June 08, 2007

PSP THE COMEBACK ?

It is funny, I have read and re-read how people have been so disappointed with the PSP. Yet I see many good games available for this very powerful handheld media player. Is it perfect, no. I do think Sony has now realized instead of porting PS2 games and squeezing its controls onto the PSP, they need to make games for the PSP from the ground up, like the recently reviewed unique puzzle game Crush.
That being said the up and coming gaming titles for the rest of 2007 are looking solid. A major title that has been receiving good previews is God of War Chains of Olympus, graphically alone it is amazing what can be done on the PSP. The much acclaimed Syphon Filter Dark Mirror is finally getting a sequel, along with SOCOM. As fars as UMD movies go, if you shop carefully there are good deals to be had. Gamestop had UMD popular titles for $4.99, I personally picked up 3 movies, one which included 3 levels of Wipe Out Pure. Definitely a bargain. The movies and menus look top notch. No more boring waits at the doctors office or airports again. The one pet peeve I do have is the lack of Qwerty for inputing letters, why does Sony insist on keep that limited telephone type button entry on the PSP, that is an easy fix that should have been implemented long ago.
One potential problem for the PSP is the iPhone, I know what your saying wait a minute, thats a Mac cell phone. In all reality its a minicomputer multimedia center which can make not only make calls, but also has built in wifi. If Apple decides to make games specifically for the powerful iPhone it can provide Sony with yet another headache. Some one pass the Excedrin.

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