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More Stuff I Got For Christmas: 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo

Posted by Raymond Padilla - Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:38 PM

Let's continue to share our holiday loot! My next gift was an indirect one. You see, I received a $30 eBay gift certificate. I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, but I knew that my PlayStationPortable's Memory Stick needed an upgrade.GameStop sells the 8GB for $80 and a quick online search shows the 16GB for a tad under $100. I was actually shocked at the prices on eBay. I picked up a 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo Mark 2 for $30 (including shipping). The product shipped from Hong Kong, so I'm pretty sure the Triads were involved (I'm kidding), but everything seems to be in order. The card looks legit and it's working perfectly.

With excellent games like Dissidia: Final Fantasy allowing users to install game data on Memory Sticks, this was the right time for me to upgrade. Out of curiosity, what size Memory Sticks do you guys use with your PSPs? Are you planning to upgrade any time soon?




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Posted by link3657 - Saturday, January 3, 2009 6:48 PM

I have a 1gb memory stick and I plan on upgrading once I get final fantasy dissidia

Posted by bipolarfly - Saturday, January 3, 2009 6:50 PM

8GB here without an update insight. I'd love to get 16GB or bigger (if it's out), however I don't think the PSP is going much further. We still haven't seen the best to come, but after 2009 I don't think there'll be much left, or atleast anything to justify more than 8/16GB. PSP 2 needs to have a friggin harddrvie or some form of internal storage that's massive (40GB+).

Posted by BigBlastBoom - Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:06 PM

i have an 8gb, my friend gave it to me for a dollar, and gave me his psp 3000 that he got for christmas to me for 20 bucks. i might upgrade it once that game comes out, but idk

Posted by Thundercracker - Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:19 PM

@bipolarfly

the fact that the psp may be out the door gives me all the reason in the world to upgrade. I have never pirated any games(cept emulators). If the psp is done, im gonna be like friggin blackbeard.

But i will wait until its out. I have a 16 gb card, and i use it like an ipod. For 30 bucks, you CANT beat it. I actually have a bid on one for 1.04 with an hour left right now. I suspect its the same seller that ray went through because its shipping from hong kong

Posted by Thundercracker - Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:20 PM

^^sorry i meant i will wait till the psp2 is out

Posted by Kagez28 - Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:48 PM

i got 4 gb and i think i am gonna upgrade because i watch a lot of movies on my psp and i can only have 3 or 4 of them at a time.

if they get some better psone games that would can play on a psp with out a ps3, like metal gear solid, i would get a bigger card.

Posted by r_pad - Saturday, January 3, 2009 8:06 PM

@BigBlastBoom Your friend sounds pretty awesome!

@Thundercracker I don't buy that the PSP is done. 2009 should be an outstanding year for the system. The Square Enix games alone will do super well. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, FFXIII: Agito, Dissidia, and Parasite Eve all look like they'll be good to great games.

There's a reason why the company moved a ton of its projects to PSP, even though DS has a much larger installed base.

Posted by ostlermk - Saturday, January 3, 2009 8:23 PM

how come raymond was the only one over there that got anything for christmas? =(

Posted by Bookshelf - Saturday, January 3, 2009 9:39 PM

I've been rockin a 2gb Sandisk in my psp for the last like 2 years =P

16gb would be really nice tho

Posted by r_pad - Saturday, January 3, 2009 9:43 PM

@ostlermk I think Brian and Billy are pagans. *shrug*

Posted by Griffith4100 - Saturday, January 3, 2009 9:55 PM

8 gb holds all the games I want on it ;)

Posted by Original67 - Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:08 PM

well in all reality I have a 4 gig, but I mostly used that for music and movies. now Ive got my zune 120, but I may upgrade later, right now I just dont use it though...

