*DO NOT* I repeat *DO NOT* give out ideas like these. SMB is the most commonly used printer sharing protocol, and we all know it's not that secure. My gf was actually 'hacked' this way as an ex connected to her printer and started printing garbage. I can take legal action against the one guy, but when the spammers start, we're done.
I've felt the urge a few times. And tried to miss the monkey/ipod/whatever. I've never had one *not* redirect me. Except for the ones that say 'do it in three shots' in which case, it redirects on the third. Actually doing anything is optional, getting redirected is mandatory.
Well, you can't keep the size the same if you want a bigger screen size. (I also own an SP, a beautiful piece of hardware). The SP is just barely bigger than it's screen. Increase screen = increase size. Speakers? Nah. I doubt most people care that much. My DS true stereo is nice, but not why I buy a handheld. Processing power? As I said, that'll be for the new game boy. Don't forget that increasing 'processing power' probably means 3D, which means you're going to need new controls due to the complexity of 3D environments. More controls = bigger size. Battery life? Well that's a major problem. One of the largest the PSP currently faces. Nintendo could have upgraded all of the above and still kept a fairly good battery life. I believe the PSP's battery is drained by an ineffeficient (but gorgeous) screen and trying to fit too much power into the thing. Spinning the disk has to take a helluva lot more energy than reading from a memory card.
Unfortunately I have to agree with you, for the moment. The bigger, better SP that you speak of, however, would simply be a PSP. So I support Nintendo in their efforts to innovate.
The touch screen is a definite improvement for a lot of games. The second screen is pretty useless for now. However, there is a lot of *potential* for *completely new* types of games there. The problem is, I think Nintendo wasn't ready to release the DS, but had to release something to compete with the PSP. There will be another Game Boy, as Nintendo has said. It's just the timing is all screwy. We'll see what kind of damage the DS will due to the big N's handheld business.
Yep. I own a DS, and I put a $10 deposit on a PSP on a 'what the hell' basis. However, the dead pixels and bad buttons make me uneasy.
Luckily for Sony, the DS lineup isn't ramping up quite fast enough. As it gets closer to US launch, we'll see who has the stronger platform. This will be interesting. Perhaps it's time for the 'Portable Wars', something we haven't seen since Nintendo won the battle of the portable 8-bits and declared itself supreme ruler.
Have you been to an arcade lately? It's not like the 70s any more man. Arcades now just have a few gun games, some DDR machines, and coin changer. Besides kids who are sick of the mall, there's no actual humans in arcades anymore. Unfortunately the arcade died years ago.
Wish there was an alternative, but there doesn't seem to be.
Like in digital picture frames. I've always wanted a technology like this, that I can throw in a mini-itx box and use it for mostly-static data. The alternatives never seem to fit my liking.
It could also eventually be used in the various places I see high resolution plasma displays. Like my bank, which has 5 50" plasmas scrolling interest rates and advertising free checking (which makes me insanely jealous). Not to mention you could actually use them in retail stores for pricing/adverts.
As long as the subscription is minimal, and you get something for the money, I don't blame them. XBox Live isn't free, but I would say most Live subscribers are quite happy with what they get.
It would be *real nice* if you didn't need a subscription, but I don't think that'll last long.
I love my DS, but it's taking quite some time for devs to ramp up development and figure out what to do with all those new controls. The PSP is gorgeous and does standard games well. Add online via wifi, now you've got a hit. All they need is decent support. I'll keep both my PSP and the DS, but I think the PSP is going to be my favorite for the next year or so, provided the battery lasts that long.:)
This gets brought up a lot. Yes, those people have more pressing, more basic needs. But if you can offer them *information* which is a good commodity. The best example I heard is the the farmer who would normally take his wares to the market and haggle price. Now he can use the internet to check other local prices, and decide whether or not the trip is even worth it (and for large amounts of items, and long trips, this isn non-trivial to farmers).
