Author Topic: PSP PRICE ANNOUNCED!!! (Read 116233 times)

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #325 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:08:51 PM »

Is THIS the beginning of the end of last place Sony can find positive income from the PSP?

We know Sony loses money for every PSP sold, we know UMD movies are slowly becoming unsupported due to lack of sales, and PSP games sell even less than the movies. The last positive income for Sony directly related to PSP is the increase in Memstick sales.

SD cards are cheaper, and now that an adapter exist, do you think people might start abandon the still overpriced(compared to the competition) memstick even though they have come down in price?

PSP, Its like seaweed you can watch outside

TrueNerd · « **Reply #326 on:** April 02, 2006, 07:53:27 PM »

You know what would right the ship? A couple of games that justify the system's existence. Problem solved.

wandering · « **Reply #327 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:49:46 PM »

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I don't think it's bad. After all, the PSP is a portable. If Nintendo made a graphically enhanced port of MKDS for the Rev would that hurt the DS? No. You can't play the Rev on a train.

This is the whole logic behind the psp...and personally, I don't think it holds. PSP supporters say it doesn't matter that the psp doesn't have any original games, because you're paying for portability. I say I want original games and don't want to pay for the same games twice.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #328 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:57:18 PM »

well I am going to get a psps eventualy just because it loosk cool and can do all kindsof other neats tuff, but I am going to buy mine used or refurbished so I garuntee Sony doesnt get any of my money for it. Same thing Id id for Ps2 I got one lst year used then sold it for more than we paid for it, toa guy whos ps2 broke down recently. ok IOw s kidding baout getting a psp it sucks and I hope it kills sony.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #329 on:** April 03, 2006, 08:12:48 AM »

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well I am going to get a psps eventualy just because it loosk cool and can do all kindsof other neats tuff, but I am going to buy mine used or refurbished so I garuntee Sony doesnt get any of my money for it. Same thing Id id for Ps2 I got one lst year used then sold it for more than we paid for it, toa guy whos ps2 broke down recently. ok IOw s kidding baout getting a psp it sucks and I hope it kills sony.

Save your money and buy a portable DVD player. They're cheaper and tend to have lovely clamshell designs to protect the screen.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #330 on:** April 04, 2006, 03:10:58 PM »

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Originally posted by: animecyberrat
well I am going to get a psps eventualy just because it loosk cool and can do all kindsof other neats tuff, but I am going to buy mine used or refurbished so I garuntee Sony doesnt get any of my money for it. Same thing Id id for Ps2 I got one lst year used then sold it for more than we paid for it, toa guy whos ps2 broke down recently. ok IOw s kidding baout getting a psp it sucks and I hope it kills sony.

Save your money and buy a portable DVD player. They're cheaper and tend to have lovely clamshell designs to protect the screen.

did you not read last sentance

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #331 on:** April 04, 2006, 06:05:47 PM »

To be honest, the shock of the first sentence made me jump on the reply button immediately.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #332 on:** April 04, 2006, 06:18:31 PM »

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I don't think it's bad. After all, the PSP is a portable. If Nintendo made a graphically enhanced port of MKDS for the Rev would that hurt the DS? No. You can't play the Rev on a train.

Thing is, a Rev version of MK will not be MK DS. It would be it's own version of MK (MK Rev, of course). This isn't the case for GTA:LCL. They're putting the game on the PS2 because Rockstar needs the money and it isn't selling on the PSP.

Also, I don't buy the train bit. I'm sure if you did a poll you'd find that the MAJORITY of people who own a DS play it in their own home (mostly in the bathroom, but that's beside the point). I can almost guarantee this because the easiest place to find a wifi network which is both free and reliable is in your own home, and we all know how popular wifi is. This makes the "you can play it on a train!" argument far less persuasive. The most fun I've had with my DS is in my own home, period. I'd almost go as far to say that the DS is neutered without wifi.

GTA was supposed to be the REASON to buy a PSP, and it must have failed because the sales were so horrid that Rockstar is porting the game to the PS2 in an attempt to recoup development costs. This is not a "We figured we'd port it anyway." ordeal. This is "We need to recoup losses!", especially since Rockstar is hurting from when their stock plummeted during the hot-coffee fiasco.

You don't see Nintendo rushing out to port Nintendogs to the GC (with Mario Party's mic), nor Brain Age, Hunters, Tetris, etc. I'm quite certain that the GC's network adapter could connect to the same servers as wifi. But these titles aren't being ported because they're selling on the DS, thus there's no need to attempt to recoup any losses.

This is a desperation move on the part of Rockstar. The fact that GTA can't even sell PSPs means that either GTA or the PSP is doomed. Could be either one, and the sales of LCL on the PS2 will probably answer that question for us.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #333 on:** April 05, 2006, 12:41:34 AM »

Thing is, a Rev version of MK will not be MK DS. It would be it's own version of MK (MK Rev, of course). This isn't the case for GTA:LCL. They're putting the game on the PS2 because Rockstar needs the money and it isn't selling on the PSP.

If LCS is not GTA3, how is it not the PSP's own version of GTA? Okay, so it's getting a port. BFD, doesn't make it any less of an own version. But meh, I'll start caring when I hear about Capcom bringing Rockman Rockman to the PC.

Also, I don't buy the train bit. I'm sure if you did a poll you'd find that the MAJORITY of people who own a DS play it in their own home

Their choice. It's like buying a laptop and only using it at home. I'm using my DS almost exclusively in a train or at the university when I'm waiting.

