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Rumour: PSP2 Hits Difficulties?

TSA writes - "An interesting thread is up over at NeoGAF in regards to the oft talked about PSP2. According to the poster, the handheld has hit a bit of a stumbling block which makes it sound like it’s perhaps a bit too overpowered."

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Newtype5033d ago

?? A rumor hitting difficulties while it's not confirmed? Not confirmed = not real.

PoSTedUP5033d ago (Edited 5033d ago )

"Do we need a battery munching, hand burning leviathan with home console graphics?"

uhhh, HELL MOTHERF****** YEAH!!!!!! please dont you ever, eeevvvveeerrr ask such a ridiculous, sickeing, disgraceful question ever again, i just lost it after i herd that.

YES WE DO. we want a beast, we want a BEAST! weeeeeeee waaaaannnnttt aaa beeeeaaaaassstttttt

i wanna see me, drake, kratos, snake, and the rest of the crew tearing down walls, blowing **** up, processors over heating! sparks flying!? OMG let me at it!!!!

Conloles5033d ago

Is the difficulty the Nintendo 3DS?

sikbeta5032d ago

Nah, no that much PoSTedUP...

Sony, just give me a PSP2 more like a PS2.5, more powerful than the PS2 but nowhere near as the PS3 for obvious Reasons = battery life, put 2 sticks in it, phone capabilities are welcomed only if the PSP2 Main Focus still being a Portable Gaming Device and if you can do it, PS2 Backward Compatibility :P

DORMIN5033d ago

A rumor from a forum posted by a guy who is quoting another guy named "Charlie".

I'm being serious BTW. Followed the source within the source. =/

saint_john_paul_ii5033d ago

aparently that charlie guy is a trusted sorce on NEOGAF...

Noctis Aftermath5033d ago

I wouldn't go so far as to call him trusted, just a tad more believable than your average rumor spreader.

Information Minister5032d ago

This was on the comments section of the full article, and I just had to post it here:

"So there is a PSP2 confirmed but it’s been delayed from an unconfirmed appearance to a later unconfirmed date for an unconfirmed reason.

By the way, Chuck Norris was gonna parachute from the moon and land on an aircraft carrier this Friday, but the drop has been delayed indefinitely due to the lack of Dr. Pepper in his lunar lander."

Priceless!

ProjectVulcan5032d ago (Edited 5032d ago )

It depends what you view as difficulties? Sony restricted the clockspeed of psp's CPU initially, by a large margin, possibly to improve yields but in hindsight it was likely to try and improve battery longevity for the early models. When newer models with improved and shrunken chipsets had been released, sony unlocked the CPU to full speed for developers.

Of course, if you had an original model it mostly crushed the battery further. But on newer models it was no problem. I can see sony taking such a route this time again with the GPU should they really find themselves with a power problem. A pretty powerful machine at launch, and two years later devs get even more performance unlocked? Its not a disaster. In a way its pretty cool, all of a sudden your handheld gets a big boost in performance. Whoever said consoles dont get upgrades? :-)

raztad5032d ago

That is why I think Sony will unlock the 8th SPU, to provide a healthy boost in performance to the PS3 when devels get hungry for more power.

Regarding the PSP2: Sony going with Tegra2 sounds like PSP2 will be quite the generic device considering Tegra is being adopted for several manufacturers.

The Great Melon5032d ago

@raztad

This won't likely happen because the disabling of the 8th SPU was done to increase the number of non defective cell chips. What happens to the users who actually have a defective SPU.

ProjectVulcan5032d ago

Assuming its tegra than sony will probably have a custom part, there are different variations, speeds and models to the specific chip, tegra is merely a series name like geforce 8. Lotsa different models there.

As said unlocking the disabled SPE in PS3 is impossible because there are without doubt several chips with a faulty SPE which has been disabled and would not function correctly at the required clocks

ABizzel15032d ago

What the PSP2 needs.

