Sony announces PSP's battery life...

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True, but that doesn't make it all whole lot better. It's still 3-6 hours and when it runs out you have to recharge it...for 3-6 hours!!

It doesn't make it a whole lot better?? Instead of paying 5 bucks for every three hours of play like with the Gamegear, you pay.... *gasp!*... nothing!!

And what makes you think that you'll have to charge the battery for 3-6 hours? That doesn't make any sense.

Weren't you the one who said "Sony knows what they are doing and they won't release a handheld with a bad battery life."? 3-6 hours IS a bad battery life!! It's horrible!! And now you're saying "Oh well battery life doesn't really matter."?

Yes, and this proves that they know what they are doing. Having a AA battery life of 3-6 hours would kill the system, but that's not the case, now is it? Making it rechargeable changes everything. If the Gamegear had a rechargeable battery then it would have been much more successful.

When handhelds die they have good reasons!! Like bad battery life or no good games! If the PSP has both, do you actually think it can compete?!

Edit: I can't believe I forgot such an important factor!! PRICE!! We still haven't heard a price for the PSP, but I really doubt it will be less than $200. And if the PSP releases with no or few good game, a horrible battery life, and a $200 price tag it'll be dead on arrival no matter how much Sony advertises it.

If it's too expensive and won't have any good games then it probably won't be a success. Hopefully it won't be too expensive, but I am certain that it will have good games at launch. Just about every third-party will be making games for it I'm sure. But if it is going to be reasonably priced it probably won't need a lineup much better than the PS2 launch lineup (meaning good, not great).