Random PSP questions and future developments

[KIGO1987]

Just starting to use my Playstation Portable console again. Just downloaded firmware 5.05. PSP XMB looks like the PS3 one now with the PSN Sign In on the far right side. Its been 4 years since the PSP was released on the world market, still gotta say today its such of a good unit. More practical than the Nintendo DSi unit, and even the PS3 Unit. Shame there isnt more games on the PSP, but im really happy that all my Ridge Racer classics are on it as well as Wipeout and many other favourites. Members here who do not have a Playstation Portable Console and are looking for a practical unit more music and wireless connectivity as well as constant upgrade able software, this is really a worthwhile investment.

Just have a question ive still have the 1GB Memory Stick Duo Pro that i bought back in 2005 ($189 AUD)after buying the Playstation Portable at its September 1st Australian launch. I really want to purchase a 8GB MS Pro Duo or even a 16GB one, just that i have heard there are issues with the PSP with any sized MS of 8GB and above (data loss, corruption etc). Is this true? Does anybody have any problems with these larger sized cards?

[ACE-FLO]

Aw Kigo, what do you plan to do with the 1gb card after lol, I'm running 256mb what a Monkey I am... oo oo ah ah

[Darkdrium777]

Don't know. A friend bought one for his PSP2000, myself I've got 4GB and a couple of 2s. I've never had any issues. Of course, the ones I buy are real ones, Sony or SanDisk. If you buy a copy, expect to have problems. Lots of problems.

[KIGO1987]

K. So if i buy a 8GB or a 16GB MS Duo for my PSP 1000 it should work fine???

Aw Kigo, what do you plan to do with the 1gb card after lol, I'm running 256mb what a Monkey I am... oo oo ah ah

Music, music, and more music, maybe a few games also

[Darkdrium777]

Yes, it should work fine. Make sure it's an MS Pro Duo or whatever the extension is, and it should be ok.

[KIGO1987]

Im just curious. Out of the 3 series of PSP units which out of the last two (the slim and the lite) are the better value for money? Are there much greater benifits out of the last model over the previous ones? Ive been told that there are many issues with the screen on the lite PSP (3000), and the better beat is to go with a slim (2000). Whats your Opinions on it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable

PSP 1000 (Brick)

PSP 2000 (Slim)

PSP 3000 (lite)

[GreenPhazon]

I have brick, but I'd rather have slim. Not worth it now considering how much I use the thing.

[komatos]

Slim is supposedly the best of the 3. PSP-3000 I've read on a couple of websites has some display issues (aliasing/contrast/brightness or something like that).

I've got a slim with the component output port and cord which allows you to connect to an HDTV. 8GB Memory Stick Pro Duo's will definitely work (assuming they're official Sony/SanDisk models and not cheap knockoffs from China that don't have the MagicGate supported status). I've got an 8GB in my PSP Slim/2000 model, complete with all my PS1 games in image form for on-the-go classic Playstation gaming and 30 songs for Wipeout Pulse and several Pulse photo albums.

[KIGO1987]

Cool got an idea now. 3000 has some screen issues.

So only Sony/Sandisk Memory Stick Duos with Magicgate on them.

Went to JB and Sony Central later on in the city today. $99 for the 8GB and $190 for the 16GB one. The salesperson i was talking too said he could do the 8GB for $80cash and the 16GB for $180 cash. With those prices you get more data size per dollar you spend with the 8GB one, i think ill got back tomorrow and buy the 8GB one, attempt to put my entire music stash on the stick along with some videos make the most of my brick PSP unit.

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Hey ive seen some random articles that Sony will ditch the UMD format for the next gen Playstation Portable console the "PlaystationPortable2", i was wondering is this true? Cant really find any sources that back up those claims online.

[archman]

Yes, the story was that the next PSP will publish game on PSN Store only, there even were the rumors for this PSP also, to start putting on PSN Store ONLY. But that doesn't really hold the ground. Just a rumor...

[Ethil]

Hey ! I'm back !

You last visited: 23rd December 2008 at 01:42 AM

Wow. It's been a while .

As for the PSP, they're planning to release more and more games as playstation store only. Which means no physical copy - at all. That's what they did/are doing/will do with Patapon 2. They want the boxes to carry a voucher which allows you to download the game.

If it turns out to work good enough, they may drop the UMD forever.

However, tons of people already complain about this, because, digital distribution means :
- No more second hand games (which sucks price wise, but it's good in a way because second hand games don't help developers - and the small video game companies could do with more bucks).
- No more box/manual. I do not care, but some people do.

On the other hand :
- No physical copy means no way to break/scratch your games.
- Cheaper games (which may or may not happen - Sony's greedy, just like every other company, and they may decide not to cut the prices).
- If the prices don't drop, we can at least assume that the developers will get more money, which could encourage them to make more better games.
- Games will run faster, and the bateries will last longer. Just like what custom firmware users already do with their games in .iso/.cso (that they may have bought and ripped, they aren't all bad guys), but for everyone.

I'd say it's pretty balanced, and I'm for digital distribution.

