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Post by Mango on Dec 4, 2004 21:14:38 GMT
Just gotten word on buyritegames.com
DON'T ORDER FROM THEM! i'm making a separate post on this.
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Post by Matt on Dec 4, 2004 21:18:29 GMT
that was lucky about to order tahn ks for that ;D
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Post by Mango on Dec 4, 2004 21:24:09 GMT
You're welcome. As soon as I read that, I remembered that I'd given recommendation to that site and came to tell the news. If anyone has ordered from them, cancel if possible, or contact your credit card company.
If all else fails, try importing a Japanese DS from liksang.com, a highly recommendable company.
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Post by Matt on Dec 4, 2004 21:38:20 GMT
umm thanks, my dream of a ds chritsmas are recindled
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Post by Zerolus on Dec 6, 2004 19:42:11 GMT
A Microsoft handheld? What is the world coming to? >_<
Random Guy: MARS!
Random Guy 2: What about a Mars bar?
Me: v_v
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Post by JJ on Dec 6, 2004 19:47:43 GMT
A Microsoft handheld? What is the world coming to? >_< Actually, they have those. It's called a palm-top. ;D
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Post by Zerolus on Dec 6, 2004 21:44:14 GMT
Actually, they have those. It's called a palm-top. ;D Uh-huh. Sure they do. ;D
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Dimension
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Post by Dimension on Dec 10, 2004 21:22:14 GMT
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Dimension
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Post by Dimension on Dec 11, 2004 10:33:11 GMT
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Post by Balls on Dec 11, 2004 12:03:21 GMT
PSP, sounds like crap. I seem to be alone in this, but I think the PS2 sucks! No wonder my brother sold it and got an XBox. The DS, however, looks nice, I'll get me one of they!
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Post by supersonicjim on Dec 11, 2004 12:11:06 GMT
I've have reviewed the specifications on both machines. The DS is weak compared to the PSP.
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Post by Zerolus on Dec 11, 2004 12:33:33 GMT
I've have reviewed the specifications on both machines. The DS is weak compared to the PSP. And just where did you see the reviews for both machines? On a PlayStation website, I presume?!
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Post by supersonicjim on Dec 11, 2004 12:36:25 GMT
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Post by Samface on Dec 11, 2004 12:39:18 GMT
The DS is weak compared to the PSP. Maybe true, but processing power doesn't automatically equal win. Jaguar, anyone?
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Post by Zerolus on Dec 11, 2004 12:43:04 GMT
I was being sarcastic... I'm still going to get the DS though. No matter what Sony fans would say.
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Post by Balls on Dec 11, 2004 13:48:12 GMT
Maybe true, but processing power doesn't automatically equal win. Jaguar, anyone? Jaguar!
*laughs*
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Post by Mango on Dec 11, 2004 15:38:00 GMT
NiGHTS, you're not alone. Why do you think I got a DS on import?! The PSP just doesn't look all that good to me. The screen is too big for the console. If you look in those links that were given in regards to specs, look how stupidly those hands hold that console.
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Post by Zak29 on Dec 11, 2004 16:12:46 GMT
PSP may be more powerful, but the battery lasts a MAXIMUM of six hours (thats playing a simple puzzle game, the backlight switched off and no sound). DS's lasts around ten hours, and in my opinion is a more exciting prospect, it's going to be a totally new gaming experience, some games'll be bad, some'll be good, but I feel the need to support Nintendo in breaking away from the norm and trying to change our idea of games. PSP has lots of cool features, but I can't say games-wise it's piqued my curiosity, the idea of movies and music is a good one, but apparently no movie studios have commited to putting movies on UMD's yet, not even Sony's studios (apart from trailers of course). We'll see, sorry if I sound like a Nintendo marketeer btw!
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Post by Dimension on Dec 12, 2004 13:53:01 GMT
I personally think that the DS looks about as aesthetic as a house brick and style seems to be a very important feature nowadays, the touch screen thing is a too gimmicky for me, what could you possibly ever use that for? Final Fantasy maybe and other games that don't involve much live action? I can't see the use in that thing aside from PC-esque games: god sims and the like and to put it plunly you can [censored] off if you think i'm buying a handheld to play PC games, i'd rather buy a palmtop PC TBH. The design of the PSP isn't perfect and i'm sure i'll eventually end up putting my thumbs on the edge of the screen but still, it looks cool, its specs look great (the battery life problem can be avoided with regular charging, who plays a game for 6 hours straight anyway?) and even the launch lineup for the uk will have some 5 star games, better than what I can say for the DS. I might buy a DS some time in the future, maybe if I ever get lots of money and the PSP stops getting any good games but for now I can personally say that given the choice I would choose the playstation in an instant
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Post by Vector on Dec 12, 2004 17:25:16 GMT
id like to point out, although going slightly off topic, cds just arent safe as a portable thing. you know what I mean. jogging a cd around in a gaming device is NOT good. the cd will likely be bumped off, unless theres a good grip on it by th system. thing of it as a cd player. you toss a cd player around, the disk slides off and the music stops. compare that to a game. cartages are used FOR A REASON. they cant really fall out, unless purposely someone pulls them out(like who would do that?) so its not really the gaming the issue, its the reliability issue. i mean, what if your touch pad breaks? the port on the rechrageable fails?(thats what happened to my SP, which greatly pissed me off, because it works fine, it just has no battery ) also, ive heard the PSP has only 3 hours battery life. THAT IS CRAP(sorry). were talking about a portable device, not something you charge in ten seconds. sure, its ok at home, but when out or on a plane for a 6 hour joury to austrailia, and your psp dies, WHATCA GONNA DO? sorry if my info is wrong
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Post by Vector on Dec 12, 2004 17:41:38 GMT
jim, sorry to double post, BUT ARE YOU SURE you have compared them?
