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The problem I have with the PSP is just the system. It's not self contained like the DS. The screen will scratch if it goes anywhere. Also the controls feel off. And most of the games always feel like they should be on a console for me to enjoy them better. The only game I feel in love with was the Final Fantasy Tactics game. But now Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced 2 is coming to the DS and I'm psyched
I've been catching up on the DS games I haven't played in the past and I'm having a blast...well, that is until the DS I was playing on broke. Now I search for a DS.
I've been catching up on the DS games I haven't played in the past and I'm having a blast...well, that is until the DS I was playing on broke. Now I search for a DS.
Too bad DS is getting the lame FF tactics. I would rather have the PSP one than the one DS is getting with the Ivalice and the storybook world like the GBA one.
The controls on Katamari without two sticks might not be the best thing..but the ratchet game rocks as does Daxter, Valkyre Profiles, Lumines which I think the best version still is for the PSP and you can't beat having SF:Alpha on the go. God of War is coming and that looks gorgeus..but really the DS is rocks just as much.
My Advice..get BOTH.
My Advice..get BOTH.
patapon actually looks promising to me. its a rhythm/strategy game from what I've seen on the latest 1up show.
It's not a bad system, but I think the DS is much better. I bought one a few months ago, more for emulation and other homebrew uses than anything, but there are a few good games I've played for it.
The ghosting really kills it for me, though. It's awesome to play all these PSP and PS1 games on a handheld in full 3D, but the screen blur is just too much to keep things playable most of the time.
I actually picked it up not knowing of the advancements they've made on the homebrew scene since my friend had one (back around release, when you had to swap memory sticks to play homebrew). Now, they have all this crazy custom firmware stuff that makes homebrew as simple as copy, paste, and run.
Also, you can play damn near any PS1 game ever made on the thing (I'm in the process of putting Chocobo's Dungeon 2, SaGa Frontier 2, Gex, Vagrant Story, and a ton of other awesome PS1 games on my PSP now).
On the illegal side, you can run ISO images of PSP games, so it's very easy to NOT download them and NOT play them without paying for them. I have enough restraint to not to buy an R4 for my DS, but it's hard to resist free PSP games with no added work or cost. Plus, I has no monies to buy PSP games (if I did, I'd probably pick up games like Disgaea and Gitaroo Man as a collection/supporting the companies thing).
The whole ISO thing makes it very easy to give friends copies of games, so I always have games to play with friends (especially when almost everyone I know got a PSP for Christmas). It's also very nice to have 5-10 games all on my memory stick rather than carrying around multiple fragile UMDs.
The PSP is totally worth it, but only if you intend to do some emulation or something on it. I don't think the game library can support it alone. I could only find a small number of games that I really want to play for it right now (Disgaea, Gripshift, maybe a few others) and a few that are coming out in the future (God of War, Patapon, etc). More than anything I bought it for emulation (PS1!!!!) and even as a media player in some cases (I don't really have an MP3 player).
The ghosting really kills it for me, though. It's awesome to play all these PSP and PS1 games on a handheld in full 3D, but the screen blur is just too much to keep things playable most of the time.
I actually picked it up not knowing of the advancements they've made on the homebrew scene since my friend had one (back around release, when you had to swap memory sticks to play homebrew). Now, they have all this crazy custom firmware stuff that makes homebrew as simple as copy, paste, and run.
Also, you can play damn near any PS1 game ever made on the thing (I'm in the process of putting Chocobo's Dungeon 2, SaGa Frontier 2, Gex, Vagrant Story, and a ton of other awesome PS1 games on my PSP now).
On the illegal side, you can run ISO images of PSP games, so it's very easy to NOT download them and NOT play them without paying for them. I have enough restraint to not to buy an R4 for my DS, but it's hard to resist free PSP games with no added work or cost. Plus, I has no monies to buy PSP games (if I did, I'd probably pick up games like Disgaea and Gitaroo Man as a collection/supporting the companies thing).
The whole ISO thing makes it very easy to give friends copies of games, so I always have games to play with friends (especially when almost everyone I know got a PSP for Christmas). It's also very nice to have 5-10 games all on my memory stick rather than carrying around multiple fragile UMDs.
The PSP is totally worth it, but only if you intend to do some emulation or something on it. I don't think the game library can support it alone. I could only find a small number of games that I really want to play for it right now (Disgaea, Gripshift, maybe a few others) and a few that are coming out in the future (God of War, Patapon, etc). More than anything I bought it for emulation (PS1!!!!) and even as a media player in some cases (I don't really have an MP3 player).
tsunamikitsune: thank you that's some really helpful stuff.
Also if I'm not mistaken, you can hook the psp up to the TV, so you can play the hand held but look at it on the TV? Which I really liked because I like to play one player games as a team with someone, so the PSP allows for that aspect for my personal preferences.