You don't see Nintendo rushing out to port Nintendogs to the GC (with Mario Party's mic), nor Brain Age, Hunters, Tetris, etc. I'm quite certain that the GC's network adapter could connect to the same servers as wifi. But these titles aren't being ported because they're selling on the DS, thus there's no need to attempt to recoup any losses.

Advocatus Diaboli: Well, it's not like the games would have a chance of selling any better on the Cube, after all it's Nintendo's worst selling system recently.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #334 on:** April 05, 2006, 09:44:54 PM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k If LCS is not GTA3, how is it not the PSP's own version of GTA? Okay, so it's getting a port. BFD, doesn't make it any less of an own version. But meh, I'll start caring when I hear about Capcom bringing Rockman Rockman to the PC.

The point is, they wouldn't port it if it was selling enough copies on the PSP that a port wasn't necessary to recoup expenses.

More to the point, they wouldn't be porting it so very early after its launch on the PSP. That's what gives it away the most in my mind.

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Their choice. It's like buying a laptop and only using it at home. I'm using my DS almost exclusively in a train or at the university when I'm waiting.

I guess that part of the argument cancels itself out cause you can play Mario Kart and AC on the train as well.

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Advocatus Diaboli: Well, it's not like the games would have a chance of selling any better on the Cube, after all it's Nintendo's worst selling system recently.

True, but my point remains: this was done by Rockstar as a desperation move, not as an effort to bring more content to the PS2 for no particular reason.

They needed the money, it wasn't selling on the PSP, they decided to bring it to the PS2, in a hurry.

What was the time between the launch of LSC (not sure why I called it LSL. I must be thinking of "Leisure Suit Larry" or something) and the announcement that the game would be ported to the PS2? Answer that question and you'll see just what I mean.

stevey · « **Reply #335 on:** April 19, 2006, 05:02:49 AM »

GTA Liberty City Stories to be 19.99 on ps2 lol the psp lcs cost $50.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #336 on:** April 19, 2006, 09:48:29 AM »

ROFLMFAO

Who wants to take bets that the game is BETTER on the PS2, at less then half price? I personally think you'd be a fool to bet against that one, but a fool's money can support my $25 a day drug addiction just the same.

TMW · « **Reply #337 on:** April 19, 2006, 09:06:59 PM »

Well, considering one of the major flaws people had with the game was the lack of control you had with the PSP "nub" and d-pad...the game should playu quite nicely on the PS2.

wandering · « **Reply #338 on:** April 19, 2006, 09:09:28 PM »

Yes, but the graphics will be psp quality, correct?

animecyberrat · « **Reply #339 on:** April 19, 2006, 09:19:15 PM »

I will give PSP that though, the graphics lookgood enough to go both ways. (psp to PS2 and vice versa)

wandering · « **Reply #340 on:** April 19, 2006, 11:49:07 PM »

PSP graphics, while good, aren't PS2 quality when blown up, I don't think.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #341 on:** April 20, 2006, 08:16:19 AM »

LCS takes place in Liberty City, right? Rockstar can probably use a lot of their old PS2 assets then.

wandering · « **Reply #342 on:** April 20, 2006, 11:05:24 PM »

Good point.

On a completely different topic, I found this interesting.

Essentially, Sony has launched an iTunes music store-like service for the PSP in Japan, mainly for TV shows/anime. Except, not only can't you copy the content, the content is timed. Ugg. Think one dollar for a music video that you can only watch for a week. Or $54 for one month access to all episodes of a certain series.

The interface looks nice, though.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #343 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:24:05 AM »

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Good point.

On a completely different topic, I found this interesting.

Essentially, Sony has launched an iTunes music store-like service for the PSP in Japan, mainly for TV shows/anime. Except, not only can't you copy the content, the content is timed. Ugg. Think one dollar for a music video that you can only watch for a week. Or $54 for one month access to all episodes of a certain series.

The interface looks nice, though.

Old news(that it was coming out) & Bad idea(since it didn't work b4). Remember DivX @ circuit city? buy this DVD for $9.99 for X amount of time but have to pay $1.99 to watch it again after that(didn't it work like that?)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #344 on:** April 21, 2006, 04:10:49 AM »

It's called DRM, they are trying to make people accept that crap so maybe in three years you pay 25€ for a DVD that you can watch once.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #345 on:** April 21, 2006, 05:58:46 AM »

BnM: that was called DIVX. The "DivX" video compressor was named after DIVX as a spoof.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #346 on:** April 21, 2006, 07:20:55 AM »

Wasn't it "DivX" and "DivX ;-)" ?

Ages · « **Reply #347 on:** April 21, 2006, 11:52:27 AM »

It was definetely DivX

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #348 on:** April 21, 2006, 02:03:52 PM »

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Wasn't it "DivX" and "DivX ;-)" ?

``"DivX" is not to be confused with "DIVX", an unrelated attempt at a new DVD rental system employed by the US retailer Circuit City. Early versions of DivX included only a codec, and were named "DivX ;-)", where the winking emoticon was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the failed DIVX system``

Wickey

The smiley was dropped when some of the developers decided to license the video technology and make a business out of it.

And there is no "Divx".

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #349 on:** April 21, 2006, 08:13:37 PM »

Hey I had all the right letters in all the right places, and my point still stands

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