To PSP or not to PSP, that is the question.
I’ve been thinking about getting a PSP. But I’m not yet entirely sure. I think most of us know why the PSP, Sony’s new portable gaming device that plays video, music and games, is a pretty cool little doo-hicky, so I bother going into that. However here are my issues with it:
1. You would need to get a bigger memory stick. To be able to put any decent sized video on there, the 32 MB stick that comes with it, just won’t cut it. Unforuntally, those little memory sticks aren’t cheap. A 1 gig stick is roughly $120 or more if you get the offical Sony one.
2. The games aren’t cheap. $40 – $50 bucks isn’t unheared of for games, I know, but that doesn’t make them easier to swallow.
3. Although there are lots of future promises, as of now, you can’t browse the web, check email, or do any “computting” features on it. There is talk of Sony supporting those features in the future, but who knows if they will decide that those features should be a pay addon or included in a future version.
There are some cool things, like the great software that has come out for syncing files from your Mac to the PSP, but alot of the future promise of this device, so far, is empty, and the added costs that allow you to really use it to its potential are a bit heafty.
Does anyone out there have one of these yet, or can someone expand this discussion further on either side?
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Mike
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danielcole
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danielcole