Sony announces PSP's battery life...

[A Black Falcon]

I'm actually comparing consoles from the same companies that we're comparing handhelds with. Your comparison is crap.

There is no comparison quite like this one, so none of them will be anywhere near perfect...

Yes it matters, as it shows that little things like this don't kill a system. Having to get an extra battery pack to make things more convenient will not kill the PSP.

And you need the special GBA SP headphone adapter to use headphones. It fits into the recharge socket.

I meant GBA-SP-only headphones, which I bet some stores carry...

Adults like handheld electronic devices, adults have money to pay for said devices, and adults make up most of the videogame market. I don't see how Sony targeting adults with the PSP is going to do anything but make it a huge success.

But do they want handheld gaming consoles? That's a quite different question from asking if they want cell phones or PDAs! I am just not sure at all that that market is there. Eventually? Quite possibly, as gaming grows in strength and popularity even more yes, handhelds will spread more evenly to older groups... but now? Its mostly younger gamers. And the older ones aren't showing signs that this is a big ignored market from any way I can tell...

Also, who is the PSP for? Its not for children (the majority of the GBA's market) because of price primarially and battery life second (children are more likely to find that battery setup hard to deal with...). Its not for Nintendo fans, or fans of 2d gaming. Is it for 'hardcore' gamers? Probably not -- Sony has never aimed its consoles at hardcore gamers. No, they're aiming at older teens and up, people who are mostly casual gamers and have PS2s... the question is, do those people want a handheld console like the PSP? I'm not sure. Some do. Some will get it because of Sony's hype. But will that be enough? I don't know. I hope not...

If it's comparable to the PSP in every way then sure Nintendo probably won't suffer too much. But that's a big if...

Right, because Sony is a better hardware developer than Nintendo, as we've so clearly seen in the past...

Uh, you should know far better than THAT!