A TOUCH SCREEN. thats excellent
the psp is any better for one case, because it has memory, but saving files on there is a problem too, because if you lose the PSP or any data, you lose your saves. the nitendo way if safer, storing data on cart. ok, but theres a downside to that too, it means you can swap games with your mates, your overwriting your mates saves, so the PSP wins and loses there.
The DS will probably be universal, which is quite good, since the PSP will probably have a PAL region or laugage lock on it, and the ds wont. (i maybe greatly mistaken there however)
and the DS has double processor, the PSP only has memory. the downside to that, is that the PSP will also have a processor, so memory is a bonus.
and theres the back lit screen. BACK LIT SCREEN. thats why I liked the GBA SP, and sony will likely not have that in there.
but the PSP has a USB 2.0, and thats a huge advantage, however the plans to use the GBA games slot for expantions to the DS is better(more compact, no extra messy wires/cables, good plus for a HandHeld)
also, the DS is less wide, and nicer shaped than a PSP(elongated looks horrible for it, will look like a phone rather than a console)
i think the DS will win, it will be out faster, will likely be better priced, and nitendo have great experiance in that area.
anyway, if the DS does lose, we can wave bye bye to nitendo! (they screwed up in the console section)
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Post by supersonicjim on Dec 12, 2004 18:28:33 GMT
jim, sorry to double post, BUT ARE YOU SURE you have compared them? A TOUCH SCREEN. thats excellent the psp is any better for one case, because it has memory, but saving files on there is a problem too, because if you lose the PSP or any data, you lose your saves. the nitendo way if safer, storing data on cart. Memory sticks for savingok, but theres a downside to that too, it means you can swap games with your mates, your overwriting your mates saves, so the PSP wins and loses there. The DS will probably be universal, which is quite good, since the PSP will probably have a PAL region or laugage lock on it, and the ds wont. (i maybe greatly mistaken there however) and the DS has double processor, the PSP only has memory. the downside to that, is that the PSP will also have a processor, so memory is a bonus. Every machine has memory and processor(s). You do realise that it has two processors one for each screen? Not so it is 'extra powerful'. and theres the back lit screen. BACK LIT SCREEN. thats why I liked the GBA SP, and sony will likely not have that in there. but the PSP has a USB 2.0, and thats a huge advantage, however the plans to use the GBA games slot for expantions to the DS is better(more compact, no extra messy wires/cables, good plus for a HandHeld) how is being able to play old rubbish GBA games better than being able to download saves, possible MP3 playing?The DS has 260,000 colours, the PSP has 16.77 million colours. The PSP has 480 x 272 resolution compared to 256 x 192 and 256 x 192 for a map or something. Go into submission now, Nintendon't so the PSP can have Mario and Pokemon. Have you seen a USB wire? That is a hell of a lot smaller than a GBA cart.
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Post by Samface on Dec 12, 2004 21:27:09 GMT
The DS has a surgeon game coming out. A surgeon game. The top screen shows your patient's reactions, the bottom screen shows their body. You get your scalpel (i.e. the stylus/your finger/a chopstick/whatever) and make your incision, and remove the tumour/stitch the ruptured stomach, whatever. All the while, you talk softly into the microphone, to reassure the patient. While you operate on them. Dunno about you, but I'd rather have that than another Wipeout.
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Post by Stuntman Fifteen on Dec 13, 2004 11:07:37 GMT
The DS has a surgeon game coming out. A surgeon game. The top screen shows your patient's reactions, the bottom screen shows their body. You get your scalpel (i.e. the stylus/your finger/a chopstick/whatever) and make your incision, and remove the tumour/stitch the ruptured stomach, whatever. All the while, you talk softly into the microphone, to reassure the patient. While you operate on them. WTH? A surgeon game? I know originality is good but this is going slightly too far. I'm also cringing at the prospect of the Touch Screen. Racing in Mario DS while desperatly trying to bring up a good map on the touch screen seems a little too fiddly for me. The DS has 260,000 colours, the PSP has 16.77 million colours. The PSP has 480 x 272 resolution compared to 256 x 192 and 256 x 192 for a map or something. I like the sound of that! Battery life may be a slight problem but I have heard that Sony may release a long-life battery pack or something like that if the problems become too apparant. (There's an site for this rumor but I just can't remember it.) Also, more rumors coming in that the PSP might use the disk copying/swapping method from Sony's ill-advised Pocketstation for some games. (By that, I mean a full sized PSone game may have to be compressed and copied to a mini disk of sorts before you can play it on a Pocketstation.)
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Post by Samface on Dec 13, 2004 12:05:11 GMT
WTH? A surgeon game? I know originality is good but this is going slightly too far. Going too far? You can do surgery while sitting on the bus! I'm in love with this idea!
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