Every year, Sony claims that huge PSP games are coming to shake up the creatively tired system. This year, to make things a little different, Sony has tried a different approach -- claiming that huge PSP games are coming to shake up the creatively tired oh wait that's the same thing.
"As we move further into 2010, the innovation and technological prowess of the PSP system continues to be evident," says Sony hardware mouthpiece John Koller. "We have a plethora of exciting new games, some of which have yet to be announced, coming later this year that will continue to deliver the same unparalleled gaming experiences that you know and love."
This comes hot off the heels of Sony celebrating the PSP's fifth birthday. Of course, Sony continues to promise that the PSP will have massive titles, and while it manages to produce one or two good games every twelve months, it still lacks enough lasting quality titles. Maybe if Sony would stop wasting time redesigning the system for its annual re-release, it could invest more time in software. Just a thought.
Big PSP surprises coming this year -- Sony [CVG]
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2:00 PM on 03.24.2010 | 
I haven't played my PSP for nearly 6 months now
The sad thing is the last game I bought for psp was crisis core:final fantasy 7
LESS TALK, MORE WORK!!
Sony, you are a failure and will always be a failure because you promises WAY TO MUCH AND HOLDS NOTHING! All I play at the moment is Little Big Planet on my PSP, because THERE IS NO GAME I LIKE OR REMINDS ME TO GOD OF FUCKING WAR!!!
I love my PSP but I'll be the first to get in line and say that a library like the DS has would be nice.
Though to be fair, there certainly aren't many awesome PSP games that actually take advantage of the hardware, and the idea of portability rather than porting a full console game over for the sake of it. That kind of thing workded back when it was amazing to have almost the power of a PS2 in your hands, but it's years later now, and the freaking next DS will have usurped that idea even though Nintendo doesn't focus on graphical prowess.
Naturally your definition of big name games varies w your personal tastes, but last time they announced this they gave us Little Big Planet, Gran Turismo, Motor Storm, and I'm sure some others I can't remember... Those were all pretty big titles for me. I got MotorStorm and a while later I got Gran Turismo and I'll eventually pick up LBP too I think.
Not to mention there's always some PS1 classics I'm playing on the PSP.
I'm also interested in getting some of the Minis that I haven't tried yet.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I feel like there's more than enough choices to keep me busy. If there's not any games on PSP that you want maybe you should stop crying about it and accept that the PSP just isn't really for you.
Good day, sir. ...I SAID GOOD DAY.
God forbid anyone disagree with him, that's not acceptable at all.
Anyway, I'd like to see more PSP games, but I seriously doubt Sony will deliver. MGS will be a nice start, we will see what else they can pull out of their ass. Hopefully they don't try pushing a download-only bit, or I will have to respectfully decline to purchase said games.
I used to use my PSP instead of a console... for a lot of my gaming and I loved the longer, graphically nice games that the PSP offered - but since getting my PS3, I only tend to use my PSP for watching video and tend to use a DS for more "on the go" gaming.
I hate to say it... but the PSP needs better casual games that can be played for 10 minutes at a bus stop. There just don't seem to be enough of those, and the ones they do have seem inferior to the DS games of the same type.
Carlton Banks needs to go away.
You're basing your ignorant opinion off of one game the writer likes. How do you even justify that? You can't sit there and tell me the PSP library isn't severely lacking, because you'd be wrong. Go look at the PSP section of any store and compare it to any other system. Add to that the fact that several PSP games are ports and remakes, and add several more that are just extensions/cash-ins of existing Sony franchises and you're left with a dozen or so games in the last few months that do anything noteworthy.
You're embarrassing yourself.
God Eater, much?
R-Type Tactics II? The original was brilliant, especially in multiplayer.
Phantasy Star Portable 2? It's got so much new stuff it almost isn't a sequel.
Start doing more PS2 remakes? Dark Cloud 2 or Steambot Chronicles, hint hint.
Finally make the DLC for Wipeout Pulse available in the US?
You would think that with the massive shit the game press is constantly taking on the PSP in North America, Sony would step up to the plate and show us what it's got. Unfortunately no, that's Atlus' job and a handful of other import game companies.
Or maybe just call it the Persona Station Portable.
Although, I feel Monster Hunter alone pays for the PSP. I've played it enough that it validates that purchase, hands down. The fact that 2010 has two more PSP Monster Hunter games coming out means all the big games I'll ever need are coming.
Agreed, Chains of Olympus was great, even had boobies like its console brethren.
I'll be a very happy panda once the psp persona3 is out along with peacewalker, I really love my psp and don't understand the hate, ps1 classics ftw!
"Reading "creatively tired" from a Pokemon player is pure fucking gold. Is that ok Hamza or do I need to worry about you banning a rolling ip, effectively not banning me. Just curious."
Congratulations on your rolling IP, you internet wizard, you. Though I'm sure banning your username and email address would work just fine, you dick.
Why the fuck do you even come to this site if you hate it and all its staff so much?
And DON'T make it cost a freaking mint.
Im not seeing how your last comment doesn't really apply to the DS as well. Its just Nintendo fanboys will eat up anything that is spit at them, good or not. I have to agree with one comment Carlton made because I dont know what all these great DS games (aside from castlevania) are supposed to be. Pokemon? Ooook... Then again, how great a game is is all based on opinion anyway, for example, I don't enjoy the Phoenix Wright games or puzzle games of any kind, but DS fanboys eat those games up.
on the note of the PSP2, I'm hoping it will bring the 2nd analog nub, perhaps even the extra shoulder buttons, and coincide with the digital rerelease of PS2 classics that will be playable on the PSP2. That would be the shit. I would pay $250 at launch if that's the scheme they go with.
