The Sony NGP (Next Generation Portable)

[tibiazak]

Do we have any solid facts regarding whether or not anything that I said or bgamer said is accurate?

Uh.. yes. BG's right. Read any of the articles about the reveal. Sony's using a new type of flash memory card for their games. Here's a link: http://kotaku.com/5744485/the-psp-2-revealed

[aander91]

Well sht. Completely read over that part. Disregard my nonsense.

[Jama7301]

Fun little aside, I've also seen Albums sold in stores on SD cards. Was an interesting sight to see.

[Rapt0r]

Wait, I'm lost, why wouldn't you be able to buy any games used? They promise having memory cards as the physical form of media distribution with the PSP2, most likely going to be Pro Stick Duo since it is Sony brand. As far as I can recall, physical copy = ability to sell used games. Only way this wouldn't work is if they require you to type in the game's serial code and sync it with your PSN.

Wait, I thought they were only selling games in downloadable format? They're actually going sell games on Memory cards? That seems...interesting. Very contradictory to conventional uses of memory card readers on portable devices. If so, then yeah, I'd feel much better about buying this. Do we have any solid facts regarding whether or not anything that I said or bgamer said is accurate?

>contradictory
I have ever heard of this device called the Nintendo DS? If I remember right, I think it also using memory cards. Crazy world we live in...

hurr It probably has a card slot for storage (or maybe internal storage?) and a slot for GAMES

[aander91]

Contradictory in the way that portable gaming devices in the past have used these kinds of formats as expandable memory and not to actually hold the marketed gaming medium. The DS used carts but it wasn't like you could buy blank DS carts from your local Walmart and put movies and music on them. That's why I find this scenario odd. Also, two card slots? For the same format? If so then the hardware is both excessive and redundant (well it already is with those two cameras/mics).

[Rapt0r]

Or it can have a Pro Duo slot and a proprietary PSP2 card slot. The DSi has an SD slot alongside the DS card slot

[aander91]

Makes sense. Can't help but to think games are going to be pretty expensive though, PD's are like double the price of SD's.

[Rapt0r]

Reading comprehension.

I meant Pro Duo as storage and the proprietary PSP2 card as games.

[aander91]

Derp

[crazy.neo]

Oh boy, Sony did it again! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.

Except, it doesn't. I'd love to work in the industry just to point out how retarded all these decisions are. How the hell do they even consider making a portable device when the battery lasts for only a few hours? Seriously? Have they learned nothing from the success of the GB/GBC/GBA and DS, to an extent, considering the battery was nearly decent? MAKE PORTABLE DEVICES PORTABLE. When did it become acceptable to call something that will only fit in certain pockets, in certain clothes, with miserable battery life, a portable device? I'd take a PSP with triple battery life any day over this crap. Oh, and the games. Can't wait for the PS3 ports of games with hour-long levels that surely are meant to be played by people that have 15 minutes to change stations. New, fast-paced IP's are needed to turn this around. If it's gonna be like the PSP where the library was full of games trying to emulate the PS2 experience and failing at it, let it die. And why does it need a touchscreen? Following the trend much? Well, at least it has proper analog this time around... That's seriously the only good thing I can say about this.

Just get a DS and Picross 3D. Maybe Layton too.

[blazingamer]

>contradictory
I have ever heard of this device called the Nintendo DS? If I remember right, I think it also using memory cards. Crazy world we live in...

hurr It probably has a card slot for storage (or maybe internal storage?) and a slot for GAMES

asdfjasjdfjaks *head asplodes*

On a side note, I've always wanted an OpenPandora, they look like the perfect blend between DS and PSP except there was no corporate backing which means hard lack of unique games. Well, it was made more for the homebrew scene anyway.

[warhol]

It's like everything that the world wanted to put into a console

Except without the console.

[Rapt0r]

The Open Pandora is a horrible device. It looks great but it's not in anyway (unless you love writing your own code and having a portable device to run it on)

[iamsensay]

I'm with raptor on this.

It sounds pretty awesome and was certainly an interesting read but come on it's very niche market stuff.

Also every individual function can be done to a somewhat better degree on other devices anyway and ok, yes it might be cool to emulate ps1/look through guides or whatever on the web/play mp3 at the same time in a portable fashion, but oh wait i can already do that on my 8 hour battery life laptop, so then the advantage is that it's...smaller? See, that market of appeal is shrinking again.

The main appeal i can see is for coders as pointed out. And I myself would have an interest if the device could be used with aircrack because in those situations size DOES matter and a stealth device like that would be really incredibly useful.

[amak11]

I wouldnt say it's horrible. Every device has a function, what sensay said even could cound as a possible function.