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Murray_H

11-01-2005, 03:02 PM

It's an import ...

...and I got the eluminX off ebay for 50 quid

Crumbs! £50? I'll get an imitation one for a bit cheaper ;)

What games you got with it?

Dasparov

11-01-2005, 03:06 PM

what are the graphics of the games like?

lePobz

11-01-2005, 03:06 PM

Just Ridge Racers at the mo, my mate is goin to Hong Kong in a bit, he's gonna bring me back a heap of UMD games really cheap.

:D

The graphics are awesome, ridge racers looks almost like project gotham racing 2 on the xbox ... they've done an awesome job with it!

Dasparov

11-01-2005, 03:12 PM

cool any pics??? of games running on it

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 03:13 PM

The graphics are awesome, ridge racers looks almost like project gotham racing 2 on the xbox ... they've done an awesome job with it!

really?

lePobz

11-01-2005, 03:13 PM

http://media.psp.ign.com/media/682/682967/imgs_1.html

I tried to take some myself of it in operation, but the games so fast it just comes out as a blur... the above link has pics of ridge racers in action though.

Murray_H

11-01-2005, 03:16 PM

Christ, for a little box of tricks that's awesome! Looks better than N64 games, thats the sort of quality I was expecting

Dasparov

11-01-2005, 03:25 PM

holy sh*t, thats good...

Alec_85

11-01-2005, 03:42 PM

Cool. But what's with the oversized box? What kind of peripherals does it come with? It looks damn sweet though :D

The PSP is like a small PS2 (both in size & kinda performace wise) so it's no wonder it looks better than the N64 or NDS.

Edit: I think this ought to be in the Games section too ;)

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 03:44 PM

another questiong
you can do more whit that thing appart of play videogames?
like reproduce music?

lePobz

11-01-2005, 03:47 PM

It came with a case, strap, headphones (iPod style), in-line remote control (for video/mp3 playback), a 32mb memory card, charger (japanese), battery, manual (thats all in japanese)... thats about it I think.

Ridge racers and a british plug adapter for the charger also came with it (but not in the box, for obvious reasons).

I've added the PSP onto my wireless network, I'm gonna have a few net games of ridge racers soon, from my sofa :D

I hope Sony release a web browser & email client for the PSP, it would be so easy to do since it already has wireless access.

edit: yes RJMC, it also plays videos, mp3s, pictures, and acts as a secondary storage drive when plugged into a USB2 port (needs no drivers in XP)

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 03:54 PM

edit: yes RJMC, it also plays videos, mp3s, pictures, and acts as a secondary storage drive when plugged into a USB2 port (needs no drivers in XP)
cool

but whats the price?

well whatever the price is sure will be very expensive in my country

btw the games are on CD or DVD or a special format?

lePobz

11-01-2005, 03:57 PM

price will be about £150 when they retail here in the UK

the media is a special format known as UMD
http://www.game-machines.com/news/110703/umd.jpg
they hold 1.8gb (min) to 2.5gb (max)

pomegranate

11-01-2005, 04:03 PM

lePobz, is the memory card Sony Memory Stick? I'm thinking of getting a PSP and if it does use MS, it'd work well with my Vaio...

lePobz

11-01-2005, 04:05 PM

it's not a memory stick, its a 'duo' ... unless a memory stick is a duo .... anyway, its like a small version of a SD card.

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 04:05 PM

price will be about £150 when they retail here in the UK

the media is a special format known as UMD
http://www.game-machines.com/news/110703/umd.jpg
they hold 1.8gb (min) to 2.5gb (max)

how in dollars is that?

and that UMD format disc are expensive?

lePobz

11-01-2005, 04:08 PM

the UMD discs come with games on them, they're not writable... so i'd say it depends on the game you buy :)

They probably aren't any more expnsive to produce than your average CD.

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 04:18 PM

the UMD discs come with games on them, they're not writable... so i'd say it depends on the game you buy :)

They probably aren't any more expnsive to produce than your average CD.
they are not writable?

so you cant buy virgins UMD discs to burns things on them?

Loke

11-01-2005, 04:19 PM

how in dollars is that?

Around $190.

<RJMC>

11-01-2005, 04:25 PM

Around $190.
ouch sounds expensive :(

I hope in my country dont get very expensive

lePobz

11-01-2005, 04:43 PM

took some in-game footage with my camera, it's at

www.pobz.net/psp.rar

sorry for the crappy transfer speeds, unlimited bandwidth comes at a price.

WySiWyG

11-01-2005, 04:57 PM

it's not a memory stick, its a 'duo' ... unless a memory stick is a duo .... anyway, its like a small version of a SD card.

Duos are mini memory sticks, I have one in my phone (p800). They come with adapters to make them into normal sized memory sticks so you can stick them in your cameras or whatever.

lePobz

11-01-2005, 05:04 PM

Ah right I see, well yeah it has a duo port, and comes with a 32mb duo card.

