20th June 2010, 4:49 PM
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/20/heres-...#continued
Wow this system's graphics are amazing, even just in 2D. Those demos are awesome. Too bad all the pics of "Nintendogs + Cats" (I've been waiting for cats to be added) are simply of the dogs. Another thought occurs...
The UMD format that Sony is using in it's PSP can store, at max, 1.8 GB of data (and then only in duel layer). Nintendo has announced that the minimum data size of the 3DS carts is 2 GB. Wow, the UMD is looking stupider and stupider as a design choice. Sony's tried to get rid of it, but of course if it's just in a new model of PSP the problem is alienating everyone with UMDs, and they've been all too slow converting all their games into digital download form anyway. It's an albatross, but it's their own fault. It gave them an edge, but it's clearly only a fleeting one. Looking to the N64/Playstation era fails us completely here, as cartridge tech has drastically improved way more than could have been anticipated. About the only thing we can say is the carts are still more expensive to produce, but so far Nintendo's kept the games competitively priced so it's not as though we've been getting hurt by it. As of now, the 3DS is, in every possible way, able to completely outclass the PSP. Further, Sony's got nothing to counter it with. Unless they're saving something up for the Tokyo Game Show, it seems they're completely unprepared for the 3DS.
All I can add now is it'll be nice when someone hacks the system. By that, I don't mean special carts. By now with it's alterable firmware and ability to read from SD cards, someone should have come up with a purely software hack for the DSi. They haven't yet, but it's a matter of time. I don't think doing it via buying special adapters is going to be sustainable. People like something that they don't have to keep paying to update every few months.
Wow this system's graphics are amazing, even just in 2D. Those demos are awesome. Too bad all the pics of "Nintendogs + Cats" (I've been waiting for cats to be added) are simply of the dogs. Another thought occurs...
The UMD format that Sony is using in it's PSP can store, at max, 1.8 GB of data (and then only in duel layer). Nintendo has announced that the minimum data size of the 3DS carts is 2 GB. Wow, the UMD is looking stupider and stupider as a design choice. Sony's tried to get rid of it, but of course if it's just in a new model of PSP the problem is alienating everyone with UMDs, and they've been all too slow converting all their games into digital download form anyway. It's an albatross, but it's their own fault. It gave them an edge, but it's clearly only a fleeting one. Looking to the N64/Playstation era fails us completely here, as cartridge tech has drastically improved way more than could have been anticipated. About the only thing we can say is the carts are still more expensive to produce, but so far Nintendo's kept the games competitively priced so it's not as though we've been getting hurt by it. As of now, the 3DS is, in every possible way, able to completely outclass the PSP. Further, Sony's got nothing to counter it with. Unless they're saving something up for the Tokyo Game Show, it seems they're completely unprepared for the 3DS.
All I can add now is it'll be nice when someone hacks the system. By that, I don't mean special carts. By now with it's alterable firmware and ability to read from SD cards, someone should have come up with a purely software hack for the DSi. They haven't yet, but it's a matter of time. I don't think doing it via buying special adapters is going to be sustainable. People like something that they don't have to keep paying to update every few months.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)