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The PSP
Play Station Portable
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Play Station Pirates
so i've been tinkering with this device, found that it has some potential as a computing device. it can do internet telephone, it has a remote play feature (you can play your mp3s or videos from your playstation anywhere in the world in a streaming format on your psp).
there are tons of mods that let you add a windows operating system, run calculator, calendar, browse the web, and so on on it.
then i check around and find that there's barely any games or software for it coming out.
the reason?
well, as it turns out, PSP developers spend their time making hacks that allow players to play for free. this is good and bad.
good - people with PSP can play games for free, and there are plenty of mods for it.
bad - all the PSP developers are spending their time hacking it, rather than making games or software that people would PAY THEM to make.
effect: PSP is dying.
at a certain point, there must be a balance between modifying something and supporting it's existence. if you spend all your time modifying something, well it won't exist anymore in it's original state.
why would Sony keep making PSPs if nobody's paying them AND people are modifying it to the point where it's not even a PSP anymore?
  
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cause there are people who don't pirate games. And people still have to pay for the actual system. It's the same deal with the DS. Xbox 360 and Wii can be hacked, too.
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PSP is like 5 years old lol. Of course they're not making many new games for it.
The people who develop games and the people who develop mods are not the same btw. One group is professional, the other is amateur.
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Play Station Portable
Getting your custom psp firmware is hard as fuck >_> so I can't say its pirates. It's easy though if you DO pay moeny for it but your already pirating stuff ffs so why should you pay money!
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Getting my psp custom firmwared was easy, I just went into one of those special little shops on one of those special little streets and two minutes later I was all set.
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not really easy even if you are paying.
i don't want to hack my PSP - why? hacking it disables certain functions that come standard on PSP. so let's say i go to the store and buy psp stuff.
where - do you see PSP stuff in the store? i don't see PSP stuff at my local Target, Walmart, and so on. Do i really want to pay shipping fees for something that costs like $9.99-$19.99?
not everyone with a PSP is a playstation fanboy - some people actually, like myself, buy a PSP for other functions.
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i don't see PSP stuff at my local Target, Walmart, and so on. Do i really want to pay shipping fees for something that costs like $9.99-$19.99?
Try EBGames or some other store that specializes in you know, selling video games. You can't go to The Bay and complain their electronics section doesn't have everything you want... Of course it doesn't.
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Did you even look at the current PSP lineup fro 2009?
Little Big Planet
Devil May Cry
Rock Band
Motor storm
FF 13 Agito
KH Birth by Sleep
Persona Port
Patapon 2
Dante's Inferno
Armored Core 3
A new Jack and Daxter game
Sony literally said that not even half of THIS YEARS LINEUP of psp games have been announced yet! Wait till E3 man, you are in for a treat!
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On April 28 2009 04:08 Sparkwind wrote:
not really easy even if you are paying.
i don't want to hack my PSP - why? hacking it disables certain functions that come standard on PSP. so let's say i go to the store and buy psp stuff.
where - do you see PSP stuff in the store? i don't see PSP stuff at my local Target, Walmart, and so on. Do i really want to pay shipping fees for something that costs like $9.99-$19.99?
not everyone with a PSP is a playstation fanboy - some people actually, like myself, buy a PSP for other functions.
what you can buy in a psp store you can download for free with a "hacked" psp
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On April 28 2009 04:37 DragoonPK wrote:
Did you even look at the current PSP lineup fro 2009?
Little Big Planet
Devil May Cry
Rock Band
Motor storm
FF 13 Agito
KH Birth by Sleep
Persona Port
Patapon 2
Dante's Inferno
Armored Core 3
A new Jack and Daxter game
Sony literally said that not even half of THIS YEARS LINEUP of psp games have been announced yet! Wait till E3 man, you are in for a treat!
Wow, that is a killer line up.
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On April 28 2009 04:37 DragoonPK wrote:
Did you even look at the current PSP lineup fro 2009?