People in 3rd world countries have 'basic' needs, but they also realize that there are some tools worth having. If a computer is going to cost you 5 years of income, then it's not an issue. But if you can get one relatively cheap, access to information can be extremely valuable.
I bring this up a lot too. People forget how odd the names sound once they become mainstream. Howver, I like the PlayStation name from day 1, and still do. Dreamcast was a little silly but ok. The XBox always sounded silly to me. (X is an unknown, and we put it in a box:Unknown stuff innabox?). 3DO had some meaning to somebody, but not to me.
The GameBoy though. Absolutely great name for the original product. However, it's time for an upgrade on that. You can't be 30 in todays society and be seen as credible with a Game 'boy'. The DS is a *little* bit more mature, but still seen as a gameboy as DS doesn't really replace the moniker adequately. I hope the next GameBoy (if indeed there is one), will have a name as descriptive and concise as the Playstation.
You're *allowed* to home school your children also. And they would probably learn a lot more than in today's public schools. But why bother? I can just send them off to public school and let them deal with it.
It's not that you're forbidden to parent. It's that the more we make laws which make it easier for parents to neglect their responsibilities, the more those laws will be used and abused.
I'm actually for laws regulating content similar to movies, I'm just sick of videgames getting a bad reputation for this. Kids shouldn't be allowed to buy M titles, etc. But the line stops there. If your child somehow get's a hold of one after that, you failed, not society. Even if they do get an M title, stop acting like it's the end of the world. Teach your child the context of the situations and they'll be fine.
In a nationwide first, all 50 states have agreed to pass state-specific laws relegating parenting to the government in various degrees. Local governments will ensure that children play the appropriate games, watch the appropriate movies, and hear apprporiate radio stations. In addition 'teen-camps' will be set up with handy drop off zones for parents (most open 24 hours). Parents are not required to pick up their children, or actually know the childs interests or first names.
Local residents appear to be largely in favor of this bold move. Sandy Jones of Smithington, PA said "Well it's about time. I can't tell you how many times whats-his-name has done some stuff to piss me off. You wanna hit 'em, you know? But you're not allowed to these days. It's a big relief to know I'll be able to drop the devil spawn off into the hands of a responsible, accurate, and accountable organization like the US government."
Some city services are already beaming at the economic opportunites. The transit authority is in the process of setting up a VIP program for parents, picking children up at their very front doors.
Reasonable, intelligent people could not be reached for comment.
Agreed. Although I considered mentioning the XBox in my initial post, it wasn't the best example. It's probably the only example of MS hardware that I don't love. Not that it's bad, but if you asked me to rate things on quality, an MS mouse would rate 50 points over the Xbox.
However, if you rate the XBox as a SFF PC, it's actually not that bad.:) As a gaming console though, it's not the best. I still haven't hooked mine up permanently yet. Still playing Cube and PS2 games. Maybe I'll try fable to see.:)
Ok, so MS does crafty things. Been there, not changing, not going back.
What about MS hardware though? I was thinking about it the other day and I *love* MS's hardware. I have since my first SideWinder. All my keyboards and mice are MS. I never used any WindowsCE devices but I'm told they are top notch also.
Does MS farm those out? And if so, to who? Anyone care to admit they love MS's hardware? You can post AC if you're afraid.:)
It's the over-litigation problem we've been having in the US lately. People over the last few years basically figure that if there is some sort of problem, we should make a law and that'll fix it. Enforcability never comes into play. It doesn't really have to, because all someone needs to do is find one example of a child buying GTA after this law is passed, and tell the media. Instant media frenzy, with accompanying class-action suits.
I'd love to do a study of the laws passed in the last 10 years and see how well any of them are being enforced. We keep giving parents more and more tools to 'protect' their children and parents want less and less responsibility.
