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Inside the PSP

Posted by timothy on from the packing-it-in dept.

fogez writes "We have seen numerous hacks for the PSP in the last couple days, but have you see what is inside this marvel? This might scare off many new PSP owners, but if you are curious and want some direction, this article is a good place to start. See the PSP laid bare, from LCD to wireless network card. BTW, any attempt to imitate will result in a void warranty :)"

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  1. Why I don't like the PSP by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Troll

    The main problem that I've had with the PSP is that games which I already own are not playable on the PSP. The disks are different sizes. There is no current easy way to get a hold of blank PSP disks and copy my current games to it for play.

    That and the PSP disks look just like birth contol pill disks.

    Anyway, these things have been out forever, just not in the U.S., I guess.

    Here's a link to the whole article without having to click Next every 5 paragraphs.

    1. Re:Why I don't like the PSP by Joe+Random · · Score: 0, Troll
      Why are you even commenting? Here's an important part of the original post that you left out:
      The main problem that I've had with the PSP is that games which I already own are not playable on the PSP
      It would seem that you need to work on your reading comprehension. Please go back and read the entire original post. Dancin_Santa makes it clear that he thinks that the only reason that his original PS[1|2] games won't work is because they're on different sized discs, and there's no way to burn them to a UMD.
  2. I resent that remark by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Troll

    I find this attitude that "if someone is complaining about lack of system freedom it means they are a pirate" highly offensive and ignorant. As a law-abiding citizen, I have never downloaded any copyrighted work illegally. All games that I own I have acquired legally.

    There are many uses of computers and media which come under Fair Use, not the least of which is copying for the sake of backing up.

    I ought not be responding to anonymous trolls, but when I see it modded up Insightful, I have to wonder what the hell is going through the moderator's mind.

  3. Stop! by plutonium83 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gah! Stop with the PSP news already! I dont care!

  4. Re:First line of the article by CronoCloud · · Score: 0, Troll

    I doubt that Nintendo will go Chapter 11 because of the PSP.

    Getting out of the hardware business and going software only is a different matter.

  5. Re:First line of the article by darc · · Score: 0, Troll

    It would have also been rather big and unholdable, ala the DS. I personally don't think it's the 2d gaming appreciation so as much as the ridiculous price point. If it was $100, i'd already have one. But at this price... hell, save the cash for the PS3's opening price. (By opening, I mean 2 weeks later, AFTER the scalpers are done.)

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