PlayStation Portable Problems

Stop Me if You've Heard This Before...
   With the release of the DSi in mere hours, I thought I'd give my PSP a little love... because it might be a little while before it gets any further. So I picked upPrinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?. (review forthcoming, I hope.) Last night I saddled up, popped it in, and fired up the ol' Portable only to find it saying it wants an update. I went to give it said update when it told me no. My system told me no. It wanted to be charged up. I sighed, knowing my fate... I wasn't playing Prinny any time soon. I hooked the PSP up to it's charger, set it aside, and started playing my DS.

   The point of this story? I'm just writing this in the vain hope that Sony learns from it's terrible software. Maybe they have on one of the newer models, and if so... well that's great! I should probably pick one up sometime soon. Because this is otherwise ridiculous. I just want to play my game, and I don't like my systems telling me no.

   And so the DSi is here soon, and I cannot wait.

   Alright, the last time I had some gripes with Sony I got flamed by fanboys, so let's see it happen again. Proove me right.

   -Make it a good one.
   Randy "Dr. Randle" Marr

Stop Me if You've Heard This Before...
   With the release of the DSi in mere hours, I thought I'd give my PSP a little love... because it might be a little while before it gets any further. So I picked upPrinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?. (review forthcoming, I hope.) Last night I saddled up, popped it in, and fired up the ol' Portable only to find it saying it wants an update. I went to give it said update when it told me no. My system told me no. It wanted to be charged up. I sighed, knowing my fate... I wasn't playing Prinny any time soon. I hooked the PSP up to it's charger, set it aside, and started playing my DS.

   The point of this story? I'm just writing this in the vain hope that Sony learns from it's terrible software. Maybe they have on one of the newer models, and if so... well that's great! I should probably pick one up sometime soon. Because this is otherwise ridiculous. I just want to play my game, and I don't like my systems telling me no.

   And so the DSi is here soon, and I cannot wait.

   Alright, the last time I had some gripes with Sony I got flamed by fanboys, so let's see it happen again. Proove me right.

   -Make it a good one.
   Randy "Dr. Randle" Marr

I like how Sony handled the infrastructure of their firmware and whatnot. I mean, I use custom firmware on my PSP, but it was nice to see Sony handle their portable as a multimedia device from the get-go. Yeah, it sucks that you have to charge the PSP before updating it, but I'd rather have upgradable firmware than having to pour more money into another iteration.

You have to charge it, in the rare case that power runs out. If it did while updating your PSP it would be a brick. Since these firmware updates don't patch files, they reinstall the os.

So... you know you probably could have done the update right off when you plugged it in, right? Are you complaining about the fact that Sony strives to improve their firmware offerings? Or that you didn't know how to update the firmware as fast as you'd like? I don't get it.

I also thought that you can do the update whilst the console is charging - at least I remember doing it.

The system has to be at least 75% charge regardless of whether or not it's plugged in. It's just to safeguard the system in the event of a charger disconnection or a blackout.

I'm pretty sure you can charge it plugged in if it's below 75%, but I don't know.

Dude, the reason why you have to charge it is because the battery can't go dead while doing the update or it will fuck up your system.

It is not a problem, it is a quality.

Are you retarded or something?

And I'm right again, thanks Snail!

I'm aware of why the system has to be charged but that does not change the frustration stemming from the fact that I just wanted to play my god damned game, and this happens every time I buy a PSP game. And every time I decided to move back to something else.

And now I thought it was patching the system, but is it reinstalling the OS? Because if so, that seems even more retarded than it possibly needs to be.

My point here was that between this and the crap you have to deal with on a regular basis with the PS3's downloading and installation segments, Sony's software is completely bunk. It's just plain not as good as Microsoft or Nintendo's, and that is not an arguable point. It's the F'n truth, and if you don't believe me, you need to reevaluate your status as a Fanboy incapable of separating yourself from a corporation who doesn't give two shits about you.

"And I'm right again, thanks Snail!I'm aware of why the system has to be charged but that does not change the frustration stemming from the fact that I just wanted to play my god damned game, and this happens every time I buy a PSP game. And every time I decided to move back to something else.And now I thought it was patching the system, but is it reinstalling the OS? Because if so, that seems even more retarded than it possibly needs to be.My point here was that between this and the crap you have to deal with on a regular basis with the PS3's downloading and installation segments, Sony's software is completely bunk. It's just plain not as good as Microsoft or Nintendo's, and that is not an arguable point. It's the F'n truth, and if you don't believe me, you need to reevaluate your status as a Fanboy incapable of separating yourself from a corporation who doesn't give two shits about you."

" and if you don't believe me, you need to reevaluate your status as a Fanboy incapable of separating yourself from a corporation who doesn't give two shits about you."

Just out of curiosity, does anyone you know actually call you dr. randle?