Ordered Sony PSP

yawnstretch

Here are some videos of me playing Ridge! Graciously hosted for me by a pal from irc.

MOVIE A)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/KIF_0472.AVI
(13.97MB)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/pspmovie2.avi
(2.74MB)




MOVIE
http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/KIF_0469.AVI
(13.97MB)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/pspmovie1.avi
(2.67MB)



There are only 2 movies - and low quality versions of each. KIF are high Q.

kensutz

sweet, I want it now

Snaga

Nyomity Nyom.

Rew

yawnstretch wrote:

There are only 2 movies - and low quality versions of each. KIF are high Q.

Looks good. How do you find the low position of the analog nub? looks a bit uncomforable.

yawnstretch

You see its not like a ps2 analogue so its not like you'd imagine it feels. Its flatish against the surface of the ps2 and it slides on a springed axes so its very easy to move it - but very precise too because it returns to centre (its no way near as hard to push as a PS2 pad).

Edit : not that a ps2 pad is hard to push - its just this little yoke doesnt exhaust the thumb at all.

Rew

I see. Pitty they didnt put one on each side...

yawnstretch

On the one hand - being a fan of Splinter Cell I have to agree with you there - but on the other hand I dont think that the main user of dual analogues (the FPS) works very well with either portables or analogues to be honest.

It was probably this plus style that determined the decision. Or maybe they just couldnt cram in any more - have you seen how compressed the tech inside this thing is already

http://www.lik-sang.com/psp.html

Rew

yawnstretch wrote:

but on the other hand I dont think that the main user of dual analogues (the FPS) works very well with either portables or analogues to be honest.[/url]

Have you played the Metroid demo on the DS?

medZer

hee heeh heee

ordered mine from japan, hope to have it between crimbo and enw years..Yawn, got ridge too...hope its good! how bout video, you ripped anythin onto it yet
??medZer

Praetorian

Wow that thing is sexy Welcome to the party Sony! Please kick the crap out of Nintendo for me

Mthor5

just got my psp from ups with no custom charges \o/

now check for dead pixels :rolleyes:

L5

Mthor5 wrote:

just got my psp from ups with no custom charges \o/

now check for dead pixels :rolleyes:

you were lucky.
i hope sds are feeling as generous. :rolleyes:

Ciaran500

Don't these couriers normally post a bill to you a couple of weeks after delivery. I know thats what fedex do.

Rew

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000510024287/

Another review...

[nicK]

Rew wrote:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000510024287/

Another review...

that's the best review yet..

the comparisons with the Creative Zen Portable Media Centre and Apple's Iphoto make ya think that paying the $569 for it now is worth the money...

[nicK]

..or maybe i'll just wait for it to be released in white ..

Rew

[nicK] wrote:

that's the best review yet..

the comparisons with the Creative Zen Portable Media Centre and Apple's Iphoto make ya think that paying the $569 for it now is worth the money...

Actually I reckon those comparsions are fairly superficial. Its nice to see the 2 screens side by side but its hard to judge much from one pic not to mention comparing Memmory Stick Duo with a 20/60 gig hardisk dosnt quite add up

iPod photo is **** even beside a monochrome 4g iPod.

Engadgets reviews are great as they apeal to the gadget freak in all of us and they tend to review in the same way alot of people will in their head but they lack real depth in a few spots and dont really mention UMD media other then games.

All the comments are worth reading through as well.

[nicK]

Rew wrote:

All the comments are worth reading through as well.

yeah, this comment i found particularly amusing..

"I couldn't help but notice that in your rather awesome collection of portable systems there in the end you failed to showcase the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

clearly you've never even played that bad boy, for all intents and purposes it is the greatest hand held system that has or probably will ever exist.

Sure the graphics don't knock your door down, but who cares, you get great playing games. For my money the NGPC did everything right, except for the lack of contrast and brightness control.

