2010-03-24, 10:14 AM
[color="#000080"] Things that make me like the PSP instead of the DS.
- Backwards compatibility.
You can play PSX games in the PSP legally. Most don't even need to be ported. If you have a legal copy of a PS game you can convert it to the PBP format and play it normally in the PSP.
- Great graphics, great games, great concepts.
Although the PSP hasn't a touch screen, which allows to make some games ridiculously innovative, the PSP has games that are pure revolution in gaming experience. Naming LocoRoco, Patapon, Invizimals and Beats, just for naming a few. I'm not a guy looking for eyecandy in a game only, but damn right some awesome games come with awesome graphics, such as God of War, Monster Hunter series, Crisis Core: FFVII, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, the new Tenchu game, Soul Calibur, and a pretty good roster.
I gotta admit, though, that the DS wins in the innovative area, as I said before, because of three factors. The DS is more limited hardware-wise, so the developers need to take the best out of it; developing games is easier for the DS, thus cheaper; most games can be developed in a 3-6 months span. These factors make the DS have a huge game library.
- Quality
This is the low point of the PSP. Taking the three factors that make the DS huge, and applying them to the PSP is a problem. Some games take so much time to develop, and so much effort that sometimes they get released without the promised quality and being 100 mb~300 mb games that don't have really a lot to offer. Those are the ones getting bad reviews and giving the PSP a bad name.
- Emulators and Homebrews.
Whoever says this isn't a great plus is a big f'uckface. I can play games from any system up to the N64-GBA. There's even a DS emulator, but it's in alpha stage and they are having problems with the touchscreen. Hell I can even play Cave Story on my PSP. [/color]
- Backwards compatibility.
You can play PSX games in the PSP legally. Most don't even need to be ported. If you have a legal copy of a PS game you can convert it to the PBP format and play it normally in the PSP.
- Great graphics, great games, great concepts.
Although the PSP hasn't a touch screen, which allows to make some games ridiculously innovative, the PSP has games that are pure revolution in gaming experience. Naming LocoRoco, Patapon, Invizimals and Beats, just for naming a few. I'm not a guy looking for eyecandy in a game only, but damn right some awesome games come with awesome graphics, such as God of War, Monster Hunter series, Crisis Core: FFVII, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, the new Tenchu game, Soul Calibur, and a pretty good roster.
I gotta admit, though, that the DS wins in the innovative area, as I said before, because of three factors. The DS is more limited hardware-wise, so the developers need to take the best out of it; developing games is easier for the DS, thus cheaper; most games can be developed in a 3-6 months span. These factors make the DS have a huge game library.
- Quality
This is the low point of the PSP. Taking the three factors that make the DS huge, and applying them to the PSP is a problem. Some games take so much time to develop, and so much effort that sometimes they get released without the promised quality and being 100 mb~300 mb games that don't have really a lot to offer. Those are the ones getting bad reviews and giving the PSP a bad name.
- Emulators and Homebrews.
Whoever says this isn't a great plus is a big f'uckface. I can play games from any system up to the N64-GBA. There's even a DS emulator, but it's in alpha stage and they are having problems with the touchscreen. Hell I can even play Cave Story on my PSP. [/color]