correct me if im rong but doesnt the Psp and new gameboy cost about 350$ its retarded that it coost more than the company consles. the graphic are good but and you can carry it around but its still not worth 350$. Any way Nokia N-Gage has basicly as good graphic (depends on the) and with the N-Gage you can use it as a phone , surf the internet, email, fax, text message, watch video. If i had alot money to burn i might get it but in a year or so there will be a new model does anyone think it truly worth it
No, I am waiting for the price to drop before I even consider actually buying it.
ya, I just finaly went out and bought a ps2 and gt4 for $180 and I still need to get a memory card(just had to get a ps2 for gt4 alone). No way am I going to spend 250 on a portable. Just not even possible with the little money I make. To bad it isn't cheaper
There isn't a new Gameboy. Where did you get the price $350 from? If you mean the Nintendo DS, which isn't the new Gameboy, it's worth $150. The Sony PSP is worth $250. The N-Gage has pretty bad controls, no games, and it overall sucks as a game system. The reason things like this cost more than consoles is because of prtability. Can you take your Gamecube or PS2 on a train trip while going to work? Hell, I don't think so.
Out of pure randomness, I stopped at Best Buy on the way home from work today and bought this system. I spent $450 and got a nice bundle with it. I got 2 games of my choice. I chose Untold Legends and Wipeout Pure. I also get 2 months of unlimited rentals for this, or any system at Best Buy. (They mail you the rentals and you mail them back when you are done. No late fees). I also get 15 MP3 downloads from Napster. A USB link cable to connect to my computer (or my ps2). Also included was the Best Buy 2 year replacement plan in case anything happens to it. They included a $10 gift card and a couple of magazine subscriptions. All in all, it wasn't a bad deal. The system also came with the UMD movie Spider-Man 2. Lucky for me, I hadn't seen it yet. I just watched it. The clarity to the PSP is awesome. For me, this was totaly worth the money.
Yeah, to me, I still don't think that it's worth $250. They should have bundled it with a memory stick with more capacity than 32MB. The more I play the system though, the more I love it, and seeing as so many games are out already, I have a lot to choose from in the next months. So, cool, I guess :cool:
Price isn't an object when it comes to great quality games. However theres only a handful of games so it's not worth purchasing yet. But I do plan on buying one. It doesn't matter if it's even $300. With games like Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy VII Chrisis Core, Twisted Metal, NFS Underground 2, Metal Gear Acid (Which looks awesome for a card game. Its a RPG Card Game.. Sweet), Dragon BallZ, Syphon Filter, Mobile Suit Gundam, Tales of Eternia, not to mention one of my personal Favorites Romance of the Three Kingdoms V.
Those are hopefully some future great titles. it plays dvd's and oh yeah theres not much of a battery problem. They have recharge packs. 250 dollars is worth it. I'd buy one over a DS which has a few games even though it's been out longer and does little other then play games.
I like what I see thus far on the PSP, but I think the $250 price is too steep, espically when it doesn't come without a game, I mean WTF is up with that?
I'll probably end up buying one, since I'm impressed with some of the launch titles, I'll probably just wait for a price drop, hopefully we'll that by this Christmas.
No where near worth it, especially since you have to shell out roughly another $100 to make the music/movie part remotely decent.
PSP is an awesome machine! It is best for having a portable DVD player and game machine. It is worth the price!
It will be worth the price in the future, once more movie are available on UMD and mroe games are out. Currently I'm only really interested in Mercury, and so I think I'll wait until the European launch for GTA and Freerunning...
Like anyone with any sense would buy films on UMDs.
Maybe UMD's will have extra bonuses like DVD's. For example, if you play AVP on a DVD player, all you have are the special features and the film itself, as well as scene selection and options. However, if you play the disc on a computer, you have programs that are downloadable and links to some great sites relevant to the movie. With UMD's, they could do something like that, except, it wouldn't be sites and programs as extras, but demos of games based on the movie that are playable on the PSP.
UMD's aren't exactly going to revolutionise the way movies are watched, though.
