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The PSP's Birthday Party
Joystiq and EnGadget were there for the PSP Launch party, and have plenty of photos to prove it. Looks like it was a great opportunity to enjoy another uncomfortable marketing event. Hats off to the folks who endured it to bring us back the photos. From the article: "The weather outside is awful, but that didn't stop us, a few hundred Sony fanboys, and lots of B-list celebs (who clearly needed to collect the appearance fee) from hitting Sony's official launch party for the PlayStation Portable this evening."
I hope no one was hurt due to flying game discs.
Just a guy with an opinion
If someone told you that the PSP is a portable gaming device, shoot these people. The PSP is not a portable gaming device, it is really a convergent portable entertainment device.
Right, because the history of convergent entertainment devices is long and illustrious. They would be fools to not want some of this action.
And going with a brand new disk standard that nobody has and nobody sells as a medium for selling movies? It's a brilliant maneuver from some of the industry's best minds.
I should say that the Sony reps I've worked with about other things have been completely with it and didn't lose sight of reality. So what happened to this guy?
The ______ Agenda
i wouldnt like to be this guy; "I want one! My GF said she would leave me if I get one - in the least she'll be really upset. Should I take a chance and make the purchase? hehe"
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - HHGTTG
The level of bitterness and resentment in some of the comments here (and also in the initial news post) is a bit scary. Anybody would think Sony had been killing babies for fun rather than releasing a serious competitor to Nintendo's long-running monopoly on the handheld market.
DJ Danger Mouse was Djing the event? Last I heard the RIAA was all hot and bothered by his Grey Album. Does this mean that Sony, who is a member of the RIAA, is now going to be on the RIAA's hit list? Obviously, Sony Game Division and Sony Music do not give a flying F about each other.
-Dipster
Where are the PSP emulators? Where are the mod chips? Where are the programs that allow you to burn your own PSP media? This unit has been out for about 12 hours now! Lets get going here!
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear Paint Shop Pro Happy birthday to you
"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold." -- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Troll?
Maybe PS3 should have buttons like "the artist formally known as the artist formally known as Prince's former name," "pentagram rotated 35 degrees," "upside-down Christmas tree besides a thumbs-up sign," and "silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's head with his tongue sticking out." Would that make FAQ writing better for you guys? Would it help your memorization of the button locations?
Or maybe Sony could just catch a fucking clue that such abstract associations do not help people remember the buttons AT ALL. It may not be difficult for some people, but the fact that it is difficult for other at all is proof that Sony is all for complexification in the name of style over substance. Fuck Sony.
And if you think _this_ is a troll, I don't think so. It wasn't posted with trollish intentions. But hell if it isn't more of a troll than the parent's insightful comment.