What made you get a PSP?

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#1 enz2
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What were the main points of your interest to getting a PSP?

  • Got bored with current gen.
  • Great JRPG library
  • Old game ports remastered
  • Convenient to get straight into gaming
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#2 Djmaster214
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was this supposed to be a poll? anyways i really loved the games and the multi media advantage of it over the ds, i love my ds but didnt get one until late in the game. wipeout and some other RPG that reminded me of gauntlet legends that you could play with a friend off one umd

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#3 LovePotionNo9
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Games like Jean D'arc, Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Star Ocean 1 & 2, Hammerin Hero, PS1 games, etc. Also, figured, why not.

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#4 BigBen11111
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Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep & Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII. I wanted to play them.

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#5 enz2
Member since 2007 • 1689 Posts

was this supposed to be a poll? anyways i really loved the games and the multi media advantage of it over the ds, i love my ds but didnt get one until late in the game. wipeout and some other RPG that reminded me of gauntlet legends that you could play with a friend off one umd

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Nope. Those were my personal interests.
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#6 riou7  Moderator
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Crisis Core and GoW Chain of Olympus.

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#7 soulless4now
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I wanted from the time it came out, but the pushing point was when Birth by Sleep came out so I got my psp a month before it was released last year.

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#8 logicalfrank
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That you could download PlayStation games is what sold me on it. Ironcially, I still haven't bought a PlayStation game for it yet. I had though PSP games were all watered-down PS2 games and wasn't much interest. It turns out I was horribly wrong.

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#9 xAcidicFantasyx
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I can't remember why I originally bought it, but I know that I wanted to play Powerstone on it as well as some other games. I actually haven't bought many games for it, but I do have games that I love and ones that don't interest me anymore which will end up being sold at some point.

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#10 Spinnerweb
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It's the most popular handheld in my country.

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#11 rawsavon
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Can't be discussed here other than saying I love the hardware. ...also, I love retro games >_>
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#12 lensflare15
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I've always loved handheld gaming, and I was really interested in the idea of carrying Playstation games around with me. I loved my PSP back in 2007 and I still do (though I have a different one now).

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#13 riou7  Moderator
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Can't be discussed here other than saying I love the hardware. ...also, I love retro games >_>

Ooo... so you joined the dark side! O_o
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#14 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="riou7"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]Can't be discussed here other than saying I love the hardware. ...also, I love retro games >_>

Ooo... so you joined the dark side! O_o

I can only speak here in terms of theoretical situations... Let's say that a manufacturer was no longer making money off their product (any product you want to think about) and that a bunch of people were selling that product on ebay at inflated prices far above the original retail price. If such a situation were to exist, I would support any and all means for a person to acquire that item by other means...seeing as how the maker of that item was no longer seeing a dime from its sales. BUT If the maker of an item is still getting a profit from it, .then I say we should support that person to ensure we continue to get items from them I hope that makes my position as clear as i can make it.
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#15 Coolyfett
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What were the main points of your interest to getting a PSP?

  • Got bored with current gen.
  • Great JRPG library
  • Old game ports remastered
  • Convenient to get straight into gaming

enz2

This link explains everything about Coolyfett & the PSP

http://www.gamespot.com/users/Coolyfett/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25709710

Coolyfett definately got his moneys worth from the system.

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#16 riou7  Moderator
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[QUOTE="riou7"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]Can't be discussed here other than saying I love the hardware. ...also, I love retro games >_>rawsavon
Ooo... so you joined the dark side! O_o

I can only speak here in terms of theoretical situations... Let's say that a manufacturer was no longer making money off their product (any product you want to think about) and that a bunch of people were selling that product on ebay at inflated prices far above the original retail price. If such a situation were to exist, I would support any and all means for a person to acquire that item by other means...seeing as how the maker of that item was no longer seeing a dime from its sales. BUT If the maker of an item is still getting a profit from it, .then I say we should support that person to ensure we continue to get items from them I hope that makes my position as clear as i can make it.

