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Cerebralbore101 on 03 December 2024
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Hardstuck-Platinum said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Most TVs completely mess up the fit to screen effect and blowout the image or introduce input lag. Yes, you can use an adapter but only the expensive ones work very well. Feel free to suggest an adapter that is affordable. PSP doesn't just fail to fit to a screen. It doesn't even fill up half the real estate on the screen. This isn't just a few black bars kind of situation. A lot of TVs in 2005 when the PSP launched didn't even have component inputs. Especially 2nd hand TVs that would be in a kid's or teenager's room.

What makes Switch so great is that it simply docks and works. It sends the correct aspect ratio and resolution to all TVs without any issues or extra equipment to buy.

P.S. Here's what your Megadrive looks like with the PAL black bars. They are tiny. PSP leaves half the screen unfilled. Your Megadrive example is apples to oranges.

I know it's not a perfect comparison but my point was, we can't just disqualify consoles/handhelds without TV output from being considered as legitimate experience because the image they put out on a modern screen looks like turd. The hardware in the PSP is 20 years old, of course it's going to look like turd on a modern screen. If we go by that logic we would have to disqualify a lot of older consoles as well because they won't look good on modern screens either.Â

What if the image they put on an old screen looks like a turd too? Whether you use a modern TV or a CRT PSP will only fill 1/3rd the screen. Certain TVs from 20 years ago had a "fill screen" mode and other input lag causing annoyances too.


PSP doesn't qualify as a hybrid because...

1. You needed to buy extra parts such as component cables and scalers to get it to play correctly on a TV. Switch has everything in the box ready to go.
2. It didn't have a separate control method outside of the portable mode. A.K.A. it didn't have a Pro controller or other non-handheld controller.
3. It could only play a small selection of games that were ported from PS2.
4. The 1K model didn't have the port to make use of external cables for TV play. That's the launch model.
5. You couldn't do 2 or more players on PSP without having a second unit.

Overall if you want to call the PSP a proto-hybrid, like the Wii U, or the Genesis Nomad I'll agree with that. Let's just agree that Switch finally got the hybrid concept right and did everything that hybrid systems needed to do. It was a revolutionary design.

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 03 December 2024