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Sony's PSP

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do you think this will be an awsome mutimedia handheld mechine or just a waste of time?
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Jul 18 2003 12:35PM
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i dunno, looks pretty cool, depends on how well it matches up to gameboy advanced, really though i have no need for a handheld gaming thing, i just play ps2
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Jul 18 2003 1:25PM
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kuoppis
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ugly shit
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Jul 19 2003 6:10AM
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Maximumsushi
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For Starters, why would you ever compare a portable console to a non-portable such as the Xbox. The xbox has of course more power under the hood and larger storage capacity on its medium (It can use DVDs instead of small discs or small cartrages). Not to mention it should have better developer support (although Xbox has pretty bad developer support).

I don't think the PSP will be nearly as sucessful as the Gameboy Advance (or SP) because it lacks backwards compatibility (although it was thought to be initially with PSOne games) and the PSP and games should be more expensive. We will see what happens though, Sony does have a large following.
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Jul 19 2003 9:31AM
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heheheh a non-cartridge based handheld...hmmm, i think it's going to be prohibitively expensive and prone to major malfunctions.

AND, nobody can touch nintend on portable. SNK tried, sega tried (both out of business now...well, sega hardware is), the only thing that is even close to the caliber of the BGA is the GP32 in japan.

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Jul 19 2003 2:52PM
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Don't forget NeoGeo, they tried to make a portable too.

You NEED cartridges for a portable. They have to be able to take a bit of abuse becaues people keep them in bags, pockets, etc. A disc system really can't take any punishment not to mention the discs themselves scratch.
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Jul 19 2003 11:58PM
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^-^ is going to be pissed.
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Jul 20 2003 12:29AM
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it said that it plays better games than ps1 but not on par with ps2. and it's gonna be using a mini disk cartage thing so i am pretty sure it's not going to be backward compatible. it does have a port for connecting the psp to ps3, psx and maybe ps2 like gba. i believe you can dl stuff onto the disk right on the psp. everything sounds like a mini ps2 but portable. here's a question for thought, what is going to power such device? a mini nuke-reactor? it probally gonna drain a normal battery in no time.
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Jul 21 2003 11:09AM
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g-man
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that N-force hand held from nokia looks pretty good too.
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Jul 22 2003 2:19AM
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yeti
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pssst...neo-geo was made by SNK.

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FROSTMONKEY
Jul 22 2003 12:38PM
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the n-force will be the end of nokia.
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Jul 22 2003 1:01PM
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hahah the end of nokia, that's funny.

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FROSTMONKEY
Jul 22 2003 2:47PM
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Maximumsushi
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My bad, you're right about SNK.

I can see the N-gage doing fairly well, especially in Japan. There is no way it could bring Nokia down...
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Jul 22 2003 10:16PM
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it's true that it will be the end of nokia, who's gonna buy a 700$cell phone, that's bigger then a shoe?
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Jul 23 2003 10:20AM
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media convergence my good man.

there is always at least a niche market for everything.

and you apparently dont understand how big nokia is.

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FROSTMONKEY
Jul 23 2003 11:07AM
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^ i probally don't but it just my opinion. i might have exaggerated it a bit, but my point is they might loose a lot of money with the n-gage.
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Jul 23 2003 1:10PM
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i liked the neo geo pocket better than the gameboy...but thats just my opinion. too bad SNK stopped producing them


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Jul 23 2003 3:32PM
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DrPepper
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nokia created that phone just because it could. you know, to show how the tech is. the size and price will come down. then it will be a hit. the same dang thing has happened with every kind of technology the past decade. something big and expensive but at the same time very progressive will eventually be smaller and cheaper...
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Jul 23 2003 3:53PM
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Maximumsushi
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I don't see how something like the N-gage could bring down such a huge company as Nokia. They aren't putting a huge portion of their profits on either R&D, production or Marketing. You really have no idea how much a company like that makes. A single product failure can't ruin it.
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