PS2 or PSP?

[Chaoz]

Good news! PSP 3.50 and below can now play homebrew!!! there is a downgrader!!

[ach13]

jaybats said:

I just ordered a PSP, are original games widely available in Manila? What is the price range? Am wondering whether I should get more of my games here now or there when I get back in a few months.

I buy my games at Datablitz in Park Square 1 makati. The prices can range from less than P2k for the old ones to upwards of P3k for new ones, but it isn't always that high. I got my Tekken DR for just P2,200 when they first got it (about 2nd week of july 2007). Another good thing about them is that you can have a title reserved for you and they will call you if they have it on stock.

About the downgrading/custom fw- it is risky if you don't know what you are doing and you'll just end up bricking your psp. If you do want to unleash the psp's full potential, I suggest reading up on different psp messageboards and also try watching psphacking101's video tutorial on how to upgrade to a custom fw. They have 2 vids on that, one for 3.03 I think and one for the latest 3.40 custom fw.

As for 3.50 fw, I believe it has only been cracked and no downgrader exists for now, and no other homebrew runs on it other than the illuminati/hello world one.

As for my answer to this thead's poll- I'd go for- the WII! ;D

[Jaybats]

thanks for the info! i am not planning on having it modded, which is why i wanted to find out the price ranges. as i am Canada now, older games usually drop to the equivalent of about P1,000, sometimes P800 if it ends up in a Sale bin. New ones are about 2,000.

and yes, i would prefer a Wii also, but first i'd want to get a large 42" LCD TV to really maximize the Wii's potential...hopefully that's next year's major purchase, when prices drop further!

...but first i have to get the idea approved by She Who Must Be Obeyed...

[ach13]

or you could buy one of those 22" or bigger widescreen LCD monitors with the HDMI input to save a few bucks and spend them on games rather on an expensive TV.

[Jaybats]

nope, i dream of a 42" screen or bigger... maybe even a multimedia projector? ... with the possibilities of Wii's wireless and motion-sensitive control system, i gotta take it closer to virtual reality gaming than anything...i want to be able to play standing up and running and jumping and hacking and slashing... ;D ;D ;D

[Hayabusa]

I would recommend you go with the big screen lcds. Multimedia projectors have a very short lamp life compared to lcds since they are designed to be used on short presentations rather than long-term viewing.

[Chaoz]

we finally have a downgrader ;D
www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/downgrader-for-psp-v3.50-firmware.html

[ach13]

3.50 OE is next........