PSP line up in Japan! Lucky for them.

[Yukikaze]

Damn how people get their PSP so early ...in Japan. :twisted:

I hope IGN or some gaming site can shed some light about the battery issue thing once they get it.

Check out their site. they got lot's of pictures of people lining up at the store.

http://psp.ign.com/articles/572/572528p1.html

[chatbox]

I'm flying to Japan...but that's in January. :(

[ledorky]

They'll have lots of stock by then...

[Yukikaze]

Damn i wanna go to Japan too

[tinlunlau]

i'm surprised upon hearing that Capcom is making the game adaptation of "Bleach" for PSP. and it's cel-shaded!!!

let's hope this comes over stateside

[YLSF]

Ah.. Brings back memories of my trip to Japan...


If the battery life was long on the PSP I might be interested.

[Yukikaze]

I guess we have to wait till those game sites do their research on the thing or wait till some RFDers bring back their PSP and let us know. :D

[tmpz]

I can't wait!!! Why can't they release at the same time? :mad:

[Yukikaze]

I have no idea....i've always wonder about that. :t >:( wisted:

[chatbox]

I guess it's the Japanese's way of saying "Our domestic market are more valuable than the rest of the world, therefore, we're serving our people first.".

[cmge]

i'm surprised upon hearing that Capcom is making the game adaptation of "Bleach" for PSP. and it's cel-shaded!!!

let's hope this comes over stateside
really?.. the anime was screaming to be made into a game... seeing that it was "brought to you in part by Sega and Playstation".... u know int he opeing credits... hehehe

i doubt it will make it stateside tho... unfortuantely

I can't wait!!! Why can't they release at the same time? :mad:
coz we North Americans complain too much?... hahah... its better they have it first coz u know it will be full of bugs... so they mite as well be the guinea pigs.. heheh

[Fantaz]

I'm flying to Japan...but that's in January. :(


Really? Can you bring back a PSP for me? :)

[Yukikaze]

If you do....can u tell us about the review on it... :D

[Doug]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/christrejo/MGS.jpg <--hehe i like this one
http://psp.ign.com/articles/572/572543p1.html
http://www.jeux-france.com/news7265_sortie-psp-au-japon.html
http://www.lik-sang.com/psp.html
http://psp.ign.com/articles/572/572548p1.html
Vampire Chronicle, on the other hand, brings back load times to the PlayStation days, with a wait of nineteen seconds prior to your first fight and no fast character select option. We'll save further comment for in-depth impressions stories later on in the day.
Aw crap. That was the game I was interested in. :confused:


even some stuff about the psp in the DS thread. :cheesygri

[chatbox]

http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/article/572/572543/psp-launches-20041211051304640.jpg

[sfu_lifer]

Can you take the one on the right home ;)?

[chatbox]

Can you take the one on the right home ;)?

I was thinking about the same thing...so cute.

[Sgt_Strider]

I can't wait until Sony releases the PSP here in North America. If the battery life is between 4-6 hours, I'm set ;).

[JayPatel]

damn, it takes 19 seconds to load Vampire Chronicles.....christ...u think UMD reading would be quicker.... im still picking one up :)

[chatbox]

Is 19 seconds a bad time?

(I'm not into any kind of console gaming at all, so I don't know what the standard is.)

[sfu_lifer]

For portable gaming, hell yes. With the Nintendo DS you're in the splash page in about 1.5 seconds. When you wanna game when you're in line, you want it to boot up in a hurry. The DS also has a standby mode like a laptop when you close the lid, the moment you open it you're back to where you were pretty much instantly.
So 15-19 seconds is an eternity. But yes, the graphics are fine.

[Sgt_Strider]

Gamespot said something about Ridge Racer depleting the battery life in about 3 hours! Holy crap, that must be a really demanding game. Sony really gotta release a better battery.

[_pOtEnZa_]

OMG !!!
while checking ign site on the PSP i came across this :P
me want that snake !!!!

http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/article/572/572528/psp-the-night-before-20041211035300560.jpg

[felix]

why? It looks pretty scary to me.

[god_thanos]

PSP should be on ebay by now... hmm.. time for a market search..

[ledorky]

Good luck not getting gouged.
I'm hearing $400 US min.

[JIS]

Good luck not getting gouged.
I'm hearing $400 US min.

just did a quick search and some are up tp $900+ CAD. There's only one seller from Canada who has one but he states he's still in Japan and will be back on the 18th....so not a good thing...

Anyway, what is the actual price for this thing? I don't think it was in that article...

[Wildfire]

just did a quick search and some are up tp $900+ CAD. There's only one seller from Canada who has one but he states he's still in Japan and will be back on the 18th....so not a good thing...

Anyway, what is the actual price for this thing? I don't think it was in that article...
Sony announced that the system would release on December 12 in Japan at an MSRP of 19,800 yen ($185USD).

Source: http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-11721-944-4-4-x

[Doug]

If you think Snake is scary, here's the manequins that they are using to advertise the PSP. :eek:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20041210/capt.tok10912100725.japan_sony_christmas___tok109. jpg

... Michael Jackson? Is that you?

[Ren]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/christrejo/MGS.jpg <--hehe i like this one

Try going to the website painted on the box. http://dreamerboy-tokyo.jp/ It's hilarious.

[Doug]

Gamespot said something about Ridge Racer depleting the battery life in about 3 hours! Holy crap, that must be a really demanding game. Sony really gotta release a better battery. Geez... And battery life when watching a movie is supposed to be even less. :cry: Hopefully we'll get a newer version that has a longer battery life (I wish).

Well some DS's had a defect when they came out (mostly a dead pixel, which can't really be helped) and now it's PSPs turn:

Note: The following is from Leifang2000 of GameFAQs.


