Sony: iPad consumers will graduate to the PSP

I bought a netbook then I upgraded to a PSP a couple months later. Now I can't live without it!

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I see a particular problem here: Most games are controlled by moving the iPhone/iPod Touch back and forth using its built in accelerometer. It’s easy to hold a small physical device like the iPhone in two hands and tilt it every which way. It’s not as easy to do that with a 10 tablet computer. If games are the biggest thing being downloaded, it would seem to me that either there are a lot of freecell and scrabble enthusiasts out there, or these games aren’t being downloaded to a tablet sized device.

More details why iPad is not a gamer's choice: http://alturl.com/ffth

Dont care much about the ipad or the psp at the moment but why would anyone upgrade to the only portable device (of the ones discussed in this site) that does not have a touch screen? Which is one of he biggest draws to portable devices, not accelerometers.

After the tablet is released, I am sure developers will release applications/games that are meant to be optimized with the tablet.

Wait, I'm confused...is the iPad the PSP Go? Or the PSP-3000?

The PSP 3000. I have no desire to purchase a PSP Go or iPad, but no iPad user would 'graduate' to a PSP Go. They appeal to totally different markets.

He was talking about the netbook not being better at anything when compared to a standard laptop. But, ok.

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And the ipad will be better than a regular laptop? If it can't even match a netbook, how the hell is it going to match a laptop?

Apple fanboys amuse me. Especially the ones at Joystiq who cover this p.o.s. yet they say Nintendo is ruining gaming at the same time..

pretty moronic persuasive attempt, I have no desire to buy an ipad but that comparison is so biased and flawed the idea of someone taking is seriously is slightly worrying, I felt like pasting it into photoshop and writing HURRRR next to each of the points.

The only legitimate points it makes is No USB, flash and it's not an open platform.

I wasn't arguing that it was better than a laptop. I'm not buying one of those things as I was pretty underwhelmed by the whole thing. Just wanted to point out the factual error in that image and that attempt to discredit the device. Yes it's not better than a laptop and not even better than a netbook but they never said that it was. In fact I'm pretty sure they tried to bill it as a "new category", whatever that means.

The iPad isn't pit against laptops or netbooks -- according to Steve, it lives on it's own turf. So yeah, that comment is baseless.

Jobs said that the iPad is better at web browsing than a netbook. Jobs is the one who directly compared the iPad to netbooks.

Thats because Steve Jobbs is one of the biggest tools around.

All the iPad is is an iPod for blind/old people. Its a similar concept as the giant remotes or phones with huge buttons. I love when he introduced it and talked about how amazing it was to be able to hold the internet in your hands... because thats not what we are already doing on our laptops, netbooks, phones, PSP's, etc. etc.???

This whole iPad mess is another entry into Fail Fest 2010.

Comparing the iPad directly to a Netbook is stupid, it may be an alternative to some netbook features but doesn't directly replace them! In complete contrast to that comparison image:

1) Reading books, magazine's and newspapers on a Netbook is rubbish, iPad touch screen is a lot more natural.
2) Booting a netbook takes forever, iPad huge amount quicker.
3) Average 10" netbook is 1.45kg, iPad is half the weight at approx 0.7kg.
4) Battery life on average netbook is 6 hours, iPad is 10 hours.
5) Netbook widescreen is good for movies but waste of space for viewing photo's, magazine, and browsing the average web site, iPad screen more suitable.
6) Average netbook screen is low quality with poor viewing angle, iPad is high quality LED backlit 178 degree viewing angle.
7) How many family members want to hold and pass a netbook around to scroll through family photos, iPad more practical and easier to use.
8) Physical keyboard on netbook increases dimensions, iPad considerably thinner.

I agree that the lack of a SD card reader and USB port is a stupid move, surely they could have found a little space inside for them, but USB/SD/VGA connections are available as a plugin extra. The lack of flash is also a shame but from a business view you can see why their leaving it out. Multitasking would also be nice but for what purpose? Does it really matter if you have to close the browser to view photo's, why would you do both at the same time anyway?

