they will only fix them "If a PSP is 'determined to be defective' by SCEA"
In the same article they quote the PSP manual: "Red, blue, or green spots (bright spots) or black spots (dark spots) may appear in certain locations on the LCD screen. The appearance of such spots is a normal occurrence associated with LCD screens and not a sign of malfunction."
Doesn't sould like SCEA determines dead pixels to be defective to me.
Never question your government, because it always works in our best interest. You can't know where it spends your money, because that is secret, and we could all DIE if it were to tell us. Don't ever demand proof for that shows lack of faith in your government. This lack of faith would make you a traitor that wants everyone to die.
I'm sick of amazing theories of important secrets as a rationale for funneling billions of dollars into programs where taxpayers never see any benefit. Show me the amazing technology. I'm paying for it. I demand it.
Nevermind the fact that the military has had trouble hitting non-spoofed targets. Nevermind the fact that the whole point of this "shield" is deterrance, and the US has made a big show about telling our enemies that we are trying to defeat their weapons.
The fact of the matter is that any missle defense system will be fooled by dummy warheads. Making a missle hit another is a tough enough task in itself. Now imagine an ICBM that carries 10 dummy warheads to one real one. How does the system tell the difference? It can't.
That is the problem with missile defense. You have to ask yourself how difficult it would be to fool the system. Just like with computer protection, you test your system with someone that is actively trying to defeat it. I don't see the US military doing this. All I see is easy trials to show the press. It's SDI all over again. It's technology that works in very specific circumstances that is never tested in real life conditions.
Most of the "Linux runs on X" news isn't all that interesting to me. Usually if it would be useful to run Linux on X, it already has a lot of the functionality Linux would give from other software. If X doesn't have software that gives it this functionality already, porting Linux is usually useless for the average chap (like with the PS2).
This, however, is a case of a piece of hardware that could greatly benefit from a Linux OS, but doesn't have anything like it already available. My DS may be the first piece of hardware I have ever run Linux on.
(I feel like I just screamed "WE CAME FROM APES!" to a bunch of Southern Baptists when I typed that last sentence.)
Yeah, but you are not hurting the quality of the music by making it portable. Music in most all cases is only stereo, so if you buy a good pair of headphones there is no reason you have to take a hit on quality.
Now I'm not obsessive about the size of my TV. I had a 13" for the longest time, but there is a huge difference between 13" and 3" screen. With headphones it is easy to simulate the "huge hi-fi system" experience portably. There is no similar device to simulate the "home theater system" on the go.
I don't think the thumbsticks complicating today's controllers. They are very easy to understand and use. I think the real complexity is in the number and position of the buttons.
You have no idea how long I tried to honk my car horn on GTA3. when I found out that the left control stick was "L3," I yelled, "What fucking asshole invented this? It makes no sense."
No, Nintendo has patents for vibration that predate the Immersion patent. Looking at the design of the rumble pack for the N64 and the GC controller it seems that the vibration is implemented differently.
The last paragraph of this article deals with the Nintendo question.
My obsession with the DS was six-months long. This may be a worse feeling for a consumer to succumb to.
Me: "Hey, I'm really looking forward to the DS." Anyone who ever liked me: "SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE FUCKING DS, YOU ANNOYING COCKSUCKER!"
You're more likely to get a machine you like with six-months of fevered obsession behind your decision, but you are far less likely to have anyone left to speak to.
What surprised me about the PSP launch was the lack of advertising leading up to it. I watch Adult Swim regularly which caters to the DS/PSP demographic almost perfectly, and I didn't see a PSP ad until the night of the launch. On the other hand I saw DS ads weeks before November 21.
And I've got to say that the PSP ad I have seen is much less compelling than most of the DS ads.
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Except it's a new release, and the DS sold much better during the same period of its release
This was posted by MilenCent, you idiot. Learn to read.
Nevermind the fact I never used "its" or "it's" in my post. That's freaking hilarious. ^_^
But you said the DS sold more in the same period, and you were not right.
I never did. Read my post please.
You replied supporting the grandparent post, and the grand parent post claimed a 2:1 ratio.
they will only fix them "If a PSP is 'determined to be defective' by SCEA"
In the same article they quote the PSP manual: "Red, blue, or green spots (bright spots) or black spots (dark spots) may appear in certain locations on the LCD screen. The appearance of such spots is a normal occurrence associated with LCD screens and not a sign of malfunction."
Doesn't sould like SCEA determines dead pixels to be defective to me.
The DS had 18 games before the PSP launch. Not exactly three times the number of titles. More like ONE TIME the number of titles.
