Last Saturday my brother, Steve, called me at work and asked if I could baby-sit his infant daughter for a few hours while he took his wife out for a suprise evening on the town...
I agreed to do this, because I am a nice brother, but also because he lives between my house and where I work, and because he told me I had to try out his PSP while I was baby-sitting.
So I tried it out.
I really, really liked it. I played some SOCOM game for the PSP and then I played through several levels of PQ -- Practical Intelligence. Both of the games were very well made and fairly fun. The wireless Internet worked really well for SOCOM, a lot better than I had thought it would. Steve also told me to try out the Internet browser, which was alright, and the video and MP3 players built into it.
When I got home I told Joy that I wanted a PSP. I know that I would like one at some point in the future, but I am far too busy right now to bother with getting one. At just $200 it will be tempting when I have some free time.
I think that the PSP is far and away superior to my old GameBoy Advance SP in most ways, but I still prefer the clamshell design of the SP. I also really like how durable, light and portable the GBA SP is. I had that at Steve's wedding and I've taken it many other places by toting it along in my pocket. This PSP seems very expensive in so many ways. I feel like I need to coddle it when I am using it. I feel like some of the buttons are not wear-friendly so I am overly careful with them too. At $79 I didn't feel like it would be the end of the world if something happened to the GBA SP either, but the PSP is $200 plus it will require another $100 for accessories like screen shields, carrying case, memory stick, extra battery, etc.
I have pretty much stopped playing console games now. The idea of playing people online with a portable game system is great, because the only time I would have to play a game is when I am waiting somewhere that I knew would require a lot of dead time before hand.
Posted by David at April 19, 2006 03:46 AM