Why not to buy a PSP. (56k stay away) "Updated"

Remember a long time ago that the first batch of ps2's where fked? well, same with PSP:

#1 Dead pixels


#2 Some Screens wont even turn on



#3 Faulty drive?

when you press those marked places the disc jumps out and the game stops.
#4 heh.this sucks

If you are playing a game and it goes to sleep mode, when it comes back the screen freezes.
#5 UMD drive wont close completetly

#6 Some analog sticks will come broken.

#7 Broken left button on d-pad and square button

#8 scratched screen once you open your expensive item anyone?


Other Problems:
-Problems will vertical refresh during fast movements
-Games like Ridge Racers have only 3hr of battery life
-Continues and long loading times
-Even though sony said it was region free, is not.
-Some consoles wont even work at all.

Source "Spanish, translated by me"

I dont know about ya, but i am not gonna waste a shit lot of money for something like this , and i would rather wait for a local release and cheaper price. man, i love my ds

I sooo wanna play this:


That blog also has news about a translator function for the ds that will use the touch screen "eng-japanese, japanese-eng,and also the same to chinese and back, will include mini games and stuff.
:smt071 you got pwned psp!

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Update.

So that thing i mentioned before about the UMD disc jumping out if you pressed the marked spots. Well,Here are some vides:
UMD Disc jumping out while playing a game
Unit turning on and notting happening

 

Wow nice informative post!

Lucky i spent too much money, cant get a PSP

There RAPING people for around $500 (the ones with preorders too!)

 

Wow. FInally a game that prolly puts the second screen on the DS to good use!!

 

The above is not true...

Some guy confirmed, after this 'so-called' info was posted on a board, that most of, or even all of this was made up and that photo manipulations (for example the broken analog stick) were used as some kind of joke. Of course, things like these certainly happened and will happen in the future (especially dead pixels), but I also think that there are people out there who would like to see Sony fail, and therefore diss them in every possible way.

And for the battery life, various sources say that the battery goes for at least 4 hours at maximum screen brightness and (almost) maximum speaker volume, and even 7(!) hours on the lowest brightness level. Besides, as you can also see on comparing pictures, the lowest brightness setting on the PSP is still maybe even brighter than the DS screen(s). So, I think an average of 5 to 6 hours of battery life is very acceptable.

 

Quick, burn the fanboiz!!!!!!!

I supposed there are no problems with the DS are there :drinkers:

 

But we have yet to see how long a battery lasts under medium brightness under a CPU instensive game. I'm pretty sure it will be less than 5 hours.

 

What a pathetic topic.
Evangelion, do the reports of mass dead pixels in DS units slip your mind? Oh but that doesn't count does it, seeing as it's Nintendo??

Even if that BS post were true, so what, one faulty unit ? You actually believe there weren't any faulty DS' at release??

So bloody true. They're only out there to say whatever they can as they perceive as helping SONY to fail miserably. I saw no posts like this saying 'WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BUY A DS' when the DS reports of mass faulty units with dead pixels/random shut-down etc came about. Nothing from these fanboyzzzzz then.

 

well, only dead pixels michael jackson like i said, i am going to buy a psp, but gonna wait... and what about fanboy shit? everyone is a fucking fanboy so dont even start

 

No, everyone is not a fanboy. Each system has their pluses and minuses. I have likes and dislikes about all the systems I own and also prefer some over others but I don't waste either my time or others screaming form the top of the mountain how one system rules and all others suck. It serves no purpose and rarely if ever changes minds. If you want to do that then go to the gamefaqs boards.

What is with this childish pwned shit by the way. Tell me exactly how in any way Sony got "pwned"?

 

Regardless of the truth behind the statements above, there were no mass amounts of DS screens with dead pixels. With LCDs this happens, but by no means were there a mass amount of defective units.

Also, given Sony's track record with consoles, I wouldn't be surprised if within a 2 years there are very few launch units left.

There are plenty of reasons not to buy a DS or PSP.

And I'm honestly sick of people justifying the PSP's sad ass battery life. Get over it, it sucks. "5-6 hours, that's acceptable." Uh huh...remember the Game Gear? Christ, Sony has already released an additional battery pack. Not a good sign. 5-6 hours is sad, for a device that size. Sad.

 

Gamespot has just updated their site with a PSP + Ridge Racers test report. Unfortunately, as madhatter256 was here referring to, they state that the battery only lasts 90(!!!) minutes to 3 hours. This is mainly due to the fact Ridge Racers is a typical example of a CPU intensive game. I think 90 minutes is unacceptable! However, 3 hours on the other hand for such a game could be enough. When you're playing Lumines, or Puyo Puyo Fever you could easily add an hour to the battery life (I hope :-( ). UMD movie playback will encounter the same problems, I expect here the battery to last 2 - 2.5 hours.

Ah, well. Either way, I still wait for the bloody thing to be released in Europe. Maybe by the time the guys at Sony have updated some stuff and fixed the errors/imperfections we saw in the Japanese units.

 

you are calling me a fanboy, then why do you get all mad?

 

When are people going to stop this Sony bashing bull shit? Sony has got a lot at stake, not only the investment in the PSP but also the Sony brand. Do you think they would ruin both by putting out poor quality flag ship products?

Also, if you're going to play you PSP non stop for more than 3 hours then perhaps you should have a long hard look at your life.

 

I agree with Evangelion-01. Who is really being the fanboy here? The one who informs us of the faults with the PSP, or the one to quickly jump to its defense?

 

i found this on another forum and just translated it geez....

 

When I said I agree, I meant I agree with you.

 

well, i must agree with you on certains points, but not every ones. nintendo change your console without any fees if there's dead pixels. i don't say sony won't do this too, but im septic about it... we all know how sony is with these types of troubles.

 

Im taking Id-republixes side on this, since Evangelion is a huge Nintendo fanboy.