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Thinking of getting a PSP.
Rizzi
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So I was one of the people that got a PSP when it first launched and it was pretty good I guess.
But the major ghosting that it had caused me to sell it a while back, because it was giving me some major headaches to look at.
I know since I bought the first model they've released a billion different makes, and I was thinking of getting one since I've got a hankerin' to play some of the games on the system.
What sort should I get? Have they fixed the ghosting? Or the load times?
But the major ghosting that it had caused me to sell it a while back, because it was giving me some major headaches to look at.
I know since I bought the first model they've released a billion different makes, and I was thinking of getting one since I've got a hankerin' to play some of the games on the system.
What sort should I get? Have they fixed the ghosting? Or the load times?
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my main problem is hands aching like hell after 20 minutes (20 minutes of mhf :P).
I've never once had a headache from using it though. Even after 8 hour straight sessions.
Too bad the nerves in my arm are now ruined from using the psp.. dangerous toy!
I don't think that much has changed between revisions, I recall they stuffed a microphone on the slim(2000) and another 32mb of ram(for a total of 64), and a different type of screen on the 3000 (not sure if it eliminates ghosting due to crappy lcd latency, I heard it rather introduced interlacing or something though)
PSP Go might be worth looking at if you have money to blow, as it doesn't have a UMD drive, so I imagine load-times are zero. However there's strictly limited titles for it.
I use CFW to negate loadtimes personally. Still using my PSP-1000 through all of this though.
Guess I could use a newer one now though.. it's got a dead pixel, right speaker dead, battery falling apart. Dropped it a dozen times
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
It made playing Socom really intense.
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Was using the psp for roughly an hour or two lying on my side. Didn't hurt any more than usual but I decided to give it a break anyway. An hour later my arm was burning furiously and then went numb
Been 6 months now, I guess it's not coming back.
Doesn't stop me from playing the PSP more though.. hahah.
I bought the 1000 series in late 2006 and upgraded to the 2000 via a product replacement plan when it dropped.
I love the PSP. It's got a great library of games and the hardware is nice.
I wish it were smaller. It's a bit difficult for it to be truly portable when it's as big as it is, but I guess I don't have much choice on that.
Like all small electronics it scratches extremely easily, especially the screen. Get a screen protector. Just try not to apply it as shoddily as I have mine.
Finally don't expect it to be a competent video or music player. The hoops you have to jump through to get video properly playing on the thing just isn't worth it. You'll spend an hour ripping a video for it only to find out it has some random error playing on the PSP. Music works okay but you're limited to the size of your memory stick of course and the player is kinda clunky.
Otherwise grab one. I don't play mine as much as I should, but that's because I've got three other consoles and one other handheld vying for my attention.
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Basically, you have 3 options right now:
1 - Try to get an older PSP model and put custom firmware on it. This obviously takes the most work and you're stuck with older hardware, but many people feel the custom firmware is worth it (among other things, it lets you rip your games to a memory stick for improved performance & increased battery times)
2 - Buy a PSP 3000. The ghosting is gone and the load times are better than the original due to caching, however some people are bothered by the scanlines.
3 - Buy a PSP Go. This is the most expensive option ($250), but you get a smaller & lighter system with 16GBs built-in hard drive space, which from early reports has better controls and a better screen (albeit slightly smaller) than previous models. Since the system only supports digital downloads, load times shouldn't be a problem. On the negative side, it can't use UMDs.
Personally, I'm going with the PSP Go when it comes out Oct 1st as my first PSP, but I'm a big fan of digital distribution. If you already have an existing UMD library or you want to pick up a bunch of older games for cheap used, you might want to go with one of the other options.
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Nope. Sony claims they'll have a majority of PSP games, but Sony has a lot of things.
And Zero, as much as I dug those games I wouldn't get my hopes up for them. They're kinda niche and I'd assume low priority for getting up on the service.
I see plenty of ghosting in Maverick Hunter X and also in Castlevania. on a psp2k.
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anyone got a psp 1-2000 and a 3000 to compare with?
I assume they introduced interlacing for a good reason rather than just to 'hide' the ghosting.
Both the 2000 and 3000 model have UMD caching, and the 2000 doesn't have a mic. The 3000 has the built-in mic.
So the 3000 having some kind of interlacing is a load of horse?