Consider these if you're deciding to buy or hold your preorder.

OK, reports from different Japanese sources confirmed different kinds of defects on the first shipment:
(thanks gcwind from a Chinese site to translate)

#1 Button Pressed, but it never come back up
http://v.isp.2ch.net/up/4f110e6a10b2.jpg

#2 Dead Spot (A LOT)
http://up.haiiro.info/file/626.jpg
http://up.haiiro.info/file/614.jpg

Read it here(Japanese): http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sanchan/20041211

#3 Screen has air bubbles (Japanese):
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hajime_ninomae/20041212

#4 Screen has dust inside the screen:
http://www.imgup.org/file/iup2658.jpg
http://www.imgup.org/file/iup2659.jpg

#5 Analog Control Nub has Fallen off!
http://v.isp.2ch.net/up/3c2417a24e9c.jpg

#6 Powered On but cannot start PSP (Japanese):
http://amanoudume.s41.xrea.com/
http://blog.livedoor.jp/od3/archives/10595825.html
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/fukutake/20041212

(Video showing it: http://up4.upload-ch.net/src/up2372.mpg.html) <-- link doesn't seem to work with just mpg either.

#7 Twist PSP itself, UMD will FLY OUT (Videos) !
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cf6y-oot/auto.amc
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cf6y-oot/auto.avi

#8 UMD Cover CANNOT CLOSE Completely:
http://up.haiiro.info/file/627.jpg

#9 Ridge Racer BUG (Mini Game Rally X music Still playing when the Ridge Racer game starts)
http://home.megapass.co.kr/~ttf1513/a.avi

That's ALL for now. Man I'd freak if I just bought it and the control fell off. Shooting disks at people might be fun! :cheesygri

[ledorky]

Ah man. Typical Sony quality control (the PS1 - bulky edition was notoriously badly built). I was gonna ask a relative to get me one while they are in Japan but crap, if it's this badly built, I'm gonna just wait for the North American release.

[sfu_lifer]

Ok, I just read on engadget and a different forum.
Two different guys swear they barely get 3 hours on Ridge Racer on a full charge. And that's exclusively playing Ridge Racer.
Everyone else who says 5 hours is full of BS.

[juvenile6586]

new here..
isee so the down falls are the battery time and the loadin time for certain games....
ah well i'm still lookin forward for it hope i can get one in hk soon :D

[Doug]

Try going to the website painted on the box. http://dreamerboy-tokyo.jp/ It's hilarious.

Ahahaah! Is he naked? AH MY EYES! :lol:

[plucky duck]

I definitely like the looks of the large horizontal screen. Any closeup shots of the screen during gameplay to see how good the quality is?

I prefer the screen layout of the PSP over the Nintendo DS.

[rcjeff]

Hmmm... (http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=517847)

Anyone going to order one?

[P__S__2]

If you think Snake is scary, here's the manequins that they are using to advertise the PSP. :eek:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20041210/capt.tok10912100725.japan_sony_christmas___tok109. jpg

... Michael Jackson? Is that you?


lol

[chatbox]

$85 CAD for one game (from that HoFo guy)...???
Hell, I'm flying over there to buy one myself.

[sfu_lifer]

new here..
isee so the down falls are the battery time and the loadin time for certain games....
ah well i'm still lookin forward for it hope i can get one in hk soon :D
No not just certain games, ALL games will have that initial load time. So expect 10 seconds and up as the game is streamed to the RAM.

[dtan]

I'm in Japan now. . .seems to be sold out everywhere. . . roughly 36,000 yen on the gray market. heh 20,000 yen seems like steal now.

dtan

[Supra_KL]

I'm in Japan now. . .seems to be sold out everywhere. . . roughly 36,000 yen on the gray market. heh 20,000 yen seems like steal now.

dtan

Whats the average price for a PSP Value Pack?

[dtan]

26,000 for the value pack. That's about $300 cdn. The unit itself is 20,000. Auctions on yahoo are selling for about 15000 above retail. . .

dtan

[RedLightning]

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cf6y-oot/umd/fly_004.avi

Sweet, undocumented features!

[felix]

My sister is going to Japan this weekend. Should I get her to buy some PSP for me? Is it in stock and much better price compared to eBay?

[CSR]

My sister is going to Japan this weekend. Should I get her to buy some PSP for me? Is it in stock and much better price compared to eBay?


hey how old is ur sister... .j/k

[chatbox]

How long is your sister staying there for?
Maybe she can wait for the second batch (hoping that Sony can address the issues/glitches by then).

[Doug]

My sister is going to Japan this weekend. Should I get her to buy some PSP for me? Is it in stock and much better price compared to eBay?

I think she would have a very hard time finding it. :( They only released with 200,000 units, and I believe 100,000 more each week. I think most stores were selling it at the regular price.

[dtan]

I think she would have a very hard time finding it. :( They only released with 200,000 units, and I believe 100,000 more each week. I think most stores were selling it at the regular price.

Yup. All the stores are waiting for restocking and they don't know when they are getting restocked. The price is $260 US for the value pack. . . compare that to ebay. . .heh

dtan

[felix]

How long is your sister staying there for?
Maybe she can wait for the second batch (hoping that Sony can address the issues/glitches by then).

She'll be there from Dec. 20 - 25. When are they getting the second batch? What glitches/issues?

[ledorky]

Seems to be some reports of the LCD not being so perfect. The scary thing is the twisty motion the PS2 can suffer from and the UMD popping out as a result. That's just flimsy.
<a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=78 target=_blank>eBay</a> and other importers are there to rape you. Best to get it at the source if you can. And avoid the "Value" Pack. IGN gave it such extremely low ratings (near-useless) as the remote is cumbersome, the earphones suck and the memory stick is far too small to use for the PSP's multimedia capabilities.