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PSP Final Specs and Launch Titles
Via Joystiq, the official PSP site has the final specs on the U.S. PSP console and its launch titles. And some nice titles they are, including an Ape Escape game, Metal Gear Acid (the card battle game), and one of most of EA's sports franchises. The system releases here in the states on March 24th.
It will be interesting to see how that rolls. With VPocket on the way, and a rumored Palm licensing arrangement that's what seems to be on the horizon for DS.
The number of games coming for the PSP is pretty solid. People should be careful to realize that 20+ games won't be coming out on the first day though. This is a fairly big window. Still Nintendo.. where are the damn games.
One more thing to consider is what if the GBA SP2, is really a handheld Gamecube. Nintendo hasn't even ruled that one out and the media is the right size...
how much is a single game cost?
does it bump it up to 300$?
not having anything playable is just shitty. a pack with nothing to play.. that's crap. doesn't matter if others do it as well, it's still crap.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Looking at that list, I'm surprised that Twisted Metal and Wipeout aren't getting more loving from the waiting fans - these games are two of the most stylish, fun franchises for Playstation.
I'm curious about the new Darkstalkers title - they were cute fighting games, but fighting games generally flop on handheld.
And where the fuck is Armored Core? I saw promo footage of AC on PSP - to me, that's enough reason alone to own one (AC is hands down the best giant robot experience available - all you Mechwarrior fans can stuff it).
You got some evidence to back that up? I've seen the register layout of the DS, and it looks like a very powerful GBA to me. The GBA was an amazingly easy console to develop for, and I can't see the DS being any harder.
The PSP on the other hand, gives the developers two HUGE problems. First, you have to worry about battery life, or else your game will kill the batteries in under 3 hours. Second, you have to worry about load times, or else the player will spend 1.5 hours of that 3 hours in a loading screen.
Are you just making things up?