Hectic Glenn

11-01-2005, 05:32 PM

Looks awesome pobz! I want one, i saw the new slimline ps2 which i wanted, but is a tad pointless. This thing looks even better, problem i feel is they want you to play your loved games portable, so i'd end up buying two different versions of a game. Making more money and me losing it :( No way we can use the original versions to convert onto the psp? what bit is it btw?

neptuneuk

11-01-2005, 05:53 PM

Need I say more

no, you prove.... that you have no friends!

lest mock him! MOCK! bwahahaha

Alec_85

11-01-2005, 06:07 PM

I hope Sony release a web browser & email client for the PSP, it would be so easy to do since it already has wireless access.They will. Saw it on a Swedish forum. Among lots of other cool stuff via Firmware updating.
-Text-to-speech
-Addition of support for SonicStage EMD and news transmissions (as in, RSS)
-Calculator
-Audio chat
-3 new games inside the PSP itself
-PSP mail software
-PSP word processor and spreadsheet
-PSP web browser
-PSP scheduling software
-Fix 00
-Fix 002
Dunno what the two last do though :) It's from some Japanese site. Some outside company has apparently managed to increase the battery capacity by 3x too :)

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20050108/ces.htm
And this is kinda cool too.

h00dlum

11-01-2005, 06:58 PM

DS meet your maker...i bet there will be a ton of good stuff to put in the PSP. A SNES\Genesis\N64?\Whatever Emulator for the PSP would be sweet....

Vigilante

11-01-2005, 07:09 PM

I still really like my DS.

I'm getting a PSP too, though.

Alec_85

11-01-2005, 07:53 PM

Yeah get both a PSP & a DS. Play on your PSP until the battery runs out. Recharge while playing on your DS. Problems solved...

lePobz

12-01-2005, 10:35 PM

http://www.pobz.net/pspD3.jpg

sweet huh :D

Vigilante

12-01-2005, 11:34 PM

http://www.pobz.net/pspD3.jpg

sweet huh :D
how did you do that? Did you get that bad boy off of ebay?

gh0st

13-01-2005, 01:32 AM

What site did you order it from?

lePobz

13-01-2005, 01:38 AM

got it off eBay :)

gh0st

13-01-2005, 01:41 AM

got it off eBay :)
Its imported right... if it is, what differences does it have from the ones that will be released in NA in.. march?

blackeye

13-01-2005, 01:42 AM

I want to import a psp but decided to hold off and hpefully some of the problems will be fixed when it comes to Canada.

Hopefully being the key word.

lePobz

13-01-2005, 01:48 AM

I was holding off buying one because i'd heard of the 'issues' ... but now i've got one and played around with it, I can't find the issues at all! ... i've forced the thing to try and get the UMD to eject without me pressing the eject button, but it just aint happening. Maybe some people got defective models.

I'm just waiting for the firmware update to give me web and email access, to make the thing perfect.

I'm not sure what differences there will be to the ones released in NA ... all I do know is that this one is Region 0 (plays everything from everywhere) ... maybe the american ones will be restricted.

The only problem I had with getting an imported is that I had to figure out how to change the default Japanese operating system into English ... not so easy if you don't understand japanese. Trial and error solved that one though :)

blackeye

13-01-2005, 02:19 AM

I asked my dad if it was okay if he imported one for my birthday on januart 25th and he said that it was fine but im still no sure because what will happen if I get a defective model. I cant warrenty it or something like that.

Oh and is the screen scratch resistant because I have heard somepeople say it is. (I dont want to to test it but just wondering if it says in the manual or something)

Oh and that doom screenshot looks wicked to bad you cant actually play that on the PSP because that would be a wicked game just to pull out on the bus after a rough day at school.

I got a friend who nows some japanese so changing the languages shouldnt be a problem, Oh and if I import a game also will I be able to change the language or will it only be in japanese? If its to much trouble I think I will wait till march

joule

13-01-2005, 02:24 AM

I envy you lePobz. I want one of those babies so damn bad. But, you see, I can wait. This'll be the first handheld I bought in 4 years.

Asuka

13-01-2005, 02:36 AM

Neat. Looks nice.

lePobz

14-01-2005, 12:54 AM

Well done to blackeye for pointing out that Doom3 is not actually playable on the PSP... although it does make an excellent pivture viewer / slideshow ;)

IchI

14-01-2005, 02:19 AM

Hmmmm, I was going to order one a couple of days ago but pulled back. It would have cost me like £310 for the psp, memory card all the other stuff and 2 games, ridge racer and armored core. Do you really think I should spend this much? I have been iffy iffy all over the place and its doing my head in, after looking at yours I am like :O :O :O :O

Also LeProbz you don't even need to wait until your friend goes Hong Kong just go to:

http://www.play-asia.com/

Its the ultimate import website.

Moto-x_Pat

14-01-2005, 02:47 AM

http://www.pobz.net/pspD3.jpg

sweet huh :D

EDIT: Nevermind.

blackeye

14-01-2005, 05:35 AM

It would be so cool to play doom 3 on a handheld system that would do it justice. I wonder how many people you could trick into thinking you where playing doom 3 on the PSP if you played back a video :laugh:

Wow I just found out you can by portable battery packs for the PSP if it ever runs out of batteries.

nicknitro

14-01-2005, 05:48 AM

wow.. that thing looks beautiful (the graphics). I never thought I would get a handheld but this thing is just a work of beauty..

The Terminator

14-01-2005, 06:17 AM

I AM BUYING ONE AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT. Like wow, Im gettin NFS:U for PSP and whatever oher games tickle my fancy.

lePobz

14-01-2005, 04:50 PM

http://www.playstationpro2.com/psp_faq.html

Scroll down to point number 22....

If you're talking about raw power, the PSP wins in that category. In fact, the PSP is argueably slightly more powerful than the PlayStation 2, which may seem shocking, but it is almost five years old. However, it does not look better than PS2 games, probably most likely due to the smaller LCD screen (compared to a regular TV with progressive scan) and other factors.

You should see the GT4 Mobile in-game video, the graphics are unbelievably awesome... although that's not released till Spring ;(

Ichi - thanks for the link .... and what are you waiting for, get one bought!!! You'll make everyone jealous :D