September 22, 2005
The Consumer Society Has Failed Me
by psuI have a birthday coming up (no, I will not tell you when). And, I thought I had perfect timing. It's been a good nine months to a year since both the DS and the PSP launched, surely by now there would be something shiny enough to warrant a purchase. And yet it is not the case.
The PSP has the advantage coming in of matching my iPod Nano. The DS has the advantage of having a few more decent games. But ultimately they both fail. All that is here are puzzle games (ooo, Tetris but with shiny blocks), games I've already bought and not played (Advance Wars, excellent, but I never play it), games that will be coming soon (Mario and Luigi, anything for the PSP that isn't a PS2 port) and games that should be good, but appear to suck (Madden 06 for PSP).
I thought our great marketplace could not fail in this way. How is it that in 2005, I can have the cash and the desire for something shiny and small to game on and it not be available? What a monumental failure. I'll probably buy a PSP anyway. Maybe I can watch anime off a memory stick until there is a decent game.
Posted by psu at September 22, 2005 11:45 PM | Bookmark ThisI'm sorry, I don't think I understand. What kind of games do you need before you'll buy the handheld?
Posted by Thomas at September 23, 2005 03:00 PMSomething as good as Mario and Luigi that is already shipping would be a start.
Careful, you might start sounding like one of those geeks that complains about lack of innovation. *g*
Posted by Dhruin at September 23, 2005 06:58 PMPersonally I'm enjoying Kirby's Canvas Curse. But, since that has been out awhile and has received wide positive coverage and you don't mention it above, I imagine that doesn't do it for you either?
I think it's a great entry into the platform genre (not puzzle) with a good variety of things to do. Also, (for whom it may concern) I believe I'm on the last level and I have yet to face a 'conventional' boss battle ;).
I guess Lumines is part of that puzzle thing. So is Archer Maclean's Mercury too.
What about driving games?
Ya, I have not bought a PSP for exactly the same reason, no killer app games.
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