How Would You Explain The Gp2x?

[evilmegaman]

Hey, I was wondering.. How would you go about explaining the GP2X to someone who knew virtually nothing about computers or games... I tried really hard once.. But I found it was near impossible. So if you ever explained it to a non technical person... How the hell'd you do it in a way they'd understand?

 

[mdinire]

be vague and say it plays videos, music and games

 

[Nickmon]

Like a gameboy but not..like a mini pc but not, cant buy stuff for it in the high street, its a gamers machine

and its cool !

 

[nemesis112]

Just say the magic words: Free games - that's usually explanation enough

 

[NoidZ]

GP2X::

A gift from God to discover and create Dev-Gods :rolleyes:

:lol:

 

[iignotus]

Why would someone who knew nothing about computers or games be interested in a device like the GP2X? Surely they wouldn't have much nostalgia with games if they know nothing about them. They should get a Wii or something instead.

 

[nickspoon]

That'd probably be about as difficult as explaining to a non-technical person why Firefox is better than Intarwebs Exploder.

 

[NoidZ]

That'd probably be about as difficult as explaining to a non-technical person why Firefox is better than Intarwebs Exploder.

I totally agree with you nickspoon! :lol:

 

[trooper]

That'd probably be about as difficult as explaining to a non-technical person why Firefox is better than Intarwebs Exploder.

Or why Opera is even better than Firefox.

Trooper

 

[(naw)mcx]

The Gp2x Is Good. Simple enough?

 

[Epicenter]

He didn't say they weren't interested in classic games; just that they weren't technically sophisticated.

I usually just explain that it's like a tiny computer, made by a small company in Korea, that can play music, videos, view photos, play original games or 'pretend' it's another system to play classic games. That's how I found it's easiest to explain emulation, the system is 'pretending'.

 

[TelcoLou]

Great topic!

I get a lot of "Hey, is that a new PSP?" or "What kind of Gameboy/PSP is that?" I usually explain it as a device that you can program your own content for ... that either interests them enough to ask for more details, or turns them off completely, leaving me alone with a polite "Oh, cool ... ".

I actually convinced 3 of my co-workers to get one

 

[Trip]

I just say that it's a portable media device, that can play most video files from the internet without re-encoding them & it can also play tons of free games.
That's normaly as much as I need to say, before they get interested enough to actually have a mess about with it.
***EDIT***
All else fails, I just put Metal Slug on the NeoGeo Emu

 

[LordFu]

I don't explain, I demonstrate.

 

[NoidZ]

Great topic!

I get a lot of "Hey at is that a new PSP?" or "What kind of Gameboy/PSP is that?" I usually explain it as a device that you can program your own content for ... that either interests them enough to ask for more details, or turns them off completely, leaving me alone with a polite "Oh, cool ... ".

I actually convinced 3 of my co-workers to get one

You are definitely worth the Guru pic TelcoLou! :lol:

 

[BenRoshi]

I don't.
Them: Hey what's that?
Me: What's what?
Them: that black thing in your hand
Me: there is no black thing in my hand...
Them: Yes there is...
Me: you must be seeing things, go get some rest okay?

Saves plenty of time

 

[sam fisher]

Black Box Flight Recorder. Nicked it off a 747!

 

[evilmegaman]

I usually just explained it by saying: it plays old games and some videos.


But that always turns people off thus I made this thread

 

[Alex.]

That'd probably be about as difficult as explaining to a non-technical person why Firefox is better than Intarwebs Exploder.

Or why Opera is even better than Firefox.

Trooper

Hey the Trooper's back!

As for the explaining, why would you? Do you miss " h34r: how doo u send gamez to gp32x <_< :angry: :blink: :lol: :lol: :lol: gp32_console B) " threads?

-Alex

 

[xinfernoofdantex]

i dont convice them, i just let them call it a gameboy or fake psp...