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Sony CTO Reassures PSP Fans
Thanks to GamesIndustry.biz for its article regarding new PSP news, including statements by Sony CTO Masa Chatani that "our plan to sell the PSP within the year is secure". He also revealed some new features of the PSP, such as a "home page" type screen, while being quite quiet on the battery issue. Commentators still seem to find it unlikely that the PSP will be out before 2005.
Do pre-sales count as "sales in '04"?
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing -- Emo Phillips
I'm much more worried about the speculated $350 price tag. That's one great way to keep it out of my pocket.
Lex orandi, lex credendi.
Money can be spent only once. By the time the PSP is in the stores, my cash will be alreasy spent on a Nintendo DS or two.
:: LoveChess
"PS2 Menu"? If you're talking about the browser, if that's coming up with a disc in the drive, then you've got drive problems and it's not recognizing the disc without a struggle.
Eh? Your PS2 doesn't always boot into the game? That, my friend, is most likely a physical problem (or you're just being impatient). It is certainly not a programming fault. Any time you power up your PS2 with a PSX or PS2 game in the drive, it should (barring harware failure or scratched up discs) boot straight into the game.
If it stops at the menu, give it a few seconds. It has to validate the disc. If it never moves on, then your system is lacking functionality that other PS2s have, most likely due to a worn out laser assembly.
Unless, of course, you're talking about the specific game's menu. That would just seem like whining, though.
Happiness is relative, Based upon the way we live.
If Sony was truly confident about releasing it this year, the specs should be near final.
Three main issues exist with the PSP. Launch time, price and playtime. Launch time is only questioned because of the neglect to the other 2 factors. Saying they'll release it this year should do nothing to relieve anyone because they haven't done anything else to confirm it. When they release REAL info regarding playtime and price, THEN you can estimate how far along they are.
Only two situations can exist. They know the price and life. The question is if they are good or not.
If it is expensive and dies like a fruitfly, then by not releasing info, they get fanboys to defend Sony by saying "They didn't confirm anything yet."
If it is cheap and long lasting, keeping it hidden only instills doubt into the people. There's NO good reason to keep it hidden from us unless it's negative.
Also, I'm not calling the people who put down speculation Sony fanboys. I'm just saying Sony fanboys will use that excuse to defend Sony.
After seeing Nintendo's DS presentations in the US and Japan, there should be no doubts left about the system. You know whether you want it or not. Battery life, price, availability and launch games are set, mostly because it's launching in about 6 weeks.
The PSP should be launching in the same timeframe, and battery life and price are hidden. Availability is questionable and launch games are shaky and unconfirmed mostly. (Maybe I'm wrong, but GT4PSP was delayed, right?)
The battery life was very vaguely referred to as being around 8 hours. Then they threw in the wildcard of power conservation requirements for developers effectively negating what was already revealed. Also, the still yet-to-be-disproven pricepoint rumour of $350 dollars hangs over this system like a dark cloud. If I was Sony, and there was this rumour floating around about how the handheld I'm supposed to be debuting soon is grossly overpriced, I would hastily take motions to put it down. So it leaves me to wonder. If Sony hasn't yet to put down such a "rumour", what does that say? I'm guess its not so much of a rumour as we think. Sorry, Sony, but I would never even consider buying a handheld priced over even $200.
-Zeecog