Little Big Planet
Devil May Cry
Rock Band
Motor storm
FF 13 Agito
KH Birth by Sleep
Persona Port
Patapon 2
Dante's Inferno
Armored Core 3
A new Jack and Daxter game
Sony literally said that not even half of THIS YEARS LINEUP of psp games have been announced yet! Wait till E3 man, you are in for a treat!
PSP lineup will destroy NDS lineup in 2009!
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United States17042 Posts
I would think that the PSP at this point in the lifecycle is making money on the hardware. What does that mean? that means that sony dosen't really need to be able to sell games to make money- they'll make money off of the actual PSP.
Ignoring that point, I think that sony would still sell psp at a loss if they had to. Why? Becuase people can use it as a remote, and as another interface for their ps3. Overall, I'm a huge believer that sony can do a better job integrating all of it's disparte products and make it advantages to own additional things that are a part of the sony brand.
For example, in your living room, you could own: a sony tv, PSP, PS3, Phone, Cellphone, Laptop, and buy sony movies. Why can't I yet buy a movie and have it play on my tv, psp, cellphone, and laptop seamlessly (they own all of the pieces, it's just really intellgent software (given, hard to do)). Why can't I sync my cellphone by placing my cellphone and my laptop close to my ps3? Why can't I play video games seamlessly on my sony tv.
Apple's doing a better job of that kind of integration than sony is, but we'll see if Mr. Stringer (CEO of sony) can figure out what sony needs to do better given the recession conditions around currently.
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Russian Federation1893 Posts
Toshiba G910 with custom made firmware user o.O
NES/Sega emul'z rox... as always 
P.S. PS emul would also be cool... but lags too much :/
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that's being worked on.
Neo TV by Panasonic this year will include instant simple web functions.
turn it on - there's a weather page and some other home page like functions with it.
what i find unreasonable is paying minimum of $100/month for cellphone service if i want a iphone or similiar browser phone. and it doesn't even have video capture on it.
honestly - who wants to pay $100/month for a cellphone. there's a computer with internet access just about everywhere i go, there's wireless everywhere i go, and i have internet unlimited Us for $3/month. add $7, totalling $10, i have unlimited international calling for $10/month.
cell phone companies know this, and instead of lowering their costs for universal internet, they DOUBLE their costs. W> T> H>.
$60 for internet access on my cell phone with a browser window the size of magnifying glass? $30 from the competitor for simliar?
seriously - internet is supposed to free people, and the way these telecom companies are going about it, they won't implement internet for another thirty years. because they are making money. why bother moving forward.
i'm telling you right now if this doesn't get fixed soon some startup is coming along that going's to fix it for them. and force them to fire 10,000 employees as well. then people will care - but nobody wants to start the startup that's going to do that to 10,000 people.
that's the dilemma i bet for some of these startups.
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United States17042 Posts
The reason why they can charge so much for internet access is because there isn't enough competition in the united states. I'm of the opinion that cable laying, and all of the benefits associated with it is going to turn out to be a natural monolopy. This means that, at least in the united states, your landline broadband (broadband to the home) is going to be fairly expensive, at least until there is serious competition in the sapce of delivering data to the home.
Cellphones are alittle different. Yes, there is a large amount of competition, but only between 2-5 players. Since the entry costs (you need towers, among other things) are so high, it's going to take you a while before you can build out a network that is competitive.
Over time, the fact that everyone wants internet will mean that the prices for it will head down to the cost of providing it, which should be something like $10 a month or so, not including the phone.
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great car prices were kept high because of the Big Car makers in Detriot - look where they are.
internet should be provided by the government as a bare minimum. people that want private unmonitored access could consider other alternatives which are free or fee based.
that would create the right kind of competition.
what is it with this government, either we do it all, or the private sector does it all.
it's not socalism btw, the government provides basic services to all residents. that's fair.
private sector provides the rest. just as we have ABC,NBC,CBS from the government initiatives, there are also movie theatres, DVDs, digital media, art exhibits, music, and tons of other private sector entertainment available for free or at a premium based on private demand.
so government provides and plans for some basic internet service just like it does for tv service. the private sector provides the rest.
so far the government is so hands-off and so privacy invading at the same time that this boundary is not clear.
that's where i see it.
government provides basic internet access around the country.
private providers provide access with benefits like privacy from routine govt checking of ordinary citizen emails, additional services (better line stability, higher speeds, more accessability to remote worldwide locations, faster customer support, and so on).
if the government does this for TV broadcast access, and it is a communication medium, it should provide this for internet access as well. the internet has proven that it is vital to the national interest, the global interest, and the future of an educated, knowledgeable society.
the true aim of a government should be to build an enlightened, educated, knowledgeable society that is strong in character and belief that can withstand all enemies foreign and domestic.
