Circuitcity Sony PSP

[dud]

My fam has five (5) games systems (way too many) and we do not plan to buy this for the forseeable future. The #1 reason that kills this deal (other than the price) is the fact that you have to go out and buy a whole NEW set of games for it, effectively doubling the price of the system just to own a few games!

The #1 reason I believe the PS2 was an instant success was that it was backward compatible. Not only did it have great new PS2 games BUT it could play all your old PS1 games as well. This is not the case for the PSP. It is a handhels with a small form-factor that does not easilty allow for porting of console titles.

The bottom line for me is that you can get both a NEW PS2 AND XBOX for the price of the PSP ans a few games. It just does not make economic sense (unless you are a young, male, early adopter , etc. who has the funds).

just my 2 cents ...

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: dud
My fam has five (5) games systems (way too many) and we do not plan to buy this for the forseeable future. The #1 reason that kills this deal (other than the price) is the fact that you have to go out and buy a whole NEW set of games for it, effectively doubling the price of the system just to own a few games!

The #1 reason I believe the PS2 was an instant success was that it was backward compatible. Not only did it have great new PS2 games BUT it could play all your old PS1 games as well. This is not the case for the PSP. It is a handhels with a small form-factor that does not easilty allow for porting of console titles.

The bottom line for me is that you can get both a NEW PS2 AND XBOX for the price of the PSP ans a few games. It just does not make economic sense (unless you are a young, male, early adopter , etc. who has the funds).

just my 2 cents ...

True. When there are enough great games to get more people like you interested (and when the next wave of $300+ consoles hit the market), you'll see the price drop a bit because software sales will begin making up the difference in price.

 

[VooDooAddict]

For someone who spends 2+ hours a day on a commuter train. It's a bit too cramped to pull out the laptop and play the limited selection of recent games that are 2D. The GB SP was the cure for that boredom for a while. Just switched up to a PSP from a GB SP.

I never had the time to play many of the PS1/PS2 big hit games. So rehashes will be fine for me.

The system is very slick. After using the GB SP for so long, just going through the menu's on the PSP was great. I didn't expect the screen to be that high a resolution.

My only gripe is the refresh rate on the screen. It's very distracting ghosting when going from a black to grey pixel. I've got 3 Sonly 17" LCDs at home that have no ghosting. I was really expecting a screen with Zero ghosting.

Zero dead/stuck pixels. First try.

Well ... I'm off to catch a train!

 

[skywhr]

Does anyone know what the max memory stick size the PSP will accept?
Maybe some links to product?

 

[Beefcake04]

Referral link in OP. Quit spamming!

 

[aronsun]

not good enough

 

[dhoytw]

Originally posted by: aronsun
not good enough

Yeah nice comment very specific and well thought out.