Hard News 04/07/09

[GoldenIgnorance]

as long as the psp2 supports homebrew like the original it's worth buying. if it doesn't then it's worthless.

[wweforever08]

lol lmao, lego mortal kombat

[xxxXdragonXxxx]

new psp O_O i not even sure if i can buy that

[uzay2000]

i bought a psp cuz i have nothing to do on the toilet

[nerd2max]

touch screen? Sony has no originality

[1llusionz]

lol touch screen existed before the ds.

[nerd2max]

DS was the 1st gaming system to have a touch screen.

[ConcorX]

i am not sure about that. You might be right but i think there was an older one in the time of the gameboy that wasn't very succesful but it had a touch screen.

[DivPax]

Noap, the gamecom was.

[SamPD2]

Wrong their buddy. From what I heard at least, the SEGA GameGear had the capability. Im not sure if that is true but I got it from a reliablie soures. Note I have not researched it but you can check it out and prove me wrong if I am.

[Link4587452]

Fuck you Sony, I JUST bought the PSP 3000.

I'm never buying another Sony product again.

[0wn463]

Yeah, uh.. Tough luck that. Weird that you blame Sony for, uh.. Being late? Not being updated? Ah well, it's your life.

[gunzman11]

I wanna buy Close Range

[Viper6390]

Seriously a new PSP! Sony is really trying to save it's handheld system. Really they should give up because Nintendo's DS is a lot more popular than the PSP. Not to mention Nintendo released their DSi, so Sony will have some catching up to do. The PSP has a few good games, but lately the PSP hasn't been coming out with anything to good and I haven't really seen that many commericals for the PSP. Sony has been doing good however with the PS3.

[elcheato3]

The reason the DS is doing so much better than the PSP is because the PSP has lots of flaws with it's control layout, 3rd&1st party support (or lack thereof), and Sony focuses too much on rereleasing the PSP a million times with a slightly different design. Hopefully the PSP2 will fix all these flaws.

[wurmot6]

Ds, DS lite and DSI...nintendo does the same shit

[Hersheys79]

well its the same handheld just remodeled with new software

[ConcorX]

the ds had a bit more major updates since the first one looked like shit but ya both systems are awesome.

[Theirishnintendonerd]

no they have being doing shit with there ps3 too :D

[Viper6390]

That's true too! Sony is actually at the bottom of the list in the counsle wars in terms of sales. With Wii on top, Xbox 360 in the middle, and PS3 dead last. However, sales for the PS3 have been going up since the release of RE5 and in Japan the PS3 is doing much better than the Wii. However, worldwide the PS3 still has a long way to go.

[uzay2000]

if they didn't add blu-ray to the ps3, it would probably around 200$

[Hamstersrecon]

i think its mainly because the wii has more family freindly games is the reason its first with the ps3 being last because of the price and the 360 is just stuck in between their sales!

just my opinion

[Viper6390]

The wii does have some mature games such as No more Heroes, the recent Madworld, House of the Dead Overkill, RE4 and RE Umbrella Chronicles, Dead Rising, etc. They're all good games. The Wii is actually getting a lot of good games this year and I'm looking forward to Sin and Punishment 2, Punch Out, Ghostbusters, RE Darkside Chronicles, and Dead Space Extraction.

[monkeylemur]

sin and punishment is gonna pwn :D

[Viper6390]

I have the first sin and punishment and it's awesome! Although, I never understood what Atchi is. Is she some sort of psychic? You fight her at the very end and she turns into a fake earth and attempts to destroy the real earth. However, even after you beat her she's still alive? I also didn't understand about what she meant when she had enemies far far away. Did she mean America?What is she supposed to be an alien? I guess we won't know unless they talk more about her in the next game.

[Viper6390]

Saki is my favortie character in the whole game. I love it when he gets ruffian powers and turns into that huge ruffian that kicks Atchi and Kucha's ass. I also like Brad, but it's a shame that he gets killed. I was expecting him to transform at the end when you blow up his plane, but instead he flies up in the air and explods. The sequel I heard is going to have Saki Arian and Atchi and also Saki and Arian's son who was introduced in Atchi's illusion. I forgot what they named him.

[ShadowlostArts]

Logo Mirtal Kombat, now that would be funny.

[brettstenberg]

sam fisher would win

[GoSuNiguy]

I bet the Animal Rights program are going to be dumb enough to complain about Close Range (The ostrich and horse headshots found in the game) just like they did to COD: World at War.