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United States47024 Posts
On April 28 2009 09:33 Sparkwind wrote:
great car prices were kept high because of the Big Car makers in Detriot - look where they are.
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Wow, you managed to derail YOUR OWN thread.
I don't think I've ever seen that happen before.
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On April 28 2009 09:33 Sparkwind wrote:
great car prices were kept high because of the Big Car makers in Detriot - look where they are.
internet should be provided by the government as a bare minimum. people that want private unmonitored access could consider other alternatives which are free or fee based.
that would create the right kind of competition.
what is it with this government, either we do it all, or the private sector does it all.
it's not socalism btw, the government provides basic services to all residents. that's fair.
private sector provides the rest. just as we have ABC,NBC,CBS from the government initiatives, there are also movie theatres, DVDs, digital media, art exhibits, music, and tons of other private sector entertainment available for free or at a premium based on private demand.
so government provides and plans for some basic internet service just like it does for tv service. the private sector provides the rest.
so far the government is so hands-off and so privacy invading at the same time that this boundary is not clear.
that's where i see it.
government provides basic internet access around the country.
private providers provide access with benefits like privacy from routine govt checking of ordinary citizen emails, additional services (better line stability, higher speeds, more accessability to remote worldwide locations, faster customer support, and so on).
if the government does this for TV broadcast access, and it is a communication medium, it should provide this for internet access as well. the internet has proven that it is vital to the national interest, the global interest, and the future of an educated, knowledgeable society.
the true aim of a government should be to build an enlightened, educated, knowledgeable society that is strong in character and belief that can withstand all enemies foreign and domestic.
I will have to disagree with the internet thing. The government does NOT provide basic internet access around the country. It is provided by different ISP that give you different internet packages. hell, I don't even think the government does much with internet in terms of ISP and spreading it
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Valhalla18444 Posts
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On April 28 2009 09:55 Racenilatr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 28 2009 09:33 Sparkwind wrote:
great car prices were kept high because of the Big Car makers in Detriot - look where they are.
internet should be provided by the government as a bare minimum. people that want private unmonitored access could consider other alternatives which are free or fee based.
that would create the right kind of competition.
what is it with this government, either we do it all, or the private sector does it all.
it's not socalism btw, the government provides basic services to all residents. that's fair.
private sector provides the rest. just as we have ABC,NBC,CBS from the government initiatives, there are also movie theatres, DVDs, digital media, art exhibits, music, and tons of other private sector entertainment available for free or at a premium based on private demand.
so government provides and plans for some basic internet service just like it does for tv service. the private sector provides the rest.
so far the government is so hands-off and so privacy invading at the same time that this boundary is not clear.
that's where i see it.
government provides basic internet access around the country.
private providers provide access with benefits like privacy from routine govt checking of ordinary citizen emails, additional services (better line stability, higher speeds, more accessability to remote worldwide locations, faster customer support, and so on).
if the government does this for TV broadcast access, and it is a communication medium, it should provide this for internet access as well. the internet has proven that it is vital to the national interest, the global interest, and the future of an educated, knowledgeable society.
the true aim of a government should be to build an enlightened, educated, knowledgeable society that is strong in character and belief that can withstand all enemies foreign and domestic.
I will have to disagree with the internet thing. The government does NOT provide basic internet access around the country. It is provided by different ISP that give you different internet packages. hell, I don't even think the government does much with internet in terms of ISP and spreading it
what if the government did provide internet? how would it work. read my framework and see if it works.
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