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post #151 of 176
4/12/05 at 12:55pm
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Well i sold my DS and gamecube


I'm considering selling my DS as well. Did you sell it on Ebay and how much did you get for it?
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post #152 of 176
4/12/05 at 1:00pm
I sold it on Amazon.com for $125....There is just a total lack of DS software for me to even contemplate keeping it. And plus after I played Tiger Woods....I just can't go back to my DS...oh well at least someone else will enjoy it!
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post #153 of 176
4/12/05 at 1:08pm
I just looked at the DS release list - nothing really peaks my interest until late summer perhaps (Lunar?)

It looks like GTA will be the game of choice once I finish Untold Legends.
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post #154 of 176
4/13/05 at 9:28am
So has Sony boxed up 1,000,000 PSPs? I bought mine last night from Target and I don't have the Spider-Man movie...

But I gotta tell ya, this thing is awesome!
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post #155 of 176
4/13/05 at 11:41am
I went to 6 different places to find one unit with the spider man disc in it.. luckily someone returned a unit without opening it... the screen is unbelievable..
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post #156 of 176
4/13/05 at 11:56am
My guess is that the first batch shipped to stores had the disc. We are likely on the second batch of units already.

I think we've got another month for these units to be rather plentiful. As soon as GTA hits mid-may, we should see a spike in sales.
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post #157 of 176
4/13/05 at 3:41pm
Shawn, be sure to check outside your PSP box. There should be a sticker saying "Free Spider-Man 2 movie!" on the front...if there is one, you should complain. Id check though.
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post #158 of 176
4/14/05 at 5:13am
I've seen stores with 20 of the newer units in stock and the spider man sticker is replaced by one that says there is a free disk. (the one with trailers and videos)
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post #159 of 176
4/14/05 at 9:26am
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There should be a sticker saying "Free Spider-Man 2 movie!" on the front...if there is one, you should complain. Id check though.

Nope, no sticker. I didn't know to look for a seperate sticker. Oh well. Not a big deal, but it would have been neat to have.
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post #160 of 176
4/14/05 at 11:37am
i may have to check out a few more umd movies to see if they all look as good as spidey 2
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post #161 of 176
4/14/05 at 3:22pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

There are lots of auctions like that on Ebay right now. Selling information about a website that is selling the memory stick, and selling FREE software with it. I am debating about contacting the bidders to warn them, it is sickening me thinking of someone ripping people off like this.
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post #162 of 176
4/15/05 at 11:07am
Wow that Ebay auction is terrible, the seller should be shot. Looks like the feedback is going to catchup with him. One feedback says that the supposed in stock links were in fact all backorders only. And yet there are still bidders, unbelievable.

Buyer beware read the entire auction and seller feedback BEFORE bidding.
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post #163 of 176
5/12/05 at 8:55am
Hey guys, I just picked up a PSP yesterday. I had no intentions of getting one, nor was I thinking about one, then 2 nights ago, I had a dream I had one and it sucked. So the next day in my down time at work I did some on-line research about them (bad move). Cause now I wanted one. so I got it yesterday at Best Buy and I got "Mercury" and the 2 year warranty. My PSP was supposedly from a "good batch" which didn't have pixel problems, but mine has 2 dead pixels. Ill exchange it when I get some time. Mercury is a fun game kind of like Marble Madness for NES but with far superior graphics in-case anyone wants to know.
Here's my question to everyone though.
Can we have a list of PSP download-able content sites? I did a search and came up with 2 sites.
http://psp.connect.com/
www.heavy.com (which you can get Red Vs. Blue on)
http://www.atomfilms.com/af/spotligh...emovietheater/
and some free Playboy downloads http://www.playboy.com/features/features/psp/
Anyone else have any other sites?

What size memory card should I upgrade to anyway? 512 MB? 1 gig? I want to store mp3s some pics, and some longer videos for car rides
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post #164 of 176
5/18/05 at 7:06pm
Got mine last week. Can you say "unbelievable"? "amazing"? "sexy"? "Best portable ever"? I can...

I notice nobody is talking too much about games. I used my little console for watching the Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast DVD on an airplane flight I made. 180 MB for 1.4 hours of pure, unmitigated fun. This thing beats a portable DVD player / laptop anytime... ooops, sorry. The games...

After playing Wipeout Pure, Ridge Racer, Need for Speed and Ape Escape, I think I might be able to give you an indication of this console's power. Current games are *not* Xbox / PS2 / GC quality. They are one level below...

...do you remember the Dreamcast? Well, that's the exact same console that comes to mind every time I play with the PSP. It has the same "feel" to it - almost current generation graphics, except for certain details. There's not much anti-aliasing going on (maybe the low resolution isn't helping at all), so jaggies are all over the place (come to think of it, the main advantage of the Dreamcast over the PSP was the lack of jaggies). The screen is too little to see every little detail... Ridge Racer and Need for Speed Rivals remind me too much of Sega GT. This is not a bad thing - I mean, I have now a little portable that has the power of a Dreamcast... wow.

I'll be using mine mainly for gaming. It's the only console I've liked since the Dreamcast... and the only console I liked before that one was the Genesis, so this is truly a big thing for me.
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post #165 of 176
5/19/05 at 5:29am
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What size memory card should I upgrade to anyway? 512 MB? 1 gig? I want to store mp3s some pics, and some longer videos for car rides
OK, I ordered a 1gb card off of Ebay for $144 (shipping included). its the only place you can get them right now. Everywhere else is a backorder, and I dont have the patience.

