"SONY" To realease there First Handheld Games Console.

SantaClaws

i seen this somewhere on one of sonys websites please find out any info and get back to me.
thanks lads.

zAbbo

fook off and do it urself

/welcome to boards

SantaClaws

oh ok if thats the way you wanna be, ill just contact boards.ie and get you banned, have you not got a life or something, all you seem to do is post on these forums.
you have like over 1000 posts WTF is going on.
and its very ignorant to say things like that, if you have noting godd to say dont say IT.
well anyways youre gonna be banned so say what u like.
Keith

feylya

Originally posted by bazH
fook off and do it urself

/welcome to boards

My thoughts exactly.

GOOGLE Helpful enough?

DiscoStu

SantaClaws

found a bit of info on it:

E3 2003: SONY UNVEILS HANDHELD PLAYSTATION!

Father of PlayStation reveals "Walkman of 21st Century." Nintendo, presumably, bricks it

22:03 Now that's what we call an announcement. It's been widely known in industry circles for some time now that Sony was working on a handheld games console, but none of us had any idea when the announcement would finally be made. Until now.
In a shock unveiling during its E3 press conference in the last couple of hours, Sony, via the legendary Ken Kuturagi, has unveiled PSP - the PlayStation Portable. Making use of a revolutionary 60mm optical disc based in a Mini-Disc-style casing, the storage format (known as UMD or Universal Media Disc) will find use not just on PSP but across a broad range of Sony products. All of which caused Kuturagi-san to label PSP: "The Walkman of the 21st century." And we wouldn't dare disagree.

Each UMD can hold a massive 1.8Gb of data - roughly three times the size of a PSone disc, and the chipset is apparently able to create graphics far in advance of PSone. Which means it would also trounce GBA SP and Nokia's forthcoming N-Gage, performance-wise. And PSP will further be able to playback a whopping two hours of FMV at DVD quality. Jeepers!

Big Japanese third-parties are reportedly already clamouring to work on the system (shock), and first dev kits are due to be shipped this Autumn with the machine itself set for general release by the end of 2004. And yes, as a handheld, PSP will be multi-region out of the box. Woo hoo!

In terms of design, we have absolutely no idea what PSP will look like, save that Sony will be implementing a Dual Shock-style control layout, which, considering Dual Shock is probably the best, all-round joypad there is, suits us just fine.

Taking a lead from Nintendo, possibly the most exciting aspect of PSP is its connectivity. With Sony's position and experience in the world's electronic entertainment market, the potential for linking up with countless devices is obviously staggering and could well change the face of gaming as we know it. Certainly, Sony will doubtless ensure PSP is fully compatible with PlayStation 3, but via PSP's USB port, connection to PS2 cannot be ruled out either.

And rather than memory cards, PSP will make use of memory sticks which will be transferable between numerous applications. The mind boggles.

Well, there we are. It was always going to happen. Now it has. Does this mark the end of Nintendo's handheld hegemony? It's still far too early to make that kind of prediction, but its likely to be a cause of concern for the Mario creator, at the very least.

And now Sony has let the cat out of the bag, will Microsoft follow suit? More questions than answers at present, but this is a massive announcement by anyone standards.

We'll have a full round-up of Sony's conference call direct from LA later today.

Johnny Minkley

zAbbo

oh ok if thats the way you wanna be, ill just contact boards.ie and get you banned

Go ahead

have you not got a life or something, all you seem to do is post on these forums.
you have like over 1000 posts WTF is going on.

Its all clear to me now, ive wasted my life

and its very ignorant to say things like that, if you have noting godd to say dont say IT.

Imagine this, someone comes up to you in the street, says hey i heard about some random new fangled yoke, go now and find out all about it. Punch to the face methinks :eek:

well anyways youre gonna be banned so say what u like.
Keith

The outcomes are more than likely
you`ll get flammed to death here for being a bit of a retard
/welcome to boards, dont cry at all the nasty comments, read the charters

SantaClaws

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SantaClaws

sorry about that ignorant Person. anwho i found some pics of it:
Front

Back


Looks Pretty Class.
keith

tman

http://eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=54180

won't be out for the best part of a year...

zAbbo

sigh

"ignorant"

1. Lacking education or knowledge.
2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
3. Unaware or uninformed.

Think about it, who just came onto a public forum, didnt really read the charters, get a feel for the place, post such a blatant knob thread aint gonna win you any fans.

Oh and btw *cough* photoshop

SantaClaws

yea i thought that allright but it seems quite good because i think nintendo could of done a much better job than they could of of making a handheld console.
But i think you should be able to store you're MP3's on it id would be cool.

