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Now we as fans of the PSP know it is a great console but what could be done to make it better, what part of the system could do with improving or a new addition to the PSP for say a revised version soon.
My personal favourite would be a TV Out because it would just make the system perfect but also a 100% foolproof way of backdating the flash so it was impossible to brick a PSP,
Lets hope Sony are watching, what do you all think?
answer via the comments :)
I wish the UMD door on the back of the PSP would be more secured because one bump i accidently hit will pop that thing open.
and also what wraggster said would be nice aswell
A built in hard drive, then the Ipod video would have no chance,
harddrive, tv out, shouldn't start the umd when psp is turned on, no region encoding on movies, and of course homebrew support for all firmwares.
I don't think Sony will ever give us a save back-flashing program for the PSP since most of their releases add new features instead of removing them. My suggestion for Sony would be for them to allow homebrew software, although, in a limited form so the PSP won't have access to ISOs (legal or not).
Sure, all the 1337 kiddies would whine about it, but there aren't that many must have games for the PSP, if you could try out a game by downloading a demo from various sites on the internet you'd still get a taste of the game, and if you really enjoyed it you could buy it.
I have tried illegal ISOs on my PSP, as many others, and even though I have a wide range of games to play on ISO loading if I want, I always end up playing the same ones, and those are the ones I buy, so it really makes no difference.
In short, if Sony embraced the homebrew community, allowed us to have our emulators and programs without having to hack the PSP, they would not only be a menace to all portable consoles, but also all portable devices.
yeah its a pity that Sony couldnt have a section where we send homebrew to them and they sign it and then allow homebrew to run on any version of their firmware.
i think sony shud make the psp run at it full potential
instead of just a 222mhz
so games can load fast
as well as emulators i guess
and a better battery
two analog sticks.
-Ability to take pictures with it
-a folder for rom files to be played (obviously with the consent of Nintendo, Sega, ETC) by mean of like a PSP/GAME/ROM folder and possibly giving some of there profits to those companies?
-Photoshop
-.ini mp3 playback in the MUSIC folder
p.s-agreed grayjaket!
I want them to lift the 4gb limit in their firmware. that's all. PSP can't hope to compete with ipod video with that limit in their console.
Well... an iPod still fits in a pocket. PSP, not so much. But I agree, a hard drive with 20-60GB would definitely dent the iPod sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_snake3rd
Definitely definitely definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by kyus
This is my #1. You know higher capacity memory sticks are coming, and I don't want to have to carry around anything other than the PSP. No 'mem card wallet' or UMD portfolio. Let me keep all my stuff on the PSP.
they could stop releasing updates
I can't understand why they don't do that, I've thought about it before myself. A simple service like that couldn't take more than a couple of employee's an hour or two a day (more at first obviously) and would hardly dent their profit margin surely? Only reason I could think that they wouldn't consider this is maybe if they're worried about people cracking these homebrew and working out how to get things like ISO Emulators working on higher Firmware.Quote:
Originally Posted by wraggster
Course I don't know how these things work so I am probably totally wrong.
it's not that easy. they would have to make sure that no malicious code gets signed. they'd have to dig through tons of code.
Screen with glare reduced, so that you can see it all better when your outside. Damn, that's a hell of a problem to me!!
flash back up would bump the console price up about $50. they are trying to keep the system at "affordable" public prices. if you see a value pack for $250 or a giga pack for $300, they are being sold at market price. no profit.
only think i wana see is no more fraud. memory cards are fraud. all of them. a gig mem card has around 950-980 megs, a 2gig has around 1900 megs, a 32 has 30megs.... just subtract what it actually has from the total storage labeled, then ask yourself what a memory card with that amount only would cost. Sony's mem cards are total fraud.
also, a purpose for the memory card in the Game section (legally). Updates are not games. there should be a separate folder for that. the game section is a total tease
A decent D-Pad with fully working diagonals in all directions on every PSP. Many have problems with it. And I thought I have a normal sized thump, being a 30 year old mobile-gaming freak.
A better version of the analog nub. Probably one that can be tilted.
Better UMD-Slot mechanics with as few moving parts as possible.
