I hear it's pretty nifty. It makes me think about the old SEGA Game Gear. Now that machine was ahead of it's time.

u have to buy special dvds for it.

sonic and this first pga tour golf game on game gear were ace!

It's not that straightforward to play movies on the thing. You need to convert all videos to a specific format, which, if nothing else, takes a long time and plenty of trial and error to encode using some unofficial program on your PC. You can only use Memory Stick Duo cards so you'd probably want one of them in 1GB to store a full length movie with good quality.

I'd say it's worth it if you are going to be playing lots of games as well, but as a dedicated movie player, you can probably get better for less money. It is a sweet looking gadget though!

LOL - I just realised that I only considered playing pirated movies on it. You can of course buy movies on PSP UMD discs that will play right out of the box. XD

if you do get one, don't upgrade the firmware above version 2.0. version 1.50 is the one to have, since it allows homebrew apps to be run (emulators etc). there are no firmware downgraders yet for anything above version 2.0, so if it's upgraded you're pretty much screwed.

honestly, homebrew is the best reason to get a psp. you can run pretty much any rom (sega, snes, gba, etc) and even doom, doom2, quake, and q2. old lucasarts games as well (scumm engine - just finished dott again). of course you can also download psp games then and play then with a umd emulator. a few of the latest games don't work yet on 1.5, eg. gta liberty city stories, but they'll probably be cracked soon enough.

check out the psprevolutions.net forums to find out how to get started with homebrew (you need to register to get to the good stuff).

get an old SNES with Super Mario Kart + Mortal Kombat II.

+ zelda: lttp + super street fighter 2 turbo

plus secret of mana

Or Nintendo DS + mario kart , pretty cool. You can also play online =)

Chrono Trigger!

I got my PSP back in Aug when I was in the US.

I travel a lot for work and use it mainly for watching movies and playing the odd game. True the convertng of the movies can be a pain but tbh if you get an app like PSP Video 9 it makes the whole process very easy.

Been watching old Red Dwarf episodes ... love that show :)

you can buy mine with gta lcs burn out legends en lumines for 250 euro's

I love mine, shame i didnt know about the firmwire stuff, i upgraded to 2.50, even withotu homebrew it rocks, games, mp3's, films/tv shows all in one package

DS > psp

what about battery time? do the last long?

no, but the long last.

I'm to fast fast for the keyboard, don't have time to stop and correct misshaps or small errors. the smart person will understand while the lesser smart one will bitch about it like it's the end of the world.

oh and btw congratz on the award "most annoying person", must have been hard work ey?.

what?

o rly?

u were right, with last long.

I recommend a DS. Much better games, even though it is technologically a bit worse.

better games? when i think of 'nintendogs' i wanna puke...

And Nintendogs is the only game available for the DS?

Yes, the question was rhetorical.

why on earth did you think i was talking about nintendogs when i was talking about better games? Did I, at any point hint that I think nintendogs is among the better games for ds? So why do you assume i was talking about that?

In actual fact, I am thinking of games that have nothing to do with nintendogs

every console has poor games for it (even the psp)

Its the amount of GOOD games that defines a console, NOT the amount of bad games.

the first game i think of when i hear 'Nintendo DS' is actually Nintendogs, because it is/was advertised everywhere on TV or game-shops. i haven't heard of any other 'big' DS game but Nintendogs (and maybe Mario Kart DS).

psps are gorgeous

dont worry if you cant get 1.50 software, no doubt someone will find a way round 2.0/2.6 soon enough.

i love mine to bits, but dont use it as often as i envisaged.
great for burnout in bed when you just woke up!

lumines in bed is much more fun :x

god i love lumines, so simple and addictive \o/

if you travel a lot then they must be pretty damn good, and of course if you have the time to use them at work.

I was going to get one but then thought what a waste of money it would be since it would be used once then never again.

Portable Audio > Portable Games!

that's what I'm afriad of, that I'll spend 500 dollars on the shit becouse it looks good , and almost never use it!!! ...

i would imagine the ipod video is a must better buy for strictly watching video?