Thanks Keith

SantaClaws

WTF are you on about im not even listening to you.

feylya

Originally posted by SantaClaws
yea i thought that allright but it seems quite good because i think nintendo could of done a much better job than they could of of making a handheld console.
But i think you should be able to store you're MP3's on it id would be cool.

Thanks Keith

How can you pass judgement on a device that hasn't been made yet? By judging some concept pictures? An interesting way of doing it. Pray tell, how could Nintendo have done better?

SantaClaws

i mean Nintendo could of done a better job of doing the GameBoy Advance.
and i have seen it at E3

feylya

Once again, it's a concept device at this stage, is it not? I will agree with you about the GBA though.

zAbbo

Originally posted by SantaClaws
i mean Nintendo could of done a better job of doing the GameBoy Advance.
and i have seen it at E3

rofl
The gba is the top handheld out there, and the sp is lovley. You`ve seen the gba, pfft i own one pal

SantaClaws

i have seen the SONY PSP and judged it, at the time it was at a concept stage of development.

SantaClaws

well its my opinion.
You may like it like thousands of other out there, but i would'nt say its the best handheld on the market, because the NoKia NGAGE looks way better! and its a God Damn Phone. and nintendo are at it for years.

feylya

The Ngage? HAHAHA, ah that's a good one. €50 a game for one. You have to switch off the phone to load a game then wait about a minute to actually start playing the fecker.

SantaClaws

Yes But im just getting across the point that Nokia are a phone and not a Games Console Maker or Distributer in anyway untill now and the graphics on the Ngage, you have to admit are much better. plus its a phone MP3 player and loads more stuff Inc.

feylya

No, I don't think I have to admit that. Yeah, Nokia is a phone company so they should stick to that. Not start making crap games consoles/mp3 players/radio/wtf you want to call it.

phreak

i love boards.ie welcomes...everyone is always so friendly

feylya

Originally posted by Phreak
i love boards.ie welcomes...everyone is always so friendly

Hey, I'm friendly. Just not to people who come in to stir **** up.

Kazu

bazH = i see now why you have so many posts you bitch and moan alot lol

santaclaus = keep up the good work

zAbbo

i would'nt say its the best handheld on the market, because the NoKia NGAGE looks way better!

Yes and thats what matters

and its a God Damn Phone

If i want a phone id buy a phone, if i want a leety handheld.......

and nintendo are at it for years.

yeah those bastards, what are they like making quality handheld gaming device, we should all invest in the newest kid in town, instead of a reputable games company. tis simple

bazH = i see now why you have so many posts you bitch and moan alot lol

to quote walter from The Big Lebowski
"Walter: "Shut the f*ck up Donny, your outta your league!""

talking_walnut

As many people have already pointed out, thats just a concept design of the PSP. Sony have a interesting habit of releasing massively inflated specs for their machines in the early stages and then just not matching them.

Got a GBA SP for Christmas and it rocks. Games are pretty much like the ones from the good old days only crisper graphics. Not everything has to have photo realistic, 3d graphics.

Played the Ngage and it sucked monkey nuts. Controls were horrible. I agree. If you want a phone, you buy a phone.

The N-gage is a piece of crap. It looks bad, plays badly, is big and is far more useful as a door stop than as a hand held gaming console or phone. Where as the game boy is small, has superb games(Zelda and Golden Sun) and is not an eye sore.

BlitzKrieg

I think Nintendo have the right idea, the games that the GBA have are the type u pick up and play, i looked at the N-Gage games and though yes u can play the original tomb raider and other fancy graphical games i must ask the question.


ARE THEY THE TYPE OF GAMES U PLAY ON THE MOVE?


seriously the only N-gage game i see as a pick up play then put down till later is the Sonic game. ANd i know you dont walk around playing GBA's but it is the type of thing u pull out give it a whack for 15 or so minutes save and turn off. I cant imagine sitting in the car or train trying to play tomb raider (on tiny screen) it just doesnt make sense.


And this new Playstation hand-held. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
heard it all before and personally i dont care. I had a GBA but i spent alot of the time playin older GB colour games.



but a side question...how does the Ngage multiplayer work? is it fluid or tedious?


and on this new PSP

the article u posted said that they are using the Dual shock design as a basis for its control etc, which is good but the concept picture u posted looks more like the Sega Nimrod then anything else (it is nimrod right? the one after the game gear?)



nite nite

amp

Any more ignorant bitch fighting in this thread will earner the poster of said bitching a week long ban. Do not reply to this warning. Stay on topic.

DiscoStu

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
Ithe article u posted said that they are using the Dual shock design as a basis for its control etc, which is good but the concept picture u posted looks more like the Sega Nimrod then anything else (it is nimrod right? the one after the game gear?)

