outdated? it's using the latest non-specialty hardware for it's price range.
old? it just came out.
rather crappy? how so? if you're talking about the problems it has, all it takes is a simple firmware update to fix it up. i've dropped mine a couple of times and it runs great, so it can't be the build quality. it runs correctly and as i expect it to, so it can't be the software. where's the crap factor? do you even own one? better think before making such rash remarks =]
the point of the gp2x was to never be successful or popular on a global scale. but for something that has had no corporate advertisement or promotion it's doing pretty good.
does it matter? well that depends if 1000's of retro games, new homebrew games, wide-range movie playback, mp3/ogg playback, picture viewing, and textbook reading matter to you.
CPU speed PSP = 333MHz CPU DS = (2) combined 100MHz CPU vs. GP2X = (2) combined 400MHz CPUs (overclockable)
RAM PSP = 4MB RAM DS = 4MB RAM vs. GP2X = 64MB RAM
Internal Memory PSP = 0 DS = 0 vs. GP2X = 64MB
Games PSP = 40-60 decent commercial games DS = 200-300 includes GBA games and DS vs. GP2X = 1,000's of time tested games plus fresh, unique homebrew
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outdated? it's using the latest non-specialty hardware for it's price range. old? it just came out. rather crappy? how so? if you're talking about the problems it has, all it takes is a simple firmware update to fix it up. i've dropped mine a couple of times and it runs great, so it can't be the build quality. it runs correctly and as i expect it to, so it can't be the software. where's the crap factor? do you even own one? better think before making such rash remarks =] the point of the gp2x was to never be successful or popular on a global scale. but for something that has had no corporate advertisement or promotion it's doing pretty good. does it matter? well that depends if 1000's of retro games, new homebrew games, wide-range movie playback, mp3/ogg playback, picture viewing, and textbook reading matter to you.
CPU speed
PSP = 333MHz CPU
DS = (2) combined 100MHz CPU
vs. GP2X = (2) combined 400MHz CPUs (overclockable)
RAM
PSP = 4MB RAM
DS = 4MB RAM
vs. GP2X = 64MB RAM
Internal Memory
PSP = 0
DS = 0
vs. GP2X = 64MB
Games
PSP = 40-60 decent commercial games
DS = 200-300 includes GBA games and DS
vs. GP2X = 1,000's of time tested games plus fresh, unique homebrew
pathetic hardware? pathetic software? think again. numbers don't lie.