Greg on Games

Today I got a PSP Slim because it has a TV output, it weighs almost nothing, you can charge using a type b mini usb cable, and future PSP updates will have exclusive PSP Slim apps and bonuses like Skype. What I like about the PSP Slim after actually trying is it doesn’t hurt your hands like the previous PSP, because of how of how slim it is and flat, the controls feel a lot better and the analog stick has more resistance on it so you don’t turn to sharp in a racing game or something else, and the pixels on the screen don’t stick at all (unlike my previous PSP). On my old PSP the pixels stuck so much that every game seemed like a had mediocre graphics and games weren’t fun too play. The things that I don’t like about the PSP Slim are that even though Sony redesigned the speaker location and said that the speakers would be louder, I don’t think they are, and the UMD slot is more noisy than my old PSP and it doesn’t cradle it as well as the old PSP. So you have be extra careful when opening the UMD slot. Besides that, I think it’s a lot better than the previous PSP and I recommend getting one.

PSP Slim

PSP Slim

PSP Fat

PSP Slim
PSP Fat

I’ve always been a fan of Xbox and the Xbox 360, but I am also a recent fan of the PS3. The PS3 has a built in Blu-Ray Drive, built in wireless wi-fi, 80 gb, comes with Motorstorm, free online, the ability to use any usb or memory card as a external hard drive to download stuff to, and the ability to copy movies, music, photos, and save data. The Xbox 360 has online that costs $50 a year but it is easier to use and has less of a limit on the number of friends you can have.

Even though the Xbox 360 is abundant in sales it has to come up with something quick to fight against PS3 if more people discover the PS3’s features. But the PS3 doesn’t have a game like Halo 3 on its side. The PS3 is allowing people to install extra Operating Systems on to their PS3, so that can lead to limitless options. Coming soon for PS3 is the HD TV tuner with DVR so PS3 users can watch TV and record like a Tivo. The final feature that the PS3 has the ability to use the PSP to control the PS3 using Remote Play to listen to music, watch movies, look at photos, and coming soon the ability to control the HD TV tuner and the DVR that the PS3 is coming out with.

The Sony Psp has been out now for over three years and hackers continue to make emulators and hacks. Just resently I bought a 3.40 OE-A firmware Psp. OE stands for open edition. It is a custom firmware which turns your psp into a homebrew, emulator, Windows Vista and Windows XP powerhouse. But it can do far more than that.

Some people use psps as they were intended to be used: movies, play games, listen to music, and other multimedia files. But other people use psps to play wii or gamecube using the Location Free Player, or do everything you can think of. When I get the Psp in the mail I will write about it.

I’ve had some time to use the new PSP and I am able copy the data off of a UMD onto a computer and then copy it to the memory stick so I don’t need the UMD anymore. I can change the font and the icons in the menu to anything I want. A website to find some hacks is here. I can also stream off of anything that is in the same network. When the new PSP comes out in the fall, I hope Sony doesn’t use another different motherboard so I can’t downgrade or hack it.