Author Topic: DS Titles - Official (Read 45450 times)

Chongman · « **Reply #75 on:** May 27, 2004, 02:27:50 PM »

Goodness gracious!

Do you realize how crappy 10 hours of mp3 time is?

Seriously? I have an eight hour mp3 player that i only use during school and I have to change the battery every one to two days. It sucks major !*(^&$!^*!!! The thing is, they'll say it's around eight hours but the fact is the louder you plug in your headphones, the shorter the battery life will be. I listen to my music LOUD, as do most of the other youth out there. If I bought a PSP and the battery ran out the FIRST DAY, damn I'd be pissed. We're not even considering game time, which added to mp3 listening when not gaming = much shorter battery life. And what if I'm in the middle of gaming on a trip and think...hmmm...I think i'll watch a movie now...but you only have an hour left of juice?

Price and battery...i swear...that's what determines the winner folks...

JGarcia050 · « **Reply #76 on:** May 27, 2004, 04:35:21 PM »

is the DS going to be able to play movies?

Chongman · « **Reply #77 on:** May 27, 2004, 05:39:47 PM »

technically yes, just like the gba can ;-)

if the ds developed away to view movies, which i'm sure isn't too hard considering the gba can, it wouldn't eat at battery life any more then gaming would because there's no streaming involved. The reason the PSP battery life is cut so short is because during a movie it needs to constantly be reading off the disk and spinning the drive, which leads to the sucking of battery juices.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #78 on:** May 27, 2004, 08:49:54 PM »

I wonder if the 3-6h estimate was before they added that co processor?

reverend_tod · « **Reply #79 on:** May 28, 2004, 01:08:35 PM »

Are you guys serious? You think the PSP looks better? That thing looks f*****g hideious to me. Look I'm all about Nintendo, but I owned a PlayStation and a PlayStation2 from launch day, (I only sold it because it came down to PS2, GC or my drums...no f*****g way my drums were gonna go, and GC is better IMO) but that thing looks just stupid to me...it's like some geek with photoshop making some portable he day dreams about. Ugly. Plus I don't just play portables in some kind of civilised couch environment: I play riding the bus, I'm a bike messanger and I bring it in my bag in case I get a break, I take my GBA-SP EVERYWHERE with me, and it's been through hell and back. That PSP doesn't look like it'd stand up to that.

I guess I'm less of a hardcore gamer than I was when I was younger, more casual now so from a casual standpoint I like DS better because:

Nintendo always makes new games that are refreshing. Every new game from them always has some wierd twist to it that makes it really fun.

The price. Man I work for $7.50 an hour and share a two bedroom apartment with four people. I'm not paying more than I pay for home consoles brand new for a portable. NOooooooo way.

And on that point, if I wanted to play Gran Turismo 4 or any of those games, I would just get them on my girlfriend's PS2...there's no reason at all to have two of the same system. Now, if the PSP had a way to connect two (how pathetic is that? PS2 with 2 controller ports!? PLEASE, even waaaay back in the past that dinasour N64 had four ports. Sony you're pathetic, and I'm NOT gonna spend money on a piece of s**t multi-tap) controllers and hook up to my TV and stereo, and somehow the games were just on one disc. I'd think about it.

Then I'd buy a DS anyway. ha.

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #80 on:** May 28, 2004, 01:43:43 PM »

"there's no reason at all to own two of the same system"

Perfect wording Reverend_Tod.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #81 on:** May 28, 2004, 09:04:27 PM »

Sony already stated the PSP will be somewhat fragile... I smell desaster...

Blackknight131 · « **Reply #82 on:** May 28, 2004, 11:58:53 PM »

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Nintendo always makes new games that are refreshing. Every new game from them always has some wierd twist to it that makes it really fun.

Just in case you havent heard of it yet man, ya might want to give Donkey Kong: King of Swing a look-see. That game seems to fit the above description to a tee...

About the movie playing features of the PSP, if it is true that music and movies can be accessed from the Memory Stick than that is definitely a big plus, despite how expensive the media is...that makes me wonder what encoding methods the PSP will be capable of recognizing...if it cant play avi's (likely not, and windows media...uh, fuggedaboutit) then the movie abilities are not very useful at all...UMD movies seem to be a waste when you can have the DVD.
BUT, there is one PSP feature I just heard of that I think is intriguing (read about it on IGN's PSP FAQ)...A/V outs. If you can plug that sucker into external devices for playback, I think thats quite impressive. Then, it pretty much IS a freakin console...one you can haul around easily. Like a built in GameBoy Player is how I imagine it.

The system's looks, altho I for one DO like the aesthetics, I agree it looks like it can be damaged a lot more easily than an SP or a DS for that matter. Not sure if thats true, I would think SONY would test thoroughly for that kind of thing....but nevertheless I definitely share that perception.

-Blackknight131

Renny · « **Reply #83 on:** May 29, 2004, 04:58:14 PM »

I just saw a quote from a Sony rep saying that 'the PSP is meant to be played at home....' I forget where I saw the article though. Anyone else see this? [scatterbrain+sick=needs help]

The Omen · « **Reply #84 on:** May 29, 2004, 05:48:05 PM »

Yes, look above^

As for the PSP being for home use, that sounds like hundreds of Sony employees hastily backtracking to their hole after the debut of the DS.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #85 on:** May 29, 2004, 09:20:08 PM »

I remember MS trying some portable displays (they crashed all the time and were abandoned) for home use. They were portable but only worked near your computer. Maybe Sony thought "Well, people can't move their TV from room to room, can they?" or tried to remove the need for a TV in japanese homes or something insane. And people claim Nintendo lost their touch with reality...

