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should i snag a PSP?
tomoya-kun:
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--- Quote from: kenshin-dono on October 01, 2010, 05:04:37 AM ---what are you guys talking about PSN account for though? Can you not play a European or japanese game if your signed in with your US PSN id or something? If not then how do you work around that?
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It may be due to regional licensing, but there are different PSN regions. Japan (gets all the stuff first), US (gets the more popular stuff), European (gets almost nothing).
You can make an account for all regions without any big issues, but you will need to use a proper (but fake) address to register, as well as separate emails for each of them. Since your credit card address should match your home address, you can't use it for games in other regions, and you'll need to get pre-paid card codes (from sites like Ebay) to fill your online wallet. The last issue is that whenever you want to play anything you've downloaded, your PSP must have the correct account active, and you need to connect to PSN and login to set your active account. It's a sort of DRM system.
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Switching account is a pain and I can't do it without internet, so I just buy UMDs. It ends up taking less of my time.
kenshin-dono:
So im a bit confused.. if im just going to play the UMD do i have to worrry about having a PSN account for that region? I.e. if i buy Breath of fire III (i think thats Europe only) and play it do i have to be logged into a european PSN account to play it or not? Or are you guys claiming i only need to do that for downloaded games?
I just want to be able to play games i import from Japan or maybe Europe on the PSP.. can i do that, or does it require some PSN id finagling?
machray:
I enjoy my psp still, you'll want to check out persona 3. I like to put anime on it too.
TorturdChaos:
I don't really play my PSP much. I beat Valkyrie Profile on it (Loved the PS version so much, was very happy when they released a PSP version, since its so hard to find the orginal one for the PS). And I beat FF7: Crisis Core on it. Other than that I haven't played it much. I have God of War, but got stuck and bored. Also have newest Monster Hunter for it, but get bored really fast unless playing with friends :P.
So I don't think I have even powered on my PSP in over a month, just don't use it that much ./sigh
I've also been very broke and unable to afford new games for it :(
Soulreaper77:
If you're going to buy a PSP then be sure to hack it. Playing off the memory card is a huge reduce on loading times + it saves your laser.
Also why don't I see Kingdom Hearts: Birth by sleep in your list xD It's an awesome game!
Tales of Eternia is also a must play and maybe Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, didn't play this one myself but it's a tales of so it must be good xD
FF Tactics was awesome. I loved the GBA version and I loved the PSP version.
Crisis core was good imo, not great but enjoyable nonetheless.
Let me clear this up for you: PSP is region free. Which means that games out of all regions be it USA, EUR or JPN can be played on any system. So a EUR PSP would be able to play a JPN and an USA game + EUR games of course. Also you will never have to be logged into your PSN account if you have the UMD (that's why it's Playstation Portable xD) and playing of the memory card isn't possible if you have a OFW (official firmware) installed on it except on the PSP Go, which you shouldn't buy. The only time you should worry about PSN is when the game has DLC (downloadable content) which no PSP game has AFAIK. But just hack it and you will have 0 worries.
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