I think I'm going to keep an eye on that one, too. Also, keep an eye on newegg.com, as they often throw specials up, and eventually gamestop will have used ones.
Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 3/21/12, Tom Randall <kf6...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi all. > > I’ve been keeping an eye on this new portable system from Sony for the last > year as it has gone through development and it is now out. Recently saw a > review of it on the G4 gaming channel and they gave it a good review, about > the only negatives they had to say are that it is pretty pricey and that > there are kind of hidden costs that you might not know about if you don’t do > research, basically you have to buy memory cards for the things and like a > lot of Sony products they don’t appear to be real cheap. Other than that > they say that Sony’s claim is absolutely true, this is the nearest thing > you’re going to get to being able to carry a console in your pocket. > > This sounds great and I am definitely intrigued by the system, it is very > powerful and very capable from what research I have done. Of course I have > no idea how easy or difficult it will be for us to manage as a blind gamer. > I can get around my playstation 3 and my psp main screens without too much > difficulty, so I really wonder how much more complex the interface for this > new system is going to be. I am sure that like the Playstation 3 you are > going to need sighted help for managing any downloaded games or other > content. > > I have looked through the available titles for the system at least the ones > that showed up on Gamestop and the only two that I am familiar with are MK > and some variant of Marvel VS Capcom. Mind you I was looking at fighting > games only, so that will seriously limit my results. As pricey as the > system is, (gamestop has them for 250 bucks with no memory card) I am not > going to run out and buy one of these right away but I definitely think they > are worth keeping an eye on if like me you really want a high power portable > gaming system and I may even ask to check one out next time I am in my local > EB games store. > > Game on. > > Tom > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