Sega Nomad is the one. a portable mega drive that, while in theory was a good idea, it required a cold fusion blender to run just like the one that powered the de lorean out of the future in back to the future 2.

Linky Linky

DeadBankClerk

Originally posted by SantaClaws
and i have seen it at E3

No you haven't.

weemcd

SantaClaws prepare to be bullied here, probably like you are in real life, ha ha ha. im gonna get u banned, thats like runnin to yer ma or a teacher

IT ONLY MAKES IT WORSE
LOL

nintendo could do better with gba? how exactly

Retr0gamer

To my knowledge the PSP was not shown at E3. The pictures are just concepts thought up by some derranged person in the design department in Sony. It will almost look completely different when it is released (and lets hope so, the buttons look like a nightmare to use). Still if it gets decent support and exclusives from developers it stands a great chance of going toe to toe with the GBA.

The N-gage is a bit of a joke. It has the processing power but the games are crap. The only decent ones are games that you already played 6 years ago and don't really want to play now.

The GBA is doing well because it's a great machine with the games to match. Its games are made to be played on the move and there are loads of top quality exclusive titles and some old classics as well. Not convinced? Why don't you have go of F-zero, advance wars or fire emblem. Have a friend ready with a blow torch to pry yourself away when you are done.

monument

Originally posted by Retr0gamer
To my knowledge the PSP was not shown at E3. The pictures are just concepts thought up by some derranged person in the design department in Sony. It will almost look completely different when it is released (and lets hope so, the buttons look like a nightmare to use). Still if it gets decent support and exclusives from developers it stands a great chance of going toe to toe with the GBA.

True, the PSP was not shown at E3 2003, although Sony plans to storm this year’s show in May. Also – apparently - it was reported that they have made more then one working prototype based on the above design.

sceptre

Originally posted by SantaClaws
and the graphics on the Ngage, you have to admit are much better

None of us could say that with any authority. Reason being that none of us have seen a PSP, hence we can't compare the graphics.

Creamy Goodness

imo i think they need to change the d-pad but other than that it looks class

Each UMD can hold a massive 1.8Gb of data - roughly three times the size of a PSone disc, and the chipset is apparently able to create graphics far in advance of PSone. Which means it would also trounce GBA SP and Nokia's forthcoming N-Gage, performance-wise. And PSP will further be able to playback a whopping two hours of FMV at DVD quality. Jeepers!

if each UMD?? can hold 1.8gb of data i'm sure it will be great

SantaClaws

yea i think it will be good.
But ye were saying how good the GBA or GBA Sp is.
well i mean they could of put more processing power and graphics into the SP.
The sp is just an GBA with a lit up screen witch they should have done years ago.
i had a Sega Game Gear and they had the Back Lit Screen when it came out, and that was like 8 years ago.

i know the games are not great on the N-Gage but all im saying is that the graphics are much better than the GBA, Nintendo had a Huge Opertunity to make a Decent HandHeld But they Ruined the whole thing, because they brought out the SP and i though the SP was ment to be great graphics and all the rest, but when it came out i was very dissapointed.
all that they have added is the back lit Screen, " i mean Game Gear had that years ago".
so yea i think it will be great. 1.8 Gigs of Data Sounds good to me.

Thanks Keith

amp

Originally posted by weemcd
SantaClaws prepare to be bullied here, probably like you are in real life, ha ha ha. im gonna get u banned, thats like runnin to yer ma or a teacher

IT ONLY MAKES IT WORSE
LOL

nintendo could do better with gba? how exactly

Enjoy your break from Games.

SantaClaws

sorry am i getting baned or is youre man?

Thanks keith

amp

Did I quote you? No. And my names not Keith. Back on topic.

SantaClaws

oh all right. yea my name is keith.
Is it?

amp

Ok. Here's a quick primer. The phrase "back on topic" means that you shut up and only post stuff relevant to this thread.

Now if you or anyone else posts anything in this thread that hasn't got something to do with handheld computers I will ban you. If you reply to this warning I will ban you. In fact you're going to have to try very hard for me not to ban you. Is that clear Keith?

Thorbar

Must say since I got a GBA sp for christmas I've couldn't have been happier with it. Loads of really good games around and plenty more in development to look forward to. The Nokia N-gage is a complete joke as far as I'm concerned but hopefully Nokia will learn from their mistakes and a newer model with be more successful. The PSP looks very impressive on spec and if you believe all the hype its going to be amazing but I'll be playing my GBA sp happily until a few months after its released and either its price has dropped or its a proven machine.

BlitzKrieg

So...


