Sony announces PSP's battery life...

[A Black Falcon]

It's a terrible comparison.

Far closer and more accurate than your comparisons!

It's always a pain to get peripherals and spare parts from Nintendo. You can only buy Nintendo's headphone adapter at the official site, did you know that?

Uhh... why do you mention the headphone adapter so often when I said that its an incredibly stupid idea to have it as a required extra? So its hard to get... so? Does that matter a lot? I think getting headphones that fit that plug isn't too hard...

Unless you're an invalid, recharging and changing batteries should not be difficult to do. You seem to have a very low opinion of the general public. Maybe for five-year-olds it would be a pain, but Sony won't be targeting the PSP towards children.

And that fact is a big part of why they might be in a lot more trouble than you expect.

I really don't think Nintendo will have their next handheld out on time. They're always late.

Sure, but three to six months here won't hurt much at all. Not if the next GB is anywhere near as good as it easily could be!

And so far the only "limitation" you know of is that you'll have to recharge the batteries more often. Oh no!

Go ahead and understate it all you want, but it is a significant issue with a so-called-portable console. You are limited by the batteries. If they run out you are in trouble... if you use normal batteries at least you can always go to the store and buy more. Being tethered to a power supply is far more limiting... especially when the battery life is short like this thing's is. And don't mention 'buy a second battery' because you can do that with a GBA-SP too and run it for 30 hours instead of 15... it is a MAJOR limitation! Especially for people who actually would use a portable console in a portable setting...

Adults don't like handheld devices? Wow, that's news to me! The reason why Sony has a very good chance of taking over the market is because they will be targeting the system towards adults! As you can see by the PS2 and X-Box's current lead over the Gamecube, adults buy more games than kids do. Children make up less than 50% of the video game market, and that is why Nintendo is #3 and Sony is #1

OB1, that dodges the whole point of what I was saying! I said 'there isn't a big market for portable consoles for adults at this time'. and 'I just don't know if the PSP will magically create one out of thin air'. You clearly think that it will... but I have VERY strong doubts. I think gamers who get older are less likely to WANT a portable console, Sony or not...