19th September 2003, 1:34 PM
Quote:Like the N64 crushed the PSX? Or the Gamecube crushed the PS2? Yup, you got me there!
PS2-Dreamcast.
Quote:No you see, I'm not a blind Nintendo fanboy like you are. Nintendo is my favorite gaming company but I know very well that they make huge mistakes and are not invincible as their fanboys seem to think they are. I do not wish Sony to succeed in the portable arena, but I refuse to let my love of Nintendo's games blind me into thinking that Sony doesn't know what they're doing.
If Sony's marketing machine is blinding even Nintendo fans then maybe we ARE doomed... :(
Quote:Unless Sony has a team of wild monkeys heading their PSP department then I see no reason why they'd make such a huge mistake as to leave out the possibility of switching battery packs.
Nintendo didn't, but the SP does have dramatically better battery life...
Quote:Yeah, and that extra $15 or so is totally gonna ruin Sony's chances at being successful in the portable market.
Totally ruin? No. Hurt? Yes.
Quote:If it's rechargeable then it is perfectly fine.
You are completely insane...
Quote:Just because we know very little about it doesn't mean that Nintendo isn't frantic. Before the PSP was announced Nintendo made it very clear that they wouldn't replace the GBA anytime soon, then soon after Sony announced the PSP Nintendo said that they'd have something to compete with it "even though Nintendo really doesn't need to compete with Sony".
Sorry, but it just won't keel over and die so quickly! I just can't understand why you think this very expensive (for a handheld) system with plenty of issues will run over the market and in a matter of months completely take it over! That is just totally ridiculous! Can't you give the GBA any credit at all?
Sure Nintendo's working on a new Game Boy, but do they need to hurry unnecissarially fast? No.
Quote:Sony can make this a very easy thing to manage. People are used to short, rechargeable battery lives with higher-end portable electronics.
Rechargability is all well and good but it just doesn't negate the huge problems with such a short battery life! You compare this to PDAs or something... well PDAs are very different. They are designed to run for short periods of time while you take notes or something, not to run for hours while you play games, so they just don't NEED long battery lives. Game systems are so different... you can't just say 'if its fine for them its fine for game systems'. The past fifteen years have proven that battery lives that short are NOT fine. Promote rechargability all you want, that doesn't change that basic fact...