My favorite example is the V-Chip. For a while there, it cost you a lot more money for a TV because it had to have a VChip (they used to add like $15-25 to the cost of your TV). Meanwhile, I have never met a single parent who has ever used it. I still see ads today (which we the taxpayer pay for) talking about the V-Chip. Parents don't care though. They don't want to have to program their TV and block out Sex and the City for them! They want the government to make sure their children never, ever see something bad.
I say we ban the sale of *all* videogames to people under 25. That way, Johnny's soccer coaching mom will have to actually GO WITH HIM and LOOK at the game he is wanting to buy.
Screw the rest of us. I mean, if we want to engage in sickening antisocial activities like playing GTA or Katamari Damarcy, we should be the ones that have to show ID and promise not to kill anyone. Pinky swear too.
Now Johnny's mom can feel safe to plop him in front of the TV and he'll get all the proper morals he'll need. No parenting required! Just add food/water!
It's utopia!
Sorry, I'm just so sick of this topic anymore. It's not slashdots fault for bringing it up. It's America for going to ridiculous lengths 'for the children.' It's a *game* people. Grow up about it.
Oh my god! I just submitted this exact same post! Ok, maybe not exact, and you fleshed out my ideas better and made much more sense, but still. Dammit. You even trumped me on the example.
Anyway, you're right, maybe I noticed the formula quicker since I first started watching it on DVD, at which pace you can easily see how predictable the jokes become.
Let's hope they flesh it out a bit for the comeback. Call me crazy, but I love an underdog.:)
Yeah, agreed, although I still love to watch Futurama. Family Guy isn't much different though. My girl turned me on to Family Guy, and I loved it for a DVD or 3, but then it started becoming way too formulaic. Allow me to illustrate:
1) Start Episode 2) Have some sort of ridiculous flashback with pop culture references and low-brow denigration (yes Jay Leno has a big chin, Courtney Love is trash, Models are thin, etc) 3) Show Peter do something stupid which creates a plan 4) More flashbacks/what ifs with pop references 5) Resolve plan, more flashbacks.
Seriously, it started getting on my nerves to the point that I groaned whenever someone said a flashback que line. "This better not be like that time...." "Peter remember the time..." "That would be like if X was like..."
I could be funny if I just made up some random stuff too. Like, remember that time I sprouted a Rhino horn on my nose and charged into Calista Flockheart, but I missed her cuz she's so thin? Mehhhahahah(Peter Laugh). Cuz she's thin. Mehehe. Freakin` sweet.
It's a fantasy within fantasy within a fantasy. May be Ok for some but I had enough. I'll tune in to see if it's refined a bit but I expect more of the same. Thank god for Stewie and Brian.
Yep. Pluses and minuses both ways. I think the N64 cartridge format wasn't the best design, but it worked pretty dang well. As for GTA not on the cube because of the huge game world, I don't know. 3D models take up space depending on their complexity, not physical size. Take a look at Metroid Prime 2 and you will see a hell of a lot of complex rooms and graphics. Far more than the entirity of GTA, which has a very low polygon count and detail level.
What *could* be a factor is the massive amount of audio. Even the original GTA had to have a few hours of music in there, and music can only be compressed so much. In the end though, it's probably a licensing thing, or Nintendo being snobbish about Soccer Moms favorite excuse for misbehaved children. Then again, I think they do make GTA(1) for the GBA.
Good points all. As to the downward spiral effect, this only applies when the market is saturated with a small number of large companies. Which is why a lot of movies are not all that great these days. People want 'cool' movies, so the big 3 or 4 studios make those, and independent studios must struggle for the leftover market share with what you and I would think of as a superior product.
What you have described has already happened in the game industry though. About when the PS1 was released, many developers started developing more movie tie-ins (how many were there in the late 80s early 90s? Some, but not nearly as many) and making more me-too titles. However, the gaming industry is basically still in it's adolescence, so there is still room for a lot of growth in the middle and at the edges of the market. The PS2 library is a perfect example. I can find 100 titles I would never play, but still easily find 10 or 15 I'm dying to try. So in a nutshell, you're not paranoid, they really are out to get you.:)
Yes, and this is really beginning to piss off this Nintendo customer. I RTFA and I couldn't help thinking "What bundled software? Oh, the *demo*?" Yeah, it was great but 20 minutes later you need a game.
