So guys, if you are planning on buying a PSP at launch...

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:49 am

Take note of the North American launch list:

Mercury
Dynasty Warriors
FIFA Soccer
MVP Baseball
NBA 2005
NBA Street
NFL Street 2
Need For Speed Underground Rivals
Ridge Racer
Spider-Man 2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

The only thing that is worth anything in my eyes is Mercury, but I can see the significance of a new Ridge Racer game. I am saddened by the lack of Lumines in this list amoung other things. Needless to say, I'll think I'll wait 'til the price go down in which by then hopefully there will be plenty of games that are really worth playing without having to resort to importing.

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:44 am

The DS and PSP... which one will be the first to recieve five games that aren't total bullshit? Place your bets!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:30 am

Portables have never really been my thing so I don't have any plans for a PSP.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:31 am

So far, no games for the PSP has yet to interest me. Right now, my eye is on the Nintendo DS as I've got a chance to play Super Mario 64 DS and it was pretty addicting, well, the mini-games at least. I'd probably buy it just to play the mini-games.
~Neo Yi

Segata · Post by **Segata** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:33 am

Why the hell aren't we getting an American incarnation of Minna no Golf at launch?

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:34 am

Segata wrote:Why the hell aren't we getting an American incarnation of Minna no Golf at launch?

Two words: Consumer whores.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:45 am

Segata wrote:Why the hell aren't we getting an American incarnation of Minna no Golf at launch?

*shrugs* I have heard it is headed for a Summer release retitled as Hot Shots Golf, of course.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:04 pm

Uhm... It kinda shows my lack of interest in Playstation in general when I ask, I though the PSP was compatable with current Playstation software? It's not?

CE · Post by CE » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:22 pm

Until Sony can release a first generation system that does not have problems overheating/not reading discs/ejecting discs mistakenly, I will not buy *any* Sony product until a year after its launched.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:01 pm

What about the new SC-7000000000 whatever PS2's? I'm hearing that they're already having problems.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:42 pm

What PS2's? The PStwo's look like they won't have much of a problem, but I'm still probably not gonna get one unless it drops to a hundred bucks long before the next gen's come out.

What pisses me off about the whole thing is that Sony and even Unofficial Playstation magazines blatantly ignore the defects. When you bring them up they just say they've never had any problems with theres.

Timestones · Post by **Timestones** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:47 pm

Actually, a friend of mine has a PSTwo, and it can't read memory cards in port one if they're all the way in, that is, if they're actually inserted properly. Has anyone else heard of this problem?

Carl with a K · Post by **Carl with a K** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:17 am

I've heard the fans on the PStwo's bust after about 3 days of playing. Any truth to this?

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:45 am

My PS2 games still work, but it has trouble with DVDs...which sucks.
~Neo

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:46 am

It's never a good idea to buy a portable at launch. If they don't have good titles soon, they tend to die a hell of a lot faster than consoles. N-Gage, Lynx, Virtual Boy et al . . .

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:02 pm

And the god damn Neo Geo Pocket Color that I dropped a hundred bucks on and then never got another game cause it disappeared.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:23 pm

I've had a PS2 since Tuesday and it works fine. The 60 Hertz mode on Onimusha 3 is black & white, though. Dunno why. The other games are fine. Well, San Andreas is. Sands of Time is still in it's wrapper.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:30 pm

You chose to play GTA over Sands of Time? I've killed people for less.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:30 pm

And the god damn Neo Geo Pocket Color that I dropped a hundred bucks on and then never got another game cause it disappeared.

You too? Mine just stopped existing one day, leaving one stray Sonic cartridge as proof it was not a figment of my imagination.

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:45 pm

My friend has had a PStwo for around a month, and he hasn't had a problem with it. I've had my normal PS2 for around 2 years, and I've never had a problem. Hell, there's a big, huge, white scratch going across the disc tray of my PS2, and it works fine.

I do have countless broken PS2 controllers though. Those shoulder buttons like to go in and never come back out. I also have about 2 dead original PSX units in a closet somewhere.

Outside of Castlevania DS, there's nothing on DS that interests me... The only reasons I want is because 1. It's there, 2. It's by Nintendo and I'm a fucking fanboy, and 3. Utada was in the Japanese commercials.

PSP is starting to look interesting... I mean, Tales of Eternia is a ways off but looks like it might not suck completely, plus Square is promising some sort of FF7 related action-rpg for it. At the very least, it looks cool.

Though... some people online who've imported Nip PSPs have already reported a shitload of problems with it, from analog sticks that snap off N64 style, to dead pixels to batteries that refuse to recharge :P.

Psxphile · Post by **Psxphile** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:30 am

Squirrelknight wrote:Outside of Castlevania DS, there's nothing on DS that interests me...

What he said.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:43 am

PSP is starting to look interesting... I mean, Tales of Eternia is a ways off but looks like it might not suck completely

But Tales of Eternia is already available in the States. Namco of America released it on the PS1 as Tales of Destiny 2.(this before the real ToD2 was actuall created)

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:21 am

Squirrelknight wrote: Though... some people online who've imported Nip PSPs have already reported a shitload of problems with it, from analog sticks that snap off N64 style, to dead pixels to batteries that refuse to recharge :P.

Pshh, it's *UMD flies out* all *Stick snaps off* in your *batteries die*

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:04 am

The 60 Hertz mode on Onimusha 3 is black & white, though.

Get a new TV.

I bet if I buy a PSP it will work perfectly forever and inexplicably never have to be recharged, even if I ran over it with a truck or something. I swear it's everyone in the world except me who has problems with game consoles or control pads.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:36 am

The only console that ever truly broke down on me was my N64. It literally started to fall apart.