[MarioPodVideo]

hopefully ubisoft buys it

[HarriHaffi]

Yeah!!! Lego-MK!!!

MVHH

[Theowest]

New PSP??

[lokallize]

god rest herbert f kornfeld soul

[DaDawgZeee]

Whoa, holy fukin shit close range is for real? i saw that onion video i thought it was a sketch.

oh dear lord!

[yuriythebest]

dude it was a sketch

[BlackOut0189]

I played the Close Range demo RIGHT before I saw this video...LOL.

[OuroborosChoked]

The Atari 5200's joystick WAS analog, dumbass.

[hanEatsPussy]

Close Range is so LOL.

[gthec9909]

lego mortal combat! lego mortal combat!!!! LEGO MORTAL COMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheLastHaze]

Kinda weak episode but still good.

[Nelius88]

Oh shyt 0:33 i remember playing that fighting game in the arcade when I was a kid it came out before mortal kombat lol dose anybody know the name of this game??

[djanigav]

Pit Fighter?

[crimithan]

djanigav is right, its Pit Fighter. Was fun for its time.

[setch05]

OMG Super Mario RPG is playing in the back, thats such a kick ass game

[Keroshino]

it looks like a lego pyramid head in that picture ...where is it from?

[SurgicalZeal]

LEGO Mortal Kombat sounds FREAKING EPIC... Dear GOD I hope that happens...

[elmalhermano]

lots of head shots

[Zombie4Mac]

Guys... we need some red Lego blocks. LOTS OF THEM.

[ArisatoMinato42]

sony might as well start releasing some damn games for the psp, there's nothing good coming out there recently

[MaverickXIII]

lmao that game looks hilarious, "Killing Spree!"

[Asianman8307]

Hard News makes me hard.

[werotus]

Well thats... disturbing.

[DARKSTARLUCH]

please no touchscreen sony

[DustinThePooper]

Not that I wouldn't love a PsP2 with two sticks, but Pocketgamer was just out for more site views.

[raptors11111]

Sony has already said no PSP for a while, I wouldn't expect one till November 2010 at the earliest.

[Sibfur]

i always get excited for this show everytime. their so rad.

[paperboy1995]

if sony is going to put that many new add ons to a new psp they might as well make a psp 2

[Zer0small]

Ownage

[DreadRaptor85]

Mortal Kombat vs. Killer Instinct.

Make these games properly!

[CalibraStreetKing]

Damn that would be awsome and if they made the game right

they would sell

ALOT!

[kylanmon]

haha i saw close rang today and i was like hmm* if they fix the graphics ill buy it! haha

[Rleeson85]

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[brendanmeister]

Oh man the onion is halarious

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[Wirld]

Mortal Kombat Lego would make for a good XBLA/PSN game.

[SoulAlchemist76]

Too Bad It Wouldnt.

[Wirld]

If done right it could...

[therealHaroldnKumar]

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[kuunami]

I just tried close range it's pretty bad. All you do is just press the spacebar over and over. NOTHING ELSE. Oh well, it's cool to see heads explode though.

[PRChingon]

I love the onion, im so checking that out.

[caltake1]

Well a whole game where you click 1 button the whole time and that makes the head of 20 people explode, and then do it agian. for 60 bucks (probably wont release it for that, but its not even worht 10)? that doesnt really make it worth the money for me

[tonybottini]

I would llike if ubisoft bought Midway

[ihateschool778]

yea i sed that nintendo invented rumble.

and the DS was the first system to use a touch screen

but if sony dose make a PSP2 with a touch screen there probly gonna fuk it up. there so unoriginal, there fukin controller was ripped off from a super nintendo controller

[Intrella]

Dude, shut, the fuck, up.

Sure, Nintendo is VERY original, and they are basically my favorite video game producer in the world..

Now, don't get me wrong, I still love Sony. But come ON, unoriginal? Are you forgetting who invented the PS1? Honestly, the Playstation could appeal to more than one audience, unlike where Nintendo attracted a great number of kids into the audience. Now please, don't take this the wrong way, because Nintendo did in fact get adults, but Sony IS indeed original.

[AcousticDave94]

Not true, touch screens have been around way before the DS and alot of controllers borrow from old designs. Xbox 360 controller looks like a Dreamcast controller. And Sony is the first to use rumble made into the controller. Nintendo made it as an add-on later with that big rumble pack thing.

