PSP games to look for in 2009

Oh, by "LocoRoco 2, Resistance Retribution, Phantasy Star Portable, Dissidia", you must have meant the list of games, not the 'Games that haven't been announced'.

Figured it was just un-announced U.S/EU versions of those games.
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Thanks for pointing out *why* we don't have a longer list of announced titles for 2009--the typical PSP owner's fascination with homebrew and piracy.


Fact: 100% of PSP's running pirated games use homebrew.

Because the DS is so much harder to hack?
The PSP has a smaller user-base is what I assume. That and most games on the PSP are actually good compared to the mounds of shovelware released every day for the DS.

2009 looks like a good year, even for only Dissidia. Try being a little less negative, and look at the bright side: You are getting -something-, and most of it is pretty good!

If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go watch Youtube videos, read an eBook, play some NES/SNES/GBA games and Cavestory on my PSP.

As I said, the typical PSP user is fascinated with homebrew and piracy. The typical DS user (a much younger crowd) is NOT. The ease of piracy on either system is utterly irrelevant. All that matters is how much actual piracy takes place relative to legitimate sales.

Since you're going to Youtube, go look up "piracy" combined with "PSP" and with "DS". Notice how there are five times as many videos on the PSP side? There ya go.

I'm negative because I dig the PSP, and piracy killled it. This is the last gasp. And you made the bonehead move of commenting about a hack in a thread about upcoming games. You invited a little criticism, friend.

That's a bit of an assumption you're making. How does having more videos mean more pirating goes on?

What merits a video being needed?
DS: A Cart.
PSP: A Special Battery, files installed on Memory Stick of specific size, installation procedure, updating, etc.

Installing PSP homebrew is a much harder process than it is on the DS, or at least it is to learn how to do it. It actually could -use- those videos, which is why those videos get made.

Try not to say "PSP GETS PIRATED MORE" unless you have actual numbers.

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/03/09/ridiculous-psp-piracy-numbers/

>That's a bit of an assumption you're making. How does >having more videos mean more pirating goes on?

Those how-to videos are redundant. Also, a ton of the videos that come up are simply links to pirated game files, etc. Or descriptions that mention the in-game video being provided was taken from a pirated game. In short, PSP owners are obsessed with getting something for nothing.

I didn't like about the numbers. One search turned up 5,000 DS vids about piracy while **25,000** came up for the PSP. Let that sink in for a while....

Combine with the fact that every single forum about PSP's has voluminous comments about piracy. You can't mention a PSP game anywhere without someone either asking how/where to pirate it or bragging about how they already have.

It's time to take responsibility. If you know someone with pirated games, punch them in the head the next time you see them. If you yourself have pirated games, go punch yourself in the head right now.

16 games (although I'm personally only interested in just over 1/2 of them) with arguably high pedigrees and standards of franchise quality that have been hits in other areas or spawned from hits is nothing short of impressive for a mostly Q1/Q2 release list.

Just wait till some time in 2009. If you want infrastructure, ad-hoc party on the ps3 should have you covered.

Just wait until ad hoc party comes to the ps3 in 2009.

I neither have nor want a PS3, though. One of the reasons I bought a PSP was for the potential that infrastructure on a handheld offered.

With the ad hoc party on the ps3, you can use the ad hoc connection on the psp to connect to other psp users outside of normal ad hoc range and without developers having to redo a game for infrastructure if it wasn't already there.

Right. And lose any benefit of having a _portable_ system with infrastructure. If I want to sit on my couch and play online, i can do that with my 360 in high def.

You honestly don't think the PSP will have that many games released in a year? These are just the highlights. My god, you're dumb.

The IGN PSP list is phony, basically they added every game even rumored to be released on the PSP (Cave Story, EA Replay 2, Namco 2). And a lot of it is made up of European releases so old they are moldy. (Asphalt GT2, Pilot Academy, Air Conflicts, etc)

And to the guy comparing 2009 to 2008, 2008 was a pitiful year, too.