Sony announces PSP's battery life...

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True, though not only, because of the large number of RPGs... Nintendo fans aren't exactly the only ones who like those.

Whaaa?? Why do you think so many flocked to the PSX??

Pessimism is just fine, but sometimes you can go too far...

I'm looking at this from a very unbiased and realistic viewpoint. Perhaps a tad bit pessimistic, but this is Nintendo we're talking about.

Its quite obvious that they don't care as much as their competitors do.

I don't think it's about not caring, just that Nintendo is like a grumpy old man who thinks that his way is the only way and refuses to change with the times.

But this is Nintendo, just about the least risk-taking company in the world... they go too far too often.

Wasn't Iwata supposed to change all of this? They need new blood at NOA since they're the ones that decide which games get brought over here (I think).

Remember, Genesis came out well before the SNES... like a year before. In that time it built up a good lead... and held it for quite some time. I am sure that I've read that for years after its release the SNES was behind, at least in the US... it started out way back but gained ground steadily, especially as Sega's mistakes mounted.

Nah, it didn't take long for Nintendo to catch up with Sega and eventually get ahead of them.

That is true, but on the other hand they need to keep that children's market... without it Nintendo would be in serious trouble. They'd need to find a way to attract the mass-market consumer, something they haven't had success at in many years... so yes, they must diversify. But not at the cost of losing that base that sells most of their consoles... it may not be the majority of the market anymore, but it is a big part. They just need to find a way to attract adults too without losing the younger market... they could do it if they do it right. I certainly hope so.

Oh, and a more powerful console should help with the adult market... I know that power isn't everything, but people these days like nice 3d graphics so much...

The GC is more powerful than the PS2 and for a long time the GC had the best-looking games out of all three systems, yet it didn't help Nintendo. It's all about hype and marketing.

By the time it comes out you'll probably be able to buy four or five GBA's and almost as many GBA SPs for the price of a PSP... that will pretty much kill much adoption from children. Not many parents buy $300 consoles for their kids... not when what they have is still 'perfectly good'... but yes, in the adult market they should do much better. I'm not sure how well, but just by force of marketing it should work among gamers... I don't see it making people switch from cellphone games to PSPs or anything, though.

Well parents bought their kids PS2s which was $300. And who says that people will switch from cell phones to PSPs? What I said before was that portable electronics are very popular amongst adults.

Oh, and what about the PSP's layout? Analog stick, D-Pad, 4 face buttons (X, Square, Circle, Triangle), 2 shoulder buttons (L and R)), Start, and Select... that's 8 buttons, unless the analog stick is clickable (didn't mention it so I doubt it). That's fewer buttons than a PSX or PS2 so just like with GB ports would need to be reworked... but you can only fit so many buttons on a portable and have it remain portable.

That's a perfect amount of buttons for a handheld. Not many PSX/PS2 games use all of the buttons so it shouldn't be difficult to get around. And perhaps it will discourage non-stop porting, which is a good thing.