PSP Opened up and Exposed

Pascal writes "After delivering some classic first impressions of the PSP last Tuesday, including some interesting loading time tests, the happy thugs at Lik Sang have now respected their tradition by opening up the PlayStation Portable. If you ever wanted to know how Sony puts such a powerful hardware inside such a small casing, there is a huge picture gallery of the guts over at Lik-Sang.com"

Comments

Re:I won't be buying one.

[UFgatorSean]

You have no idea what you're talking about. ShutUP!

Re:Why I'm getting the DS instead of the PSP:

[Lally Singh]

1) You can swap batteries in a PSP. Not great, but the gameplay experience on the PSP won't be seriously harmed by the battery life limitation.

2) UMD vs Game cards .. personal decision

3) The PSP has an analog stick. The touch screen will be fated to be a bad approximation. AND, you can actually use both hands to hold the device :-)

4) A memory stick is included. For a system based on a PS2, vs one based on an N64 (8 years old!!), $50-$100 more is well worth it.

5) The PSP comes with a case. But, the DS units will fare better, because the owners will leave them in backpacks and drawers, as they're too big to carry around.

6) So once you're done playing both nintendo games, then will you go and get a PSP?

I'm half-teasing, but seriously, the PSP's really going to slaughter the DS. Hell Nintendo's already announced the DS' successor, for 2 years from now! But, it's all ok, as those who are willing to debate the issue on /. are likely willing just to buy both :-)

-ls