More PSP Impressions, Loading Times Examined

ACTRAiSER writes "Lik-Sang.com once again took a close look at a new toy for gamers: the Sony PSP. The loading time for several games seems to be quite long." From the article: "Loading time and battery life seem to be the big factors which decide about the PSPs success or failure in many gamers eyes right now. While we can't comment on the battery life as of yet, latest reports from Japan about loading times on demo units that actually have access to the games are as follows..."

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rather slow loading time

[TechniMyoko]

Ridge Racers:

From power off to Namco logo and title: 16 seconds
From selecting car/track to start the race: 14 seconds
Exit the game back to car/track selection: 10 seconds

Dokodemo Issho:

From power off to PSP logo and title: 20 seconds
Starting game from title screen: 10 seconds
Going back to title screen: 5 seconds

Mojipittan:

From power off to title screen: 20 seconds
No more waiting time

Minna no Golf:

From power off to PSP logo and title: 24 seconds
From character selection to start: 19 seconds
Waiting between courses: few seconds only

That doesnt seem very long, hell DS has 5-7 second load times from poweroff to opening logo then title, and how much better are PSP's graphics? You should've expected some load time.

The Gizmondo Might Be It

[blueZhift]

Actually, the Gizmondo portable console may be Microsoft's low risk (for them) answer to the portable gaming market. It was recently announced that they will be developing games for this console. Gizmondo is built around a powerful 400MHz ARM9 CPU and runs a version of Windows CE.