Sony announces PSP's battery life...

[A Black Falcon]

Heh... I knew OB1 would try to make this sound like a good thing... :)

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.

Nothing? Sorry, but electricity costs money...

Oh, and its not just about if I play for 3 hours at one sitting... its about if I play for over three hours away from a power outlet. And I'm sure that plenty of people will in fact want to be able to play for over 3 to 6 hours away from power... and then of course once that 3 to 6 hours runs out you can't use the thing off the electricity for ANOTHER three to six hours. That's a major problem for a 'portable' console...

What about someone on a long plane flight? Partway through the thing gives out and you cannot use it for the rest of the trip... batteries have all kinds of problems, like high cost, but they're easily replacable. Or what if you use it a lot in a morning then realie that for the next six hours you won't be able to use the thing? That's not good...

10-20 vs. 3-6. Hmm, I wonder which I prefer...

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).

It'll have games because of the Sony name... but whether it'll be a success? As I've said many times, I don't know... with that battery life and high price I do not see any way it'll beat the GBA.

Plus, Nintendo's next handheld will come out soon afterwards...