IGN gets excited over playing MP3's - Page 2

KillerGremlin · 12-12-2004, 05:39 PM

I think all the extras on the PSP are great, personally, however, we will see how the cost weighs out in the end. The PSP is going to have memory sticks and other expansions added on to its base-price. The one nice thing about the DS so far is the fact that there haven't been any news of add-ons.

I wouldn't mind listening to music while playing Twisted Metal on the go, but we'll see how the average consumer feels on the issue.

And yes, IGN is retarded.

Null · 12-12-2004, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

What? Pictochat?

I'm sure a lot of people bought a DS for that. :\

And besides, you can argue that as a game. You can play games with it.

For one yes, and no, id never argue it as a game. you can make a game out of anything. therefor you could argue mp3's as a game since you can create games with them. (play a song, have someone guess the title. theres a game)

i can make a game out of a tree stump. doesnt mean i'd call it a game.

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

I think all the extras on the PSP are great, personally, however, we will see how the cost weighs out in the end. The PSP is going to have memory sticks and other expansions added on to its base-price. The one nice thing about the DS so far is the fact that there haven't been any news of add-ons.

memory sticks arent required. so dont really see how its going to effect the cost. thats just what you do with it.

I dont read ign, so i guess im just missing out on what people are crying about, but it seems to me they just prefer one over the other. everyone has thier prefrences, if people dont like thiers, perhaps its just time to stop going to that website?

Vampyr · 12-12-2004, 09:20 PM

In the future Pictochat will be really usefull for gaming, though. You will be able to contact people you want to play with via wifi. MP3's serve absolutely no purpose for gaming. IF they didn't include pictochat, than it would kind of be like playing an online game on the computer without a chatroom or lobby to meet people in.

I do agree with you on the last part, though. All people do around here anymore is complain about what IGN said. Just don't read it anymore. :\ And this just backs up Null's argument in another thread that all people focus on are the negative comments.

Typhoid · 12-12-2004, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

IF they didn't include pictochat, than it would kind of be like playing an online game on the computer without a chatroom or lobby to meet people in.

You mean like almost every MMORPG, RPG, Sports game, and War fighting game?

Null · 12-13-2004, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

In the future Pictochat will be really usefull for gaming, though. You will be able to contact people you want to play with via wifi. MP3's serve absolutely no purpose for gaming. IF they didn't include pictochat, than it would kind of be like playing an online game on the computer without a chatroom or lobby to meet people in.

I do agree with you on the last part, though. All people do around here anymore is complain about what IGN said. Just don't read it anymore. :\ And this just backs up Null's argument in another thread that all people focus on are the negative comments.

im not saying it doesnt have its purposes that you can use it for, im saying its not a game and they included it. they coulda put a spot to put a headset in, or just used normal chat.
Mp3's can serve to music to listen to while you play games. its not a game, just as the picto chat isnt, but people can find uses for it.

However im a bit confused on the one sentence, i never meet people in a lobby before playing a game. lol. you just hop on a server where people are. why would you need to talk to them first? computer games especially, you hop on, it lists servers and how many people are playing on each server and you join one. you can talk DURING the game, but i never talk before.

Console games, which i think your refering to work a lot differently since people dont create constant 24/7 servers, they host games where everyone syncs up together. therefor people have to get together enough people before playing a game.
but even so..., tho they have a lobby where people can talk, no one uses it to organize games to play, they sometimes talk about meaningless stuff. but when they want to play, they just hop on someones game they created and are waiting for people to join. either that or on a 1on1 game they challenge random people.

But lobby for computer games, no, because theres no centralized server.

Canyarion · 12-13-2004, 08:18 AM

This is way different from PC online games. Here you notice that there's someone with a DS close by and you start talking to him. You agree on the game, then you start playing.
You can't host a game 24/7...

Null · 12-13-2004, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

This is way different from PC online games. Here you notice that there's someone with a DS close by and you start talking to him. You agree on the game, then you start playing.
You can't host a game 24/7...

i think i just said that.

Blackmane · 12-13-2004, 10:25 AM

Yea, but we didn't want to actually read your post to find where you said that

Also, do you need to do the weird formatting thing on the memory sticks to play music as well as movies? Because that will hurt a lot of the average consumers appeal for that.

Null · 12-13-2004, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackmane

Yea, but we didn't want to actually read your post to find where you said that

Also, do you need to do the weird formatting thing on the memory sticks to play music as well as movies? Because that will hurt a lot of the average consumers appeal for that.

i think so, but i doubt it'll hurt any appeal at all. from what i've read its a very easy and simple process. some are just trying to make a bigger deal of it.

reason is because they're just normal memory sticks. instead of making an entirly new memory stick they used the one already made, which is a good idea for em.

Blackmane · 12-13-2004, 10:42 AM

Well, as long as it is simple and they explain it really clearly in their manual or whatever, there shouldn't be a problem. From what I read, it looked like a big hassle, but maybe not.

Null · 12-13-2004, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackmane

Well, as long as it is simple and they explain it really clearly in their manual or whatever, there shouldn't be a problem. From what I read, it looked like a big hassle, but maybe not.

from what it sounds like.... you just put the memory stick in the psp, select format and it takes all of a couple seconds. lol

what they're nitpicking at in the other topic pretty much has nothing to do with what an average gamer would care about with the psp, they're trying to convert a video format into a format that the psp will read off the memory stick.

bobcat · 12-13-2004, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter

What's important isn't whether you're right, or he's right, what important is that IGN are a bunch of dolts.

Just so we're all clear on that.

Yeh I think GM's point was that the IGN guys were getting excited about playing mp3's on a handheld. That idea ain't the most exciting thing for me that comes to mind when I think of the PSP.

Xantar · 12-19-2004, 11:25 PM

So IGN gets excited about mp3 playback on the PSP, eh? So some of you are looking forward to listening to mp3s on your PSP, eh?

Well, let's see here. mp3s have to be stored on the Memory Stick unless they come on the UMD (not happening. It just won't happen).

A 32 megabyte Memory Stick costs $35.

A 64 megabyte Memory Stick will set you back $50.

Assuming 128-bit encoding (and lots of people use higher quality these days), 64 megabytes is about enough for 12 typical songs or a little over an hour of music.

This is assuming, of course, that you aren't storing other things on the Memory Stick. Like saved games.

Am I the only one here who sees an elephant?

Ace195 · 12-20-2004, 01:44 AM

Not to be mean or anything oh great xantar the migty *bows before him* but your prices are way way way off, 256 mb memory stick on the first site I looked at is 56 dollars. and thats best buy thats not even comparison shopping fot the lowest price..
Here is a link for anyone that wants one..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....product&cmp=++

I'm all for the DS I love the touch screen and everything, however all those getting mad about the mp3's look at the GBA's ability to play tv shows by buying the media.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...77171%3A134815

So I mean each of them has their own downfall. I personally like the DS and I plan on getting one but I don't see the point of paying 150 for something that wont do my e-mail and planner, eh so I'll stick with getting my palm for the time being until these drop in price.

And that folks is ace195's 2 cents

Xantar · 12-20-2004, 11:23 AM

Ok, I guess that site I was looking at was either way off or had really old prices for some reason.

So now for $56, you can get two hours of music. That is assuming you don't store anything else on that Memory Stick such as saved games. Or photos.

I'm still very underwhelmed.

But at least IGN isn't getting excited about the possibilities of movie playback on the PSP. That would be just...stupid.