[KIGO1987]

Just been highly suggested that anything larger than a 4GB memory stick on the PSP 1000 series(1st series, aka Brick) unit, is highly deceptable to corruption issues as well as the unit itself possibly crashing due to the 1000 series only having 32MB of RAM avaliable. So the highly recommended memory stick Duo for the PSP 1000 series would be 4GB. The second series PSP (2000 series, also PSP slim) having 64MB of RAM is safe to say it can be ok running on a 8GB stick with no issues, but begs the question is it ok with a 16GB stick, with the possibility of corruption?

Just wondering does the current series of PSP the 3000 series (PSP lite), what RAM does that have on board? Does it have the same as the PSP 2000 (PSP Slim) of 64MB of RAM, or does it have 128MB of RAM on it? Im looking at websites and getting no answers anywhere.....

[Ethil]

64MB, just like the Slim&Lite PSP. The 3000' isn't worth getting imo.

[KIGO1987]

Cheers Ethil big time, that question was bugging me big time, just didnt know what the answer was that all. Getting no luck off any of the websites.

So here it goes

PSP 1000 (brick) - [32MB RAM]
PSP 2000 (slim) - [64MB RAM]
PSP 3000 (lite) - [64MB RAM]

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To the conversation on UMD (Universal Media Discs), i thought that they had stopped making UMD movies but they still are. Its bad how UMD have suffered the same fate as MiniDiscs, a really clever idea, just never took off.

So my guess with the PSP2 that would have zero backwards compatability with PSP games since it wouldnt have a UMD drive in it. If the Playstation Portable 2 does come to be, i really hope that they have a decent sized memory on it along with good RAM and graphics. The PSP2 is going to need at least 60GB plus to be successful in the long run.

When the hell would it be released too? Q4 of 2010... 2011?? Would be great to get some sort of estimated time frame from some source.

[Ethil]

Cheers Ethil big time

You're welcome, mate.

To the conversation on UMD (Universal Media Discs), i thought that they had stopped making UMD movies but they still are. Its bad how UMD have suffered the same fate as MiniDiscs, a really clever idea, just never took off.

Well, the idea was good, making a small and cheap memory unit. BUT, since it's a disc, loading times are way too...well, long.

So my guess with the PSP2 that would have zero backwards compatability with PSP games since it wouldnt have a UMD drive in it.

Well, Sony's not good at free backward compatibility. The PS3, for instance, can't run PS1 (2 ?) games, except for the early versions of the console. They want us to buy "old" games twice. And, well, a lot of people do so. Why would Sony stop milking us ? If it weren't effective, I'd understand. But it works quite well.

If the Playstation Portable 2 does come to be, i really hope that they have a decent sized memory on it along with good RAM and graphics. The PSP2 is going to need at least 60GB plus to be successful in the long run.

60GB or something like that would be great. But, either they use :
- a hard drive, which isn't likely to happen, considering they break easily (it'd be a failure for a handheld game device).
- a flash drive, which is great, but expensive (at the time).

I hope they will find a way around that.

Anyway, a bigger size would be great : more games on it, and it'd enable developers to make bigger games.

When the hell would it be released too? Q4 of 2010... 2011?? Would be great to get some sort of estimated time frame from some source.

Let's wait a bit : E3 is coming, hopefully we'll learn more about the PSP2/PSPGO! in a week or so.

[archman]

Anyone knows what this is?

http://www.wipeout-pulse.com/

[KIGO1987]

****ed Arch, its not of fire its ****ed.

60GB or something like that would be great. But, either they use :
- a hard drive, which isn't likely to happen, considering they break easily (it'd be a failure for a handheld game device).
- a flash drive, which is great, but expensive (at the time).

I hope they will find a way around that.

Anyway, a bigger size would be great : more games on it, and it'd enable developers to make bigger games.



Let's wait a bit : E3 is coming, hopefully we'll learn more about the PSP2/PSPGO! in a week or so.

HDD wouldnt work on a handheld, the solution there would be to Solid Slate Drive, when there prices are feasable then it would be the best tool for the product choice.

Yeah but 60GB plus would be the idea though.

[KIGO1987]

Just bought a 8GB MS DUO Pro Mark2 for my PSP-1000, chatted the price down to $80, actually got given a better deal than i did yesterday. I got given that old Casino Royale UMD Movie package thrown into the mix to

The number of times the PSP unit has crashed so far is only once. Really pushing the 32MB RAM on this old brick. Seems to be working alright at the moment, adding some music onto it now

[RA1D3R]

I use a 8gig sansdisk stick (paid 60$ for it) in my white 2000 slim. It works very nicely. I don't know of anyone that owns a 16gig stick yet, although I have seem them on the market.

I had heard rumors that the 8 gig sticks didn't work at first, so I waited till a few of my gamer buds got one first and got some user feed back.lol

[KIGO1987]

Yeah a while back the 8GB couldnt be formatted on the PSP console, but a few firmware updates later and i think that got all sorted out.

Some people have had problems with any memory stick above 4GB for the old first series of PSP, the 1000 Series, since the 32MD RAM had trouble handling it all, and its more recommended for the 2000 and the 3000 series since those models have 64MB of RAM. Ive had the 8GB stick on my PSP 1000 for a day now and it crashed once, and froze up once. But hey im fine with that, all you needed to do was to take the battery out and restart it, and off you go.

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PSP 4000 rumour Q4 2009

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/P...ws.asp?c=12612

seems interesting enough, the article is from last month.

Be awesome if you could insert your SIM card into it, us it as a phone too.