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Help Me Make a Decision
CamusCanDo:
I was gonna make a thread on whether or not I should buy a PSP, but upon seeing this thread I really didn't think it deserved its own thread when there's already a discussion going on about something the same thing, well sort of anyway. I have a similair problem to Ikirk. I would describe myself as a "casual gamer", right now the only console games I play are PC and DS, with PC being mainly RPGs and TBS games and DS being everything under the sun. I was a pretty hardcore gamer from a kid up until I was 15 and just lost complete interest in games for about four years due to being interested in reading more.
Last year I bought a DS Lite along with an R4DS, which allows you to play downloaded ROMs, and I was hooked back on games. Handhelds are pretty much perfect for me being both affordable and light entertainment. I love my DS just fine, it gets played on a daily basis. It's just lately I've been wanting a little more oomph in my games and the PSP looks like it can deliver on that. The thing is I'm not overly convinced I should buy one or not, I'm happy with what I have now. Should I really go out and buy something else that ultimately will be a waste of money and not all that great of an experience when I can just stick to what I already have?
What are some of the best games on the PSP and how good is the back catalogue?
Symptom:
I own a 40gb PS3 (I really don't see what's the big fuss about backwards compatibility... if you have PS2 games, you have a PS2, just use it.) and I am very very satisfied by it.
I'd consider myself a very casual gamer, too. I tought I would go for the Wii but the remotes seemed gimmicky and most of the games for it are not my style so I had to choose between a 360 and a PS3
I bought a 360 at first because I wanted to mod it and download/copy games. My 360 died in 2 weeks, I got a refund and bought the PS3 instead. I do miss a couple of titles (Gears of War and other COOP FPS come to mind) but the PS3 has a rapidly growing list of very fun titles to make up for it. The PS3 OS is such a charm, I love it so dearly! I honestly did not think I would enjoy the media center possibilities so much but I find myself using them everyday to watch downloaded episodes of LOST or movies or music. Internet playing is free, which is great because I don't play much online and I would hate to have to spend money for the 2-3 online games per month I play. The remote controls are rechargeable, which is also a nice detail. The blue-ray reader is really fun, but wasn't a selling point for me..
I don't want to tell you to buy one or the other, that's really up to you... and if you have friends who have either, it's a good idea to get the same console as your friends, in order to trade/borrow games and controllers.
I guess I just wanted to point out that I'm also a quite casual gamer and I never regretted my choice of the PS3. Both consoles do make excellent picks, though. Since I bought mine, 3 of my friends bought PS3 (both had a Wii before and weren't using it much) because they were jealous.
EDIT: Just to clear things up a bit, if I had to make the choice again, I would opt for the PS3 again because of the better reliability, blue-ray player, free online, better OS, upcoming exclusives and because it comes with more stuff bundled (like wireless, HDMI cable, and the controllers dont need batteries, etc.)
RedLion:
--- Quote from: Spluff on 29 May 2008, 23:46 ---PC - It's worth the monies.
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But if I had the money, I'd take the PS3. It's got most of the Grade-A games that the 360 does, aside from a few Xbox exclusives like Bioshock and Dead Rising. It's also going to be around longer, for about 5 years, so Sony says. Meanwhile, Microsoft, it's said, is already beginning development of a new console.
Storm Rider:
The 10-year life cycle claim is bullshit, and it always has been. The entire reason that every console generation lasts about 5 years since the original NES is because that's about the time that demand peters out. Sony might be singing that tune now, but 3 years from November (4 max), there will be a Playstation 4 on shelves.
Ikrik:
Considering that the PS2 lasted eight years saying that the PS3 will last for ten isn't that far of a stretch to say. The Xbox lasted 4 years before it was replaced by the 360.
I've been looking at the exclusive games for both consoles and that's really been swaying my decision. Some of the 360 exclusives captivating: Gears of War, Banjo-Kazooie, Fable II, Gears of War. But overall the PS3 games excite me more than the ones for the 360. Plus there's the fact that 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is available for both consoles so that doesn't push the favour towards anything (seriously, check the game out, there might be nothing cooler than 50 Cent killing terrorists)
->CamusCanDo Getting a PSP was possibly one of the happiest moments of this year. The games are amazing, sure there's always GTA which most people tend to find extremely fun (I find it repetitive and some parts are just stupidly hard) But they have some other amazing games. Daxter, God of War, Dead Head Fred (voiced by Dr. Cox from Scrubs, best reason to buy the game), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, Killzone Liberation. The whole PSP experience is completely different from that of the DS and while they're "rivals" for the handheld they play completely differently. The only thing I find annoying about the PSP is a 4 hour battery life.
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