# Sony fucking sucks. I want my money back on my PSP. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105 "2005-09-04T22:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/21 "2005-09-06T02:35:12Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > who’s going to pay TWICE as much for something that they can only watch on the go, on the tiny screen? Absolutely absurd. [Well…](http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000963056952/) ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/22 "2005-09-06T02:36:16Z")
> [@Stinkpalm](#): > > Quit patching the OS for “security updates”. It’s a fucking game machine. Who gives a shit about security “Security updates” is code for “Oh shit, people are developing their own PSP games without buying expensive development licenses! Do they think they _own_ their PSPs or something? Shut 'em down!” > [@VCO3](#): > > The reason the DS is such a brilliant product is that it offers an entirely _unique_ and _different_ gaming experience via the touch screen and microphones - DS games are a unique experience that cannot be had on any console, and one that just feels perfect in a handheld with major “toy appeal.” I dunno, it seems like it’d be easy to duplicate the touch screen with a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/23 "2005-09-06T02:49:01Z")
> [@Mr2001](#): > > I dunno, it seems like it’d be easy to duplicate the touch screen with a mouse. No - no, it’s not. It’s an entirely different experience that provokes an entirely different response from the user. The closest example would be duplicating the experience with a touch-screen computer monitor, and nobody really has those. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/24 "2005-09-06T03:06:53Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > \a touch-screen computer monitor, and nobody really has those. I have just been pricing out a Touchscreen equiped laptop, such as the [Panasonic CF27 Toughbook](http://www.bobjohnson.com/_store/Display_Products.asp?prodID=395_PANA_TB_CF27) . ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/25 "2005-09-06T03:10:14Z")
Didn’t you know that Sony is part of a conspiracy to get you to go play outside in the fresh air? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/26 "2005-09-06T04:19:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I dunno, it seems like it’d be easy to duplicate the touch screen with a mouse. It’s more like a tablet pc with a pen. It’s the difference between drawing with your mouse and drawing with a Wacom Tablet & stylus. You just don’t have the fine muscle control with the mouse that you do with a pen. Animal Crossing DS is going to let players draw their own designs on shirts and wallpaper and then trade their designs around with other gamers over the DS Wifi network. 1up has a whole huge list of Nintendo DS games out this fall. I’m really excited about Trauma Center, Electroplankton and Age of Empires but there’s a ton of names on the list (Castlevania, Metroid Prime, Sims 2, MegaMan, Sonic …) [http://ds.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143077](http://ds.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143077) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/27 "2005-09-06T04:26:19Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Also, the UMD system for movies is one of the most ridiculous blunders I’ve ever seen, and I’m honestly shocked that a company of Sony’s size and reputation has done such a thing. UMD movies are about twice the price of regular DVD’s, and you can only play them on your PSP! It’s not like you can even hook up the PSP to a regular TV to watch them - who’s going to pay TWICE as much for something that they can only watch on the go, on the tiny screen? Absolutely absurd. This is Sony we’re talking about here. The company that seems to be schizo between their hardware people and their software people. I’m never surprised when Sony pulls something like this. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105/28 "2005-09-06T15:11:07Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > I have just been pricing out a Touchscreen equiped laptop, such as the [Panasonic CF27 Toughbook](http://www.bobjohnson.com/_store/Display_Products.asp?prodID=395_PANA_TB_CF27) . I have a similar model, and have not been impressed. The thing had to be sent back two years after getting it. Couldn’t stand up to the rigors of dorm life, apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-fucking-sucks-i-want-my-money-back-on-my-psp/320105.md?page=1)