Real interlacing causes more visual issues, like "jumpy" images that seem to vibrate and problems displaying single-pixel lines.
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Edit: I've noticed no ghosting on Patapon.
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Erm, dude, fuck you. I know damn well what's ghosting. That's one of the reasons my first LCD monitor was bought in 2008 instead of earlier.
Even if there is some ghosting in the PSP2K, it's so freaking weak that I really can't perceive it, and I have perfectly fine eyes. I wanna see a video that shows the supposed ghosting in the 2K.
Anyway, I doubt that it's humanly possible to see ghosting on a 2ms screen. You see whatever the fuck you wanna see.
It doesn't really bother me, but it's definitely noticeable on a PSP2k.
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Plus I think the GO is going to something like $400 here?
Same here - but having some smaller games to add variety is good, like having SSHD or echochrome on there.Or some of those newfangled PSP minis. But hey, you can put them on a normal PSP too. So that advantage is lost.
I was originally quite fond of the Go, but the more I thought about it, the more I just wanted to keep my 2000.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
Okay rage aside, when you move the mouse on an lcd screen, you will see a 'dimmer' copy compared to when the mouse is still. Also, I can see a very dim trail(maybe less than 1/10th brightness). I don't know what to say if you can't see this. Maybe your 2008 LCD is just that superior to my mine. It's something I cannot see on a CRT.
I also doubt that your eyes even have anything to do with the equation. Trying moving the mouse while follwing it with your head, rather than moving your eyes. If you can't recognise or see this sort of behaviour on any LCD I fucking commend you, because it always bothers me- much more so on the PSP screen. (I've never seen the 2000 or 3000 in action.)
I rented the first one and had a similar experience. Picked up Patapon 2 a couple weeks back on a discounted retail voucher, and find it to be a lot more gradual. Fever requires less of a chain to streak into, and I'm not really finding too much difficulty progressing through the story. There are definitely still challenges out there in the game (the hero/egg adventures get pretty hard pretty fast due to the time constraints, and I ran into an optional boss that one-shot my flag bearer), but it seems to be better tuned in general. Also, if I remember correctly, it has a difficulty selector (easy/medium/hard) while Patapon 1 did not.
Altho, if it's ghosting you want, how bout some MG: Portable ops? That one ghosts like a beatch on my 2K...
Weirdly, though, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite doesn't really. Strange. Also, it seems to not be so pronounced on something like the Sega Genesis Collection, but i always assumed that was because the colours are generally quite bright, or something.
Getting back to the Go, does anyone know if Sony are doing anything about letting people transfer their UMDs to it? Like having a separate UMD drive or whatever?
I am getting a Go on launch, I used to have a PSP back in 2006 and I always liked a lot of the games, but I am now digital download only (Steam mostly) and the idea of not having to port media around appeals to me.
What games should I be after, assuming almost all the PSP games are available day one. I liked:
Disgaea
Monster Hunter
Dungeon Siege: TOA (it was a nice little loot crawl considering how earl it game out)
D&D Tactics, flawed as it was
Worms 2
SOCOM: FTB
Logans Shadow
I have noticed LBP, is that getting the content editor? how will we dl new levels? the new MGS looks good...
Any others I should grab? (I hope LOTS)
-Lumines 1 or 2, ideally 2(lots more content)
-MGS Portable
-Initial D Street Stage(dirt cheap import port of Initial D V3)
-Wild Arms XF
-Puzzle Quest(this version looks the sharpest)
-Prinny (hardcore platformer, if you even remotely like Disgaea, this is very worth a play or six)
-FF Dissidia
-FF Crisis Core
-FF Tactics
Really, any of the FF PSP games, even the remakes of 1 & 2 are gorgeous.
Some games that I love on it:
Marvel Ultimate Alliance- Just fun and entertaining
Tokobot- It's cute and you can probably find it cheap
Crisis Core-I need to finish this, if anything just so I don't forget my Japanese. But has been an awesome game.
Me and my Katamari-This game is just entertaining for 30 minute train rides
I used as my mp3 player for ages as well till I got my i-pod which has since died but the psp is still going strong.
In general the psp has probably been my favorite of the portables. My ds gets play but I always go back to psp it seems. Also was nice for the internet when I worked in the mall and was leaching off the cell phone stores open wi-fi.
I still want tactics and dissidia on my psp but I just ordered a ps3 slim so gotta save money for a bit.