“PSP Full Auto 2 better than next-gen Full Autos.” PSP resurgent?

That’s almost saying something right there in the title alone. Let’s set aside the fact that our source article is from PSP Fanboy (where the name of the site alone gives the game away for them). The source article itself is a metareview comparing IGN/1UP/Gamespot reviews of the PSP Full Auto 2 to, well, the 360 and PS3 versions. The gist is that the PSP Full Auto was weighed – and it was the next-gens that were found wanting.

It looks like Sega‘s support of PSP is just starting… It’s clear that the development team behind the PSP version of the game simply cares more about gamers. The original Full Auto didn’t get the best reviews, but looking at all the new content in the PSP version, it looks like the franchise’s best will appear on the handheld.

You want to know what’s probably so significant about this? It’s not that “the next-gens were found wanting” compared to the PSP title (which warrants an O&A piece in and of itself) but PSP Fanboy’s suggestion that “It looks like Sega’s support of the PSP is just starting.” A few months ago, post-TGS, there were a couple of (however you want to call them) who decided to declare that “The PSP has failed” because it didn’t have the presence in TGS that “that other handheld” did.

Perhaps there’s a reevaluation of sentence going on between those two. You can always read up on Pranav’s retrospective on the PSP homebrew scene to get that angle’s take on Sony‘s little handheld that could. On the official side, we’ve seen some really good and varied stuff release for the PSP. Old standbys like casual games (e.g., Lumines), to newer standouts like GTA, Portable Ops, Skies of Deception, just mentioning my favorites. PSOne emulation (unless you’re into the homebrew equivalent). Don’t forget those titles on the horizon that are making all the dogs howl (two words come to mind: FINAL FANTASY).

Then, as PSP Fanboy says, “It looks like Sega’s support of the PSP is just starting.” Maybe the jury’s still out on the resurgence of the PSP, but we can bet heck on this, that whether you’re into homebrew or the official stuff, the horizon’s looking better for the PSP. Maybe there won’t be a price drop (not yet anyway) to look forward to, but let’s hope that developers and brewers both craft up content worthy of the price tag attached to the handheld that could (and will…).

That’s almost saying something right there in the title alone. Let’s set aside the fact that our source article is from PSP Fanboy (where the name of the site alone gives the game away for them). The source article itself is a metareview comparing IGN/1UP/Gamespot reviews of the PSP Full Auto 2 to, well, the 360 and PS3 versions. The gist is that the PSP Full Auto was weighed – and it was the next-gens that were found wanting.

It looks like Sega‘s support of PSP is just starting… It’s clear that the development team behind the PSP version of the game simply cares more about gamers. The original Full Auto didn’t get the best reviews, but looking at all the new content in the PSP version, it looks like the franchise’s best will appear on the handheld.

You want to know what’s probably so significant about this? It’s not that “the next-gens were found wanting” compared to the PSP title (which warrants an O&A piece in and of itself) but PSP Fanboy’s suggestion that “It looks like Sega’s support of the PSP is just starting.” A few months ago, post-TGS, there were a couple of (however you want to call them) who decided to declare that “The PSP has failed” because it didn’t have the presence in TGS that “that other handheld” did.

Perhaps there’s a reevaluation of sentence going on between those two. You can always read up on Pranav’s retrospective on the PSP homebrew scene to get that angle’s take on Sony‘s little handheld that could. On the official side, we’ve seen some really good and varied stuff release for the PSP. Old standbys like casual games (e.g., Lumines), to newer standouts like GTA, Portable Ops, Skies of Deception, just mentioning my favorites. PSOne emulation (unless you’re into the homebrew equivalent). Don’t forget those titles on the horizon that are making all the dogs howl (two words come to mind: FINAL FANTASY).

Then, as PSP Fanboy says, “It looks like Sega’s support of the PSP is just starting.” Maybe the jury’s still out on the resurgence of the PSP, but we can bet heck on this, that whether you’re into homebrew or the official stuff, the horizon’s looking better for the PSP. Maybe there won’t be a price drop (not yet anyway) to look forward to, but let’s hope that developers and brewers both craft up content worthy of the price tag attached to the handheld that could (and will…).