It's been well over a month since I got my DS and I've been dying to buy a game for it, but there are none. I've been thinking of buying Mr. Driller for lack of good stuff. Maybe animal keeper or whatever it's called but it was overpriced.
"No, the Game Boy has always been seen as the undisputed king of handheld gaming"
As much as I would like to believe you, this is dead wrong. When you see a Game Boy in public it is invariably in the hand of small children, or at best some overly-goth teen. Now, in the *gaming world* the GB is known to be the 800lb gorilla of handheld gaming.
In the *real world* however, the Game Boy is seen as a hobby for children. I don't understand why this stigma still exists, and why it does not apply to the prolific and rapidly expanding phone-game genre, but it is there.
After I reviewed this, a thought came to me. Maybe the name has something to do with it? Game Boy? Isn't it time he learned how to Walkman? Sorry, couldn't resist, but removing 'Boy' from the DS is probably one of the smarter moves Nintendo made, even though the name seems to have stuck anyway.
Yeah, this sucks about the PSP and makes people like me wary of the purchase (especially at that price point.)
In an earlier post someone suggested it was probably one of those things where designers clashed on ideas (should we make it bigger to fix the button or move the button?) and nobody budged.
I'm more worried about dead pixels, since Sony still doesn't seem to care much, while Nintendo is actively caring about the issue. Of the 6 reviews I have read from people who have bought the PSP in Japan, 4 mention dead pixels, not many, but still. Maybe I'll just open the damn thing in the store and raise bloody hell if it's borked.
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*DO NOT* I repeat *DO NOT* give out ideas like these. SMB is the most commonly used printer sharing protocol, and we all know it's not that secure. My gf was actually 'hacked' this way as an ex connected to her printer and started printing garbage. I can take legal action against the one guy, but when the spammers start, we're done.
I've felt the urge a few times. And tried to miss the monkey/ipod/whatever. I've never had one *not* redirect me. Except for the ones that say 'do it in three shots' in which case, it redirects on the third. Actually doing anything is optional, getting redirected is mandatory.
Well, you can't keep the size the same if you want a bigger screen size. (I also own an SP, a beautiful piece of hardware). The SP is just barely bigger than it's screen. Increase screen = increase size. Speakers? Nah. I doubt most people care that much. My DS true stereo is nice, but not why I buy a handheld. Processing power? As I said, that'll be for the new game boy. Don't forget that increasing 'processing power' probably means 3D, which means you're going to need new controls due to the complexity of 3D environments. More controls = bigger size. Battery life? Well that's a major problem. One of the largest the PSP currently faces. Nintendo could have upgraded all of the above and still kept a fairly good battery life. I believe the PSP's battery is drained by an ineffeficient (but gorgeous) screen and trying to fit too much power into the thing. Spinning the disk has to take a helluva lot more energy than reading from a memory card.
Just some more to think on.
Unfortunately I have to agree with you, for the moment. The bigger, better SP that you speak of, however, would simply be a PSP. So I support Nintendo in their efforts to innovate.
The touch screen is a definite improvement for a lot of games. The second screen is pretty useless for now. However, there is a lot of *potential* for *completely new* types of games there. The problem is, I think Nintendo wasn't ready to release the DS, but had to release something to compete with the PSP. There will be another Game Boy, as Nintendo has said. It's just the timing is all screwy. We'll see what kind of damage the DS will due to the big N's handheld business.
Does anybody realize in this 'theoretical' 5 years, those NFL and baseball exclusivity contracts will *still* be in effect? No point here. Just wow.