[Koolkitties]

Yeah, but rumble pak came first.

[therealHaroldnKumar]

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[SquallLion90]

Hmm, good point.

[rodog818]

I wonder what program they used to create Close Range? I wonder who developed it as well.

[SprodeMaster]

Oh, I thought we were talking about how joystick only detect up, down, left, right, etc, while analog allows full 360 degree motion. My bad....

[Zeldarulah]

Wait wait wait, Close Range was real? I saw it on Onion earlier today, but it's REAL? Lmfao

[hellspam9000]

it is still analog. . . just not a stick.

[justiceiscoming]

It isn't analog...

[hellspam9000]

well the 5200 was an analog joystick

[justiceiscoming]

no... it isn't.

[mk741]

GIVE ME MY TWO ANALOG STICKS SONY!!!!!

I don't want a gimp hand held.

[gamecubereviewer]

im loading the onion game right now!!!!

[aserpico1]

i think that sony is just doing the wrong thing with psp i mean theres the original then slim then 3000 all released pretty close together now possibly a psp 2 its just to much goin on for one thing also they need more good games cause seriously i own a psp and never really play it anymore they really dont need a psp 2 just better games

[90donteventry]

Close Range... Damn...

[SprodeMaster]

Actually I Think the Atari 5200 was the first console to have analog, but I might be mistaken....

[justiceiscoming]

you are.

[kirbykirbykirby078]

sony should give up on the PSP, hell they should give up on every one of they're systems!

[thedriz]

that close range game looks like one of those games when you get angry you play it and take your anger out on that game

[slomarik]

No you get angry at playing shitty games like this :>

[thedriz]

haha yeah this is also true

[chewee123]

I thought that Close Range was a joke by Onion.

[durge666]

It was and it is. They created the game and the video about the game. It's all a joke. An awesome joke.

[bloodlordzz666]

close range looks so damn hard!!!

[wonderfulwii]

Close Range is extremely weird!

[caltake1]

close range sounds like the worst game ever

[thedriz]

nope

lame

and try again

[Efreeti]

Lego Mortal Kombat? Yes!

[matipimp]

sony copys nintendo again omg

[BaronKrool]

MK vs DC could be a series if Warner Bros buys it.

[Relyt22]

Close Range? Why stop there? They should make a game where you get to rape babies and club baby seals to death. You know, just to get the anti-video game people riled up :)

[8H2324]

i see mk vs Rayman raying rabid. close range like the king epic head shot mother fucker!!!!

[captainclayman]

TWO THUMBSTICKS?

INSTANT BUY.

[Thothsglyphs]

Yeah, but at least the sony has a honorable amoutn of good games. The DS games are mostly marketing crap like barbie or power rangers. There are a few good rpgs for the DS though, such as DQ5 and Suikoden.

[SignusMelko]

You've obviously never taken a look at the DS library. Some of the best games of the past few years were on the DS.

[Thothsglyphs]

Of course, almost every system has a handful of respectable games. I was just stating that the DS doesn't have nearly as much good games as the PSP. I can name a few that are better than the DS games.

[french023]

this may be the most uneducated comment I have ever seen...have you ever even played a ds?

[Thothsglyphs]

By the way, give me 5 games from the DS that got a high rating and didn't have to do with previous games. The only ones I can think of is professor Layton and the curious village and TWEWY.

[TenguGuy]

Nooo, dig a bit deeper and you'll find awesome games....Contra 4, the 3 Castlevania games, New Super Mario Bros., Pokemon D/P/P, Mega Man Star Force 1 and 2, (3 on the way) the Kirby games, that Star Fox game, the DS is loaded with great stuff.

[Thothsglyphs]

But most of them are just rehashed games that are only famous because of the title(E.T?). They own mario and pokemon(which are both awesome, I've played them) which don't count, but I'd rather prefer a deep storyline. Something along the lines of Final fantasy(which i have both 3 and 4 on the DS) or Star ocean(which I have on the PSP).

[cheesewheel]

Even if they are just rehashed, it doesnt mean they arent good...they are actually better

[ChaosLord121]

How do those game not count? If it's a good game on the platform, then how does it not count?

[Thothsglyphs]

Depends on which game you are talking about. FF4 was great with its augment system, but chrono trigger DS extras were awful.

