PSP guessing continues as new games announced
But where's the date and price?
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Sony's press conference yesterday proved somewhat disappointing in that the pricing and dating news everyone expected were omitted, in a favour of some new word on the launch titles planned. Indeed, Sony may have changed tact concerning the pricing, after Nintendo unveiled a very low $150 price-tag, and a November debut, for their rival DS system.
Not that Sony's conference was a total damp squid, forty-six new titles were confirmed - from several major third-parties - which will certainly be encouraging for Sony. A Tenchu title is coming, as is a new drumming game from Namco, and SNK are also plotting a King of Fighters outing. Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi's new game, Lumines, was also announced - and will be playable at the Tokyo Games Show this weekend. Twenty-one games will be demonstrated at the Sony booth in total, we're informed.
Concerning the UMD media format, Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi revealed that whilst it will be possible to save data on UMD media via the PSP, Sony will not be enabling such functionality from launch. "But if the market starts to get stabilized and things are going well, there might be companies that want to take advantage of UMD recording capabilities in their games. If that happens, we'll have to discuss with the companies about what kind of recording format to use, whether to add on stronger copy protection, or to even to make it into an international standard," he told reporters at the conference in Tokyo.
The increasingly used Cross Media Bar (XMB) navigation system will be used to control the PSP, Sony revealed, and is part of a general trend at the firm spreading this user-interface across most products. XMB began life on the PSX. Whilst it is supposed to be out in Japan this 'winter', Kutaragi would not be drawn on a specific date or indeed pricing, stating that reaction at this week's expo in Tokyo will be used to gauge such variables.
Kutaragi would not be drawn on whether the PSP will be more expensive than the Nintendo DS (which it surely will given the DS is out for $150 or 15,000 Yen) either, but stated that even if it was costlier it would still sell well as it appeals to a different audience. The launch date will be determined by software availability, the head honcho revealed, pointing to a strong line-up of post debut titles as the major factor. The hardware itself is said to be ready, then. More soon.
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I hope the PSP is released around the world by Christmas, or all the hand-held consoles yak is ALL about ('mamma mia' Mario's) Nintendo with the GameBoy DS. The PSP looks better than the DS, has widescreen, plays some sort of MP3's, and twice as powerful.
Sony was right. Thanks to Nintendo. What Sony will do is thinking all night (and eating Chinese food). Hopefully the PSP will be cheaper.
Whenever it's released, Nintendo's DS: the dual screen may be the only highlight. I'd prefer the PSP.
If it's released after Christmas, just use your Christmas money.
The PSP is going the way N-gage did. Twice as powerful is too much. DS might be a little bit less powerful then PSP, but you won't be seeing a lot of diference. What's more, they can't make it cheaper, and that's why: the PSP without charges coasts about $200, and not all PSP's will be bought, so they need to raise it to at least $300. Widescreen is something I don't understand. It's not that useful, it's very expencive, more expencive then both screens of DS, it's not a very common screen, you know. MP3 is not something a gamer want's from a handheld, it's more of a bonus. And DS has a free chat, that's something that PSP doesn't have. And, yes. Never ever laugh at Mario!!!
how stupid can you get, mario is getting old, theres a damn mario like every week. it's stupid. grow up. and the DS has two shi tty screens which are so small and apart. at least the PSP has a widescreen, = better viewing,clearer,sharper. do you honestly think people would care if its 50bucks more for something that would blow the DS out of the water? look, even the xbox is doing better then the stupid cube. nintendo loses out on SO many titles which both xbox and ps2 have, what does gamecube have? zelda,mario,zelda,mario, and more mario. guess wut, OLD!
quote "Widescreen is something I don't understand. It's not that useful, it's very expencive, more expencive then both screens of DS, it's not a very common screen, you know"
i can't belive you actually typed that crap. did you even stop to read it??? it's not a common screen?????? what the hell does that have to do with anything, who the hell cares whats common, do you want all portables to wear uniforms??? if that were true, people would still be using a 10" black n white tv with one channel.
What I ment it's rare, not common, or uncommon. That means you have to make a special order to get it, wich means it takes more money to make it then those witch are standart. By your logics in the future we will have T.V.s in our flats as big as the whole house. And you say just $50? Well actually, it's seem's it'll be $200 more. And what titles do you speak about? Nintendo has more exclusive titles then any other console. And here's something else: Soul Calibur 2 got 10/10 in one PS2 magazine, while it was beaten by old Mario and Zelda on GC. DO YOU ANDERSTAND, OR MAY BE YOU WANT ME TO RIGHT TEXT LIKE THIS?
Mario died a long long time agooo !!hey the psp beats the dc hands down on one hand you have a very powerfull handheld console with loads of cool games including gt4 ( best game in the world) and then you have a crap double screen ( WTF do i need that for ) with stupid games like super mario and an idiot dressed as peterpan
"UMD media format, Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi revealed that whilst it will be possible to save data on UMD media via the PSP, Sony will not be enabling such functionality from launch."
This is a big deal! PSP can WRITE to UMD! all that is required is the functionality to be accessed and then the blank media to become available - suddenly we can back up 1.5 GB of data - hello music and movie backup. Obviously pirating as always is an issue but surely the ligitimate use of this hardware makes a big enough difference