Current Events > I remember people hella hated on the PSP cause it had too many ports and remakes

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But almost no one hated the DS/GBA for having too many ports and remakes lmao. I remember defending PSP's honor hardcore.

Really makes you think.

I mostly remember everyone hating the monster hunter claw grip, but not enough to quit monster hunter

love my switch tho

I was too young for the internet boards at the time

GameGodOfAll posted...

Really makes you think.

Not really. This place is widely known as NintendoFAQs for a reason.

KanWan posted...

Its sad it pretty much did itself in with its proprietary format.

I actually liked it >_>

I was too young to consider the idea of ports and remakes as a bad thing. As long as I got to play games, I didnt really care.

I mean it sold 80 million units I think it did fine didn't it?

The only thing that sucked with the PSP is the cost, especially the memory sticks.

The memory sticks weren't that bad it's the vita where it got fucking bullshit

I thought that was the Vita.

Fast forward to today, and even the Switch ended up with a port of Skyrim.

I remember when people saw the PSP and boldly claimed that was it for Nintendo dominance in the handheld market and that there was no way that the DS could ever compete and that Sony was going to now dominate the handheld space.

And then the Vita came out and people boldly claimed that was it for Nintendo dominance in the handheld market and that there was no way that the 3DS could ever compete and that Sony was going to now dominate the handheld space.

one time i was talking to a girl on facebook after I had told her my parents had sent me to bed and had to admit I was using a PSP. a short lived romance.

Spent a lot of hours looking at porn on my psp. I was like 10-12 years old at the time and didn't want to use the family pc in the living room.

Also I had my psp modded so I could play ps1 games on it. Well mainly so I could play spyro trilogy lol.

pet peeve was spending so much money on PSP games only to basically have them become useless when the thing died. they were digital-only so i couldn't even resell them

I still regularly use my psp1000

Suikoden2 posted...

I still regularly use my psp1000

mine still works but i cant think of a use for it lol

I have literally never heard someone say that.

Don't remember that being a talking point against psp. I remember arguments for having too many console-styled games instead of handheld-style.

The only thing I remember about the PSP was it ejecting discs out randomly and the FFVI spoof video where the PSP stood in for Kefka.

My ploblem with the PSP was how many games just felt like "PS2 games, but worse". Also the blurry screen.

But I do love that lil thing.

royic posted...

I mostly remember everyone hating the monster hunter claw grip, but not enough to quit monster hunter

love my switch tho

I bought this to play MH

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/0/AAearvAAEs_6.jpg

I just remember people mainly buying PSP for emulators. I don't think I ever saw anyone playing a retail game on one.

FuriousFox posted...

I just remember people mainly buying PSP for emulators. I don't think I ever saw anyone playing a retail game on one.

I remember also defending the PSP from people who kept saying it doesn't have enough original titles.

The GBA/DS ports almost always added some kind of functionality to fit the system, or were a different experience all together, due to the different nature of the system. Meanwhile, PSP ports were almost 1:1, except... Worse.

That was the issue.

Nintendo only has like 5 games that they endlessly recycle, but their fans love it.

BewmHedshot posted...

Nintendo only has like 5 games that they endlessly recycle, but their fans love it.

Do Sony or Microsoft personally have that much more than 5 first party games? It's almost like this is true of every system. Unless you think God of War, Halo, and so on don't exist.

KanWan posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/0/AAfboFAAEtAO.jpg

Hahahahaha what the fuck is that

If the damn thing had a right thumbstick those ports would have been a lot better.

I remember having to hold Circle and then move the thumbstick to move the camera in Splinter Cell Essentials!

The 2D ports were great.

KanWan posted...

Its the Solid Eye. Came with Metal Gear: AC!D 2 and allows you to play the game in 3D. Its just a silly cardboard gimmick.. it worked but would make my eyes hurt after awhile lol

I remember when the Conan O'Brien show sent out similar things so you could put your phone in and see the 3D portion of his shows at Comic-Con. Though by that point, they were much smaller.

Because Nintendo fans think Nintendo can do no wrong.

Punished_Blinx posted...

If the damn thing had a right thumbstick those ports would have been a lot better.

I remember having to hold Circle and then move the thumbstick to move the camera in Splinter Cell Essentials!

The 2D ports were great.

Vita

VeggetaX posted...

But almost no one hated the DS/GBA for having too many ports and remakes lmao. I remember defending PSP's honor hardcore.

Because they both had plenty of originals as well. It was almost impossible to be get through the library of the DS

BewmHedshot posted...

Nintendo only has like 5 games that they endlessly recycle, but their fans love it.

Mfs really going to make me list out my entire library of games I played.

My GBA library was large and DS was even bigger.

I played like one game on PSP and it was Monster Hunter. Tried to play other games but none of them really stuck.

deoxxys posted...

Mfs really going to make me list out my entire library of games I played.

My GBA library was large and DS was even bigger.

I played like one game on PSP and it was Monster Hunter. Try to see other games but none of them really stuck.

Yeah handhelds are where Nintendo has always had strong third-party support.

deoxxys posted...

Mfs really going to make me list out my entire library of games I played.

My GBA library was large and DS was even bigger.