[Chad9976]

shortest hard news EVER!

[KingDoopliss20]

I agree that sony is acting too cocky

[Hellodentist]

WHOA! CLOSE RANGE RULES!

[tnpan]

I guess The Onion does make you laugh AND cry.

HAHAHAHAHA! That's priceless!

[TenguGuy]

Well lets see.

They stole the analog stick.

They stole the rumble.

They stole the third party developers.

They stole the motion control.

Nope.

[MetalGearNaked]

The analog stick was invented by Atari

I'll give you that.

They didn't "steal" them, they just signed with Sony

The motion control wasn't invented by either of them, I think it was Mattel but I could be wrong.

[TenguGuy]

Well okay, they stole it from Atari.

And thank you.

Well they kinda did steal them, they got them away from Nintendo....in the gaming industry, that is "stealing a company".

And okay, they stole it from Mattel.

[ihateschool778]

atari made the analog stick, but it was shit. watever company started motion control did a shit job with it (power glove) nintendo made the first succesful analog stick, and the first successful motion control game system. but nintendo did invent rumble and touch screens on handhelds

[OuroborosChoked]

Analog from Atari 5200.

Force-feedback from Immersion Corp.

Third-party developers... have been around since game systems weren't Pong-exclusive.

Motion control... is not used the same way as Nintendo's.

So... Sony uses current technology...? Sorry, what was your point?

[captainclayman]

shut up.

[foamyfan231]

when is E3 2009?

[Rage0811]

In the year 2009 I think.

[nick31189x]

June 2-4

[TheDJ17]

It might be this year, but I'm not so sure.

[TAFHUC]

New PSP with touch screen? Fuck it, they might as well make it double screen walst they're at it.

[Glumglufs]

Well...... when they ripped off the analog stick, they put two on their controller instead of one..

....well, maye that doesn't count. I've got nothing either.

[ArtificialMantis]

Close Range rules

[Odbarc]

You get to shoot horses and ostriches in the FACE?! Awesome!

[knop95]

Lol, Lego Mortal Kombat...

Hard News owns.

Close Range? Lol seems like fun but repitive...

[GameingNews]

3..2..1 ANDDD FUCK IT

[ColeDavis94]

ok so how many psp's are there now?

like seriusly isnt it like

psp

psp (the slimmer one)

psp 1000 or 3000 w/e

now this one? like wtf

[skinnynerd03]

well actually...

PSP 1000...then

PSP 2000...now

PSP 3000...maybe

PSP 2

[ColeDavis94]

no i jsut looked it up now its

psp-first

psp slim (2000) -second and limited

psp 3000- now

and now w/e this one is gunna be

[TAFHUC]

its like the Nintendo DS.

DS, DS lite, DSi? They should stop redoing the same thing and make a new handheld

[tnpan]

Agreed. We're getting more handheld remodels than Land Before Time or Final Fantasy sequels.

[killerwill55]

dude fuck up man letsee you think of a new handheld

they did the same with gameboy

and gameboy pocket

so just fuck up and enjoy what they make and stop complaining

[ColeDavis94]

i would enjoy wat they make but one magor problem is, id enjoy it more if tehy didnt keep doing this. plus the whole old gameboy thing was they added COLOUR wich was amazing back then. now its just a bunch of uneccasry crap

[Deth280483]

lego mortal kombat... lol

[MysteryAC]

A new PSP?

Interesting. Except I just BOUGHT ONE! ;_;

[SnaffleJBean]

People still buy those things?

[camuswat]

i agree with BratedVideos!

[xCALIBOMBx]

MORE MEXICAN!!!!!

[jax1492]

ya jose is funny

[tburysux]

1:43

LOL

[Mikelp79]

HELL YEA HARD DICK

I MEAN NEWS

[david322350696]

5/5 lolz

[be10n]

who cares?

[Winchester24]

holy crap, Close Range is real o_O

[shadow6190]

o rly

[este83]

In the face! IN THE FACE!!!

[DreadRaptor85]

Homer Simpson quote?

[este83]

I think so.

[leobachi53]

they need to stop making so many psp's

[MysteryAC]

Same with DS'es.

I hate the DSi.

[tv3344]

cool

[puppetmaster983]

lol

[Zed2six]

no sound... kidding

[ZeR06890]

FAIL for no apparent reason...

[LaCokaNostra81]

8th