Sony's handheld gaming device, the PlayStation Portable. Unfairly put on the same playing field as the Nintendo DS.
The PSP is a fairly good, albeit expensive, portable gaming system. The graphics quality is quite good, the LCD screen is simply beautiful and the games are getting better.
Pros:
Huge LCD screen
Great games coming out
Adaptablity -it can play music, you can watch videos, play games, get RSS feeds, connect to any wireless hotspot, and more-
Feels solid without being heavy
Pretty much idiotproof.
Cons:
Battery life can be a bit irritating at times; having the battery die while you are, say, in the car driving through Montana at 4 in the morning is most unappreciated. The battery lasts about 3-6 hours depending on the graphics of the game; however the battery life can be significantly lengthened by lowering the sound.
According to many people, it scratches easily although I've had mine since launch and only have one scratch.
It requires more care than many people want to give it: it must be kept in its case while not played, screen protectors are a necessity lest the beautiful field of LCD goodness be marred, it absolutely must not be dropped, etc.
The analog nub is placed the best it could be, but for those of us with longer fingers it gets a bit painful after a while.
The PSP is often unfairly compared to the Nintendo DS. The PSP is intended to deliver a wide range of services moderately well to an older audience, whereas the DS can be given to an average 5-year old and survive. The PSP is a more sophisticated, precise piece of hardware and also had to come out on the market earlier than SONY would have liked due to pressures for the release. The PSP is SONY's first handheld system and is pretty damn good all things considered. What killed its potential as an even-field competitor to the DS was pricing, but in the end it's worth it.
People often put unfair demands on their PSP; it is not intended to replace your laptop, mp3 player, DVD player or whatever other gaming systems you have at home. I use my PSP to play music and it does that fine. The layout isn't ideal for an mp3 player, but it works.
There is an odd quality to many DS vs PSP debates in that someone is either the hugest fan or despises the console with all their heart. One either composes romantic haiku for the PSP or sneaks up in the dead of night with a beaker of poison. One is either engaged to their DS, or would like to see the lot of them thrown in to a pit of scalding vegetable oil. Few people can see the middle ground.
The PSP is a fairly good, albeit expensive, portable gaming system. The graphics quality is quite good, the LCD screen is simply beautiful and the games are getting better.
Pros:
Huge LCD screen
Great games coming out
Adaptablity -it can play music, you can watch videos, play games, get RSS feeds, connect to any wireless hotspot, and more-
Feels solid without being heavy
Pretty much idiotproof.
Cons:
Battery life can be a bit irritating at times; having the battery die while you are, say, in the car driving through Montana at 4 in the morning is most unappreciated. The battery lasts about 3-6 hours depending on the graphics of the game; however the battery life can be significantly lengthened by lowering the sound.
According to many people, it scratches easily although I've had mine since launch and only have one scratch.
It requires more care than many people want to give it: it must be kept in its case while not played, screen protectors are a necessity lest the beautiful field of LCD goodness be marred, it absolutely must not be dropped, etc.
The analog nub is placed the best it could be, but for those of us with longer fingers it gets a bit painful after a while.
The PSP is often unfairly compared to the Nintendo DS. The PSP is intended to deliver a wide range of services moderately well to an older audience, whereas the DS can be given to an average 5-year old and survive. The PSP is a more sophisticated, precise piece of hardware and also had to come out on the market earlier than SONY would have liked due to pressures for the release. The PSP is SONY's first handheld system and is pretty damn good all things considered. What killed its potential as an even-field competitor to the DS was pricing, but in the end it's worth it.
People often put unfair demands on their PSP; it is not intended to replace your laptop, mp3 player, DVD player or whatever other gaming systems you have at home. I use my PSP to play music and it does that fine. The layout isn't ideal for an mp3 player, but it works.
There is an odd quality to many DS vs PSP debates in that someone is either the hugest fan or despises the console with all their heart. One either composes romantic haiku for the PSP or sneaks up in the dead of night with a beaker of poison. One is either engaged to their DS, or would like to see the lot of them thrown in to a pit of scalding vegetable oil. Few people can see the middle ground.
by Dr. Moreau May 9, 2006
You idiots dont know half of what the PSP can do. Yeah, sure it can play movies, games, and hold music, but it can also be used as a PDA, yes, you saw it, a PDA. You stupid rich losers buy it so you can be cool, but if you are smart (nerd) you know that you can hack the Wipeout Pure game into getting its web browser and have it display actual web pages. Pfft idiots.
by guy thats cool....not really May 4, 2005
A $250 piece of plastic that was never intended to play games. It has a faulty square button that sticks into the system and lots and lots of dead-pixels. You have to have at least 10% dead-pixels in order to return it and get your money back. It has a short battery-life and you have to pay $25 more just to watch a DVD on it that you already own. Adored by Sony Fan-gender-non-specific-people because it has overly bright graphics and can do fifty-million things that don't really matter that your computer already does for you better and without having to be charged regularly. 100 times less fun than a PS1, PS2, or DS.
Boy: Hey, my PSP has tons of dead-pixels!
Retailer: Hmmmm... let's see. Oh, sorry. It has 9% dead-pixels. It has to have at least 10% dead-pixels in order to return it for you money back.
Girl: Hey! My PSP's square button won't come out after I pushed it!
President of Sony: Hey, it's designed to look good, not to play games. If you bought it for playing games, you might as well just get one of those PS1s with the attachable screen.
Man: Ha! This PSP RULES! Let me pop in Ape Escape! Hey! Why is this not as fun anymore? Oh yeah! That's because there's no frickin' analog sticks!
Woman: Wow... ports of games with worse graphics.... Fun....
Hermaphrodite: I'm so glad I got a DS! With my savings, I bought 3 more games! TAKE THAT, BEE-YOTCH!!!
Retailer: Hmmmm... let's see. Oh, sorry. It has 9% dead-pixels. It has to have at least 10% dead-pixels in order to return it for you money back.
Girl: Hey! My PSP's square button won't come out after I pushed it!
President of Sony: Hey, it's designed to look good, not to play games. If you bought it for playing games, you might as well just get one of those PS1s with the attachable screen.
Man: Ha! This PSP RULES! Let me pop in Ape Escape! Hey! Why is this not as fun anymore? Oh yeah! That's because there's no frickin' analog sticks!
Woman: Wow... ports of games with worse graphics.... Fun....
Hermaphrodite: I'm so glad I got a DS! With my savings, I bought 3 more games! TAKE THAT, BEE-YOTCH!!!
by GenericGina September 22, 2005
Play/Porn Station Portable. This is a great console that is much better than a DS. It looks better and the games look better. All the DS has is 2 screens. Whoop de fuckin doo. A touch screen... what a waste! My friend has a DS and had his brother run it over after he saw my PSP. Besides you can go online and use its second function of porn!!!
Me: Hey Anthony look at my PSP
Anthony: Look a black peice of crap
Me: Can u watch Pimp my ride?
Anthony: STFU
Anthony: Look a black peice of crap
Me: Can u watch Pimp my ride?
Anthony: STFU
by CompressionMaster July 11, 2006
by Dan turpin May 4, 2005
Little black thing which needs a screen protector if you intend to actually use it, and not just boast about wasting your money on it. It has less battery life than a banana. It can play SNES roms, but you can get all the good SNES games on the GBA, which has been out for years.
by Sith Lord Cheese June 14, 2006