be mean no PS3 price drop unless this sells at close to cost say £300-350 mark any less they start eating it to the profits made from the PS3 at its current RRP. Maybe there will be a data option eg take out a 18-24M 3Gig 3G contract for say £15 a month and get this half price or something.
Power wise its seems a bit of a beast the single core GPU is 2x the IP4s current one and as its quad core its 8x that of the IP4. The IP5 may use a single or dual version of GPU and the CPU so it will still be quite a bit behind the NGP, depending of course on clock speeds. Judging that the iphone still has to run its phone part all the time which takes resouces up a fair bit the gap prob will be even larger.
Memory for the device is supposed to be between 512 and 1GB of ram for the system and 128Mb dedicated GPU ram thats pretty good judging the ps3 is 256x2 for both the GPU and system.
Looking at the GPS, Move sensors, 3g etc it could use most apps that modern phones use, perhaps the PS suite will also sell cheap apps much like Android, iOS etc.
Screen looks awesome as does the idea of a rear touch screen but you would want to keep it in case to stop screen damage, but you would need to take it out of the case to use the rear touch pad.
Battery life is rumured to be between 4-5 hours, no confirmation as yet but that seems along the lines of how many hours my iphone/droid phones last when playing games solidly.
This time i think sony have catered for both core and casual areas, simple cheap touch games can be done as can huge AAA games, before the PSP wasnt that good for casual gamers compared to an itouch or DS device.
If its going to use DD is there onboard storage? Not seen it mentioned or does it just use an SD card a bit like what its retail games come on?
Anyway first impressions sound good, roll on E3 and GDC for more info.
Power wise its seems a bit of a beast the single core GPU is 2x the IP4s current one and as its quad core its 8x that of the IP4. The IP5 may use a single or dual version of GPU and the CPU so it will still be quite a bit behind the NGP, depending of course on clock speeds. Judging that the iphone still has to run its phone part all the time which takes resouces up a fair bit the gap prob will be even larger.
Memory for the device is supposed to be between 512 and 1GB of ram for the system and 128Mb dedicated GPU ram thats pretty good judging the ps3 is 256x2 for both the GPU and system.
Looking at the GPS, Move sensors, 3g etc it could use most apps that modern phones use, perhaps the PS suite will also sell cheap apps much like Android, iOS etc.
Screen looks awesome as does the idea of a rear touch screen but you would want to keep it in case to stop screen damage, but you would need to take it out of the case to use the rear touch pad.
Battery life is rumured to be between 4-5 hours, no confirmation as yet but that seems along the lines of how many hours my iphone/droid phones last when playing games solidly.
This time i think sony have catered for both core and casual areas, simple cheap touch games can be done as can huge AAA games, before the PSP wasnt that good for casual gamers compared to an itouch or DS device.
If its going to use DD is there onboard storage? Not seen it mentioned or does it just use an SD card a bit like what its retail games come on?
Anyway first impressions sound good, roll on E3 and GDC for more info.
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It has everything I said it needed to have to get me interested. The thumb sticks look really nice. They look like proper analogue sticks and not crappy little thing the PSP has.
Any word on the battery life? I think this will make or break the system. I really don't see myself playing this too much at home when I can play the bigger brother version of these games on the PS3... so, the battery life needs to be good.
God damn though, sony really put everything on the table with this thing. Can see it going for £400 however. lol
Any word on the battery life? I think this will make or break the system. I really don't see myself playing this too much at home when I can play the bigger brother version of these games on the PS3... so, the battery life needs to be good.
God damn though, sony really put everything on the table with this thing. Can see it going for £400 however. lol
This is a good post, I hadn't thought about the 3G feature. It's entirely possible Sony could ask for a subscription model on this, and would perfectly justify £300 and maybe lower.
Word on the street is, everyone thinks it's 4-5 hours.
I frequently play on my PSP on the sofa, usually when my GF is watching crap like Popstars or Dancing with the Stars on the telly.
Will be great to replay Uncharted/MGS/GTA 4/R&C on the PSP2