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #86 on:** May 30, 2004, 12:20:54 PM »

Also the DS has a way to be used as a MP3 player thing. How you ask? Well in BestBuy in the GBA accessories isle I saw a 3rd Party MP3 player add on thing and its also a OFFICIAL NINTENDO LISCENCED PRODUCT.

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #87 on:** May 30, 2004, 01:34:23 PM »

Thats funny I don't remember a officially liscensed Nintendo mp3 player. either way though its nice but im not buying it, just like i didnt buy the GBA tv tuner. If these such items don't interest me much then why does PSP focus on these concepts so much?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #88 on:** May 30, 2004, 08:24:21 PM »

From what I remember that GBA MP3 player takes CF cards, which is an advantageover Sony's memory stick technology.

Draygaia · « **Reply #89 on:** June 01, 2004, 10:39:57 AM »

I still see the DS vs PSP idea as something stupid. I want both and I'm very confident that they will both have good games. I'm just leaning toward the DS because I know for sure it will have good games.

Mario · « **Reply #90 on:** June 04, 2004, 09:56:48 PM »

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200406/N04.0604.1354.39666.htm

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If you are playing a game that is consistently cycling through and putting the CPU to good use, yeah, battery life is going to be shorter. Maybe about two and a half, three hours.

Oh dear.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #91 on:** June 05, 2004, 12:13:01 AM »

"Maybe about two and a half, three hours."

They're f*cked. Unless the DS isn't any better but I doubt that.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #92 on:** June 05, 2004, 05:17:18 AM »

I bet we're going to see lots of bad graphics on the PSP to preserve battery life...

Darc Requiem · « **Reply #93 on:** June 05, 2004, 11:11:09 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Maybe about two and a half, three hours."

They're f*cked. Unless the DS isn't any better but I doubt that.

Yeah like a new inmate in prison. Sony truly is arrogant. I knew they were full of themselves, but 2 to 3 hours is unacceptable. Given the reliablity issues of Sony products this thing will be as fragile millimeter thin glass. I can imagine the DRE issues its gonna have. I already have a dead PS2. Went to Ars Technica.....tried to fix. Still won't read. I'm sure there will be an Ars Technica article on PSP within a year of its launch.

Darc Requiem

Koopa Troopa · « **Reply #94 on:** June 05, 2004, 11:37:12 AM »

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If you are playing a game that is consistently cycling through and putting the CPU to good use, yeah, battery life is going to be shorter. Maybe about two and a half, three hours.

That is horrible. What the hell? That isn't even taking the disc-drive into consideration. Sony is officially the biggest jackass company in existence.

I hope Sony fanboys like NOT playing games and having their machine break if you set the unit down too roughly.

I swear if the PSP manages to outsell the DS I'm going to quit gaming and devote my life to finding, and destroying, anyone who buys a PSP...

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #95 on:** June 05, 2004, 03:32:39 PM »

yay! I was planning on joining a terrorist organization but this sounds better!, lol.

Yeah seriously if i see somebody with a PSP saying how awesome it is, I swear am gonna just smack the back of his/her head. Then ask them "How is it awesome if the battery dies every 3hrs?".

This really is truly retarded though, I mean cell phones last longer than that and you always hear ppl getting pissed off about there batteries dieing.

Blackknight131 · « **Reply #96 on:** June 05, 2004, 06:09:48 PM »

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That is horrible. What the hell? That isn't even taking the disc-drive into consideration. Sony is officially the biggest jackass company in existence

Hold on there, buddy, lets not bury em yet!

All of this is still conjecture...Im surprised at the lack of tact Mr Hirai demonstrated with some of his points, and to hear that gameplay could be as low as 3 hrs is horrible indeed. However, Mr. Hirai's main point in the interview was that people were throwing around the PSP's most extreme case scenarios....such as the gameplay battery life question...

Sony has talented engineers, and even if whats in-house isnt good enough, they have a host of technological partners whom they could surely draw from.
Its total foolishness for a company to deliver a portable they know full well will generally last an average of 4 or 5 hrs gameplay time when the unit's abilities are being pushed (AVERAGE)...that kind of foolishness doesnt seem to be characteristic of a company who has seized control of a market in a generation and has dominated for two.

All Im trying to say is that these details now are all ultimately up in the air....until the system is in yer hand and it dies 4 hrs into Viewtiful Joe PSP (in the middle of a boss fight no less

) we can take everything we see or hear on a whim...
And if Sony doesnt rectify these issues someway somehow...shoot, they truly deserve to have their butts handed to them in the handheld market....

-Blackknight131

KDR_11k · « **Reply #97 on:** June 05, 2004, 08:09:41 PM »

I think the "cycling" part meant heavy disk usage...

BTW, what was the battery life of the NGage?

reverend_tod · « **Reply #98 on:** June 06, 2004, 12:26:19 AM »

God don't even talk about N-Game..it's like game.com on crank.

SuperMario35 · « **Reply #99 on:** June 11, 2004, 08:31:35 AM »

I know the PSP will probaly have a main menu and an internal clock. I justed wanted to know if the DS is going to have a main menu like options, clock and gameplay much similar to gamecube? The DS should at least have a clock

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