Yep. I own a DS, and I put a $10 deposit on a PSP on a 'what the hell' basis. However, the dead pixels and bad buttons make me uneasy.
Luckily for Sony, the DS lineup isn't ramping up quite fast enough. As it gets closer to US launch, we'll see who has the stronger platform. This will be interesting. Perhaps it's time for the 'Portable Wars', something we haven't seen since Nintendo won the battle of the portable 8-bits and declared itself supreme ruler.
Have you been to an arcade lately? It's not like the 70s any more man. Arcades now just have a few gun games, some DDR machines, and coin changer. Besides kids who are sick of the mall, there's no actual humans in arcades anymore. Unfortunately the arcade died years ago.
Wish there was an alternative, but there doesn't seem to be.
Like in digital picture frames. I've always wanted a technology like this, that I can throw in a mini-itx box and use it for mostly-static data. The alternatives never seem to fit my liking.
It could also eventually be used in the various places I see high resolution plasma displays. Like my bank, which has 5 50" plasmas scrolling interest rates and advertising free checking (which makes me insanely jealous). Not to mention you could actually use them in retail stores for pricing/adverts.
As long as the subscription is minimal, and you get something for the money, I don't blame them. XBox Live isn't free, but I would say most Live subscribers are quite happy with what they get.
It would be *real nice* if you didn't need a subscription, but I don't think that'll last long.
Killer App.
:)
I love my DS, but it's taking quite some time for devs to ramp up development and figure out what to do with all those new controls. The PSP is gorgeous and does standard games well. Add online via wifi, now you've got a hit. All they need is decent support. I'll keep both my PSP and the DS, but I think the PSP is going to be my favorite for the next year or so, provided the battery lasts that long.
This gets brought up a lot. Yes, those people have more pressing, more basic needs. But if you can offer them *information* which is a good commodity. The best example I heard is the the farmer who would normally take his wares to the market and haggle price. Now he can use the internet to check other local prices, and decide whether or not the trip is even worth it (and for large amounts of items, and long trips, this isn non-trivial to farmers).
People in 3rd world countries have 'basic' needs, but they also realize that there are some tools worth having. If a computer is going to cost you 5 years of income, then it's not an issue. But if you can get one relatively cheap, access to information can be extremely valuable.
I bring this up a lot too. People forget how odd the names sound once they become mainstream. Howver, I like the PlayStation name from day 1, and still do. Dreamcast was a little silly but ok. The XBox always sounded silly to me. (X is an unknown, and we put it in a box:Unknown stuff innabox?). 3DO had some meaning to somebody, but not to me.
The GameBoy though. Absolutely great name for the original product. However, it's time for an upgrade on that. You can't be 30 in todays society and be seen as credible with a Game 'boy'. The DS is a *little* bit more mature, but still seen as a gameboy as DS doesn't really replace the moniker adequately. I hope the next GameBoy (if indeed there is one), will have a name as descriptive and concise as the Playstation.
You're *allowed* to home school your children also. And they would probably learn a lot more than in today's public schools. But why bother? I can just send them off to public school and let them deal with it.
It's not that you're forbidden to parent. It's that the more we make laws which make it easier for parents to neglect their responsibilities, the more those laws will be used and abused.
I'm actually for laws regulating content similar to movies, I'm just sick of videgames getting a bad reputation for this. Kids shouldn't be allowed to buy M titles, etc. But the line stops there. If your child somehow get's a hold of one after that, you failed, not society. Even if they do get an M title, stop acting like it's the end of the world. Teach your child the context of the situations and they'll be fine.
This just in:
In a nationwide first, all 50 states have agreed to pass state-specific laws relegating parenting to the government in various degrees. Local governments will ensure that children play the appropriate games, watch the appropriate movies, and hear apprporiate radio stations. In addition 'teen-camps' will be set up with handy drop off zones for parents (most open 24 hours). Parents are not required to pick up their children, or actually know the childs interests or first names.
