DevFR Speak Out - The PSP scene is sick!

**guymelef** · January 21st, 2009, 03:40

There still is a ton of stuff to do with the PSP.

better internet
external joypad (via serial port? using some joy-to-key scenario?)
better keypad integration
better custom video/audio codecs
Every avenue of emulation currently in development regardless of functionality, still has more room to grow even though many are 'perfectly playable' (not bitchin', just sayin')

FURIKUP

Piracy is a non issue. 50% of commercial games suck too much to even play regardless of price.

**B2K24** · January 21st, 2009, 04:26

Zack hit the damn thing right on the head.
The reason why PSP games are bad because developers are finding out instead of putting out quality games for the portable system that has the most advanced/complex hardware, they can code a crappy game for DS in like 20 minutes and people will buy at the cheaper price point.

The DS is wayyyyyy more popular among the masses which is a bad thing for the PSP IMO. To me the DS is like some fisher price toy and the wii is garbage as well IMO. It doesn't even have any HD graphics. Unfortunately the idiot masses persuade the gaming companies and developers which direction to go

**staticshade** · January 21st, 2009, 05:12

whether or not developers are making bad games, I think we all have to admit piracy is a big problem making really good games require money, especially for 3rd party publishers. i initially put cfw on my psp for homebrew games but now we have

.no good psp games except for a few gow, ffvii crisis core .
.not that many good homebrew games.

so is the psp scene dead ?? u tell me ??

**Seker** · January 21st, 2009, 08:16

People who state it's dead,are killing it.

**Mr. Shizzy** · January 21st, 2009, 14:00

This article is rubbish... DevFR looses stock with me for posting this nonsense.

And as far as the PSP scene dying, let the people who think that go away then.

I have said this many times before:

The only thing that could EVER make me forget my PSP, would be a better hand held console. In terms of technology, and homebrew capabilities.

Right now, there is no better hand held console than PSP.
Hopefully the rumors about a PSP2 for 2010 are true - I'm ready.

~Shizzy

**AdamRav** · January 21st, 2009, 14:33

i really thought the Pandora system would be a HIT

but i aint heard anything good about it since ?

PSP2 is our best bet now!!!

**dangee** · January 21st, 2009, 15:01

Sickness is nature's way to return an unbalanced organism to health.

imo, the inbalance is caused by Sony's reluctance to give their
PSP customer base any freedom to develop the console.

That leaves an enormous vacuum for small and medium size apps that
are unavailable on OFW, but that the homebrew scene continues to produce in
decent quantity (albeit with varying degrees of quality).

And the prescription?

Something like the iphone appstore, but on PSN.

**staticshade** · January 21st, 2009, 16:56

Bullet point time ....

i'm not to keen on the psp2 as of yet as i don't think they have maxed out the abilities of the psp.

i'm not really 2 keen on apps that don't involve gaming since the psp is primarily a gaming machine.

does anyone believe that if sony had released developer tools to the public(for homebrew and gamedevs). that iso pirating would be greatly reduced ???

can anyone recommend any good homebrew games ??

**alanparker05** · January 21st, 2009, 19:09

Anyone who thinks the Psp hasn't reached it's potential yet is just being blindly patriotic to it, it's really just a basic gaming machine with a few a few badly executed features thrown in, but people have seen what can be done in gaming and as soon as the wii and nds were released this instantly became outdated

**staticshade** · January 21st, 2009, 22:26

i don't think it has but as game developers are still buisnesses and money has to be made so everyone jumps on the consoles with the biggest install base and cheapest production cost.

in some ways the wii and nds have done the psp a favour at least the few games that are released now are great high quality games since the cheap ass devs aren't producing for it anymore.

And it hasn't reached its potential sony are just a bit distracted with the war going on with microsoft

nintendo fans should be pleased, Nintendo managed to rob the world blind.

this is my opinion feel free to express yours