Comments on: Back to Basics http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/ 2P START! Gaming Webcomic Second to None! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: joss 59 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-24447 joss 59 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:23:21 +0000 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-24447 omg! your the first gamer on the internet iv'e met to acknowledge popolocrois exists! you guys rule omg! your the first gamer on the internet iv’e met to acknowledge popolocrois exists! you guys rule

]]> By: Ali http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-4559 Ali Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-4559 exact same thing happened to me wipeout pure wasn't bad. traded for ds exact same thing happened to me wipeout pure wasn’t bad. traded for ds

]]> By: Extinction http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-3461 Extinction Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:13:10 +0000 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-3461 As a personal note, I have abandoned reading your comic because of your stance. And I have NEVER seen a bluray-only PS3 ad. They've ALWAYS had games shown. As a personal note, I have abandoned reading your comic because of your stance. And I have NEVER seen a bluray-only PS3 ad. They’ve ALWAYS had games shown.

]]> By: Extinction http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-3460 Extinction Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:10:24 +0000 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-3460 I disagree with this comic and Tim completely. PSP games come out on a regular basis. Announcing another at this show is pointless. PSPs library is rated higher than DS's on both metacritic.com and gamerankings.com I personally do use PSP as an MP3 player, and a movie player all the time. I have 34 PSP games, and thats more games than I've bought for all my other systems combined in the time PSP has been out. I only have 6 DS games, 1 being the metroid demo, 2 others being ones I bought so it wouldn't be a paper weight. UMD was chosen because of the capacity. You can't have PS2 level of quality on a solid state medium. The publishing costs would be astronomical. And there is no memory stick out that fits enough games to even suggest forcing users to install to it. I hate when people say UMD is a bad choice for Sony, it screams "I have no clue about what goes in to game development". I disagree with this comic and Tim completely.

PSP games come out on a regular basis. Announcing another at this show is pointless. PSPs library is rated higher than DS’s on both metacritic.com and gamerankings.com

I personally do use PSP as an MP3 player, and a movie player all the time. I have 34 PSP games, and thats more games than I’ve bought for all my other systems combined in the time PSP has been out.

I only have 6 DS games, 1 being the metroid demo, 2 others being ones I bought so it wouldn’t be a paper weight.

UMD was chosen because of the capacity. You can’t have PS2 level of quality on a solid state medium. The publishing costs would be astronomical. And there is no memory stick out that fits enough games to even suggest forcing users to install to it.

I hate when people say UMD is a bad choice for Sony, it screams “I have no clue about what goes in to game development”.

]]> By: cuppajo http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-2782 cuppajo Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:33:57 +0000 http://www.2pstart.com/2008/01/09/back-to-basics/#comment-2782 ...as a point of mention, I'd enjoy the DS a lot MORE if they had more concentration on the education, informational, and internet-based interesting software that there's a lot of in Japan. Language tools have only JUST now come out (but starting with Spanish and French, and no word yet on Japanese, Chinest, Korean...), but almost nothing else that isn't "as tight clone of the Brain Age format as they can get away with." Perhaps Wii Fit will change people's perceptions and acceptance in North America, but there's a lot more interesting educational and informational stuff out there; things we'd really more expect to see "for PDA's." (But hey, the DS _IS_ a PDA! It shouldn't be afraid to take advantage of that, too.) No MP3 player. No camera. No TV tuner. Why not? Heck, even the Opera browser itself appeared and disappeared in damn near the same month, and I haven't seen hide nor hair of it since. So, seemingly, has the rumble pak. You know what was also pretty cool? Back at E3 2005, when they announced DSpeak. Sadly, no follow-through, and the headset only seems to work with a handful of games that have voice support. None of that strikes me as being prohibitive of getting out great games, or dilutes the strategy. On the contrary, it adds unique value to the platform. …as a point of mention, I’d enjoy the DS a lot MORE if they had more concentration on the education, informational, and internet-based interesting software that there’s a lot of in Japan. Language tools have only JUST now come out (but starting with Spanish and French, and no word yet on Japanese, Chinest, Korean…), but almost nothing else that isn’t “as tight clone of the Brain Age format as they can get away with.” Perhaps Wii Fit will change people’s perceptions and acceptance in North America, but there’s a lot more interesting educational and informational stuff out there; things we’d really more expect to see “for PDA’s.” (But hey, the DS _IS_ a PDA! It shouldn’t be afraid to take advantage of that, too.) No MP3 player. No camera. No TV tuner. Why not? Heck, even the Opera browser itself appeared and disappeared in damn near the same month, and I haven’t seen hide nor hair of it since. So, seemingly, has the rumble pak.

You know what was also pretty cool? Back at E3 2005, when they announced DSpeak. Sadly, no follow-through, and the headset only seems to work with a handful of games that have voice support.

None of that strikes me as being prohibitive of getting out great games, or dilutes the strategy. On the contrary, it adds unique value to the platform.

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