Local residents appear to be largely in favor of this bold move. Sandy Jones of Smithington, PA said "Well it's about time. I can't tell you how many times whats-his-name has done some stuff to piss me off. You wanna hit 'em, you know? But you're not allowed to these days. It's a big relief to know I'll be able to drop the devil spawn off into the hands of a responsible, accurate, and accountable organization like the US government."
Some city services are already beaming at the economic opportunites. The transit authority is in the process of setting up a VIP program for parents, picking children up at their very front doors.
Reasonable, intelligent people could not be reached for comment.
Agreed. Although I considered mentioning the XBox in my initial post, it wasn't the best example. It's probably the only example of MS hardware that I don't love. Not that it's bad, but if you asked me to rate things on quality, an MS mouse would rate 50 points over the Xbox.
:) As a gaming console though, it's not the best. I still haven't hooked mine up permanently yet. Still playing Cube and PS2 games. Maybe I'll try fable to see. :)
However, if you rate the XBox as a SFF PC, it's actually not that bad.
Ok, so MS does crafty things. Been there, not changing, not going back.
:)
What about MS hardware though? I was thinking about it the other day and I *love* MS's hardware. I have since my first SideWinder. All my keyboards and mice are MS. I never used any WindowsCE devices but I'm told they are top notch also.
Does MS farm those out? And if so, to who? Anyone care to admit they love MS's hardware? You can post AC if you're afraid.
It's the over-litigation problem we've been having in the US lately. People over the last few years basically figure that if there is some sort of problem, we should make a law and that'll fix it. Enforcability never comes into play. It doesn't really have to, because all someone needs to do is find one example of a child buying GTA after this law is passed, and tell the media. Instant media frenzy, with accompanying class-action suits.
I'd love to do a study of the laws passed in the last 10 years and see how well any of them are being enforced. We keep giving parents more and more tools to 'protect' their children and parents want less and less responsibility.
My favorite example is the V-Chip. For a while there, it cost you a lot more money for a TV because it had to have a VChip (they used to add like $15-25 to the cost of your TV). Meanwhile, I have never met a single parent who has ever used it. I still see ads today (which we the taxpayer pay for) talking about the V-Chip. Parents don't care though. They don't want to have to program their TV and block out Sex and the City for them! They want the government to make sure their children never, ever see something bad.
I say we ban the sale of *all* videogames to people under 25. That way, Johnny's soccer coaching mom will have to actually GO WITH HIM and LOOK at the game he is wanting to buy.
Screw the rest of us. I mean, if we want to engage in sickening antisocial activities like playing GTA or Katamari Damarcy, we should be the ones that have to show ID and promise not to kill anyone. Pinky swear too.
Now Johnny's mom can feel safe to plop him in front of the TV and he'll get all the proper morals he'll need. No parenting required! Just add food/water!
It's utopia!
Sorry, I'm just so sick of this topic anymore. It's not slashdots fault for bringing it up. It's America for going to ridiculous lengths 'for the children.' It's a *game* people. Grow up about it.
Oh my god! I just submitted this exact same post! Ok, maybe not exact, and you fleshed out my ideas better and made much more sense, but still. Dammit. You even trumped me on the example.
:)
Anyway, you're right, maybe I noticed the formula quicker since I first started watching it on DVD, at which pace you can easily see how predictable the jokes become.
Let's hope they flesh it out a bit for the comeback. Call me crazy, but I love an underdog.
Yeah, agreed, although I still love to watch Futurama. Family Guy isn't much different though. My girl turned me on to Family Guy, and I loved it for a DVD or 3, but then it started becoming way too formulaic. Allow me to illustrate:
1) Start Episode
2) Have some sort of ridiculous flashback with pop culture references and low-brow denigration (yes Jay Leno has a big chin, Courtney Love is trash, Models are thin, etc)
3) Show Peter do something stupid which creates a plan
4) More flashbacks/what ifs with pop references
5) Resolve plan, more flashbacks.
