An Open Letter to PSP Owners

Dear PSP Owners,

Why is it that every time I talk to one of you people the only thing you have to get excited about is all the emulators you can run on the PSP? "Hey check this out, I can play Super Mario RPG on my PSP! Isn't that cool? I've also got Super Mario 64!” Wow, that sure is nifty. You know what’s also nifty? The fact that I PLAYED THOSE GAMES 10 YEARS AGO AND CAN PLAY THEM ANYTIME I WANT ON MY COMPUTER FOR FREE! Come on people, am I the only who sees how lame that is!? Those of you who picked it up launch sank $300 into a system that still needs a complete overhaul and at least 20 good games to make it worth that price, and the ability to emulate old systems is simply a poor consolation prize. And do not even try to bring UMD movies into this: we all that it’s always been a second tier format that produces crappy video quality and a generally poor viewing experience (“I like my movies the way I like my women: small and without fine detail”). Here’s an idea: buy a DS for a much lower price and try some NEW games on an innovative platform. Now I know I’m biased towards the DS, but come on! It just seems like the obvious way to go! It’s smaller, cheaper and the games are just better overall (try to avoid the ones that use the touch screen just for the hell of it, Metroid Prime: Hunters and Star Fox Command I’m looking at you). So PSP owners, please wise the hell up, before you give me a brain aneurysm. Thanks.

Love,
Mike