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Psyche911 wrote:How are the ergonomics of the controls?
The analog stick is so far down, it looks like it would be difficult to use it and hold the controller together.
its not bad at all..

i wasent going to get one.. but im tihnking about it seriously now.. :-\
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Psyche911 wrote:How are the ergonomics of the controls?
The analog stick is so far down, it looks like it would be difficult to use it and hold the controller together.
i thought the same thing at first, but after playing with one for about half an hour last night (Ridge Racers), it seems to be right where it needs to be for the PSP. i wasn't even thinking about it after i started playing.
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The analog stick seems like it would be a huge pain, and it isnt perfect, my thumb hurt after pulling some mad turns in twisted metal for an hour, but then i found out that you can hit square to accelerate and not move the stick forward and to the side and my thumb was feeling good after that. I honestly will switch between D-Pad and analog stick anbd both work well.

As for the battery life, it has made it through a day with about 50% remaining, so the battery life isn't as good as the DS or an iPod but it will easily last me though a normal day. Of course a car adapter/spare battery/cool battery case thingy would be needed for road trips and the such.

A good testament to how sexy the screen is is watch Spider-Man 2, it looks and plays so wonderful on the PSPs screen.
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Kills On Site wrote:The analog stick seems like it would be a huge pain, and it isnt perfect, my thumb hurt after pulling some mad turns in twisted metal for an hour, but then i found out that you can hit square to accelerate and not move the stick forward and to the side and my thumb was feeling good after that. I honestly will switch between D-Pad and analog stick anbd both work well.

As for the battery life, it has made it through a day with about 50% remaining, so the battery life isn't as good as the DS or an iPod but it will easily last me though a normal day. Of course a car adapter/spare battery/cool battery case thingy would be needed for road trips and the such.

A good testament to how sexy the screen is is watch Spider-Man 2, it looks and plays so wonderful on the PSPs screen.

Wish someone would buy my damn video card.. so i can buy a psp lol..

its funny.. i SOOO thought there wasent going to be any around here after launch day.. shit our walmart has like 50 of them behind the glass and my sources say they have a few 100 more in the back..
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Kills On Site wrote:As for the battery life, it has made it through a day with about 50% remaining, so the battery life isn't as good as the DS or an iPod but it will easily last me though a normal day. Of course a car adapter/spare battery/cool battery case thingy would be needed for road trips and the such.
I got about 7 hours of play out of a single charge, not sure exactly how long. But roughly about that.
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-SKID- wrote:
Foo wrote:BTW, I'll grab a PS2 for sure if/when rockstar release a grand theft for it, or any other big free roaming affair comes out.. That'll rock.

GTA: SA made me buy a PS2 :D

You mean grab a psp right? Cause its already confirmed that Rockstar is making a GTA for the PSP, and Im definetaly gonna pick that up when it comes out.
Yeah sorry, typo that :)

Bought a pstwo a couple of months ago.
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Saw this which may be handy for you people...

http://www.smashsworld.com/2005/03/sony ... -links.php

http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/

You can use X-Link Kai (Was originally an Xbox program) to play with someone on the PSP via the Internet. Ala huge network.
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SOAPboy wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:The analog stick seems like it would be a huge pain, and it isnt perfect, my thumb hurt after pulling some mad turns in twisted metal for an hour, but then i found out that you can hit square to accelerate and not move the stick forward and to the side and my thumb was feeling good after that. I honestly will switch between D-Pad and analog stick anbd both work well.

As for the battery life, it has made it through a day with about 50% remaining, so the battery life isn't as good as the DS or an iPod but it will easily last me though a normal day. Of course a car adapter/spare battery/cool battery case thingy would be needed for road trips and the such.

A good testament to how sexy the screen is is watch Spider-Man 2, it looks and plays so wonderful on the PSPs screen.

Wish someone would buy my damn video card.. so i can buy a psp lol..

its funny.. i SOOO thought there wasent going to be any around here after launch day.. shit our walmart has like 50 of them behind the glass and my sources say they have a few 100 more in the back..
I don't think Sony fucked up like they did with the PS2 launch. Sorry you are having a hard time selling your 9800 Pro
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I'm not buying one. It's console based.
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Arkleseizure wrote:I'm not buying one. It's console based.
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Arkleseizure wrote:I'm not buying one. It's console based.
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Arkleseizure wrote:
Arkleseizure wrote:I'm not buying one. It's console based.
we know. you'd rather spend your weekly allowance on

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YourGrandpa wrote:I think I'll buy another gig of Corsair PC4400 Twinx RAM instead.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TOPIC THIS IS.
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Post by 4g3nt_Smith »

Since its looking like I'll probably get one in a wekk or two, does anyone know of any US retailers selling just the system; the whole bundle thing sucks, as the ones with stuff I want cost too much and come with useless games/extras. So far, the only place that has anything better than bundles was walmart.com ( :ICON19: ) which let you select your game, and even add a 256 MB mem stick duo for $14 more to their $359 base price.
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Post by dzjepp »

Hacks are being pondered already:

http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewforum.php?f=12
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