Personally I'd like to see a review of that, or even see someone admit that it existed. I'd review it for you but I'm not sure you'd be thrilled about my one game."

.. poor guy

weemcd

i thought it was a very good positive review, but they are all too kind with the battery life thing. their response (like many others) seems to be, ah sure if you want to play it for long peroids of time, buy another battery.

i mean woah! ffs like thats not a valid excuse they should be more critical on the battery life imo.

otherwise i ****ing want a psp now
lets hope if the price is right over here and there is improved battery life, actually that is alot to wish for!

Rew

Price will be horrible over here id say. Also I reckon Europe will be waiting ages for the release. Id be worried that the region stuff will come back to bite early adopters/importers at some point.

BrookieD

i found one on ebay in tyrone for 185 STG might be tempted with that

rabbitinlights

Ciaran500 wrote:

Don't these couriers normally post a bill to you a couple of weeks after delivery. I know thats what fedex do.

I just got a bill from fedex for €82 for a 6800GT from the states, i simply rang them up and informed them that the product i received was faulty and the company couldnt supply me with a new one and refunded me. The helpful lady said she would wipe the fee and said everything was fine........

Worked a dream!


R

Snaga

Rew wrote:

Price will be horrible over here id say. Also I reckon Europe will be waiting ages for the release. Id be worried that the region stuff will come back to bite early adopters/importers at some point.

Well Japan is DVD region 2, just like the UK/Ireland. The psp games with the region code were also marked '2'. It would make sense for them to use the DVD region codes for their UMD movies, no point remaking the wheel and all that.

So chances are the Irish and UK early adopters will be just fine.

Captain Trips

Snaga wrote:

Well Japan is DVD region 2, just like the UK/Ireland. The psp games with the region code were also marked '2'. It would make sense for them to use the DVD region codes for their UMD movies, no point remaking the wheel and all that.

So chances are the Irish and UK early adopters will be just fine.

You're serious? So original Japanese manga and so on would play in my PS2? Cool.....now I could usefully learn Japanese!

I never knew Japan was R2. Sorry about O/T.

Ciaran500

Japan is Region 2, NTSC. This doesn't matter on a portable device but for DVDs you will need a TV capable of accepting a NTSC signal.

Retr0gamer

We will have another PSP 'shortage' when it is released over here so that they can sell the 'PSP is sold out!' story to the papers

L5

thats why i ordered a japanese one, and am playing it right now, in between playing mp3s on it, and watching full movies in full screen ripped from dvd

Peteee

Excellent battery life article here

http://psp.ign.com/articles/574/574557p1.html

3:32 hours ridge racer (full screen brightness, full sound)
5:09 Darkstalkers Chronicle(full screen brightness, full sound)
Negligible battery impact when left on sleep mode for 24 hrs (i.e. <1%) sleep mode wakes up when you preess it, and you can resume playing ridge racers etc from where you left off
2:46 hours ridge racer wifi enabled (with full screen brightness, and sound)
10:40 hours mp3 playback


What say ye now??

mp3 playback would suit my needs anyway, will be interesting to see what movie playback is like

RR wifi seems a tad low, as does RR normal, although i wouldnt mind seeing the numbers for less then full brightness

Overall, not as bad as some people claimed, seems the 4-6 hours was pretty ok

koneko

Battery life seems better so far than early reports indicated, which is good.

In any case I won't be buying one until the prices come down (or at least until the shops stop charging extra because they can, I'm looking in your direction Lik-Sang).

amp

yawnstretch wrote:

Here are some videos of me playing Ridge! Graciously hosted for me by a pal from irc.

MOVIE A)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/KIF_0472.AVI
(13.97MB)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/pspmovie2.avi
(2.74MB)




MOVIE
http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/KIF_0469.AVI
(13.97MB)

http://texhnolith.nd4spdworld.com/pspmovie1.avi
(2.67MB)



There are only 2 movies - and low quality versions of each. KIF are high Q.

Thanks for the above. It looks very, very, shexy.