Sony announces PSP's battery life...

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I'm just saying that its not free.

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...

Most rechargeable battery packs are around $15-20, so it's no big deal.

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...

Did you just completely forget about the whole rechargeable and replaceable battery pack points that I discussed?? What's with you?

And let's not talk about price until that's revealed. If the system is around $200-250 then that would be pretty good considering how powerful it's going to be. The GBA will look very bad in comparison to the PSP, which is why Nintendo needs to get their next handheld out ASAP.