actually... i thought they DID have an analog controller on there... maybe it's the little round thing at the bottom left? they were saying this is one thing the DS doesn't have. DaDakota--confirm? the DS... will have a market because it's only going to be half the price of the PSP in the beginning. plus they have different target demographics... you will not see 12 year old boys walking around with PSP... unless their parents really spoil them. also... DS has touch screen ability... that sounds pretty cool.
I think they do have an analogue controller. We went to Sony UK the other day and took our "sticky balls" with us. There are only 4 development kits outside of Japan right now, and it is tough going. We are emulating on a PC, and the game is very cool and addictive, in fact ours was the only 3rd party game shown on the PSP reel at the Sony booth this year. I work at Warthog...I am President of the Warthog Texas studio, and on the board of directors of Warthog Proper...soon to be the next CEO..if I have my way....and I usually do. DD
Well thank goodness it's not ALL the time, or we mght've traded Stevie for a bag of Doritoes months ago instead of gettin' T-Mac...
wow... game company executive... you have a dream job. lol. any employment opportunities for a recent college grad?
i think the psp looks pretty sweet but nintendo is the master of portable gaming and probably will continue the dominance of the market with whatever this new double-screen gimmick of there's is.
This thread kind of got me interested in the PSP, so I started reading up on it. I found this one site that shows the PSP in action. For people who didn't see it at E3 or whatever, it may give a good idea of how it will play. Here's a link to the site that plays the movie. Just scroll down a bit and wait...especially if you have an internet connection like me. I've actually seen places that estimate the PSP could cost $200, but that seems pretty unrealistic to me. I kind of forgot that it will be like a portable PS2, playing great-looking games and DVDs as well as music. Plus, the online possibilities could be nice. I'm not a portable device person, but even $400 or more for it would be quite a deal for a device that has those features AND is portable. That's a pretty funny picture IROC it. Could almost imagine playing Zelda on it, looking at all the screens.
Yes, when I shower I seem to always beat Sticky Balls. The game doesn't last long and is not very fun to me.
1. The DS is actually getting more favorable press - from industry analysts to developers - than the PSP. 2. The DS games actually seems to be much more innovative due to the use of the two screens. 3. The PSP looks to have awesome specs. But the price and battery life are already major concerns, and some developers have already spoken out about it. Some of you are already going gaga over it, just because it has the name playstation on it. While I love my PS2, I think I'll wait to see what I'm actually dealing with first. Sony's been known to give you a little less than what you are expecting. DS, PSP, XBOX Portable, whatever....if it clocks in at nearly 250-300 dollars and has a battery life of a couple hours, they can go screw themselves.
I was kind of worried about the battery life myself, but I've read a bit into it, and it doesn't seem to be much of a problem anymore. I think they have some external battery packs that really aren't that big that would definitly extend the playing time to more than a few hours. I also heard about some kind of new fuel battery or something that seems to be gaining popularity. I think some companies would definitly figure out ways to help out the battery life.
They better. I could get better life on my Game Gear than the estimates that I'm seeing now. And if I'm already expected to pay 300+ for a handheld system, the idea of buying anything extra just to get any real life out of it is nuts.
My PSM had a great article about it. It's just amazing. I can't wait till I can get the PSP. They say it won't cost more than $199, and the graphics on it are supposed to be like the PS2's and perhaps even smoother at times. This will be the last console hardware I will buy, since I have moved on to a better place. PC's.
I was hoping that Sony would stay around the $200 mark. I read that they probably will sell the PSP at a loss but try to make up for it by selling games. BTW, the next-gen consoles should be pretty powerful, especially the PS3. It will probably be a while after it lauches before the PC overtakes it in power, kind of like how this past generation did. Just hope that Sony doesn't anger the developers again.
Sorry about the double post, but I thought this was pretty interesting. Sony reveals PSP translation software, wireless multiplayer Thursday, 15th July, 2004 A number of new details about Sony's PlayStation Portable have been revealed, including the ability for up to 16 players to participate in wireless multiplayer games, and software called "Talkman" which translates between spoken languages. Along with a number of new software titles and special editions of the PSP hardware, the new features were shown off at the PlayStation Meeting 2004 conference in Tokyo - although they were rather overshadowed by Ken Kutaragi's comments on the PS3, which we [reported on] yesterday. The PlayStation Portable will be able to support up to 16 players in multiplayer games using the Wireless LAN link which is built into the console, it was revealed, with no "hub" hardware required for this functionality. It has previously been suggested that the system will also be able to play online multiplayer games when connected to a public Wireless LAN hot spot or a home Wireless LAN system, although this was not discussed at the conference. The firm demonstrated a piece of software called Talkman, which utilises the built-in microphone port of the PSP and allows users to speak into the device in one language and have what they said translated into another, spoken, language. The software uses a cartoon bird as its main interface, which is able to converse in, and translate between, up to nine languages. The demonstration at the conference only showed Talkman translating between Japanese and English, but the company suggested that in its final incarnation, the software will be extremely useful as both a foreign language training tool, and as a translation device for people abroad. It's not clear whether it would be possible to use Talkman to translate real-time voice conversations between PSP users - a feature which was recently revealed for mobile phones by Toshiba. A number of new software titles were also revealed for the platform at the conference - including Need for Speed from Electronic Arts, Harvest Moon from Marvelous and a title based on popular anime series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?cid=11&id=16725 Wow. This sounds pretty cool. Of course, just more things to buy, but I never pictured having a translator on the PSP.
Wow...you actually read PSM? And yeah, PCs are a better place...I just can't imagine something like D3 or HL2 living up to the same experience on the current generation of consoles.
