PSP - Peripherals, Pride, And Prejudice 38
Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for reporting that Sony have confirmed their PSP portable has mobile phone and digital camera peripherals planned for it, separately of its 'main functionality' as a handheld console/media device. Sony executives also discussed the 'complicated' nature of "...copy protection measures in the hardware" for this new UMD optical disc-compatible handheld, saying "...software piracy won't be a problem if the protection system is as complicated as the one planned for PSP." In a related story, a ZiffDavis Wireless columnist takes Sony to task over the handheld's UMD format, concerned that "...Sony will hobble the forthcoming product's broad standards support in some bizarre proprietary way", and therefore miss out on making the PSP an "exciting and versatile media playback device."
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Re:Nonsense!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Various add-on products, such as gray-area flash GB carts, add on compatibility in these areas, including the ability to play Nintendo (original) games. Now *this* is a feature that the GBA should have!
But I digress. All it'll take for Sony to beat the GBA is the following:
1) Cheap hardware
2) Cheap softw
Re:Nonsense!! (Score:1)
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Re:Nonsense!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Based on the pictures of the UMD, it looks abit like a mini-cd/dvd, only in a cartridge to protect it from scratches (not unlike a mini-disc). I don't think it's any more proprietary than a normal PS2 disc, a GameBoy cartridge, or a GameCube disc.
That's the problem I have with the idea that it's a bad idea to go with this new format. What other choices do they have? Rom? That's getting old and doesn't have the stora
Ease of Switching Over (Score:1)
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Is this a problem? (Score:1)
Great, a "complicated protection system" (Score:3, Funny)
Not enough information, yet (Score:3, Insightful)
Here's a thought... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Here's a thought... (Score:1)
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If memory serves, it was relatively easy to get pirated Dreamcast games. I don't know many people that actually tried that more than once, though. Wasn't really worth it.
Then again, everybody I know would go buy the game if they really wanted it. It's a pain in the ass to wait for the download, burn it, and then hope its the right one. In 20 minutes I could go buy it.
I, too, am sick of being punished because of other people. What Sony should do is get their fa
Re:Here's a thought... (Score:3, Interesting)
Somehow I doubt pirates are updloading at 3 megabits a second.
This is such a tired argument. Price doesn't mean everything. If that were true, who'd pay $3.50 for a 21 oz latte? Service and quality are things people pay for too. $10 to download a dreamcast ISO legitimately in 30 minutes is a better deal than 24 hours to maybe download an illegit
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Umm... (Score:2)
I wish the MPAA would just use MPEG4 compressed mini DVD's like the GameCube or the PSP has. Then the PSP would be more interesting.
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I understand your point, but wanted to nitpick your comment about the camera phones. They serve a very useful purpose: assuming you have one of these phones, it goes everywhere you do. This is in stark contrast to most digital cameras. You've got it, but only remember to bring it on trips etc.
Does this defeat your point? No, it strengthens it. I think NG'
Re:Umm... (Score:1)
Then again, they haven't said anything about all of those little USB memory sticks yet, I'm just waiting for them to kick all of the people with those out of the building.
Peripherals... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Peripherals... (Score:3, Insightful)
Dude, I understand what you're saying, but the point is that you'd only get those peripherals if you feel the need/want to get them. I'm sure countless people will be perfectly happy to get a PSP striclty for gaming with the occasional music/movie disc (assuming anything worth getting is ever released in the UMD format).
As for size, the discs don't look to be much different from the MiniDiscs and they've been able to make devices that use those small enough. The deciding factor for the size, I think, wil
I have one and only one thing to say (Score:3, Insightful)
Off (Score:1)
Buuut. (Score:1)
I don't think so.
Palm OS? (Score:2)
"It's for business use, really!"
emulator? (Score:2)
Re:emulator? (Score:1)