Hands-On With The PlayStation 3– I don’t know why I didn’t link to this sooner, but it’s an article written from the perspective of the (primarily) Xbox 360 gamer we all know and love: Rockers Delight. The discussion going on in the comments is really worth a look. Good stuff.
Tag: hardware
New Peripherals Update: Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor
New Peripherals Update: Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor– I thought that these peripherals wouldn’t be released for months in the UK, but they are actually available now! They’re even reasonably priced, on Play.com anyway. As my bro is playing Santa this year, I’ve asked him if he could snag the wireless keypad and bluetooth headset for me. Players of Warhawk, you have been warned. I am coming!
Got myself a PlayStation Eye
Got myself a PlayStation Eye– Yea, I’m playing with the big boys now. Don’t quite know what I’ll do with it at the moment, though I’m sure it’ll come in handy (LittleBigPlanet, EyePet).
New slim line PSP info-splurge(tm) and critique
This post was originally written on the City In The Clouds blog.
It is slimmer, lighter, loads games faster (due doubling the RAM) and outputs video to TV screens etc..
But what about the owners of existing PSPs though? Sure, you had the PSone redesign and the PS2 redesign but this is a substantial change. All’s the PS2 redesign did was slim the unit down, add networking and get rid of the (mostly) unused hard drive expansion bay.
So, what makes the PSP so different? Well, this time Sony makes software updates as well to its systems. Take Sony’s upcoming 3.60 firmware upgrade for the PSP- all the features I’ve seen so far are just for the slimmer PSP (mainly due to the new hardware) like UMD-caching, and options for outputting video. I suppose my argument is what if Sony only creates more firmware updates for the slimmer PSP or possibly even hardware that is only compatible with the new PSP? Maybe unthinkable, but surely possible.
In the past, hardware revisions weren’t much of a problem, but now major new features are being incorporated into software updates (via firmware). Is it really fair to (pardon my upcoming language) shaft current hardware owners in this way? I think Microsoft has done well in this regard with its Xbox 360 revisions.
Related reading (in no particular order):
PSP firmware 3.60 reveals hidden USB Charge feature
Joystiq hands-on with the new PSP
Added RAM makes PSP games load faster
Comparing the new PSP with the old
PSP Slim Lite boxart revealed
PSP redesign revealed; Lighter, slimmer, lasts longer