I've looked at getting a iPod Touch or iPhone for a while but neither suit my needs, I have a phone, PC, and Laptop what I need is something in between that'll allow me to read books, magazine and comics, quickly browse the web, and show photo's, the iPad does all of these simply and quickly.

The comparison is stupid. It's like comparing an e-book reader or an iPod to a netbook. The iPad can basically do everything that most people use a netbook for in terms of web surfing and e-mail and a lot of other things better like photo management and digital media. I have a eee PC and I'd take one of these iPad devices over it any day of the week.

Outdated? Yes. Obsolete? No.

Better than the iPad? Hell yes!

Even though the PSP uses the basically same hardware since 2005, but the PSP has buttons and d-pad/joystick. For me, physical control it's a must for gaming, but I agree with you about the importance of introducing a PSP 2 and a DS 2 for that matter.

Where are the smartphone games that look like GOW:COO, Motorstorm and LBP?

I'd much rather my PSP-3000 for gaming than my iPhone.

600 posts about the i-pad later......

The rumours were than games for the ipad would make it the Wii-killer, but it turned out to be a giant DS.

Didn't sony mention they were already working on the chip for PSP2 and that it was currently as powerful as the original Xbox if not a tiny bit more? I seem to recall a topic a while back mentioning it.

@MavSat: No, Sony isn't working on this chip, they are evaluating the Nvidia Tegra chip for use in the PSP2. Lots of manufacturers have their eye on it.

He didn't say that the iPhone/iPad are the sole reason(s) that the PSP market has grown, he said it has helped. I love how everyone is a critic... this point is as useless to debate as a conversation about whether there is a god.

That was a little funny until the last frame, then failure occurs...

The only failure is in your ability to savor good humor. Sorry broseph. vOv

Although next time I'll put in IM CHARGIN MY LAZER's and some PEDOBEAR's and lots and lots of WIN.

You're the worst kind of person.

Good to see Filthy and Co back again...not.

Now I just feel sorry for you...

I like that you've gone from suspecting everyone to be Filthy Assistant or myself to assuming we've ever been gone for a long period of time, Brad.

And why would you feel sorry for me, I'm not a 4chan loving idiot. I don't work words like "fail" and "win" and "epic" with any combination of the last two into my daily vocabulary. You're post was good, heh, until the end when it became FAILURE

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your post*

What I DO work into my vocabulary is as many typos as I possibly can. Wakka wakka!

http://i47.tinypic.com/jkgigj.png

There I edited it now it has more EPIC WIN and is super hilarious, haha GET OVER IT B)

"I'm not a 4chan loving idiot."
"I'm gonna rub my fa**ot face all over this iPad"

Did you not read your own comic? That last section is pretty much what the 14 year olds over at 4chan would say.

That's the joke. The main character is clearly an idiot (even by 14 year old standards) for purchasing the iPad in the first place.

You know, for a guy who loves to brag about how he totally "gets" the comic, you sure don't get the comic. : \

http://tinypic.com/r/20u5unr/6

bradwart, don't call it a comeback, i been here for years

Good point, people buy the iPhone (and soon the iPad) as a time waister (maybe someone actually uses it to get work done, anyways...), they see it as a internet/phone/app machine not a Super Monkey Ball (or likewise) console, that is just an after thought.

(Yes, I was trying to set a record for the longest run on sentence with the most parentheses ever).

^This. iPad is for people that want to do how to do computer type things, but don't want to learn how to use a computer. For those that get fed up with the limitations, they will be willing to learn more and "graduate" to a real computer or gaming device, respectively.

Agreed. The iPod Touch/iPhone is a far cry better than the PSP.

I had a PSP, and I got a 32GB 2nd gen touch, last Xmas. I still use the iPod on a daily basis. Infact, one of the games I'm currently playing on it is GTA: Chinatown Wars. It has the same features the DS and PSP version did - even custom music.

I sold the PSP to put towards the purchase of a Galaga arcade game. I would definitely consder upgrading to a 64GB 3rd Gen, or an iTab (sorry, I still think the name iPad still sounds like a feminine hygene product) over a PSP, any day of the week.

No regrets, whatsoever.