Fix switches like the On/Off switch. They feel like they are easily breakable. The L and R buttons don't feel very responsive.
Use more solid material for the case. Todays price could warrant even it having a metal surface. Of all things the design should be changed so that that it is much less likey that something will break if it falls out of your hands. Make it stable, give quality that helps it last 10 years or longer.
Reduce the screen lag.
Try to impove sound output (not necessarily volume -- just better overall).
No more super-smooth surfaces that attract fingerprints. Use matted surfaces that feel good and comfortable to the touch while they do not look smeary after power gaming for an hour -- or just a minute.
Come up with something to protect the screen. This could be anything from a new Clamshell design to a minimalistic black/reflective shutter with a motor that opens and closes the screen depending on the device being on or off.
Consent from Nintendo? Yea sure that'll happen. OH LOOK A COW JUST FLEW OUT OF MY ASS!Quote:
Originally Posted by YourStillWithMe
The only things I would like different:
- it should include a GOOD screen protector sheet
- It should have twice the battery life
- It should have better, louder speakers
- the Wi Fi antenna should be stronger
Thats it. To be honest, I don't want homebrew to be too easy on the PSP because then bootlegging games would be too easy and then the PSP would have a Dreamcast fate. Everything else is great. I won't complain about the thumbstick because its the first handheld to even give an analong option. It takes some getting used to and can be a little annoying sometimes, but I'm fine with it.
One thing and only one thing. Stop f*cking combating hombrew and embrace it.Quote:
How Could Sony Improve the PSP
First, they should allow for homebrews to run on every firmware, not iso loader's, just homebrews.
Second, they should let the Psp run at 333Mhz.
And lastly,the D-Pad really isn't the best one i've played with. The diagonals doesn't work at all, or really badly. They should've had more attention to that!
If they let homebrew run, they automatically allow ISO loaders to run too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chackan
are you just babbling because you think you're making sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sterist
two analog sticks would be nice
run at full speed 333mhz
if possible in the future a folding one
atathable ps2 molded spape with extra triggers and analog sticks (or somthing like that)
$ony will never allow "homebrew" to be run on their machines. PERIOD. The only thing they MIGHT do, is add some of the functions that homebrew adds to their firmware updates. For example.. PSPersonalize allowed you to change your background.. $ony released new firmware allowing you to do this. PSPRadio allows you to listen to radio over the internet.. the new RSS feature is similar to this, opening up a full range of audio podcasts from the internet.
What $ony needs to do is realize a lot of us just want simple things like calculators.. notepads.. address books.. things that the PSP firmware should have come with in the first place! Little games like solitaire and minesweeper to entertain us for five or ten minutes.. rather than waiting five or ten minutes to load a UMD game and get a mission started! Functionality to make the PSP more versatile as a Digital Assistant (PDA), Gaming Console, Movie Player, MP3 player, etc.
I think $ony only needs to keep IMPROVING their software! but rather than take AWAY the functionality that homebrew adds, they should take the extra few hours to verify and add the source coding that someone has ALREADY put together. I think this would be the only enticing reason for a homebrew user to update their system with the newest firmware.
Honestly, I've tried the ISO's.. and I agree that I usually only play the UMDs which I buy! Because of this I'm running 2.0 firmware which allows me to use the simple homebrew that I mentioned earlier.
The 4GB is the biggest crippler of the PSP. Why does it seem like the PSP was DESIGNED obsolete!? There's no reason for this!
The hardware is a bit shakey too. I always feel like I'm going to put the PSP in sleep mode while playing a game because of the loose on/off switch and horrible location choice! Same with my wireless switch, shakey and I feel like I'm gonna disconnect myself during a socom match if my hand slips! The UMD Eject button is also loose and I know there are a lot of you out there who bought a $ony Portable UMD Launcher (PUL).
Bare with me, I know this is a long post already!
I've had to OPEN UP MY PSP! It's only 6 months old, and out of fear of sending it to $ony and getting it back with 2.6 firmware, I decided to open it up! I had to fix my ANALOG STICK, which I know a lot of you have problems with.
IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE OVERSIZED ANALOG NUBS FROM NAKI OR DRAGONPLUS, DO NOT TWIST THE ANALOG STICK!!!
