Comments on: PSP < iPhone < PS3

by: Jerry

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:07:53 +0000

Is this article a hint that Apple Should mac Safari available on the PS3 and start developing stuff with sony. JK I wish though. Just so I could see Bill Gates Shit his Pants.

by: Henning

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:12:43 +0000

This is what I heard about the PSP’s power. It’s not that it’s almost as powerful as a PS2. That’s not the case. What it can do is produce graphics that are almost as good as a PS2’s, but at the lower resolution screen that the PSP uses. The PSP doesn’t have to push as many pixels as the PS2 does, so that’s a huge advantage for the PSP right there. Add to that the slightly lower quality of graphics, and you have a machine that is capable of good stuff but is still significantly slower than the PS2.

Regarding PSP < iPhone < PS3:

I have all three, and frankly I don’t play games on either the PSP or iPhone. Why? I’m rarely in a position where I need mobile entertainment. I don’t ride the bus, I don’t wait around for much stuff. If I’m at home, I’d much rather play a game on my PS3. Actually, I used to use my PSP a lot for checking e-mail and RSS feeds. But now that I have my iPhone, my PSP is falling into disuse. It’s still nice for going to the PSN store and starting downloads.

by: Trigga_Tybalt

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:45:57 +0000

the google search tool was a neat idea as it launch the web app as well as search.

i never use the browser myself. i always have my mac next to me when i game for IMs, browsing etc so i never need to quit the game. its nice to have it there. i will use it for tv as its hooked up to my hd tv and my mac screen is smaller but i’ll have to wait for when the iplayer works. has anyone tried 4OD in england? might have to give that a go.

by: hobbes

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:13:58 +0000

guys, i’ve got the iphone, and it’s super super slow with games, can’t see how the process for the iphone simply doesn’t seem to stand up to the psp’s

by: mcloki

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:48:53 +0000

You still need to program a web rendering engine Webkit,(Safari) or Gekko ( Firefox) to run on a cell processor. Other enabling technologies that make the web run also need to be ported over and then supported. Quicktime, Flash, Windows codecs, Silverlight all of these things need to be ported over to run on and with the Sony OS. I know that someone has prorted LINUX to run on the Cell but I’m unsure if there is a program to port Linux releases onto the Sony PS3 OS.
I’m surprised that Sony doesn’t have a good web browser, but then again it shows the blindspot that Sony has. Sony does not get online. They are afraid of it.
But it will be the reason a games console wins this generation.

by: Segitz

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:21:34 +0000

Ah, sorry, I didn’t read that correctly^^

by: Darrin

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:08:26 +0000

Isn’t that what I said: “They are actively developing a variant for embedded devices but that’s not finished yet.”

by: Segitz

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:42:37 +0000

Darrin… there actually is current development for Firefox on mobile devices, like Windows Mobiles, Pocket PC etc.

And Sony would actually only need to release the code they changed in Firefox, nothing else. Firefox runs very good on low end systems with little RAM. So there’s a possibility right there.

And PSP being nigh on as fast as the PS2… Comparing GTA and GoW yields your results, and they aren’t nice… Those games look 10 times as good on PS2. Not saying they look bad… In GTA, there are much less cars driving around, in GoW less enemies on screen, etc… Still, the PSP is very able hardware.

by: Darrin

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:18:22 +0000

Yeah, I thought that it was pretty accepted that the PSP was just short of the PS2 in terms of overall horsepower. That’s fairly clear with PS2 franchises like GTA/God of War. This doesn’t really agree with what Carmack is being cited as saying. Joystiq/engadget may simply be misrepresenting the original quote.

by: Pc

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:44:20 +0000

Ohhhh, and one more thing……The PSP has more, or the same amount of processing power that the PS2 has, therfore this guy knows nothing. I sure as hell know that the PSP does alot more things than the PS2 also.