That's because that's how many there were. Nintendo didn't have 1 mil the first week. They needed some of their produtction for the Japanese launch.
Even though you are comparing apples and oranges here 600,000:513,000 is not 2:1.
Let me translate you response:
Never question your government, because it always works in our best interest. You can't know where it spends your money, because that is secret, and we could all DIE if it were to tell us. Don't ever demand proof for that shows lack of faith in your government. This lack of faith would make you a traitor that wants everyone to die.
I'm sick of amazing theories of important secrets as a rationale for funneling billions of dollars into programs where taxpayers never see any benefit. Show me the amazing technology. I'm paying for it. I demand it.
Nevermind the fact that the military has had trouble hitting non-spoofed targets. Nevermind the fact that the whole point of this "shield" is deterrance, and the US has made a big show about telling our enemies that we are trying to defeat their weapons.
The fact of the matter is that any missle defense system will be fooled by dummy warheads. Making a missle hit another is a tough enough task in itself. Now imagine an ICBM that carries 10 dummy warheads to one real one. How does the system tell the difference? It can't.
That is the problem with missile defense. You have to ask yourself how difficult it would be to fool the system. Just like with computer protection, you test your system with someone that is actively trying to defeat it. I don't see the US military doing this. All I see is easy trials to show the press. It's SDI all over again. It's technology that works in very specific circumstances that is never tested in real life conditions.
Most of the "Linux runs on X" news isn't all that interesting to me. Usually if it would be useful to run Linux on X, it already has a lot of the functionality Linux would give from other software. If X doesn't have software that gives it this functionality already, porting Linux is usually useless for the average chap (like with the PS2).
This, however, is a case of a piece of hardware that could greatly benefit from a Linux OS, but doesn't have anything like it already available. My DS may be the first piece of hardware I have ever run Linux on.
(I feel like I just screamed "WE CAME FROM APES!" to a bunch of Southern Baptists when I typed that last sentence.)
Yeah, but you are not hurting the quality of the music by making it portable. Music in most all cases is only stereo, so if you buy a good pair of headphones there is no reason you have to take a hit on quality.
Now I'm not obsessive about the size of my TV. I had a 13" for the longest time, but there is a huge difference between 13" and 3" screen. With headphones it is easy to simulate the "huge hi-fi system" experience portably. There is no similar device to simulate the "home theater system" on the go.
I don't think the thumbsticks complicating today's controllers. They are very easy to understand and use. I think the real complexity is in the number and position of the buttons.
You have no idea how long I tried to honk my car horn on GTA3. when I found out that the left control stick was "L3," I yelled, "What fucking asshole invented this? It makes no sense."
The sticking was fixed, but the sensor is still not alligned so the square button is still less responsive.
And this will, of course, add to the PSP's "userbase."
wrong, yo. The rumble pack predates the Immersion patent.
No, Nintendo has patents for vibration that predate the Immersion patent. Looking at the design of the rumble pack for the N64 and the GC controller it seems that the vibration is implemented differently.
The last paragraph of this article deals with the Nintendo question.
it got 38 out of 40.
9/9/10/10
My obsession with the DS was six-months long. This may be a worse feeling for a consumer to succumb to.
Me: "Hey, I'm really looking forward to the DS."
Anyone who ever liked me: "SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE FUCKING DS, YOU ANNOYING COCKSUCKER!"
You're more likely to get a machine you like with six-months of fevered obsession behind your decision, but you are far less likely to have anyone left to speak to.
Sadly, Sony doesn't allow non-indie developers to burn UMDs. They have to burn their games to DVD and send them to Sony for printing.
Because they have to get SOMEONE to buy all those copies of "Wayne Gretsky's Hockey."
I have an Olympus. It's beautiful.
You can find very good digital cameras for less than $250 if you remember that # of pixels isn't everything. 2 Million pixels is plenty anough for me.
They would still need more devices that use the UMD for this to work. I'd want to watch my recorded video on my TV.
If you knew how long I spent simply drawing pictures using Super Mario 64 DS, you'd know I don't regret it.
What surprised me about the PSP launch was the lack of advertising leading up to it. I watch Adult Swim regularly which caters to the DS/PSP demographic almost perfectly, and I didn't see a PSP ad until the night of the launch. On the other hand I saw DS ads weeks before November 21.
And I've got to say that the PSP ad I have seen is much less compelling than most of the DS ads.
Seriously, and the little stick figure aliens look like Devil Doll.
Nintendo lists Meteos as next month for the US.