You can send files and pictures over Gaim's msn system, but it is just so fucking slow because it has to send to Microsoft's servers and then to the other person, rather then peer to peer. If it's not working at all for you, I think you'd need to open up a port on your router.
There is no guarantee that there will ever be an exploit, but it's awefully presumtuous to say that one with 2.70+ will never be able to run homebrew. Saying YET allows room for the future, if there ever is an exploit.
Well, first you can't run most homebrew YET on 2.70 or 2.71 firmware because no exploit has been found to load eboots. You can, however, run flash applications in the PSP, allowing you to run things like a crossword puzzle and maybe some simple games, as they have to be compatible with Flash 6.
If GTA: LCS has not been released in your area, you could simply import the game from an area where it is released, as PSP does not have region locking for games.
Fanjita is a programmer who used exploits in the 2.00 firmware and 2.01 - 2.60 firmwares for PSP to allow for an "eboot loader" (a way to run homebrew games via the hack) to run.
That's the problem with any new generation of gaming. Why even bother buying a new console, as long as there's still some life left in an older, cheaper console. 360 was released too early, but even now, and going into the time that PS3 and Wii are released, I really don't think this generation should be over yet. The real "revolution" in the gaming industry needs to come in not screwing over gamers in making them spend between 200 and 600 every four years. That is the real thing bogging down the industry.
I'm never a Microsoft supporter, but there is no way you could just rule them out at this point. They have billions to just flood into it. I doubt they have any way of becoming #1 in this race, but that does not mean they don't matter.
Because Blu-Ray allows for much, much more storage space in games, meaning that in 5 years, when games are 20GB or so, you'll only need one Blu-Ray disc, which by that time will be a hell of a lot cheaper then using 2 or more DVDs.
Do you remember N64? It pretty much looked like shit with vasoline. Really, it was only a small step up from PS1, granted though more striking then any gap visible this gen (PS2/GCN/XBox).
MGS4 has some really crazy things going on that can only be done with good hardware. A good simple example is the new fully destructable environments, which actually play a very large part in what you can and can not do to hide in the game. The old tag line "No place to hide" was in direct reference to the fact that everything can be destroyed properly in the game. Another more subtle thing is the removal of the exlaimation points and question marks above the enemies heads. Now, the emotions and thoughts of the enemy are actually displayed on their faces, which is much more immersive, and not possible on PS2/Xbox/GCN. The other thing with enemy emotions is that you can actually fuck with their heads and actually scare the enemy off. There's a lot more neat stuff like this that Hideo's doing only possible with next-gen in the game. Also, looking absolutely beautiful helps a lot to make things more immersive, and suck me more into an already amazing series.
SSBM was a launch game. It doesn't look very good compared to many other Gamecube games. If you compare the stuff in Brawl to more recent GCN titles, maybe Twilight Princess or something, it doesn't really seem all that impressive. Just a small hop, not the massive leaps 360 and PS3 have taken.
Well, Neo-Geo today, when it was launched, when you account for inflation, would actually have cost about $1000. So while the PS3 isn't really as expensive as a Neo-Geo, I would have to say that in America the psychological price point for electronics at under $400 is a hard, and risky one to break.
Is 2 to 2.5 times GC hardware really enough, though? Look at it this way: 2 times PS1's hardware power would still look like shit. Hell, wasn't N64 like twice as powerful as PS1? That wasn't a very large improvement. PS2 is easily around 10+ times more powerful then PS1, and even for some that's not satisfying enough.
I for one think that Nintendo -should- have gone for some real graphical and hardware improvements, not just minor ones that can barely bring them out of this generation of gaming. Really, if I'm going to be paying $250 for a piece of electronics, I want my money out of it in all areas. Look at MGS4: it's going to be one hell of an immersive experience, one that just wouldn't be possible on PS2, Gamecube, or XBox 1 simply because the hardware couldn't handle what it's trying to offer. With technologically next generation consoles, games like it are going to be possible that bring new things, innovative things even, that are only possible because of **Tim Alle voice** MORE POWER. I'm not saying that Wiis controller and cute little simple games are bad, I'm just saying that making them look beautiful in a technical and aesthetic way is also very important.
You mean we won't be able to buy our own? At $100, it'd make an excellent laptop for me to buy when I go to University. Hell, even if it cost $150 I'd buy it.
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I literally just choked on the food I was eating while I read this. Bravo, you have truly shocked me.
From TFA:He's got a lot to say on the subject of the future of MGS gaming.
:P
Yeah, Guns of the Patriots is going to rock!
You can send files and pictures over Gaim's msn system, but it is just so fucking slow because it has to send to Microsoft's servers and then to the other person, rather then peer to peer. If it's not working at all for you, I think you'd need to open up a port on your router.
