migo said:
Oh, I understand it just fine, but I find you all are a bit whiny about the whole situation. You complain that the Wiz has tearing, the Canoo doesn't have OLED, the PSP-1000 & 2000 has ghosting and the PSP-3000 has banding. Pick and choose, you'll have one issue or other that will bother some people than others. One person might find ghosting annoying, another banding, a third person might not be able to tolerate tearing, while a fourth just can't handle not having a bright screen. When it comes to input method, the Wiz and Dingoo have nothing on the PSP, and they have a massively deficient software library in comparison too. The Canoo brings something different in - a real analog stick, which is beneficial for games that a D-Pad sucks for, that means there's actually a reason to buy it.
"blah blah blah everyone has problems oh yeah my opinions are still the best"
Some people prefer d-pad over analog for what they want these devices for and don't care about the PSP's software library. Why are you so hostile towards this?
migo said:
I said the market didn't prove it. If some odd person doesn't like new games, for whatever bizarre reason (most likely some twisted form of elitism), then sure, but for most people the PSP is still the better option because at least it plays PSP and PS1 games well.
Don't care if the market proves it. If you think that people who prefer old games (and I'm talking even older than PS1, btw) are just being "elitist" then you can go piss off. I doubt you'll ever understand the preferences of others.
migo said:
Some left, while others stepped in to fill the void. The PSP has a much wider user base so one developer leaving won't kill the whole platform.
All in all, PSP, for all of its larger userbase, has fewer skilled developers because of the kind of community there. I've seen it first hand more than plenty, but have also heard similar sentiments from users who have stuck around over the years. Many think the platform is basically dead now.
migo said:
It's still more popular than on any of the dedicated emulator systems.
Not really. More popular to develop for, that is.
migo said:
You clearly don't shop on ebay. Shipping can easily hit $20, and that doesn't count import fees.
"can", not "always does", uh yes I've shopped on eBay, from other countries, even China as a matter of fact.....
migo said:
I've bought many things off craigslist, I've furnished an entire apartment with things I bought off craigslist, including a couch for $70 that would run $3500 brand new. I've bought electronics off craigslist too, half my video game systems are bought off craigslist and I've never had a single problem with it. I'm not reaching, I know what I'm doing and what I'm getting. If you're a girl I could see being hesitant to deal with craigslist but it's not a concern if you have a pair of balls.
Wow, sexist much?
Seriously, as if you didn't say enough annoying things without shit like that.
I've bought handhelds used before (my DS, for instance) and I've regretted it because they were worn out. Why should my hesitation be any different just because it's off of craigslist? Guess I'm not "man" enough to trust used hardware, enh. No, that doesn't mean that I think everything used is going to be bad, it's just an added risk.
migo said:
Oh the ironing! People are complaining about an analog stick being crappy and at the same time think playing DS games with a mouse and keyboard is just dandy?
"Ironing"? Okay, whatever. This just in, several games (popular ones, even) on DS use the dpad almost exclusively, others only use the touchscreen for completely trivial functions that a mouse has absolutely zero problem handling (go play NSMB for instance). I know you're totally into touchscreens but not everyone feels the same way, enough such that DS emulators on PCs actually get used. If people are okay with analog over dpads for games then that's fine - but that's a different type of input system for EVERY game on MANY platforms (unless you can find me some large library of console games that didn't use the d-pad), seems like a different situation than one compromise on one handheld's emulation. Oh, but that's right, no one said that Canoo wouldn't even be emulating the damn things like you were so bold to say about DS.
You're also conflating two completely different and unrelated groups of people, ie just because I brought up DS emulation on PC doesn't mean that suddenly everyone here who is opposed to the analog stick wants to emulate DS on a PC. It's a really common fallacy I see all the time in arguments, where you claim your opposition is invalid because two groups who are both opposing you are not consistent with each other.
So let's stick to the matter at hand; people are unhappy with GPH removing the dpad on a system they're calling compatible, not with DS emulators being available on a platform that doesn't typically have a touchscreen, something that's little more than a luxury. If Nintendo were releasing the 3DS without a touchscreen (and instead some mouse like input, I guess) and people were embracing it with open arms while simultaneously rejecting GPH's decision with Canoo then I'm sure you'd have a point, but I think they'd actually be pretty pissed off of over that too.
By the way, I emulate with a gamepad, not a keyboard. I wouldn't personally use a keyboard for a platform with a d-pad in a million years. Others are fine with it, of course.
migo said:
No, he's right. It's ridiculous to play a DS game without the original input method. On a home system there's no excuse. On a portable system you make sacrifices, but there's no reason to do so with a home system.
Yeah yeah, whatever. I think I've had about enough of your facts. Your logic of why it's okay to make sacrifices on a handheld but unacceptable on a PC is completely lost on me. How about this concept instead - whatever a user appreciates and is comfortable with is fine for that user.