Well yeah the only way to get those products now is to either get it from ebay for ridiculously high prices or to get it somewhere else from pretty much all places across the internet. I did not accuse you for not supporting the maker or anything like that since like what you said, the maker was no longer making money off their products. I don't blame people for doing such action either because it seems it's the only way to play those classic titles, except you're some hardcore collector who're willing to pay more than $100 for one retro game.

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#17 rawsavon
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I just wanted to make my position clear is all (you did not say anything I felt was accusatory). I have things I believe are 'right' as far as buying products and things I think are wrong...I try to stay within those lines (though sometimes they do get blurred)
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#18 riou7  Moderator
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I just wanted to make my position clear is all (you did not say anything I felt was accusatory).rawsavon
I did say you joined the dark side and you replied with such serious response. I initially just wanted to joke around with ya :P

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#19 rawsavon
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There have been very few times I have been 'serious' on GS. For better or worse, I generally assume the same approach is taken by others (at least until they prove me wrong when I see them upset about something trivial in the greater scheme of life...like video games >_> )
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#20 Jmaescho
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I think it is becase my brother has it. After I played it, I think it is awesome!!!

Maybe the popular gaming is reason,too

Metal Gear GoW Final Fantasy......and so on

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#21 DMPHOZA
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When I saw Tekken Dark Ressuration(hope is the right spelling) I never stopped fantasing about Psp the graphics were a killer. And I bought my Psp 3000 in 2009 and have over 50 umd games. And still buying.
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#22 XeroEX
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I was getting tired of my DS. I wanted to try something different, so I bought a PSP.

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#23 benleslie5  Moderator
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Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep and FFVII Crisis Core caught my attention for it

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#24 p4s2p0
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For me it was console gaming anywhere

Some of my fav series on psp are coded arrms,resistance,god of war,need for speed,spiderman,star wars,star trek,tony hawk,tom clancy like spinter cell.

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#25 RoXante314
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I started seeing my cousins with a psp so i decided to get one.
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Idea of playing PS2 like games on the go. I was dissapointed.

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#27 deactivated-60d51668b0c31
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The PSP for me was and still is a very good portable multi media system. Apart from gaming It has so many uses.Ideal when you go on a holiday and can't live a minute without gaming.
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Crisis Core MGS GOW Silent Hill
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#29 PumpkinBoogie
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Tekken Dark Resurrection....no lie. :P

I mean, mind you have other games since then; but my original reason for buying mines--over 5 yrs ago--was to full my Tekken need on a portable scale. And it still IS one of my favorite PSP titles. :)

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#30 pikaby
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I never intended to get a PSP at all since I was already pretty content with Wii/DS. Then Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX drove me so far off the edge I had to get one. Not just my favorite rhythm series, it's almost the best of the bunch IMO :)

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#31 WSGRandomPerson
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Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. Even though the game didn't come out until a year or two (or three) after the PSP originally released.
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Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. That's pretty much it.

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#33 Justforvisit
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Dissidia Final Fantasy and later on Dissidia Duodecim.

Never did I regret it the slightest just for this two games.

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#34 darkPSPfan
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a) I love portable games b) graphics c) game offer d) strong device for the time
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#35 Granpire
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What made me get it was that unlike other portable consoles before it, it wasn't limited by Sony simply because it is a "portable" console. Of course, they could have done more, but they also could have been much more lazy. That's a turn-off about the PSP for some, but I embrace the fact that it tries to be a console.
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A portable Playstation 2. Well the PSP wasn't quite a portable PS2. But to be able to play Playstation games on the go was the selling point for me. At the time a handheld Disc based gaming machine was a huge deal. Plus I was going on a journey to Montreal so Videogames were a must.

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#37 Darthkaiser
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The great RPG library, PS1 rpgs that I always wanted to play and...that's pretty much it
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#38 blaze4545
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I had to babysit crazy kids during the summer but the only thing that would keep them calm is bakugan episodes from youtube. I obviously did not enjoy watching every episode of bakugan with the kids, so I bought a PSP to keep me entertained