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should i snag a PSP?
vuzedome:
The 1000s here cost just as much as the 3000s, or should I say it's actually the other way around
Me and a couple of guys were laughing our ass off, bought a bunch of discounted 3000s and sold them off for their actual prices to the rich kids.
Profit $$$$$$$$.
Southrop:
I still buy a lot of my PSP games. Like how I've bought most Gundam games and every Monster Hunter main series game. But some of them I can't afford/aren't immediately available here.
hanayome:
If only they did not have overkill prices, i would have bought them. When i went to check out crisis core, due to the platinum game stuff, its price was double of the normal games. I do love Square Enix a lot, but so much for a single game which can be gotten free....And i'm not exactly rich, neither do i have my own money. ::)
DaggerLite:
--- Quote from: hanayome on September 13, 2010, 10:11:32 PM ---If only they did not have overkill prices, i would have bought them. When i went to check out crisis core, due to the platinum game stuff, its price was double of the normal games. I do love Square Enix a lot, but so much for a single game which can be gotten free....And i'm not exactly rich, neither do i have my own money. ::)
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Your retailer tried to scam you. Apparently, you have no idea about what Platinum PlayStation games are.
When a game sells over a certain amount of copies in a region, they go Platinum (actual term varies with region). This means that the title drops a lot in price so that they can sell even more copies. If I'm not mistaken, they used to cost less than half of their pre-platinum price. Here's Crisis Core in Platinum. Perhaps you were looking at this, which is a limited edition, and has risen in value due to its increasing rarity in mint condition.
kenshin-dono:
wow took me a while to pour over that, tnx for the info guys.
@ daggerlite. I had forgotten about prinny: can i really be a hero!? that game looked neat, tnx. And what did they actually change for Disgaea 1 and 2 for the psp? I was a huge fan of 1 but not really so much 2. The tales series is a big plus since id o like them a lot.
lotta good psp hacking info there southdrop thanks. I think i would actually wanna get the psp3000 though. The better screen/load times is attractive to me. Also, monster hunter is not very appealing to me. I was wondering if you or anyone knew if you could actually rip your games to a memory stick on the psp3000's or if you need some kinda pirate stuff to do that. You would think they would let you use a 'digital copy' with any psp, since using a memory stick would cut down on battery life and system wear. is that at all possible or did Sony not impliment that for some reason?
Since a lot of people are talking about some remakes, like persona, final fantasy, star ocean 2, ect i should mention that i have pretty mucha ll the ps1 originals that are remade. I basically am wondering if the remakes are worth getting for me considering i have all the originals. I actually have several of my ps1 games here because i was getting ready to clean and wax their cases. the ones in the box are:
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Vagrant story
chrono cross
Ogre battle
tactics ogre
Final fantasy tactics
Final fantasy anthology
Final fantasy chronicles
Lunar
Lunar 2
Tales of destiny
Tales of destiny II
Jade cocoon
Saiyuki
Koudelki
parasite eve
parasite eve II
Kartia
Vandal hearts
Vandal hearts II
Rhapsody
legend of dragoon
threads of fate
thousand arms
legend of mana
breath of fire III
breath of fire IV
Fina fantasy VII
final fantasy VIII
final fantasy IX
Grandia
Star ocean the second story
legend of legaia
granstream saga
wild arms
Wild arms 2
front mission 3
Castlevania: Symphony of the night
I also have more than that thats just what was in front of me. I also have a lot of SNES and Genesis rpgs, like the phantasy star series, shining force, ect.
So are all remakes worth it, or are they just graphical ports? Do they add anythign new? Dagger mentioned the disgaea ports addes stuff.. what? what does FFT add? what about some of the other top ones mentioned? (i was really interested in lunar and maybe valkyrie profile). This is a big question because though there are quite a few decent looking original games that i see and have been mentioned, the majority are in fact remakes. Are they worth it if you own the original? Anyone know?
--- Quote from: Sakubo on September 12, 2010, 05:03:51 AM ---I have a psp 3000 because I could only buy one psp or ds and when I bought the psp I already knew Valkyrie Chronicles 2 was going to be released for psp so I decided on that system since I really liked the first one. I have played alot of the rpgs on the psp and they are good. My only issue with handhelds is I dont play games while outside my house. So basically when im home I do my gaming. Issue I run into is most times I dont end up playing the psp games for long periods of time because I would usually rather play something on the ps3 or my computer.
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I think its amusing Sakubo had valkyrie chronicles 2 bet he selling point for picking a psp over the DS, because thats one of the major reasons i want a psp. I loved the first one and was pissed the 2nd only came out on the PSP. But if i get one then i guess i can play it =D Actually that whole post is eerie because thats pretty much teh same situation im in. I almost never game outside the shouse, so this is kinda being bought almost exclusively for playing indoors next to my other systems. Hence why im curious if someone could elaborate on how the tv hook up stuff works.
I may want to try emulation of a few psp games to see if its worth getting a system, but im pretty much sold on getting one. The emulator linked on the first page looks a bit confusing but i may give it a shot. Does it work pretty well?
About the DS.. that one im really not too sold on. The world ends with you looks cool and i REALLY want to own Suikoden Teikeris (seriously, Suikoden is my favorite series) But i just really dont like the stupid stylus setup. Im guessing if i get a DS i should get the older lite version right? i hear it plays old GBA games. What does the DSI actually do better? is the screen better? Maybe i'll get one around xmas if the price drops since i could also get nintendogs and stuff for my niece =P Regardless, thats one i DEFINATLY would want to try before i buy. Does anyone know a good DS emulator? Im not sure how that would work since you need their gimicky stylus. If not maybe i'll make a new thread specifically for that since this is mostly about the PSP
Actually price point is something i was wondering about. Does anyone know if there will be a price drop for the PSP or DS anytime soon around xmas? I was planning on waiting until around then anyway. Im guessing the new 3d handheld nintendo system would instigate one but i have no clue when thats due. For the PSP theres no real bundle that seems worth it for me. i dont really care about kingdom hearts. And im probably gonna want an AC adaptor and memory stick
Thanks for the help so far guys. Any other game sugestions would be great, and im still wondering if someone can point out what games are good from the list here:
http://xevon.awardspace.com/psprpgs/
Legend of heroes looked kinda cool, so does generations of chaos, as did Astonisha story 2.. but astonisha story 1 is rated piss poor everywhere. PoPoLoCrois looks weird but interesting
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