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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
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My wife just loves portable consoles and since this one is so cheap with the vista coming my wife is thinking of buying one. Are they any good, are there good games available for them or should she just stay away?
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andy
Belgium
bredene
Do you not see?
That if you kill him with the pill from the till by making with it the drug in the jug, you need not light the candle with the handle on the gâteau from the château.
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If you like homebrew, buy one. Otherwise, dont. Their are a few good games out for the psp, but for the rest its nothing special. In my oppinion its better to save a little money and buy a 3DS or the vita. I used to use mine almost exlusive for homebrew and emulator and this is only if your psp has been modded. If you want, you can borrow mine to make up your mind, but i would not buy one again.
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Richard
Greece
Marousi
Athens
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+1 when I saw the thread I went ''what?no!''
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Nick Reed
United Kingdom
Southampton
Hampshire
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Barad_the_dwarf wrote: My wife just loves portable consoles and since this one is so cheap with the vista coming my wife is thinking of buying one. Are they any good, are there good games available for them or should she just stay away?
What genres / types of games does she like? I own a PSP myself and have enjoyed a number of games on it (from more of the Japanese side of the market), but even with that I'd have to say it's possibly a little late to get in on the platform. The number of new titles coming out isn't enormous, and even through the second hand market it's getting trickier to find old games. With the Vita coming out, it's only going to make things more difficult.
That said, if you can get one so cheap it's almost a no-brainer, it might be worth a purchase. Just don't buy it with the expectation that it'll stand up as a 'modern' or well supported handheld for too much longer.
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Nathan Trimmer
United States
West Jefferson
Ohio
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Ncik wrote: What genres / types of games does she like? I own a PSP myself and have enjoyed a number of games on it (from more of the Japanese side of the market), but even with that I'd have to say it's possibly a little late to get in on the platform.
I'll second Ncik's comments.
My wife picked up one for me a year back and my DS quickly took a back seat. It's been a great purchase, but I'm really into RPGs/JRPGs and that seems to be one of the platform's biggest strengths (Persona, Ys, Dungeon Siege, etc). So consider it if that genre is one of your wife's favorites otherwise, you might want to simply invest in a Vita.
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Ash Ketchum
United States
Pallet Town
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I'm waiting for this to drop under $100 and possibly even cheaper. It didn't do that for Black Friday so I dunno. Maybe when the Vita drops. I don't know how I feel about the Vita and I love RPGs of all kinds so a psp and all the available cheap used games near me seems like a no brainer. I just didn't know people hated it. lol
Also,
Can you stream youtube on the PSP?
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Chris
United States
Newark
Delaware
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Well, my experience with this seems to be different than everyone elses, but so be it. To me, the PSP is kind of like a handheld PS2: a wide variety of different types of games, with a LOT of high quality ones, but with the additional advantage of not having nearly as much shovelware as the PS2 (or the DS, for that matter).
RPG's are well represented, certainly, but there are also good puzzles games (Crush and Exit), arcade-y games (Mercury, Every Extend Extra, Lumines: Puzzle Fusion, and several classic collections of games if you like those sorts of things), and plenty of quirky, unusual games that you don't see elsewhere (Patapon, LocoRoco). There are plenty of other quality games, likely a few for every genre. I think there is enough variety that it is totally worth it, and I do find the quality of graphics to be quite pleasant for a handheld device. It was worth it for me at around $200, and I think now it could very well be worth it for what it's going for (dunno what that is), though I would agree that if you can handle waiting, it might be worth seeing if the price drops considerably when the Vita is released.
Oh, duh, of course the important question is, what kinds of games does your wife like?
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Richard
Greece
Marousi
Athens
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The experience I had with my psp trying to go online was terrible.
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
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Good question but she did some research of her own and decided against buying one.
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Aaron Tubb
United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina
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All I know about the PSP is that it's a nut... you can play outside.
And how can that be anything but awesome?
disclaimer: I have never played this nut, and don't know anyone else who has one, either.
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Christian Sperling
Germany
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Recently I received a used PSP as a christmas present.
This thing rocks.
I can watch movies and pictures, read pdfs, listen to music, play games and everything on a portable device.
Many cool games available (pretty cheap also).
I just need a wireless adapter for my modem to surf the internet.
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Bernd Caspers
Germany
Mönchengladbach
Unspecified
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The hardware and design of this thing rocks and it is nearly indestructible, it survived multiple falls, one being a 2-stories fall down on stone steps without so much as a scratch.
On the software side I find the system somewhat lacking, there aren´t as many "must have" games out there as I wish there could be.
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Breno K.
Brazil
BrasÃlia
Distrito Federal
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There are a dozen or so games worth playing on it.
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james napoli
United States
Westwood
New Jersey
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i had a psp since it launched, and unfortunately i would have to say no, UNLESS you are a hardcore Sony/Playstation guy.
There are some good deals on games if you are PSN user and particularly if you are PS+ member.
overall though, the battery life is poor, you'll spend a lot of time doing updates and patches and the the nintendo systems likely offer the same games your wife may want to play for likely cheaper...
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James
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Wow! Didn't see all this negativity coming.
I've heard that the PSP 3000 model is well made. I read that earlier models had issues and people have praised the 3000 model.
Having said that, I think the DSi Lite will be more to your wife's liking although I would think about getting the 3DS if she is interested in the DS.
edited to add that I didn't realize how old this thread was...
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Joshua Gardner
United States
West Henrietta
New York
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Probably my favorite portable gaming device, behind the Game Boy Advance. Graphics are really nice, tons of great games. Only things worth dinging it for are the analog nub and battery life that's similar to a laptop.
It gets unfairly trounced on. The selection of games is far better than the DS IMO.
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james napoli
United States
Westwood
New Jersey
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bullseyetm wrote: Probably my favorite portable gaming device, behind the Game Boy Advance. Graphics are really nice, tons of great games. Only things worth dinging it for are the analog nub and battery life that's similar to a laptop.
It gets unfairly trounced on. The selection of games is far better than the DS IMO.
i had some good times with my psp, but i think as with any gameSystem what games does the user want to play.
Thus i would as the OP, what games would your wife be interested in?
Start there...
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bullseyetm wrote: It gets unfairly trounced on. The selection of games is far better than the DS IMO.
I think a lot of the criticism towards it were fair. The UMD disks turned out to be not such a good idea on a portable. Many of the games were ports of PS2 titles. The web browser was terrible. It had hardware issues (the flying disk being one of the hilarious ones). It used a proprietory memory stick instead of the universal SD card.
I've been a Sony fan for a long time and was initially interested in the PSP until I realized it didn't really offer anything new beside it being a "console on the go". The PS Vita seems to offer much more novel experience then its predecessor but the more I read about other people's experience the less enthusiastic I get. For one, it seems some of the enjoyable aspect of the PS Vita requires one to have the 3G model. For example, you won't get the full benefit of the Near app without it. I think some games even require the 3G connection.
The DS. for me, offered new game experience through the use of the touch screen and the homebrew scene was awesome!
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