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PSP 2.0 Update Finally Released
Joshua Keller writes "The v2.0 firmware update for the Sony PSP is finally out, ending the saga of one of the most-talked about firmware revisions I can remember. The update features a web browser for the PSP and support for AAC files, amongst other improvements."
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You know you've lost yourself in the console market when you need to get firmware updates for your console, even though you could automatically get it through games you buy. IMO, it just shows that the product will always be incomplete.
And this isn't just for Sony and the PSP.
Oh my days of console gaming are long gone. i shed a hard tear or four for those days. Back when I was a lighter spud (a kid, in the 'up down' speak), I saddly have some of my fondest memories from playing games back then. But I think the biggest reason I liked them was because of the cartoony surreality of the graphics back then. Now, with all the capabilities for photo-realistic graphics, it loses its charm. How many snakes, for instance, can smile within 10,000 pixels these days, but not we forget how the snakes from SM2 made us smile. Thank god humans don't bud, eh? What would console makers do for controllers the? But I digress....anyway, does anyone else shed the tears I described for the innocent days of game play?
I read an article a little while back reporting on how wrangling between Sony and Apple over the price of tracks and Apples refusal to open the iPod to ATRAC was holding up ITMS.au. I'm hoping that this is a sign of Sony realising that users don't care about their music format, they just want the music. Dammit.
If you want homebrew+main device functionality(playing games), the PSP is not for you. At least not until Sony seriously changes their attitude towards it.
Seriously, get a gizmondo handheld which is BUILT solely for homebrew(and cheaper) or go Nintendo + Flash(also cheaper) and join the legions of GBA hackers who moved onto the DS. Or, ya know, go back to stop caring Johnny Come Lately.
Stop being silly with too much disposable income and just go ahead and upgrade the thing already. You know you're going to anyway when GTA comes out.
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I tried the browser some this morning. It's got a nice display and it generally a much better browser than what you find on PDA's.
The (current) games may suck on the PSP, but if nothing else this makes a great portable browser, good for surfing etc. while out instead of carrying around a laptop.
Even if you don't play games on it, you can get a good "web tablet" for $250 that hits the sweet spot between price, size, convenience and features.
Did you try Wipeout Pure? It doesn't suck at all.
Lumines doesn't suck at all.
But the rest mostly suck. Hand it to Sony to release their new handheld platform at the beginning of the slow summer season. Fall looks promising though (as usual).
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Unless, of course, you have no interest in such homebrew stuff. Which would include me. I do however like using the web browser from the couch. Whatever floats your boat :)
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I'd agree with you except for the fact that UMD movies are selling amazingly well. No, I don't know why, and yes, they are a rip off, but hey.
As for failing miserably in general, I really don't think that's the case. As a new entrant into the market they have snapped up a pretty decent share of the market in both Japan and the US. I know my local EB Games has (and sells) more PSP stuff than DS. As for the games being good, I posted here previously that if you go to metacritic and compare DS to PSP you get a considerably higher number (and percentage) of games for the PSP rated highly. Whilst the PSP lineup is certainly not stellar right now (quiet summer season), there are some great games out there - Wipeout, Ridge Racers, Lumines & Mercury are all ones I really like. Others rave about MGA, Twisted Metal, etc. Looking at the currently available DS games, well, only a few really appeal to me at all. Sure there are supposed to be some good ones coming down the line, but they're not here yet.
---- Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"
If they'd just sell the stuff here... we might consider upgrading...
Dude, if you don't like, DON'T FUCKING BUY A PSP!! There are plenty of open PDAs and whatnot. Geez, where in any nations constitution does it guarentee you the right to consumer electronics?
Sony subsidises the PSP by selling game companies the license to develop for their system. If they left it wide open, then they could no longer sell the rights, and would thus be losing money on PSPs and would have to charge more for them. Last time I checked, Sony wasn't in the business of losing money just so you can have shiny toys. If you want an open environment, then you have to pony up the dough. If you want to save money, then buy a psp and live with it's limitations.
I find it ironic that you are going on and on about how since you own the machine you can do whatever you want with it, which is true, but by extension that also means that before you buy the machine, it's Sony's machine and they can do whatever they want to it. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Simple as that.
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"What if you own the cartridge, but download the ROM?"
The actual copyright violation occurs when someone uploads (ie distributes) the ROM. However, you're better off ripping your own ROMs in the event the uploader gets sued and his logs are subpoenaed. Anyway, most old NES carts going for $2-$3 at the game stores nowadays.
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I'll buy a PS when they start making good Final fantasy games for it
just to comment on the umd sales. 100k for a single umd is excellent considering how long it took dvd sales to reach that point. to compare the psp to current console sales and current dvd sales is difficult to do. compare the install base and the amount of sales, and you understand how major that is.
as more and more AAA titles start appearing on the horizon, i think the psp will fare better, but until we start to see something other than the squareenix and capcom and konamis first attempts on a then-untested system, we have no idea what the psp is capable of.
Advance Wars and Warioware count as exclusive DS games but Wipeout Pure, the new Ridge Racer, Metal Gear Acid, etc., don't? Wow, fanboy alert!
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Because people generally don't give a shit about stuff like that? Just a guess.
As long as manufacturers are making money, they're happy. And as long as PSP owners are having fun, they're happy.
It's only the /.'ers who would think twice about mem card formats and their proprietary nature.