Posted by Thundercracker - Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:13 PM

16gb=about 23 movies@700 mb

theres reason enough

@padilla

no yeah man like i said, ive never pirated. I dont have a psp because of the umd based games, thats kinda sad. I have ace combat and gow, few others...but i use it for the homebrew

Posted by Rast07 (BANNED) - Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:24 PM

the triads??

you're a freaking terrible offensive writer, raymond. all the other writers do great articles and i just know when I'm reading one of yours.

the first thing you think of when you mention Hong Kong is the triads? How is this any different than mentioning AIDS in africa or other countries mentioning fat people in our contry? stereotypes, man, and they're not even funny, just outright offensive.

i seriously hope you didnt waste money on "learning" how to write like this. disgrace.

Posted by r_pad - Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:05 PM

@Rast07

1) How did you come to the brilliant conclusion that "the first thing you think of when you mention Hong Kong is the triads"? That makes no sense at all. It was a joke and you apparently didn't understand it. It's not that the product was from Hong Kong, it was that it was ridiculously cheap and from Hong Kong. Among the many things the Triads do is distribute stolen goods. Do I know that my Memory Stick is stolen? Of course not. Considering how much I bought it for and the endless supply this vendor has, something seems fishy.

2) Your AIDS in Africa comparison makes even less sense. Try again.

3) I don't see how it's offensive. I'm part Chinese and I don't think it's offensive.

4) It got enough of a reaction for you to leave a comment. That's two page views right there. Thanks for your support!

Posted by cybergrunt - Sunday, January 4, 2009 12:13 AM

i've had 2 gig stick for sometime now and would to upgrade to the 16 gig one,may have to now because i finally have my ps 3

Posted by valdeaunia - Sunday, January 4, 2009 1:34 AM

4GB which contains music, save files and, oh hey, that 526mb Dissidia data install file :\

Posted by pistolslap - Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:18 AM

i have a 2 gb. but i have water damage in my psp. and the buttons no longer work due to it. i love my psp too :_(

Posted by r_pad - Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:46 AM

@pistolslap How did you get water damage in your PSP?

Posted by jeditrip - Sunday, January 4, 2009 5:47 AM

i don't have a psp (they suck)...NINTENDO DS RULES THE WORLD!!!

Posted by XXXSpartan118XXX - Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:13 AM

I agree with whoever said the next one needs a harddrive or even have a harddrive connector to the usb port so you could carry it around on road trips just make it smaller than a 360 harddrive.

Posted by deleted_3AB5CA37-E9C5-419B-A741-3B1113412023 - Sunday, January 4, 2009 7:29 AM

i getting this i know a website they give em for cheap.



dang Colts lost to the Chargers

Posted by deleted_683F6DCD-7E1A-427B-B5B1-87E62AB76C30 - Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:11 AM

whats with the god watches you masturate jokes? and on SUNDAY! you should be very ashamed of your self burntbunny. VERY ashamed.

Posted by WVUrook - Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:38 AM

@ Raymond Padilla

Did you buy it from a seller named "permanancegods"? I received a "second chance offer from him, and I am considering it.

Posted by benvoliothefirst - Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:45 AM

Nice job, you bought stolen goods from Hong Kong. I hope they didn't kill anyone in the process of stealing them so your cheap ass could have an expensive toy, you selfish prick.

Posted by mr_billionaire - Sunday, January 4, 2009 1:41 PM

i use a 32GB card.
after formating i have 29GBs.
now to buy a grip of games from the PS Store

Posted by CPRxChris - Sunday, January 4, 2009 1:54 PM

I got a PSP-2000 for Christmas and got a 4GB Memory Stick just yesterday.

Posted by deleted_3AB5CA37-E9C5-419B-A741-3B1113412023 - Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:34 PM

Hey Raymond Padilla!

i got a question.

how come on FF Crisis Core. They Didnt Show Whenever Sephiroth Burned down neibolom however you spell tifa's home town. they didnt show whenever sephiroth was standing on the flames and then walked away. they missed that part on the game. you know why they did? i was all trying to figure out why but i dont know.

