PSP Launch Coverage

Sony's handheld console has launched with great fanfare, and already there are plenty of places to get opinions and reviews. Shacknews has a nice hands on with the player itself, Gamespy has reviews of the launch titles, and Gamespot has coverage of just about everything on its PSP Launch Center page. From the Shacknews hands-on: "Technically speaking, the PSP is a far superior machine to the Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS. It's a powerhouse device, capable of displaying modern graphics, playing robust sound, and can even replace a portable DVD player. However, many of its launch titles are just watered-down versions of PS2 games and Sony has no experience in portable gaming. Nintendo has been doing it right for a decade and half, why should we think the PSP can just waltz onto the scene and take over? Can it even be done?"

Comments

How portable is portable?

[poot_rootbeer]

I saw somebody with a PSP on the train the other day, and what really surprised me about it was its SIZE. Meaning, the thing is huge. Like, Atari Lynx huge. Like, four-iPod-minis-next-to-each-other huge.

It won't fit in your pocket.

Has Sony, in their zeal to put a large screen on their handheld (and I'll admit, the screen is pretty sweet-looking), missed the point that portable devices should be, well, portable?

The Nintendo DS seems to suffer from this same problem -- it's easily twice the size of a Gamebody Advance SP, which means it's half as portable. How much more size expansion will the "handheld" market tolerate?

Can you copy UMD?

[DroopyStonx]

Is it at all possible to copy UMD games?

I wonder how mods will work on this system...