WOO!!!! PSP 3000

Post by **Citizin** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:39 pm

Reading your first post I thought you were referring to it as a PSP2 and if that were the case, than a new screen aspect ratio would be better. I know it wasn't intended for emulation but I'm sure somebody will find a way to mod this one just like they did on all of the older versions.

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:07 pm

The PSP is a cost-efficient multimedia machine, and games still come a distant second (unless you hack it and use homebrew apps).. Give it a touch interface and it'll give the bloated iPod Touch a run for its money!

Post by **executioner** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:17 pm

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:
Anubis wrote:Whats the the PSP hate going on here? It's a great system in its own right, but when you include all the various emulators and homebrew, it becomes one of the best portable systems ever made.

Portable Cave Story > Everything
Very true. You sir, get a high five. *high fives*

I'm with you guys, the psp has brought me 3 solid years of great gaming and non-gaming fun and enjoyment, so I can argue with anyone about it. I have a gba and ds and they rarely get played. I view the psp as not only a gaming device since 80% of the time I'm not even playing on the thing just listening to music or watching a movie, tv series or anime.

If it weren't for it my together retro gaming would be none, so I'm really excited for the news and was planning to get a slim just for the heck of having one and will definetly buy this new version. Always thought Sony could have dominated portable entertainment if they made the psp have ipod-sized memory, better movie and music capabilities. They are still learning, its their first one but they have done a great job looking forward to what psp could be in 10 years from now.

There's too much psp bashing in this topic.

Post by **skate323k137** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:41 pm

quite frankly untill the last year or so i was strictly sega/nintendo. I had owned a ps1 and ps2 in the past, but never really enjoyed them much. I held on to my PS1 for time crisis, thats about it. I Got a PS2 (again) a year ago for guitar hero (flame if you must), but ended up building up a nice collection of games for it, almost all fighters and shooters. Right now is a GREAT time to raid used game stores for PS2 stuff.

anyway, I got a PSP a few months back just for the Power Stone collection, Gradius collection, Super Monkey Ball Adventure, and Every Extend Extra (All great games, allthough the load times on power stone are a bit long). It took me about a week before I felt comfortable with the instructions i'd found for putting on custom firmware. Now my PSP (along with a couple of my friends systems) is loaded to the max with my favorite PSX, PSP, NES, SMS, Genesis, GBA, CPS2, and SNES games. not to mention i never have to carry any discs with me, and the extended battery lasts 10 hours.

will I buy a PSP3000? I can almost guarantee i won't.

Am i excited for it's release? Nope. don't care.

Do I like, and plan on keeping my PSP slim for a really long time? Absolutely. it does everything i want and then some.

all that being said, the only thing that REALLY pisses me off about the PSP, is that you can't output games to a TV unless it's on component video with progressive scan. I have two good CRT's with interlaced component inputs, and I'm not buying a LCD tv just so i can play PSP on a bigger screen. I've got plenty of shooters and fighters at home that i can play with arcade sticks, but nonetheless I really like the PSP for emulating old games that I grew up playing on a D-pad anyway, and wish I could hook it to my tv via composite, interlaced component, or S-video to view games, not just movies/pictures.

Post by **dsheinem** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:23 am

skate323k137 wrote:
all that being said, the only thing that REALLY pisses me off about the PSP, is that you can't output games to a TV unless it's on component video with progressive scan. I have two good CRT's with interlaced component inputs, and I'm not buying a LCD tv just so i can play PSP on a bigger screen. I've got plenty of shooters and fighters at home that i can play with arcade sticks, but nonetheless I really like the PSP for emulating old games that I grew up playing on a D-pad anyway, and wish I could hook it to my tv via composite, interlaced component, or S-video to view games, not just movies/pictures.

You will be able to do this with the new one coming out.

And yeah, for all the reasons listed in this thread, the PSP > DS by leaps and bounds.

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:40 pm

What? No.. the DS is geared more towards gaming, and even if its library is brewing with shovelware it simply pips what the PSP has to offer. Unless of course you want a competitively-priced iPod clone. Whatever.

Post by **The Apprentice** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:49 pm

Pulsar_t wrote:What? No.. the DS is geared more towards gaming, and even if its library is brewing with shovelware it simply pips what the PSP has to offer. Unless of course you want a competitively-priced iPod clone. Whatever.

That's a misconception. The PSP has plenty to offer, just take a look at Ryan's post a few pages back. It's all in personal taste, I guess. In any case, I'm going to sell my DS on e-bay later this year to help me pay for a PSP.

Post by **Chizzles** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:21 pm

The PSP is also home to a lot of pretty decent import titles, Princess Crown on the go, anyone?

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:29 pm

Chizzles wrote:The PSP is also home to a lot of pretty decent import titles, Princess Crown on the go, anyone?

yes please

Post by **executioner** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:11 pm

skate323k137 wrote: will I buy a PSP3000? I can almost guarantee i won't.

Am i excited for it's release? Nope. don't care.

Do I like, and plan on keeping my PSP slim for a really long time? Absolutely. it does everything i want and then some.

all that being said, the only thing that REALLY pisses me off about the PSP, is that you can't output games to a TV unless it's on component video with progressive scan. I have two good CRT's with interlaced component inputs, and I'm not buying a LCD tv just so i can play PSP on a bigger screen. I've got plenty of shooters and fighters at home that i can play with arcade sticks, but nonetheless I really like the PSP for emulating old games that I grew up playing on a D-pad anyway, and wish I could hook it to my tv via composite, interlaced component, or S-video to view games, not just movies/pictures.

An upgrade from a slim 2000 to 3000 is pointless in my opinion, but for us phat owners is really tempting. Skype and the tv-out would have been very useful for me last month when I was travelling, but I have doubts if games will look good on a big screen because they were designed for small screens.