Posted by Rast07 (BANNED) - Sunday, January 4, 2009 4:31 PM

Raymond your response did nothing for you. Why the triads still? I'm asking for a legitimate response but you haven't given me one yet.

Stop using bad comparisons and writing absolute garbage. Oh and if my two page views is what keeps you going during the day then I feel really bad for you.

Terrible writer on a site full of good ones.

Just terrible.

Posted by Thundercracker - Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:27 PM

@wvurook

yeah dude, thats him, i opted to use a buy it now though from another dude in canada and i paid like 4 bucks more, but itll get here faster

i also bought a new wall charger and a protective case together for 5 bucks with free shipping

how the hell is dude making money on that? shipping from hong kong isnt more than 5 dollars?

Posted by Thundercracker - Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:28 PM

@wvurook

your second chance offer was 32.08

Posted by Thundercracker - Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:33 PM

@rast

get the f#$k off the site then. No one knows who you are, know one cares. You obviously cant take a joke and you make ridiculously stupid conclusions and comparisons. If you came to the site more than twice in your life before you started critisizing, youd realize that raymond WAS asian. Im italian and i can make fun of other w0ps and how tonight im making " a big ah spag-hetti sauce" Furthermore, if other people make stereotypical jokes i dont get all stiffly stifflerson on them and make an angry post, get a life, no one wants you here

Posted by r_pad - Sunday, January 4, 2009 7:51 PM

@WVUrook No, it was another vendor.

@Bizarro__PS3 I'm not sure what scene you're talking about specifically, but CC definitely had the iconic scene of Sephiroth walking through the flames during the Nibelheim incident.

@Rast07 My response was perfectly legitimate. Apparently it did nothing for you. I already said it was a joke, but you can't deal with it. Feel free to keep whining and adding page views!

@Thundercracker Shhhhh. His whining just adds more traffic. That's fine with me. :)

Posted by deleted_3AB5CA37-E9C5-419B-A741-3B1113412023 - Sunday, January 4, 2009 9:23 PM

@Raymond Padilla


yeah thats the part i was talking about. whenever i played it that part didnt come up whenever he walked through the flames. is there like a secret way to get that scene? because i dont remember seeing it.

Posted by r_pad - Sunday, January 4, 2009 10:05 PM

@Bizarro__PS3 I'm guessing here, but it's possible that you might have hit a button and skipped it. The Nibelheim incident is definitely a big part of the last quarter of the game.

Posted by Letters2Kay - Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:33 PM

I upgraded to a 256 MB when I frst got my 1000 series system, then I upgraded to 512, then to 2GB (when they were $120), and currently have a 4GB and a new PSP2000 unit. It's a good size- I have several short videos and about a dozen albums on it along with 6 downloadable titles and a bunch of photos and PSP/PS3 themes. I'm looking to trade up to 16GB soon, unless something larger shows up before tax return season...

Posted by krazykid4 - Monday, January 5, 2009 4:40 AM

i have the memory card i got with my psp

and it pisses me off

Posted by deleted_3AB5CA37-E9C5-419B-A741-3B1113412023 - Monday, January 5, 2009 7:08 AM

@Raymond Padilla

oh crap, i probably did. but lucky im playing it again :D

Posted by r_pad - Monday, January 5, 2009 8:16 AM

@Bizarro__PS3 This time, make sure to keep a save file before all hell breaks loose in Nibelheim. Ha!

Posted by deleted_3AB5CA37-E9C5-419B-A741-3B1113412023 - Monday, January 5, 2009 8:28 AM

@Raymond Padilla


most definitely


and like at the end b4 you enter that portal to fight genesis the last boss. you know like towards the right there is a monster in a cage saying you need a key to open. did you ever fight him? i couldnt find the key so i skipped him

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 9:03 AM

@Raymond Padilla

Hey you may want to try this before getting excited about your ebay purchase or at least keep this in mind. Try loading over 8 gigs on it....