When I first put on the analog stick, I noticed it would twist about 10 degrees (imagine on a clock it would twist from 11:55-12:00). After playing SOCOM for awhile the twist developed to about 20 degrees WHICH DESTROYED MY ANALOG NUB AND LOCKED IT UP!! Basically I had to open it up and reset the guides underneath. It works ok, but it still twists about 25 degrees now and the nub is worn on the UNDERNEATH (you can't see it unless you disassemble the PSP and the analog unit!)
There are a billion other reasons that make the PSP absolutely horrid - battery life, load times, screen and game lag, game choices, screen glare and composition (i.e. easy fingerprints/scratches/etc), speaker volume, button arrangement, sticky and nonresponsive buttons, shakey battery door cover, no video out, stupid memory stick duo rubber cover annoying piece of crap I want to break you off thingy.. etc. etc..
But through all this all I have to say, is I ABSOLUTELY CHERISH my PSP... YEP! I even went so far as buying my brother one for Christmas!!
Sorry for the length of this post, but I hope I've covered just about everything there is that should be improved.
Yeah. He has no idea what he's talking about. If Memory Sticks are frauds because of their misrepresented capacities, then so are all storage devices. No 80GB hard drive gives you 80GB, its more like 73GB. No flash card gives you exactly the amount shown. With storage devices, its like the bigger the storage device, the more space you loose. It kinda sucks, but its necessary for the storage and the OS of any computer/device using it to work at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by grayjaket
tv in, so i can watch brodcast network tv. the psp as a portable tv would ****ing rock. that location free sux, its too expensive, and you have to pay a monthly fee..**** that
The psp could use some improvements sure but there mostly things that they cant change... The psp is still getting tons of customers. Actually today on my way home i was on the subway with a NintendoDS i just got for my little brother. I see a man with a psp next to me and i chuckle and showed him what i had. He asked if i had a psp and i noticed he didnt speak good english. He wanted me to help him run GTA. I told him how to update his psp. He said he just got it to watch movies. Sony is doing what nintendo is doing too its bringing in customers that wouldnt have bought a video game system usually... although i think nintendo is better at it :cool:
id like to see a second analog stick as well as better games, most if not all psp games suck!
Like a few others - a Harddrive
If not a built in HD, the ability to at least directly use a usb2 harddrive.
A Flash Player for the brower so we leverage WiFi and can build true mobile Rich Internet Applications.
My wishlist in no particular order:
- longer life battery
- support for homebrew
- clamshell design or swivel screen with protection
- better ergonomics
- full 333mhz speed
- built in hdd
- support for 802.11g
- tv tuner
they should have two models. a budget conscious model, and a fully kitted model coz with all the features we want youre looking at $300-400.
Reduce the loading times and start making original games
Well, what I really would like would be better graphics engine set. One with 2x AA. Thats really all that I could want as an improvement in PSP graphics, 2x AA.
Ok this is pie in the sky for the current PSP and probably current technology in some aspects but,
XM Sattelite Radio and TV support
Built in TV output
Blue Tooth support
and it's a Cellphone
oh and why the hell not a Tazer also :D
yes, I think the only thing thats really wrong about the PSP is the firmware. They should've had a Palm OS-like firmware with calculator and notepad and all those frills.Quote:
Originally Posted by califrag
Um, maybe you wrestle with your PSP, but my PSP is 9-10 months old and the only thing wrong with it is that the square button has gotten a little sticky.
Did you say that the PSP was designed absolete? Absolete to the PS2, heeeelz jea, but absolete among its peers of 32-bit and 64-bit handhelds? No way man. If anything, the PSP is in some ways even more advanced than its home console counterparts.
Oh, and I would LOVE to be able to pay for wireless broadband internet for my PSP. I'd be wiling to pay $10 a month. Like, I can already do that, but thats only when I get a signal, which isn't as often as always.
Sometimes I dont want to automatically load the UMD. There should be a configuration for that. An internal harddrive would be great.
I would love all small homebrews to work on version 2.60 and defenitely a built in hard drive. Also Tv out and the ability to send music to other psps!