| Delameko Stone 2005-02-20, 9:41 pm |
| Fred Liken wrote:
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> "Hank the Rapper" <xflopgoon@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uLWdnejTj5ICpIzfRVn-rQ@giganews.com...
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> Good question. In my opinion, the PSP is less nerdy than the DS. I'd think
> it would be less nerdy for an adult to play the PSP in public than an adult
> playing the DS in public, etc, but that's simply relative. Using either
> publicly as and adult makes you a nerd. A real hard core nerd. Sitting in
> your house playing, etc, not really, but doesn't that knock out a major
> portion of the appeal of a portable?
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> Therein lies the problem with the PSP skipping the children's market
> completely and the DS embracing it, I believe. The real use for a portable
> is negated by the PSP because it dismisses its main purpose.
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> Perhaps Sony is banking on the infantilism of modern American adults in this
> respect. I just don't believe it's there yet.
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So this nerd/non-nerd stuff is still active in America?
I gotta say, here in the UK its been a long time since I've heard
someone be called a nerd. My best mate's a bouncer and he spends all
his spare time playing Gamecube and PS2. The guitarist on my new album
is in a hardcore punk band, he has many piercings, the DS is his
favourite new toy which he plays all the time and he can't wait to get
his hands on a PSP. I know a half dozen mothers who play PS2 and trade
games and are all looking forward to the PSP so they can play it down
the laundry. I have a GCN, PS2, XBox, N64, SNES, DC, GBA, and DS that
are currently active, I wouldn't call myself a nerd, and neither would
anyone that knows me...
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