Nintendo's Press Conference

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Originally posted by Dark Jaguar
Still, the major thing is keeping it at the low price. I still think the PSP will fail just because it's far too expensive.

As for battery life, yes, that's why they didn't do it before anyway. There's also the fact that carts are far more durable than optical disks, which is important for on the go gaming. If they manage to shrink it all down, the main concern then is that it'll be a hot burning cinder that'll overheat all the time. Lots to think about to compete with the PSP while still maintaining all the advantages of the Gameboy. However, since the PSP looses so much being what it is, it might not be bought. Now to be honest, I'd love a succesful competitor for Nintendo in the portable domain, but this thing just seems too expensive and unweildy to be a decent portable. Perhaps something a little more standard should be attempted. Perhaps something that still uses carts for instance, until a superior media can be found that works well on the go. As far as innovation to the device, perhaps a flash memory card could be built in (and removable, and thus exchangeble and replacable) thus adding all the nice things that the XBox, PS2HD, and the old 64DD, add to gaming.

I seriously doubt that Sony is going to screw this up. They are the king of portable electronic devices, so they know what they're doing. The discs that Sony is using for the PSP aren't naked CDs, they're more like mini-discs. The last time we underestimated Sony they took over the entire industry and I am afraid that if Nintendo doesn't come out with a new handheld that's close to the power of the PSP (and doesn't just rely on ports), Sony is going to take over yet another arena that Nintendo ruled.