14 DAY TRIAL // About a couple of weeks ago, we talked about a new dazzling machine which had hit the video games market at light speed, leaving a trail of dust, debris and crying teenage girls waving their hands. That console is the Vii and the thoughtful blokes over at engadget.com decided to review it and even roll out some screens. Most recently, we've stumbled upon the, PS3's rival, the PolyStation 3 and the PSP's rival. The POP Station!
PolyStation 3 is the cheap, 3-AA-batteries-powered-what-you'd-expect so called games console, but there's a surprise: a built-in, retractable color screen! That's right, this is the PS3 portable and it's making huge waves on the video games market as we speak. Sources inform that a small but powerful electronics company (staff - 300) had been tracking Sony's progress for quite some time and decided to roll out the PolyStation 3 as an answer to their arrogance.
Right... As for the POP Station, the console has had its debut early this month but only now we find out about it and, although there's nothing in particular about it that should interest anyone looking for good video fun, why not talk about it a little ourselves?
The machine was Spotted at the Royal Show in Perth, Western Australia, according to Kotaku, who by the way, even reviewed the previously mentioned PolyStation 3. The reality is, when stuff like this hits the market it's not even funny. It's actually sad because idiot people will buy it. They will buy indeed, being totally convinced that they're getting a good deal. As the POP Station sports the same design as the Sony original, while the only giveaway occurs when the machine (if we can call it that) is out of the box and switched on.
Once the ON button is on... ON, the (probably) super-light handheld powered by (probably) two AA batteries and featuring a multitude of fake buttons will start displaying the most visually stunning and fast paced racing game ever seen on a black and white screen, making great use of Epic's famous graphics engine, the 'Not-True Engine 3' - every game developer's dream tool.
God, will they ever stop rolling out this junk...? At least move to 16-bit games, people!