I bought an 8 gig card early last year from a hong kong seller....everything seemed cool until i loaded over 4 gigs on it...the card corrupted and failed and has been since rendered useless :(

I talked with a few others who purchased from the same vendor, same thing...crashed at half capacity....hopefully they were just bad sticks or a bad vendor and its not a pervasive problem...anyway, it was way too late to exchange it by the time it happened.

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 9:07 AM

@Raymond Padilla

Hey you may want to try this before getting excited about your ebay purchase or at least keep this in mind. Try loading over 8 gigs on it....

I bought an 8 gig card early last year from a hong kong seller....everything seemed cool until i loaded over 4 gigs on it...the card corrupted and failed and has been since rendered useless :(

I talked with a few others who purchased from the same vendor, same thing...crashed at half capacity....hopefully they were just bad sticks or a bad vendor and its not a pervasive problem...anyway, it was way too late to exchange it by the time it happened.

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 9:11 AM

@Raymond Padilla

Hey you may want to try this before getting excited about your ebay purchase or at least keep this in mind. Try loading over 8 gigs on it....

I bought an 8 gig card early last year from a hong kong seller....everything seemed cool until i loaded over 4 gigs on it...the card corrupted and failed and has been since rendered useless :(

I talked with a few others who purchased from the same vendor, same thing...crashed at half capacity....hopefully they were just bad sticks or a bad vendor and its not a pervasive problem...anyway, it was way too late to exchange it by the time it happened.

Posted by altizar - Monday, January 5, 2009 10:01 AM

I just got a 4 Gig stick for 13$. Waiting for it in the mail today.

Posted by MaxDragon7 - Monday, January 5, 2009 10:05 AM

@Raymond Pad


-Is that the *"Actual Size"*?


Lol.

Posted by WingProject - Monday, January 5, 2009 10:22 AM

WOW, nice showing off the 16 gig, that's 4x more than what I got. Then again... I just got my first PSP, so I guess it's fine, I don't see why people are thinking there will be an actual "PSP2", that just sounds stupid... I think Sony will just keep on going with 4000, 5000 and on until they get to 9000, because I'm not sure if they'll ever go over 9000 with the PSP. Btw Padilla, do you use custom firmware?

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 11:44 AM

@Raymond Padilla

Hey you may want to try this before getting excited about your ebay purchase or at least keep this in mind. Try loading over 8 gigs on it....

I bought an 8 gig card early last year from a hong kong seller....everything seemed cool until i loaded over 4 gigs on it...the card corrupted and failed and has been since rendered useless :(

I talked with a few others who purchased from the same vendor, same thing...crashed at half capacity....hopefully they were just bad sticks or a bad vendor and its not a pervasive problem...anyway, it was way too late to exchange it by the time it happened.

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 11:46 AM

uhhhm i didnt post that commment 6 freakin times WTH is going on??

Posted by batguy13 - Monday, January 5, 2009 3:59 PM

I use a 1gb on my psp. I'm thinking I might upgrade to a 8gb because I'm running out of space with " The Dark Knight " movie in the 1gb memory stick. It takes almost almost all of my memory. by the way "Fear the Bat!"

Posted by r_pad - Monday, January 5, 2009 4:27 PM

@xnicox Do you happen to remember what seller it was from? I'm totally paranoid that this card will die.

Posted by xnicox - Monday, January 5, 2009 8:40 PM

@Raymond Padilla -

hey I had to go look it up it was over a year ago...it was sonysandisk

and it was the 8 gig card...I bought two 4 gig cards from other vendors...one was also from china and they have never given me a problem...but If i were you i would load that thing up with random stuff and check it just to make sure.

I had all kinds of good stuff that luckily wasnt irreplaceable just a pain in the A** to replace.

Anyway hope it helps you out.

Posted by Thundercracker - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:06 AM

@padilla

have you actually gotten your stick yet?

Posted by r_pad - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:31 AM

@Thundercracker Yes, but I haven't done anything with it other than copy my old files to it.

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