Sony announces PSP's battery life...

[A Black Falcon]

Oh please, now you're comparing the cost of home electricity to batteries? You're nuts.

I'm just saying that its not free. :)

You'll be able to recharge it in a car or a building, so unless you live in the mountains far away from civilization it shouldn't be a problem. And what is with you people thinking that it takes as long to recharge these batteries as it does to drain them? Most high-end electronic devices don't take long to recharge.

Well given that I don't have anything that uses batteries other than my Game Boys... and I don't remember how long the old GB battery packs took to charge or lasted... 1 hr charge to run for 6 hours, huh? Not as bad as I would have thought... but still, its a problem. Yes, a second battery pack would help, but I'm sure they'll make you buy it for extra...

If it does things that Nintendo's next handheld won't be able to do (and that's taking into consideration that the next Nintendo handheld will be out shorter after the PSP is released), is reasonably priced, and has good games then it won't be difficult for Sony to seriously compete with the Gameboy or take over the handheld market. As I explained above, the battery life isn't an issue.

Sorry, but it definitely is an issue. Try to ignore it if you want, but it IS an issue... I just can't see how you can say 'three hours is fine for a PORTABLE system that you want to use a lot'!

Oh, and the biggest issue is price. As in, for the price of a PSP ($200? $250? More?) you'll be able to get a GBA and a whole lot of games...