Also if I'm not mistaken, you can hook the psp up to the TV, so you can play the hand held but look at it on the TV? Which I really liked because I like to play one player games as a team with someone, so the PSP allows for that aspect for my personal preferences.
And don't get me wrong guys, I love my DS, just looking for something a little different right now hehe
@Butterflies and Hurricanes
Yeah, you can hook it up to the TV, but I'm not entirely sure that you can play games with it (only movies). I was two seconds away from buying a TV-out cable at Target for $10, but decided against it when I saw that the box said "only for movies and pictures" on it.
Don't take my word for that, though, because I think the homebrew community has worked out a way of making it work for games also, so that shouldn't be an issue. I don't think it goes full screen, though (it'll only be in the middle of the screen). You'd have to read up on it to find out the details, I don't really know.
Something I just thought of, though......I wonder if playing on the TV would bypass the ghosting issue? Sure, it wouldn't be quite as portable, but it'd be a lot easier to play games like MGS: Portable Ops.
Maybe I'll look into that and get back to you.......that TV-out cable is looking much more appealing now....
Yeah, you can hook it up to the TV, but I'm not entirely sure that you can play games with it (only movies). I was two seconds away from buying a TV-out cable at Target for $10, but decided against it when I saw that the box said "only for movies and pictures" on it.
Don't take my word for that, though, because I think the homebrew community has worked out a way of making it work for games also, so that shouldn't be an issue. I don't think it goes full screen, though (it'll only be in the middle of the screen). You'd have to read up on it to find out the details, I don't really know.
Something I just thought of, though......I wonder if playing on the TV would bypass the ghosting issue? Sure, it wouldn't be quite as portable, but it'd be a lot easier to play games like MGS: Portable Ops.
Maybe I'll look into that and get back to you.......that TV-out cable is looking much more appealing now....
tsunamikitsune: Thank you that would be fantastic, and good to know if it doesn't work the way I thought, but it should be able to do that so I hope they get to working on that.
The thing with my DS right now is that I was hoping for games like the PSP has released lately like Patapon, and Loco Roco, but I haven't really seen any that have overly sparked my interest in that sense.
If anyone knows of any I'm all ears! Its the quirky uniqueness that I'm hoping for.
The thing with my DS right now is that I was hoping for games like the PSP has released lately like Patapon, and Loco Roco, but I haven't really seen any that have overly sparked my interest in that sense.
If anyone knows of any I'm all ears! Its the quirky uniqueness that I'm hoping for.
tsunami: I actually just went and checked the psp site and I'm pretty sure you can play it on the tv with the proper av cable.
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Accessories/SCPH-S180
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Accessories/SCPH-S180
Did the same thing as Tsunami, but I'd have to say, I've always felt that the DS was greatly lacking something. I think what I'm thinking of is quality games. >_> I'm not into the Nintendo franchises or any of their other absurdity. I played all the way through god damn Cooking Momma just so I could sell it. It reminds me too much of the Wii: bizarre controls and no serious games. I'll admit that I wasn't a big fan of the PSP before the custom firmware, but now that I'm seen it's repertoire of games, I realized that it offered a bit more variety than the DS. That and I just felt like an idiot, sitting there tapping the screen in public. But despite all that, I can't bring myself to sell the system...
Sorry I'm such a Nintendo hater. If you think I'm too bias, you can complete disregard all of that.
Sorry I'm such a Nintendo hater. If you think I'm too bias, you can complete disregard all of that.
@Butterflies and Hurricanes
Yep, that'd be the way to go. The composite cables won't work, but the component cables will. Just make sure your TV supports component and (if it's an SDTV) has progressive scan.
Yep, that'd be the way to go. The composite cables won't work, but the component cables will. Just make sure your TV supports component and (if it's an SDTV) has progressive scan.
@Butterflies and Hurricanes
No problem, happy to help! This was also a nice excuse to put of my homework for a bit. >_>
Aftr you get your PSP, feel free to PM me if you need any help with installing custom firmware or any other PSP-related stuff.
@MissHinasaki
If you don't like it, then why can't you sell it? :P
No problem, happy to help! This was also a nice excuse to put of my homework for a bit. >_>
Aftr you get your PSP, feel free to PM me if you need any help with installing custom firmware or any other PSP-related stuff.
@MissHinasaki
If you don't like it, then why can't you sell it? :P
electro lemon: I'll keep that in mind, I think it was what initially drew me to the system I'll try it before buying it and I would really hate for anything to ruin my love of that series. I loved lumines plus (ps2), and I think it would be really fun to play it on a hand held.
tsunamikitsune: I'll keep that in mind for sure, it could be a while yet however
tsunamikitsune: I'll keep that in mind for sure, it could be a while yet however
