Will NGP suffer the same fate as the PSP?

[Mr.Metralha]

poroporo said:

Galaki said:

mai said:

Mr.Metralha said:

I think many people will buy it to emulate Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube and boot a shitload of awesome homebrew apps.

Depending on the price, there're already iDevices for that (as well as some Linux-based portables). I wouldn't mind personally, but I doubt Sony will be happy about homebrew activity on the platform, it doesn't generate software revenue.

Inevitable use, thought. Whether they like it or not.

As architectures differ from platform to platform, it probably won't be a major selling point.

Emulating a Wii (essentially two ducktaped gamecubes) with a PC requires a surprising amount of power/hardware. The only dreamcast emulator that I saw running on a PSP was going at 3-5 fps, which is pretty evocative of the disparities between consoles.

It also requires a wiimote, nunchuk and sensor bar, otherwise you won't be far relying with a keyboard and mouse.