Yes, but the DS is an example that creativity is not rewarded anymore. The PSP isn't creative, the graphics aren't unbelievable, and it only has launch titles (just like the DS). I am incredibly dissappointed that more people like the PSP. This shows that gamers as a whole are scared to try new things.
I'm not a Sony supporter and when I played the PSP I didn't think much of it. All it really is is a PS1 that is portable. They took PS1 graphics and increased the framerate.
That said, the idea to put movies on the PSP is good but not well executed. The way they should have done it is make the system compatible with DVD's and UMD. The concept is what matters though, maybe, in the future, we will begin to see portable systems with longer battery life and compatibility with DVD's.
I agree. Take the DS for example. Incredibly innovative, but since it is unfamiliar, it won't match the sales of the PSP. This is just one example however, and you could apply the concept to almost any genre of games that exists at the moment. Except for maybe the MMOG genre. Everquest 2 is more familiar to most MMO gamers, but WoW is more creative and innovative and sell more. My theory is that soon, most gamers will play MMOG's because of the social interaction aspect of it. I don't know if many people here have played "The Elder Scrolls" games, but they are some of the only creative single player games I have seen in years, the reason being is that they try to create an MMO type environment with hundreds of NPCs, but do it in a single player environment.
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Yes, but the DS is an example that creativity is not rewarded anymore. The PSP isn't creative, the graphics aren't unbelievable, and it only has launch titles (just like the DS). I am incredibly dissappointed that more people like the PSP. This shows that gamers as a whole are scared to try new things.
I'm not a Sony supporter and when I played the PSP I didn't think much of it. All it really is is a PS1 that is portable. They took PS1 graphics and increased the framerate. That said, the idea to put movies on the PSP is good but not well executed. The way they should have done it is make the system compatible with DVD's and UMD. The concept is what matters though, maybe, in the future, we will begin to see portable systems with longer battery life and compatibility with DVD's.
I agree. Take the DS for example. Incredibly innovative, but since it is unfamiliar, it won't match the sales of the PSP. This is just one example however, and you could apply the concept to almost any genre of games that exists at the moment. Except for maybe the MMOG genre. Everquest 2 is more familiar to most MMO gamers, but WoW is more creative and innovative and sell more. My theory is that soon, most gamers will play MMOG's because of the social interaction aspect of it. I don't know if many people here have played "The Elder Scrolls" games, but they are some of the only creative single player games I have seen in years, the reason being is that they try to create an MMO type environment with hundreds of NPCs, but do it in a single player environment.