Whats Ngage like in its wire-less gaming???

uberpixie

"well i mean they could of put more processing power and graphics into the SP.
The sp is just an GBA with a lit up screen witch they should have done years ago.
i had a Sega Game Gear and they had the Back Lit Screen when it came out, and that was like 8 years ago."

The SP has a back lit screen but in this case the SP will run in excess of 10 hrs backlit, 20 if you turn the light off:something the Game Gear never achieved, couldn't achieve 8 years ago due to the then level of technology. Bit of an improvment over the game gear in my mind.

Nintendo have achieved what they set out to do: design a decent handheld that is well laid out, easy to use, good battery life and has decent, clear graphics.

How have they ruined it? They have made a handheld that millions of people have bought and are very happy to own with some great games on it. Sure the games don't look as shiny as the N-gage's but who cares when you are having that much fun?

I would call this a success but thats just me i guess.....

Winters

Lets look at it this way.

Nintendo's Game Boy's were never perfect. How long did it take them to add a backlight to it? They released the Game Boy, Game Boy Pockey, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and then finally released a backlit version. That was just stupid.

Now, the PSP thing i read today is suppose to have the same processing capabilities as a PS2. Dont hold me to that I read it today. Also Sony are apparently going to have wireless gameplay similar to that of the n-gage. The n-gage works on a bloothtooth connection i believe so you can play anyone within 100meters.

The screen on the sony will be a 4.1" (or 2.1" i cant quite remember which] or so LCD display so i'd say it will be very nice indeed to use. Lot bigger then then that of the n-gage or gameboy.

As long as they do what they say and dont overprice themselves, they will have a winner probably.

lintdrummer

haha, amp your so tough in this thread!
on the subject of the psp, those pics have been around for months in various mags. nothing new. apparently it'll whoop the ass off all other handhelds coz its capabilities are more in line wit ps2 than ps1. however as someone said earlier, sony's pre release specs can't be relied on. they are like polititions trying to get votes before the election, and of course it's gonna work.
i know i want one already, although the price will probably be ridiculous so i'll have to wait a while.

SantaClaws

The Atari Lynx II was out years ago and was far supperior than the gameboy, also the Sega Nomad was a great handheld, It was able to play all megadrive games and you could even plug joypads into it and connect it to the tv so that you did not even need a megadrive. How come Nintendo has not used any of these old ideas in there newer handhelds. The gameboy advance should never have been released it should have been the sp.

When Sony launched the Playstation, they completely destroyed the competition because they did not hold back anything, but put the best they were able to into the machine, this is why both sega and nintendo are almost dead. When Sony launches there new PSP, nintendo will die unless they can come up with something that is a lot better. I don't think they will be able to though because Sony will be putting the best of everything into their machine so Nintendo will not be able to better it, but only equal it.

So all im trying to say is nintendo will be getting what they deserve for holding back on us all these years.

The reason Nintendo made a new gameboy every two years or so, was so that everyone would have to pay another 100 euros thus when nintendo sold over 1 million gameboys in the first month of the Advance's release they made themselves a nice hefty profit. I'm sure they had the SP in the wings, even when they launched the Advance.

Good on Sony for finally making game machines that are worth buying.

Thanks,

Keith. :ninja:

BlitzKrieg

the main reasons for playstation success was marketing and ease.

The console had a easy to use developer kit

the console's marketing was the best.



It did not mean the PS1 had the best of everything in it.


in fact though it was graphically better then the saturn the saturn held more features:

-VCD card support
-internal hard drive
- and later on a internet connection in japan and US.


the PS1 never wasted its time on any of these xtras it stook to bringing mainstream games hence its success.


And if u look at GBA OMG!! its doing the same, no countless number of gizmos to sell it...just good games (though it does have a few wierd gizmos.)


p.s the GBA can be hooked up to your Gamecube and release new content for both formats similer to the sega nomad system u mentioned.



p.s if your unsure that advertising and marketing does the selling think about this:

The main problems developers noted with the Saturn were the following 3

1. Inferior graphic chip set to the psx
2. Difficult to program software with its developers kit
3. Poor advertising and 3rd party support

On the release of PS2

Lobotamy (the guys who did Exhumed for ps1 and sat i think) noted its difficulties:

1. Inferior graphic chip set to upcoming competition (XBOX, GAMECUBE)

2. Difficult to program software with the emotion engine

3. lack of internet support.


Now note the one thing the ps2 has that the saturn didnt on its release...Good advertising and 3rd party support. Says alot on how far a machine can take a company.

(cant believe i'm sticking up for nintendo)

Faust

What an annoying person whoever that muppet is. Anyway I heard theres going to be an mp3 or dvd attachment for the sp anyone else heard this?