The Sony Thread

[LogicDonny]

guys guys, if u can obtain a copy of gta Lcs unpatch one that has 2.0 firmware on it, you can downgrade it and enjoy teh psp more than what the offical firmware can provide.

Look on ebay, the unpatch GTA LCS goes for a high price.

If you have a 2.0 one, keep it.

I'm getting fed up with you ppl on this board, just recently I check the latest video game thread after posting 2 psp gaems I pick up, Ai had the guts to say Psp is awful..

So peanut, Ai, Spitfire and all those others who bash me and the psp, end it now, take it out of your system, please.

[愛]

I'm allowed to state my opinion, thanks.

[Peanut]

The PSP is the GameGear of this generation. Tons of potential, sh*t battery life, few good games, opposed by the biggest force in portable gaming history. FTL.

And yeah, he's allowed to say whatever the hell he wants. And no one said anything about you, it's kind of sad that you're so in love with your PSP that you equate all insults directed towards it are personally directed against you.

[LogicDonny]

Still, your getting on my nerves, you have so much hatred towards the psp where your all wrong about the battery life and all that. The gamegear was much much worse than the psp.

You own 1, why do you even have 1 then?
I love my psp because it really is such a great piece of machine.. It can do everything. That is why I love it.

[ThirdMarioBro]

LogicDonny, you're flamebaiting. Stop it.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Originally Posted by LogicDonny

Still, your getting on my nerves, you have so much hatred towards the psp where your all wrong about the battery life and all that. The gamegear was much much worse than the psp.

You own 1, why do you even have 1 then?
I love my psp because it really is such a great piece of machine.. It can do everything. That is why I love it.

Are you serious? The battery life was horrible.

Yeah, the PSP can do a lot of things. But the reason it's not a good handheld is because it does do any of the things it does great. And I'm not bashing you so don't get offended.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Mr. Snackpants

Are you serious? The battery life was horrible.

Yeah, the PSP can do a lot of things. But the reason it's not a good handheld is because it does do any of the things it does great. And I'm not bashing you so don't get offended.

He'll still get offended. He takes any negative comment about the PSP directly to heart. He's the very definition of a fanboy. And yeah, the battery life is horrific.

[Anarky]

Now, here we go again, another reported post. I have read through this thread and I cannot see why we should warn Peanut. He did not insult your person, he insulted a thing you own. So unless you're a PSP yourself and not a human being, there is no reason to give anyone a warning.

It is only natural that there's people who like things and that there's others who don't like it. That's life. And sometimes, the majority of one place doesn't like anything. And because everyon'e entitled of an opinion, everyone can say what they think. And if it's not what you like to hear, then that's life too. People will say stuff you don't want to hear. Stating an opinion, however unpleasant it might be, can not be, unless it's of pornographic and/or racist nature, warned.

[Peanut]

Anarky, you should know better than to tell him any different! Don't you know that he and the PSP share life force? Any blow to it will surely damage him!

BTW, how many times has he reported me now? 6 or 7? Classic!

[Ecto Jedi]

Can't we all...just...get along?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

Can't we all...just...get along?

Where's the fun in that!?!?!

[Anarky]

Now don't go bashing him please, he's already upset enough.

And no, getting along seems to be an impossible thing, here in the video games section.

[愛]

Like I've said before, the video games section is the rough neighborhood of the forums. Things get pretty crazy in here. That's just how it is. It very rarely leaves this section, though. No harm, no foul?

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

The PSP is the GameGear of this generation. Tons of potential, sh*t battery life, few good games, opposed by the biggest force in portable gaming history. FTL.

And yeah, he's allowed to say whatever the hell he wants. And no one said anything about you, it's kind of sad that you're so in love with your PSP that you equate all insults directed towards it are personally directed against you.

I'd agree that the PSP's status is definitely Game Gear-esque. Still, there are plenty of good games on it, plenty of features, and better graphics than the DS. The reason it hasn't been selling all that well? Like you said, Nintendo is the dominant force in home gaming. The DS is smaller, less expensive, and it's got all the exclusive Nintendo brands. That's it, really.

Personally, I prefer the PSP. I didn't want to dish out the dough for an Ipod, but if I could get a machine that could play MP3s, go on the Internet, play videos and play awesome games with near-PS2 graphics, that's what I wanted. I stand by my decision.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

The reason it hasn't been selling all that well? Like you said, Nintendo is the dominant force in home gaming. The DS is smaller, less expensive, and it's got all the exclusive Nintendo brands. That's it, really.

You left out a lack of stand out games, a dead format in UMD, a bad battery life, horrendous web browser and a severely crippled multimedia system. Yeah, the PSP does a lot of stuff, but it doesn't do any of it well.

And we're talking about a portable gaming device here, what really matters are the games and the PSP simply does not deliver quality on the same level or at the same frequency of the DS. The thing has such a ridiculous amount of potential! What the hell is going on!?!

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

You left out a lack of stand out games, a dead format in UMD, a bad battery life, horrendous web browser and a severely crippled multimedia system. Yeah, the PSP does a lot of stuff, but it doesn't do any of it well.

Oh come on now -- a lack of standout games? What about GTA: LCS? Wasn't that stand-out? For Christ's sake, it's probably the single greatest technical achievement ever realized on a portable system. Same with GTA:VCS.

You've got a point on the UMDs, though. That was a horrible concept to begin with, the movies were overpriced, and it just didn't go anywhere.

[Peanut]

They're not stand out because they're nothing but dumbed down versions of 5 year old games. Just because they're running on a portable device doesn't make them amazing. If they were so huge, Rockstar wouldn't have had to port them over to the PS2 to break even.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

They're not stand out because they're nothing but dumbed down versions of 5 year old games. Just because they're running on a portable device doesn't make them amazing. If they were so huge, Rockstar wouldn't have had to port them over to the PS2 to break even.

What part of it was dumbed down, exactly?

[Peanut]

Everything? Maybe it had a lot to do with the fact that I was playing GTA:SA just before I got LCS, so when I played it I was trying to do things in it that I could do in San Andreas, but for some stupid reason I couldn't.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Everything? Maybe it had a lot to do with the fact that I was playing GTA:SA just before I got LCS, so when I played it I was trying to do things in it that I could do in San Andreas, but for some stupid reason I couldn't.

Well there you go. To put it in perspective, Liberty City Stories was like GTA 3, only with the stylings and features of Vice City (camera angles, etc.)

And no, you can't swim or fly helicopters in LCS. So what? It was a superbly-designed, incredibly engrossing chance to return to my favourite GTA location, with a new story, new characters and new missions. With, might I add, all the production values of its console counterparts. And a kick-ass multiplayer mode.

What's not to like?