Actually, I know some people that are buying the PSP for it's other functions rather than using it as a game machine. Someone I know is using it mainly for movies and mp3's. He said buying an iPod and a Portable DVD player doesn't come in one, but the PSP can basically do what they can. So he got himself the PSP and a one gig memory stick.
I'm getting it mainly for the games, but don't see the harm using it to play music.
PSP can play music right from the start, but getting a memory card that is able to hold a lot of music is pretty expensive. A fanboy is somebody who is obsessed with a certain company and hates each other company. A Nintendo fanboy would praise the DS, then come on the PSP board and bash it without even backing it up.
oh. i see. If the price drops maybe to $150 then it seems like this PSP would be worth it. right now that seems ridiculous. buying all that stuff to support it.
Well if you want it as a games machine then it's not too pricey. It comes with a memory stick.
The good thing also is that other companies provide cheaper alternatives. SanDisk do a very good memory stick that's cheaper than Sony's. I personally got a 128Mb stick for
Portables, BLAH! That's just one more reason the youths of earth are becoming bloated, obese cows.
Least of all, portables. I mean, they ENCOURAGE getting outside and walking and all that jazz.
I mean, if a games console were to induce obesity, surely it would be Microsoft's X-Box... it's a challenge to build up enough mass to rival it.
Oh, you say that joke's dead already? Sorry.
who in middle school got a PSP...
Well the PSP is expensive, its not worth the price. Every game for it is like $50 a piece. Its $100 more than the PS2 even though the PS2 is better. Better graphics, price, don't have to buy UMDs, you can just use DVDs. PSP is only better 'cause its portable. Really who wants to waste $100 more dollars for a PSP, there is already PS2 which is more better and cheaper. Eventually the price will go down, maybe next year.
The PSP is pretty sweet. I've gotten to play one and i'm pretty hooked. The graphics and games are beastie, you can watch Movies, listen to music. It's really awesome. It's definately worth the price! I hope I get me one soon!
Interesting point raised though, NEGamer - I'm not too fond of shelling out 200 notes just for the privilege of taking my games with me. Especially since they're mostly similar to other ones on the home console - and factor in the battery life making it not particularly portable, I'm not sold.
UMD movies are pointless, There lower capasity then DVD's and so wont come witht the welth of extras seen on DVD's, they only play in 1 thing atm, being a screen the size of a matchbox. MP3's seem like a waste of a expensive and very scratchable LCD screen, looking at some of the MP3 players my friends have, most of them live in pockets and are not in very good shape after only a month or 2.
I dont think the PSP is remotly worth the asking price. Sure all the features sound great but in reality there not that good or practicle. Watching mvies seems great but novilty quickly wears of especialy when you an only watch 1 and half movies movie on 1 recharge.
As a games machine it seems OK but for the price your much better to buy a DS and half a dozen games.
it's alright
Personally, I think it's kinda of a waste of money...at least right now. I'd wait for newer and better games to come out. So far the only games I've enjoyed are WipEout: Pure and Mercury. As for the UMD movies, bleh. None of the movies really interest me or I already have them. Besides, I already have a DVD player that I can take in the car.
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I think there are good games already out for the PSP. It already seems to have as good if not a better selection then the DS. Now i'm more of a home console kind of person but i'll probably pick up a PSP. The Games that are to be released look like they'll rock!
There's a major flaw in that argument, NEGamer - most PSP and DS gamers are going to be paying for their cellphones AS WELL as their DS habit, so there's really no difference in price that way.
There's an interesting article in Edge this month about all five new consoles, and why they're all better than each other - they've all got different things to add to the market.
I don't really know much about the N-Gage so I won't comment much on that... if it's cheap with decent graphics then I think it sounds good. As for the Psp and DS... right now I'm not overly impressed with either of them... there are very few games I would actually buy where as there are tons I liked for the GBA... if I bought one of them I would both wait for way more games and wait for a price drop...
here is my advice to anyone who wants a psp:
Gamecube + Resident Evil 4 = saving you 100$
Of course I bought the system, but no way in hell was it worth the money.