I see your point, that there have been some, a few, big name games for the psp. But would you argue they most of them are ports or a like verision of ps3/2's originals? I mean every game you mentioned "Little Big Planet, Gran Turismo, Motor Storm" is a title on the ps2/ps3. That is my problem with the psp, I want some orginal IP's! Why would I want to play motor storm, a dumb down version of the ps3 counterpart, instead of playing it on MY ps3? I wouldn't. I only got LBP because I wanted a new psp game and that was the best one I found I did not have in my opinion. I own every system, and the psp has the weakest line up, and that isn't just my opinion, it is Sony's too, why else would they try and defend and promise that they will get some good, and more of them, games each year.
How about they port some other games from other regions? Why not put some money on new IP's instead of a new psp system every few months, I mean psp go, what a waste!
i'm scepticle about peace walker, portable ops left a bad taste in my mouth in terms of the psp and metal gear.
The latest Socom? LittleBigPlanet? GTA? Motorstorm? Metal Gear Solid? I guess those are the "big" games most people seemed to be concerned with, but I don't really care about playing those on a portable, especially since I got a PS3.
Now a new psp! cool, two analog sticks, i am sold!
Also, can't wait for PSP MOVE. XD
I don't feel the PSP is lacking any more than the DS. Sure, the DS wall at retail outlets are full, but have you looked closely at those walls? The DS is home to massive steaming piles of Shovelware. The wii has more titles than any of the other consoles of this generation, but it's library is the most lacking.
But really how much the PSP or the DS is lacking depends on your taste. There's almost no option for fighting games on the DS, yet the PSP has Blazblue, Guilty Gear Accent Core, Soul Caliber, Tekken 6....and that's only the stuff that came out in 2009. DS lacks anything like Monster Hunter. It's options for racing (other than Mario Kart) are also lacking.
On the flipside, the PSP doesn't have nearly as many platformers. It has less RPGs (but not much less). It can't tell me how to cook. It doesn't work as a Kanji dictionary. The DS also has the market cornered on visual novels.
In many ways, both handhelds have massive blindspots and have seriously lacking libraries, but they're lacking in radically different areas. Maybe your type of game is specifically what is in over abundance on the DS, while Carlton may only play the types of games that are available on PSP.
Also, the DS has the same number of, but more drastic, hardware revisions than the PSP does. I've got a 1000 model PSP, and I feel the new models are just slight revisions. I feel cheated with my DS Lite, given that the hardware has been revised twice since I bought it and it now has many capabilities that my older system lacks.
That would be perfect. The only thing would be the memory issue, those cards won't be cheap.
In regards to Mr Carlton Banks - being a prick because he can.
Metal Gear portable ops, Acid 1 and 2, Peace Walker is on the way; Monster Hunter goodness; LocoRoco and Patapon; Final Fantasy Tactics and Crisis Core; Disgaea 1 and 2; rereleased Shadow of Memories; random dungeon Crawling awesomness from Atlus like Class of Heroes; Riviera and Yggdra Union; portable versions of SF Alpha 3 and Guilty Gear; Tales of series; Half Minute Hero; fucking solid version of Chinatown Wras; Super puzzle Fighter; and lots of PS1 classics from psn.
Also digital comics service. P3P coming along with God Eater and some sick shit like that Monster Hunter game about cats.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-debut-monster-hunter/63322
Watching this trailer felt like practicing death for some reason.
Jim really seems to hate on Sony. I get my fill of great games on the PSP every single year.
LBP, Dissidia were recent purchases. Crysis Core as well. And this year I'll be scooping up KH: BBS and Peacewalker. I mean, how many triple A handheld games a year do you need? I don't spend all my days hunched over a handheld, it's a supplemental system.
So far its:
Korg DS-10 Plus
Ace Attorney Investigations
SMT: Strange Journey
Pokemon SS
Infinite Space.
On PSP, its just been Lunar so far this year. For some reason, nothing is as compelling as the first two games I got for my PSP last year - Dissidia and Crisis Core.
Its not about how many games PSP has, its just that most of them are not terribly compelling.That and Sony doesn't seem to care about the platform that much. DS has something for everyone and Nintendo seems to care about it quite a bit.
Next PSP games for me are Fat Princess, Valkryia Chronicles 2, MGS: Peace Walker and Persona 3 Portable, but I can only wonder how many DS games I'll be picking up before I get them. I've already seen a few titles of interest in Q2, which was actually something I wish wasn't happening. I need to save for a Wii and a new PC, dammit.
I thought I was the only one. Jim, you are awesome for making that the header image.
I'm a big PSP fan, but maybe it really is time to move on to PSP2 and hope that this time it takes off properly.
Yea, I would like to see more original IPs for sure. And I can see how the lineup is a bit on the weak side depending on your taste in games and the amount of time you have for gaming, but I guess where I'm coming from there's always been more than enough to choose from so I've never had any complaints. It's the same thing with the "Wii has no good games" crowd, that shit just gets old. Do people literally have time to buy and play every good game that comes out that there truly isn't enough titles out there to keep them busy? Cause I just don't have that problem... of course I work two jobs and play in a handful of bands, but still...
If you haven't bought any games in the last 2.5 years you are probably not paying any attention to the system. Fireteam Bravo 3 both released in the last month or so, are GREAT portable titles but they've been all but ignored by people dead set on hating the PSP.
MODnation Racers and MGS Peace Walker are both due out within the May timeframe and are shaping up to be great looking games.
If you didn't pick up any of GTA Chinatown, LBP, Resistance Retribution, Starwars Battlefront Elite, Half Minute Hero, Motorstorm Arctic Edge, Jak and Daxter, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, or any of the slew of great PSOne classics that got rereleased last year then quit yer b*tchin and GTFO.