Seriously, it started getting on my nerves to the point that I groaned whenever someone said a flashback que line. "This better not be like that time...." "Peter remember the time..." "That would be like if X was like..."
I could be funny if I just made up some random stuff too. Like, remember that time I sprouted a Rhino horn on my nose and charged into Calista Flockheart, but I missed her cuz she's so thin? Mehhhahahah(Peter Laugh). Cuz she's thin. Mehehe. Freakin` sweet.
It's a fantasy within fantasy within a fantasy. May be Ok for some but I had enough. I'll tune in to see if it's refined a bit but I expect more of the same. Thank god for Stewie and Brian.
Yep. Pluses and minuses both ways. I think the N64 cartridge format wasn't the best design, but it worked pretty dang well. As for GTA not on the cube because of the huge game world, I don't know. 3D models take up space depending on their complexity, not physical size. Take a look at Metroid Prime 2 and you will see a hell of a lot of complex rooms and graphics. Far more than the entirity of GTA, which has a very low polygon count and detail level.
What *could* be a factor is the massive amount of audio. Even the original GTA had to have a few hours of music in there, and music can only be compressed so much. In the end though, it's probably a licensing thing, or Nintendo being snobbish about Soccer Moms favorite excuse for misbehaved children. Then again, I think they do make GTA(1) for the GBA.
Good points all. As to the downward spiral effect, this only applies when the market is saturated with a small number of large companies. Which is why a lot of movies are not all that great these days. People want 'cool' movies, so the big 3 or 4 studios make those, and independent studios must struggle for the leftover market share with what you and I would think of as a superior product.
:)
What you have described has already happened in the game industry though. About when the PS1 was released, many developers started developing more movie tie-ins (how many were there in the late 80s early 90s? Some, but not nearly as many) and making more me-too titles. However, the gaming industry is basically still in it's adolescence, so there is still room for a lot of growth in the middle and at the edges of the market. The PS2 library is a perfect example. I can find 100 titles I would never play, but still easily find 10 or 15 I'm dying to try. So in a nutshell, you're not paranoid, they really are out to get you.
Like them or not (I do) Penny Arcade rather succinctly described this phenomenon a while back.
Yes, and this is really beginning to piss off this Nintendo customer. I RTFA and I couldn't help thinking "What bundled software? Oh, the *demo*?" Yeah, it was great but 20 minutes later you need a game.
It's been well over a month since I got my DS and I've been dying to buy a game for it, but there are none. I've been thinking of buying Mr. Driller for lack of good stuff. Maybe animal keeper or whatever it's called but it was overpriced.
"No, the Game Boy has always been seen as the undisputed king of handheld gaming"
As much as I would like to believe you, this is dead wrong. When you see a Game Boy in public it is invariably in the hand of small children, or at best some overly-goth teen. Now, in the *gaming world* the GB is known to be the 800lb gorilla of handheld gaming.
In the *real world* however, the Game Boy is seen as a hobby for children. I don't understand why this stigma still exists, and why it does not apply to the prolific and rapidly expanding phone-game genre, but it is there.
After I reviewed this, a thought came to me. Maybe the name has something to do with it? Game Boy? Isn't it time he learned how to Walkman? Sorry, couldn't resist, but removing 'Boy' from the DS is probably one of the smarter moves Nintendo made, even though the name seems to have stuck anyway.
Yeah, this sucks about the PSP and makes people like me wary of the purchase (especially at that price point.)
In an earlier post someone suggested it was probably one of those things where designers clashed on ideas (should we make it bigger to fix the button or move the button?) and nobody budged.
I'm more worried about dead pixels, since Sony still doesn't seem to care much, while Nintendo is actively caring about the issue. Of the 6 reviews I have read from people who have bought the PSP in Japan, 4 mention dead pixels, not many, but still. Maybe I'll just open the damn thing in the store and raise bloody hell if it's borked.