# PlayStation Portable (PSP) **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789 "2003-12-29T22:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mik3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/1 "2003-12-29T22:24:49Z")
I think it looks sweet! (Sony seems to always have slick-design a must) I think the games might be a little pricy (for a handheld). Instead of the nicly-priced $35 games for GBA > **From IGN** > [size=1][PSP SPECS] UMD(Universal Media Disc) 60mm Laser Diode:660nm Dual Layer :1.8GB Transfer Rate:11Mbps Shock Proof Secure ROM by AES Unique Disc ID PSP CPU CORE MIPS R4000 32bit Core 128bit Bus 1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V Main Memory :8MB(eDRAM) Bus Bandwidth :2.6GB/sec I-Cache, D-Cache FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops 3D-CG Extended Instructions PSP Media Engine MIPS R4000 32bit Core 128bit Bus 1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V Sub Memory:2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec I-Cache, D-Cache 90nm CMOS PSP Graphics Core 1 3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon Compressed Texture Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8) Hardware Tessellator Bezier, B-Spline(NURBS) ex 4x4, 16x16, 64x64 sub-division PSP Graphics Core 2 ‘Rendering Engine’ + ‘Surface Engine’ 256bit Bus, 1-166 MHz @ 1.2V VRAM :2MB(eDRAM) Bus Bandwidth :5.3GB/sec Pixel Fill Rate :664 M pixels/sec max 33 M polygon /sec(T&L) 24bit Full Color:RGBA PSP Sound Core: VME Reconfigurable DSPs 128bit Bus 166MHz @1.2V 5 Giga Operations /sec CODEC 3D Sound, Multi-Channel Synthesizer, Effecter, etc AVC Decoder AVC(H.264) Decoder Main Profile Baseline Profile @Level1,Level2,Level3 2Hours(High Quality) - DVD movie 4Hours(Standard Quality) - CS Digital I/O USB 2.0 Memory Stick Extension Port(reserved) Stereo Head phone Out Communication Wireless LAN (i802.11) IrDA USB 2.0 [/size] [Pictures from different sites] [EDIT] I changed the pictures, these are the REAL and FINAL pictures of the PSP straight from E3 [/Edit] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/2 "2003-12-29T22:29:51Z")
Exactly what is the point of PSP? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/3 "2003-12-29T22:32:47Z")
from what I understand, that was just a concept. Those pictures look like someone printed it out on a piece of paper - not that its the real thing (not that I gues that matters so much since its probably more just for size comparison) but I wouldnt be too convinced that is in fact the final design at this point… that is unless anyone else has heard otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/4 "2003-12-29T22:33:08Z")
> \*Originally posted by Sharif \* > \*\*Exactly what is the point of PSP? \*\* kill gameboy? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/5 "2003-12-29T22:38:00Z")
Yeh, that’s just the case. Sony does what apple does, they specify the case, and then force their engineers to make everything fit in there. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/6 "2003-12-29T22:40:29Z")
Kill gameboy? Alright! YEA!!! I’m wit that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/7 "2003-12-29T22:47:44Z")
> \*Originally posted by Sharif \* > \*\*Kill gameboy? Alright! YEA!!! I’m wit that. \*\* That’s what Sony is trying to do. They already dominate the console market, killing Nintendo there. Now its time to take over the only market which Nintendo is still #1 - the portable console market. Gameboy is the leader there, hands down. Nothing else comes close, and really, because there’s not much competition. NGage is a joke and GameGear disappeared into oblivion. What else is there? I forget - theres something Im pretty sure but its escaping me now. Anyway, if Sony can get this thing out with a good library of games (PS1 games?) with their position in the home console market, they should have a good chance of claiming a lot of Gameboy’s glory and get a good foothold in the market - enough to maybe even surpass it in the next round of hardware upgrades (though its questionable when a new gameboy will arive - probably well before we’ll see a PSP2). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/8 "2003-12-29T22:53:57Z")
man, i’m getting so sick of 3d=games ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/9 "2003-12-29T23:34:54Z")
lol… as if PSP will ever bring down Gameboy… :sure: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/10 "2003-12-29T23:40:55Z")
never know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/11 "2003-12-30T00:33:55Z")
Is nintendo planning on making a portable gamecube? With the mini-cds and the already pretty small size of the console, I bet they could crank something out. btw - wasn’t someone on here modding a GC to make it portable. I thought I read a post about it but forgot who it was. [edit]found it - Vash, if you ever read this, how is the conversion going?[/edit] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/12 "2003-12-30T01:31:04Z")
Like I said in the previous post, Sony tries too hard. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/13 "2003-12-30T01:51:31Z")
> \*Originally posted by Sharif \* > \*\*Like I said in the previous post, Sony tries too hard. \*\* Yes, but they are a good company. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/14 "2003-12-30T01:53:26Z")
> \*Originally posted by asphaltcowboy \* > \*\*lol… as if PSP will ever bring down Gameboy… :sure: \*\* they said the same thing about a browser which owned over 95% of the market… “Internet Explorer will never overtake Netscape Communicator” now look what the stats say… 😉 Rev ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/15 "2003-12-30T01:55:05Z")
> \*Originally posted by senocular \* > \*\*never know 😉 \*\* I agree. By the looks of it, you never know it might take over =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/16 "2003-12-30T02:23:26Z")
yeah, but netscape is sh\*te ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/17 "2003-12-30T08:10:09Z")
> \*Originally posted by dropkick \* > \*\*Is nintendo planning on making a portable gamecube? With the mini-cds and the already pretty small size of the console, I bet they could crank something out. \*\* I think this isnt far off. You can already portable-ize your gamecube now. They have attachable LCD screens that make the gamecube a ginormous gameboy SP. The only issue (asside from the size) is power consumption. That’s one thing gameboy has going for it. Through its lifespan, its kept simple and energy efficient. Thats one of the reasons it held its ground against the more visually impressive gamegear. The gamegear had a full lit color display. But it also only lasted like 2 hours on however many batteries. The gameboy was like 10 hours on 2 AA’s (something like that - I may be off a little - but thats the point at least ;)) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/18 "2003-12-30T11:30:45Z")
but that was also Nintendo’s reason for not introducing backlighting straight away… what a bunch of thickos! :sigh: **so** glad they changed it…! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/19 "2003-12-30T11:55:24Z")
I think they still would not have done that if it wasnt in such demand 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789/20 "2003-12-30T12:10:33Z")
Wow, looks sleek and pretty cool! :sure: I don’t know about the psp taking over the handheld game console market. :player: People stick to companies that have a long reputaion of selling that stuff and then continuing to sell the games for ages after. Thats why playstation and nintendo are so popular, everything is backward compatible! :kir: Just ask yourself, who do i know that owns a dreamcast, gamegear and can still buy games for it and get service? The psp has a chance but there is a chance that it will fade away like so many other projects ::cough:: ngage ::cough:: . Will the psp continue the playstations rule into portable gaming, who knows. i’d love to get my hands on a working prototype though!!! 😉 Sk8ing [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/38789.md?page=2)