Games & Gear : Sony PSP Value Pack

The PSP's screen has to be seen to be believed. Watching movies and playing games on it makes you forget you're looking at a handheld.

The PSP is essentially a portable PS2, in terms of processing power. It is the most powerful handheld gaming system out, far outstripping Nintendo's offerings. It plays UMD format movies, and you can also copy MPEG-4 encoded movies, as well as MP3 and ATRAC3 audio, to the memory stick and play them on your PSP.

The battery life can be a little short for some people, but the few who need to be ableto use it for more than 4-6 hours at a time can buy accessories that give the PSP 2-3X more battery life.

At the moment, the game selection is not as large as that of other handheld and console systems, but it is very large for a system that has just launched. Hide Full Review

This is well worth the wait!!! They could of made a little better directional control... After a couple of hours playing you can't move yout left thumb.. But it's worth the pain.. And
it cheaper the that pod thing, and you can put pictures on it. As long as you get a bigger memory.. It's a must have for going on a Deployment. Send one to a troop. Hide Full Review

Ok so the price could be better. But dont compare this to a Nintendo DS. I have both and the PSP and DS are on completely different levels. DS is cool if you want to interact with your games via the touch screen, or play classic games like Castlevania for Metroid. But the hardcore gamer will NEED, YES NEED the PSP.

After buying it, its well worth its $250 price tag. You get A game player, a movie player, an MP3/MP4 player, photo, wi-fi. The DS for 100 bucks only lets you play games and wi-fi. So for 100 bucks more you get 3 more utilities. Not a bad deal when you think about how much a mp3 player costs.

I would like the games to cost less, but after playing Tony Hawk's Remix 2 I can understand why Sony thinks people would buy them regardless. The graphics are KICK ASS.

Get at least a 256mb memory card and your'e set, its the ultimate multi media center. And yes you can even plug it into your PS2. Hide Full Review

Overall i would say that this has got to be one of the best things that i have purchased...ever. i bought it yesterday and have brought it into my work to show everyone and the moment they saw the amazing machine they were counting thier pennies. Unfortunatley, they are going to need a lot of pennies to get this PSP. I would say that even though VERY EXPENSIVE i am happy with my purchase and have no buyers remorse. I will probably not have a lot of groceries this weekend but i needed to lose some pounds anyway so it all works out in the end. I reallly just want to focus on some negatives, as most of the positives have already been listed many times over on this forum. When holding the PSP you have no choice but to treat it like a porcelain (sp?) doll. It is very fragile and that, of course, will make anyone nervous, espeacially because i don't have anothe 250 to fork out for another one. The movie selection is very small, which of course, will be more full later but as of right now a little limited, and the choices seem to be for a demographic which only includes junior high kids. Which brings me to my next point. This machine doesn't seem to be for a younger age group. even though there are games to be played it seems like it is geared towards people 18+. My last negative i could think of is i am not a very computer savvy person and a lot of the bonus features like downloading music and digital pictures is something i can't personally enjoy, at least not now anyway. With all that being said...GO BUY THIS NOW!!! The only people i see that are complaining about this PSP are people who have a creepy bias in favor of Nintendo or people who are just freakeshly jealous of people who own one. You will not regret this purchase. Hide Full Review

The PSP is amazing. I was going to buy a PS2, but this one works the same and it fits my Nomad type of life. The screen is the coolest thing ever. It is like carrying around a little plasma TV. My only concerns are with breaking it and the number of movie titles that will come out. The more people that invest in a unit the better that this thing will become. Hide Full Review