1) A battery with at least 8 hours of gameplay. 10 would be perfect since most games are 6 - 8 hours long nowadays.

2) 3G/ 4G. I want online gaming to be a major point of interest for the system, and I want to be able to play anywhere with a good connection, so it has to be at least 3G.

3) dual analog nubs.

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N4BmpS5033d ago

Wonder when SONY will reveal this officially and what is gonna be their game plan.

saint_john_paul_ii5033d ago (Edited 5033d ago )

it needs to be there at TGS. its the right venue for such an announcement, then make it playable at CES. they cant lag behind nintendo.

there was also a rumor about a PSP-4000. maybe we would see it at gamescom.

Noctis Aftermath5033d ago

TGS seems more likely, but if they reveal at gamescom then chances are TGS will have the more important info (release date, launch line-up etc).

Either way i just hope it's good.

turok5033d ago (Edited 5033d ago )

... what nintenDONT. /s

sarcasm aside lol wtf new rumour on psp2? wait until 2011 folks psp2 wont be confirmed until then.

HarryMonogenis5033d ago

It's a 100% flame grilled rumour right now..

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Acquire Joins KADOKAWA Group: Could This Mean A Revival for Tenchu & Way of the Samurai ?

Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?

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Snookies1213d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.

Relientk7712d ago

Don't play with my feelings like that.

Also, new Tenchu please!

TheColbertinator12d ago

Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5215d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5215d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212115d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan15d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5214d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5214d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos15d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani15d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum15d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman15d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim15d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

I disagree Batman

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FF XVI Producer Is Interested In Working On A New Final Fantasy Tactics Game

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida is interested in working on a brand new Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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GoodGuy0918d ago

It's insane its been this long since the last release.

CrimsonWing6917d ago

Not from you.

Knowing how you handled FF16 by trying to make it appeal to non-fans and changing the entire gameplay design I can see you changing Tactics to appeal to non-fans.

If they’re going to do this please give it to someone who wants to keep the game and genre in tact.

VersusDMC17d ago

He worked on tactics ogre reborn. Was there changes? He wouldn't make an FF tactics game an action game. It will be AA but faithful. Probably what the Diofield Chronicles team and some of the FFXVI team is probably working on already and he is just keeping a secret.

And FF hasn't had a set gameplay design since X. I disliked the MMO, 12, 13 FF's but didn't mald for years. I played other games. Stop crying as he probably won't make a single player FF again and will be busy with the next FF MMO.

EternalTitan17d ago

I can feel your hatred. Keep it up.

Ataraxias17d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn was an overall solid product but almost eliminated the concept of builds in the game.
So we'd probably end up with a system where character jobs like Mercenary for Ramza is 80% of the character instead of being freeform.

SegaSaturn66917d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn changed a lot of gameplay mechanics for the worse. The class system is weird and hard to lock in roles, and they shoehorned a new "random card appearing" mechanic on the maps which makes no sense. Previously you obtained those boosts from killing powerful opponents, not spawning randomly.

There's a way better way to play Tactics Ogre: the fanmade onevision mod of the psp version.

EternalTitan17d ago

16 was just a terrible mess.
Its not even a JRPG let alone a final fantasy game.
Yosi piss(who said he hates JRPGs) should not touch another Final Fantasy game ever again.

VersusDMC17d ago

87 metacritic can't be a terrible mess.
If Kingdom Hearts is a JRPG then FFXVI is a JRPG. And he said he hates the term JRPG as it carries a bad stereotype with western journalists.

So you're just incorrect on several fronts...

Asterphoenix17d ago

I wouldn't mind a new FF Tactics longs they keep the tactical elements of Tactics in it as well as a very in depth story. Which FF Tactics years ago has by far one of the best stories in the series.

Tapani16d ago

Yes, alongside with Vagrant Story. Playing FFT, then Vagrant story and finally FFXII is a bliss. Deepest lore and best stories ever made in video games.