Why does the PSP suck so bad?

[Assault on Mind]

Nice speech Jord.

But if anyone please can name atleast 5 non-ported or cloned games on the PSP would be nice.

[Sheldon Cooper PhD]

Lumines
Daxter
Ratchet and Clank Size Matters
Killzone Liberation

Thats all I can find.

[ETG]

True the PSP is only using ported games, but the ported games are good quality. Also the PSP has yet to unlock its most poewrful potential. For example, its currently clocked at 222Mhz, but with a Li-Ion battery, it could be clocked to 333Mhz and still have a respectable battery life, which I think is like 12Mhz more than the PS2, which is very good for a handheld. I can ultimately see that the PSP will be more future-proof than the DS, especially when UMD capacity becomes bigger.

And oyu have arguments that the Music/Video player functions are useless, but I dont agree. I can't afford a 60gig iPod which I wont useall the space of, so a 4GB memory card and a PSP lasts me well on many journeys.

In conclusion, in the UK most of the teen my age I know have a PSP rather than a DS, mainly due to the game choice. The DS and Wii seem to e running out of game potential already, so I see Sony eventually winning out.

[JordAnime]

Just because it's megahertz faster than the PS2 doesn't mean it's actually better than the PS2, also, what about everyone that doesn't want a new battery?  UMD capacity won't become bigger, but SD memory for the DS can and has.  The device is already technically superior to the DS, and it's been proven that that doesn't matter. 

DS has almost 70% marketshare over PSP, Wii already caught up to the 360 and if you think the potential is almost up for Wii, you're a narrow-minded fool.

[Assault on Mind]

ETG it is quality games and a quality system we want not a powerful system with very few good games.

[ETG]

Firstly dont call me narrow minded. All I'm saying is that the Wii wont last as long in the long run as the PS3, and I could see developers runnning out of games ideas for it fast.

Also the games are quality. Sure DS has innovative and good games, but I'd rather have games like GTA, BF2 and Tekken than Cooking Mama and Nintendogs.

I may be wrong, but I'm in no way a narrow minded fool, and I think its insulting that you call me that for my personal opinion? Am I calling you a fool for liking Nintendo products and expressing that the PSP and PS3 are bad? No.

Also with you comments about the processor power of the device, I was just making a point that it could potentially become better in games than the PS2.

[JordAnime]

Firstly dont call me narrow minded.  ll I'm saying is that the Wii wont last as long in the long run as the PS3, and I could see developers runnning out of games ideas for it fast.

Well sorry, but if you're saying that developers are running out of ideas for the Wii and DS, you deserve to be called narrow minded.  You might was well say human imagination will hit its limit if you feel developers will run out of ideas for the Wii.  At the very least, Nintendo will always come up with something original for its systems, and I suspect a ton of third parties will too. 

Also the games are quality. Sure DS has innovative and good games, but I'd rather have games like GTA, BF2 and Tekken.

Experiences you can get get on any other system, by the way, and not only can you get them, but they'll be far superior. 

[rather] than Cooking Mama and Nintendogs

A few offerings that make Nintendo's systems stand out from the crowd, and Nintendogs is actually one of the best selling games of all time, not saying I enjoy it, myself, but nonetheless, a unique offering. 

That's just a few games, how about Phantom Hourglass?  How about Mario Kart DS?  How about Castlevania?  Metroid Prime: Hunters?  Pheonix Wright?  The bajillion RPGs either out for the system or on their way?  Kirby Canvas Curse?  Meteos?  And for the Wii, Mario, Metroid and Smash Bros are all coming out this year, and Zelda's been out for a year, there's more to the DS and Wii than just Nintendogs and Cooking Mama, but there's not much else for the PSP than ports of games from the last two generations. and honestly, is PS3s lineup any better than Wiis?  In fact, Wiis is at least better because it has Metroid.  What does PS3 have?  Resistance?  Yeah...

Am I calling you a fool for liking Nintendo products and expressing that the PSP and PS3 are bad? No.

You can, but I called you a fool for a completely different reason.

, I was just making a point that it could potentially become better in games than the PS2.

Better looking, maybe, but just because it has a faster clock possessor doesn't mean it's superior to the PS2.  There's a lot more to CPUs than just speed, and there's a lot more to gaming machines than just CPUs. 

[RisenGlory]

It's because SONY made it. Duh

[ETG]

Experiences you can get get on any other system, by the way, and not only can you get them, but they'll be far superior.  