I played like one game on PSP and it was Monster Hunter. Try to see other games but none of them really stuck.

bro shut up I played like 10 games on PSP

all 10 of them were monster hunter but still

My biggest problems with the PSP were:

• The controls were just straight ass.
• It was so god damn pretty that I was afraid to play it and make it less pretty. Because every single touch was a nightmare in terms of leaving a mark on it.
• Games weren't really ports or remakes they were actually demakes. New titles that were made worse to compensate for the lack of performance compared to the PS2. They were all just awful and completely unnecessary. It was basically just a completely stripped down version of the same thing you got on console. And I don't just mean visuals. All the games were as barebones as possible.

It just never found that same charm the Nintendo handhelds had. With that said I am not really a big fan of the Nintendo handhelds either. But I would take any one of them over a PSP.

I think the PSP's issue was it was too close to modern hardware, honestly. That allowed for rather lazy ports to appear for it, whereas on Nintendo consoles, developers had to work to meet the standards of the handheld. They couldn't just make a simple port and downgrade it, they had to meet lower specs, account for touch controls, and so on, which often resulted in new games instead of simple ports.

StealThisSheen posted...

I think the PSP's issue was it was too close to modern hardware, honestly. That allowed for rather lazy ports to appear for it, whereas on Nintendo consoles, developers had to work to meet the standards of the handheld. They couldn't just make a simple port and downgrade it, they had to meet lower specs, account for touch controls, and so on, which often resulted in new games instead of simple ports.

Now this is a hot take.

VeggetaX posted...

Now this is a hot take.

It's true, though. Look how many games on PSP ended up "X but worse," compared to DS, which got entirely new games. Guilty Gear didn't just do "Guilty Gear but worse," they made an entirely new game to take advantage of the DS's features. Hell, even cheap cash-ins like Skylanders, the DS games were basically entirely new games compared to the console versions, which focused on platforming more, while the PSP/Vita versions were just downgraded ports.

PSP got a few of its own hits, but otherwise it and Vita's library were primarily "Series you like, but worse," instead of actually trying new ideas, which devs were basically forced to do on DS. Very few DS games were "Series you like, but worse." They were new entries with different mechanics.

EDIT: I was slightly off, so I need to amend. Skylanders never released on PSP or Vita, specifically because they said it'd just be downgraded ports. It didn't release on DS, either, but did release on 3DS, as the "new games" that I referenced.

Your justification for what's better or worst is bias as fuck. You might as well just say you're in favor in Nintendo for whatever reason.

I had a psp when I was a child and the only games I had were sonic rivals 1 and 2 and need for speed juiced or something like that oh and I think it was either ratchet and clank or jak and daxter and I still have my psp but the battery burst and it has to stay plugged in. It's in good condition besides that! (Maybe cos I never really used it)

VeggetaX posted...

Your justification for what's better or worst is bias as fuck. You might as well just say you're in favor in Nintendo for whatever reason.

Please explain where I'm wrong, if you think I'm so biased. Was the PSP/Vita's problems NOT that they were basically "Series you like, but worse?" Because, by all accounts, it's almost universally agreed that is why they failed. They didn't offer anything new. If you have a counter argument, please present it.

PSP/Vita failed because, for the most part, they didn't offer anything new outside of the experience you could already get on PS3/PS4. They were criticized for mostly featuring boring ports. They had occasional gems, like Crisis Core and Birth By Sleep, but otherwise, all they offered was "Series you like, but worse." For instance, you'll pretty much never find anybody crowing about how good Uncharted: Golden Abyss was. It's mainly "This is Uncharted, but worse."

Meanwhile, DS/3DS legit forced developers to create new games, and it's why they reigned supreme.

It's no secret that Nintendo dominated the handheld market. You're the one that needs to provide any proof to argue against the common logic for why that was.

Every kid that brought their psp to school also had porn on it lol wont find that shit on a DS

Seaman_Prime posted...

Every kid that brought their psp to school also had porn on it lol wont find that shit on a DS

Haha. I only knew one guy in my classes who had a PSP. I remember watching him play Dissidia Final Fantasy, it looked pretty great.

StealThisSheen posted...

Was the PSP/Vita's problems NOT that they were basically "Series you like, but worse?" Because, by all accounts, it's almost universally agreed that is why they failed. They didn't offer anything new. If you have a counter argument, please present it.

I'm not arguing for the Vita. And what proof do you have other than this subjectivity? You say everything you're saying is universally agreed? Please, your argument is as strong as my recollection of defending the PSP. I know you want to believe what you're saying is nothing but facts and reasonable but it's not, bro. And that's not an insult to have this objective reasoning to think one thing is better than another. Basically I simply wanna say we can agree to disagree but I'm not sure you'll accept that.

VeggetaX posted...

I'm not arguing for the Vita. And what proof do you have other than this subjectivity? You say everything you're saying is universally agreed? Please, your argument is as strong as my recollection of defending the PSP. I know you want to believe what you're saying is nothing but facts and reasonable but it's not, bro. And that's not an insult to have this objective reasoning to think one thing is better than another. Basically I simply wanna say we can agree to disagree but I'm not sure you'll accept that.

...Literally never once did I say what I said is objective, merely that it is supported by facts such as sales numbers. You're the one who is turning everything personal. If you have merits to argue with me, then present them.

I'm using an objective fact (the DS and 3DS vastly outperformed the PSP and Vita), and providing potential reasons as for why. Nothing more. You're the one who is getting offended by me doing so. Not sure why.

You made this topic. Support it with actual arguments, instead of attacking others, please.

PSP was the better Nintendo portable at the time, somehow.