People make free games for the community out of the goodness of their heart already. Prizes are just a bonus.
http://ps2dev.org/psp/Projects
Pretty ridiculous that some moron modded this down. Tis a sad day for Slashdot when anything even remotely pro-sony are modded down for being "Trolls"
There is no guarantee that there will ever be an exploit, but it's awefully presumtuous to say that one with 2.70+ will never be able to run homebrew. Saying YET allows room for the future, if there ever is an exploit.
Well, first you can't run most homebrew YET on 2.70 or 2.71 firmware because no exploit has been found to load eboots. You can, however, run flash applications in the PSP, allowing you to run things like a crossword puzzle and maybe some simple games, as they have to be compatible with Flash 6.
If GTA: LCS has not been released in your area, you could simply import the game from an area where it is released, as PSP does not have region locking for games.
Fanjita is a programmer who used exploits in the 2.00 firmware and 2.01 - 2.60 firmwares for PSP to allow for an "eboot loader" (a way to run homebrew games via the hack) to run.
Don't forget when people called everything the Atari, because some sitll do. My grandmother called my PS2 an atari yesterday, in fact.
If they finally release WMV codecs for Linux, or better yet under the GPL, I vow to no longer blindly hate Microsoft.
Google Earth, Fuck Yeah, what you gonna do when it comes to Linux?! :D:D
That's the problem with any new generation of gaming. Why even bother buying a new console, as long as there's still some life left in an older, cheaper console. 360 was released too early, but even now, and going into the time that PS3 and Wii are released, I really don't think this generation should be over yet. The real "revolution" in the gaming industry needs to come in not screwing over gamers in making them spend between 200 and 600 every four years. That is the real thing bogging down the industry.
I'm never a Microsoft supporter, but there is no way you could just rule them out at this point. They have billions to just flood into it. I doubt they have any way of becoming #1 in this race, but that does not mean they don't matter.
So long as Hideo Kojima is around, who needs other Game Gods?
FIX'd
Cheaper for the developers of the games.
I think about 20 million people said that.
Rated G for Gangster.
Because Blu-Ray allows for much, much more storage space in games, meaning that in 5 years, when games are 20GB or so, you'll only need one Blu-Ray disc, which by that time will be a hell of a lot cheaper then using 2 or more DVDs.
Gaming > Life.
Do you remember N64? It pretty much looked like shit with vasoline. Really, it was only a small step up from PS1, granted though more striking then any gap visible this gen (PS2/GCN/XBox).
MGS4 has some really crazy things going on that can only be done with good hardware. A good simple example is the new fully destructable environments, which actually play a very large part in what you can and can not do to hide in the game. The old tag line "No place to hide" was in direct reference to the fact that everything can be destroyed properly in the game. Another more subtle thing is the removal of the exlaimation points and question marks above the enemies heads. Now, the emotions and thoughts of the enemy are actually displayed on their faces, which is much more immersive, and not possible on PS2/Xbox/GCN. The other thing with enemy emotions is that you can actually fuck with their heads and actually scare the enemy off. There's a lot more neat stuff like this that Hideo's doing only possible with next-gen in the game. Also, looking absolutely beautiful helps a lot to make things more immersive, and suck me more into an already amazing series.
SSBM was a launch game. It doesn't look very good compared to many other Gamecube games. If you compare the stuff in Brawl to more recent GCN titles, maybe Twilight Princess or something, it doesn't really seem all that impressive. Just a small hop, not the massive leaps 360 and PS3 have taken.
Well, Neo-Geo today, when it was launched, when you account for inflation, would actually have cost about $1000. So while the PS3 isn't really as expensive as a Neo-Geo, I would have to say that in America the psychological price point for electronics at under $400 is a hard, and risky one to break.
Is 2 to 2.5 times GC hardware really enough, though? Look at it this way: 2 times PS1's hardware power would still look like shit. Hell, wasn't N64 like twice as powerful as PS1? That wasn't a very large improvement. PS2 is easily around 10+ times more powerful then PS1, and even for some that's not satisfying enough.
I for one think that Nintendo -should- have gone for some real graphical and hardware improvements, not just minor ones that can barely bring them out of this generation of gaming. Really, if I'm going to be paying $250 for a piece of electronics, I want my money out of it in all areas. Look at MGS4: it's going to be one hell of an immersive experience, one that just wouldn't be possible on PS2, Gamecube, or XBox 1 simply because the hardware couldn't handle what it's trying to offer. With technologically next generation consoles, games like it are going to be possible that bring new things, innovative things even, that are only possible because of **Tim Alle voice** MORE POWER. I'm not saying that Wiis controller and cute little simple games are bad, I'm just saying that making them look beautiful in a technical and aesthetic way is also very important.
You mean we won't be able to buy our own? At $100, it'd make an excellent laptop for me to buy when I go to University. Hell, even if it cost $150 I'd buy it.