Can you take these games around with you, with your core system, in a pocket, playing it on the tube? I think not. Also Tekken is perhaps the most graphically impressive handheld gamei n history, and its brillant game-play and featurewise as well.

That's just a few games, how about Phantom Hourglass?  How about Mario Kart DS?  How about Castlevania?  Metroid Prime: Hunters?  Pheonix Wright?  The bajillion RPGs either out for the system or on their way?  Kirby Canvas Curse?  Meteos?

Did I ever say I  hated the DS games? Mario Kart DS is one of my favorite games ever, it just got a little tiresome, but the PSP games I have seem to me more in-depth and longer lasting. It also doesnt help that many of the DS games are just Movie tie-ins aimed at children.

 AS for your quote about the bajillion RPGs? Is quality over quantity a bad thing? The PC has many game come out each month, but how many make a lasting mark?

[Assault on Mind]

Longer lasting games on the PSP? HA HA HA HA HA! Oh oh oh. Wrong. You see the DS has two libraries of games. It's own and the GBA's. Now on the GBA there are some very long RPGs and the such. How many original games are on the PSP? How many ports? How many games are on the PSP compared to the DS?

[Sheldon Cooper PhD]

The PSP actually does have some original games and not just ports.

Lumines, Daxter, Ratchet and CLank, Killzone, Syphon Filter, etc.

Granted the PSP doesnt have nealy the library that the DS does Im giving it some kudos here.

[Witless]

Can you take these games around with you, with your core system, in a pocket, playing it on the tube? I think not.

Why would you want to play a handheld game on your television? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a handheld(game) ?

[Rew]

Why would you want to play a handheld game on your television? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a handheld(game) ?

Personally, I hate handhelds; I much prefer the big screen. However, many games that I want to play (e.g. LA and Oracles for GBC, the two Mega Man games for PSP, etc.) just happen to be only on handheld systems. I want to play them, but if I can play them on the TV screen (i.e. Game Boy Player for those GB games), then I'm going to do that.

[SSBM Master]

the psp sucks so bad b/c it is made by sony!

[Snowball]

The PSP does not suck. Sure, the DS sells more and the PSP has a lot of ports but it also has great games.

You are narrow minded if you think the PSP sucks. (not targeted at Jordanime in particular, btw)

PSP has lots of great games like FF Tactics, Crisis Core, LocoRoco, Jeanne D'Arc, Lumines etc.

I think all the PSP hate from Nintendo fans is just 'revenge' from the last console generation; the PS2 had the vast majority of sales and Nintendo fans are using the reversed (although nowhere near as bad for the losing side) situation to get at Sony fans. The PSP has a lot of good games as well as a lot of crap, similar to the PS2, and the DS may have many more titles but a large percentage of those are rubbish too.

[Rew]

I personally hope that PSP sales will pick up a good bit so that Capcom will have the motivation to continue the Maverick Hunter X series.

[Loki]

You are narrow minded if you think the PSP sucks. (not targeted at Jordanime in particular, btw)

Narrow minded is the least of their problems. The ones saying it sucks because it's made by Sony... well, quite frankly, that's just sad and pathetic.


*looks at Risen Glory and SSBM Master* So sad.

And people wonder why I complain about newbies? People with such mindsets give that particular demographic a horrible name. Yeah yeah, stereotypes are bad. I don't care. Stereotypes exist because certain people in the groups make them true, and people begin to generalize.

[Faceless]

The PSP "sucks" because it tries to deliver a console experience on a medium that is ill suited for it. Couple that with (some) poor load times, short battery life, and the overwhelming success of the DS, and it really doesn't have as much to offer as a portable gaming device. I see it used far more frequently as a portable media device.

I don't think the PSP is horrible (I think it could do with a proper analog stick; two would be even better) but the DS is far superior. Where the PSP imitates, the DS innovates, and that is why the DS is winning. PSP vs GBA2 might have gone Sony's way, but the DS is a fearsome beast.

I'd also like to point out the more and more apparent focus of handheld developers on the DS as the PSP's biggest problem. Especially Square-Enix who played a large role in Sony's establishment and continued success as a player in the console marketplace.

I think if anything the PSP is going to fall further as Apple's iPods progress further and further towards providing the same media functionality as the PSP and more.

I find it interesting that where Sony did everything right with the PS1 (primarily using CDs) by doing exactly the same things in the handheld market they have encountered the same problem Nintendo had in the N64 era for the opposite reasons.