PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/22 - 10/28
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Oct 28th 2007 at 3:33PM }
We have tons of winners this week. Congrats to Lars, Deviation and mondomondoman on winning a Ratchet & Clank fan pack, which includes a limited edition poster, t-shirt and concept art. And now, the news:
Interviews
- Secret Agent Clank (PSP)
Exclusive! The first real details on the brand new PSP-exclusive Ratchet & Clank game.
- PS Fanboy Wallpapers: Volume 8
Viking: Battle for Asgard wallpapers. For download on PS3 and PSP. - Welcome to Helios: a brand new God of War level
Premiere! Brand new Chains of Olympus screenshots you won't find anywhere else. - Warhammer 40,000 Squad Command
Playable demo for PSP.
- Crash of the Titans (PSP)
Review: "Shows his lessened aspirations in a game that's incredibly by-the-numbers." - Eye of Judgment (PS3)
Review: "It is also one of the best CCGs to come along in ages." - NBA 2K8 (PS3)
Review: "Casual basketball fans should definitely approach the title with caution." - SOCOM: Tactical Strike (PSP)
Preview: "An easy contender for Game of the Year on any platform." - SWAT: Target Liberty (PSP)
Review: "Neither tactical enough to be a thinking man's shooter, nor action-packed to be a fun arcade shooter."
- More Metal Gear Solid 4 figures spotted
Who knew Raiden would ever be cool? - 40GB pre-orders go on sale
New price-reduced systems available later this week. - Motorstorm patch version 3.0 now available
Adds rumble, fixes issues. - Whoops, print your own Eye of Judgment cards
Card collectors around the world cry. - PES 2008 features serious lag on PS3
More first-generation port woes. - Sony registers new trademarks, possibly PSN games
Hopefully, they're more like fl0w than Super Rub a Dub. - Ratchet & Clank comes bundled with annoying (but fixable) glitch
Your hard drive needs some scrubbing. - Michael Bay: 'Blu-ray is where my money is'
Maybe it's because his movies are HD DVD exclusive?
- Wait, is Hot Shots Golf supposed to look this good?
PSP sequel is sporting some impressive new tech. - Homebrew brings PSP to the blind
Includes facial recognition software, and navigation tools.
- Nobi Nobi Boy video makes debut, but no sense
From the creator of Katamari Damacy. - Magic happens when PS3 is injected with nectar
The price just keeps on dropping ... - Never too stupid: Blu-ray disc battles microwave
The victor should be pretty clear. - Unreal Tournament trailer reveals 'story'
Now you have a reason to <UT announcer>headshot </UT announcer>. - Insomniac developers talk Ratchet & Clank Future
Let's hope those rave reviews aren't going to their heads.
- Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 improves on predecessors
LOL, are the load times gone?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Squeedom @ Oct 28th 2007 4:17PM
Please stop doing these wrap ups. they are annoying, take up huge amounts of space, and if i was really interested i would got to those site, like i already do.
Neebs @ Oct 28th 2007 5:02PM
There fine but come on guys, use a jumper.
Jeff @ Oct 28th 2007 7:15PM
QFT.
CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 28th 2007 10:35PM
AGREED
Like seriously whats the point of these posts/articles?
Its not like we couldn't go to 360fanboy or any of the other "fanboy" sites to get this news.
Just a waste of space.
glitched @ Oct 29th 2007 4:21PM
I like them, I have learned some actual sony news before when they are posted, cause only stories that will get lots of comments hit the main joystiq page...
mendo @ Oct 28th 2007 4:26PM
Those chocobos are great :)
James @ Oct 28th 2007 5:33PM
Maybe they didn't enter because you only allow entrants from the US?
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 28th 2007 9:35PM
I got my new PSP lite and is a pain in the **** to configure.First you have to upgrade your PSP before playing a game(I would downgrade it to play homebrew apps but the process is even more tedious),activate the WMA via wi-fi because it seems it doesn't comes activated and after all that convert all your videos and songs into a compatible format.
Then you can play,seriously is not that this is rocket science but I would like to play a game,videos or a damn song in this thing.
Sony should consider those who doesn't have Wi-fi.
James @ Oct 28th 2007 9:53PM
b-b-b-but that gets in the way of locking down the system.
If the choice was between homebrew or commercial games. I'm sorry. Cave Story.
Dave @ Oct 28th 2007 11:24PM
How is it a pain in the ass?
Doing a firmware upgrade takes five minutes, tops. And it's not even configurable. It says "Press X to Continue" and the system upgrades itself without any input from you.
Activating WMA via Wifi takes all of two seconds. Connecting to your wireless router is the only configuration issue that I'll bite onto, but configuring the unit to work with your wireless router is something that you do that with every wireless product you own. As for file conversion... what major portable media device DOESN'T require some sort of conversion process to put stuff on it? I know the iPod, Zune, and cell phones are all anal about what files they play back. I'm not saying it's acceptable that they do this, but it's not like the PSP only plays obscure formats. The thing does MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA (with the 2 second update), and MP4 AAC video. That seems relatively on par with the formats that other portable products support.
If wireless configuration seems like rocket science, perhaps you shouldn't have configured your router to use a dynamic WPA key with specific MAC address access lists over a DMZ with an unbroadcasted SSID. You can jump on unprotected wireless spots in less than 30 seconds with the PSP, I know, I've done it before.
How should Sony consider those who don't have Wifi? By putting an Ethernet port on the PSP? Or by including firmware updates on games which they already do?
I for one picked up a PSP lite and have had nothing but good times on the system with Final Fantasy Tactics, Daxter, and Lego Star Wars 2. Or is all this because Sony bashing is what's "in" right now?
James @ Oct 29th 2007 7:12AM
People bash Sony just like they don't buy Sony; they're not doing a good job right now.