Anyone know how much video I can hold on a gig card? I understand it depends on the quality, but a rough estimate would be nice.
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post #166 of 176
5/19/05 at 6:14am
I would say you could hold a Gig of video, well 940mb to be exact... sorry... really there's no answer for that it depends on the bitrate you encode at.
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post #167 of 176
5/19/05 at 8:23am
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I would say you could hold a Gig of video, well 940mb to be exact... sorry... really there's no answer for that it depends on the bitrate you encode at.
I kind of was looking for a really broad answer like "Minimum of 1 hour high bitrate to max of 3 hours at low bitrate" or something like that. Sort of a generalization of what other people are accomplishing with their 1gb card on a PSP.
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post #168 of 176
5/20/05 at 7:13am
Anyone else kinda concerned at how few new things were announced at E3 for PSP? I know this is the mother of all console launch E3s, but I was expecting SOME surprises... I'm happy GTA is coming, but a little more wouldnt have hurt.

Sam
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post #169 of 176
5/20/05 at 7:53am
I am a tad disappointed. Given that everyone says the PSP is a PS2 equivalent, you'd think there would be a bunch of easy ports.

Biggest dissappointment? GT4 Mobile was nowhere to be seen. Can you say 2006?
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post #170 of 176
5/20/05 at 8:07am
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Anyone else kinda concerned at how few new things were announced at E3 for PSP?
I havent seen or heard what was announced. But on the bright side, theres rumors (and pictures online) of attachable cameras, keyboards, etc. and software utilities, and different color PSP's. I cant wait for some other utilities to be released. Too bad we have version 1.5 software. I really would like to run an emulated version of Mario Bros. (can be done using 1.0)
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post #171 of 176
5/20/05 at 12:52pm
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Given that everyone says the PSP is a PS2 equivalent, you'd think there would be a bunch of easy ports.

There are a few multi-platform titles which are expected to arrive on the PSP (i.e. more than just Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition): Need For Speed Most Wanted, Star Wars Battlefront II, Marvel Nemesis: Rise Of The Imperfects, The Sims 2, to name a few. You have a few franchises which will be tweaked/reworked to offer a similar experience on the PSP, including Burnout Legends, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (which we've all known for a while), Virtua Tennis World Tour, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo, Dead To Rights: Reckoning, among others.

Have you checked the preview for Pursuit Force?
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post #172 of 176
5/23/05 at 3:51pm
That looks pretty cool!
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post #173 of 176
9/21/05 at 3:41pm
Wow while I was at Best Buy, some kid came back in to exchange his PSP for another because of Dead Pixels, he told me(as I was just looking around) this was his 8th return because of them. He wanted the package with the spiderman and Gretzky Hockey.

I found out those units at $339 are all the 1st and 2nd shipments and all have pixels. Gosh I only replaced mine once since I got it. I hope dead pixels don't show up now on mine.

Now I hear they want him to refund this package and buy the $299 pack with no software, cause they're the newest batch.
I'd do it since Spiderman 2 and Gretzky aren't very great. This kid can buy his own games or movies he wants.
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post #174 of 176
8/4/06 at 7:09am

Re: ***Official PSP Post-Release Discussion and Review Thread Thread***

Ok folks if you havent picked up your PSP in awhile, then you have likely missed the latest cool as sh*t thing to come to a handheld gaming system.

Grab your PSP and download network update 2.8 (this also worked with 2.71) and upgrade. Next go to the PSP website via the browser on your PSP and download PLAYABLE GAME DEMOS!!! sweet! A new game Loco Roco is available at 8meg and World Tour Soccer 06 at 18megs. I downloaded both and they each played superbly. I am looking forward to more game demos!

Enjoy.


ps. I'm not up on what the DSLite is capable of so maybe this is not unique to handheld gaming. Yes, im aware that you can DL games to your cellphone/pda devices.
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post #175 of 176
8/8/06 at 7:52pm

Re: ***Official PSP Post-Release Discussion and Review Thread Thread***

I second that. I downloaded the LocoRoco demo last month and have played through it numerous times.

I don't understand why I like it, it is so 'weird' but they certainly did something right.

Another great game that I picked up was Daxter. It is in my opinion one of the best PSP games out there. The game is fun(ny) and there are movie references galore, including Daxter's 'heroic fanasies' in which you reenact classic action scenes in his dreams.
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post #176 of 176
8/9/06 at 10:11am

Re: ***Official PSP Post-Release Discussion and Review Thread Thread***

Demo disc collectors may be interested in knowing that Circuit City will be offering a Loco Roco demo disc with the purchase of any PSP game beginning this Sunday (August 13).

I think I'll be holding off on a PSP firmware upgrade for now. As a homebrew user, the following excerpt from a PSP-Vault column has me somewhat concerned:
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It should also be noted that as of firmware 2.80, your PSP can also send its firmware version:

This has some important implications. First of all, and I hope this doesn't sound alarmist, but it means that any web developer can obtain specific information about how you reached their website. Someone with expertise could tell what firmware version, what application, and what region's PSP their users are using to access their site. Invasion of privacy? I don't know. But with this development, it would also be possible for Sony to restrict access to certain webpages if the user's PSP is not the latest firmware version. When you think about this, it's a big problem for homebrew users -- let's say someone wants to put out some new downloadable content for Wipeout Pure. This game was a launch title; it only requires PSP firmware version 1.50. What if they made it such that you couldn't access the webpage unless you had firmware version 2.80? You'd have to update to the latest firmware version to download the content, or download the content from somewhere else. If this is combined with the "unique PSP" technology rumored to restrict users from sharing save games in Tekken: Dark Resurrection, users wouldn't be able to simply share downloaded content with others -- they would have to download it themselves.
Of course, if I had a second PSP, this would be moot.
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