7th June 2004, 12:35 AM
PH, I'm not sure what sort of logic you are using, but these days just about everyone has their own TV (though most people have no frills at all with those), so it's not "something to play when "the" TV is being used" as you put it. Crazy australians... Anyway, I DO happen to play my portable on the go. If, as you say, you only use your portables at home, then you have to wonder why you even bothered getting the portable instead of just a Gameboy Player. No, a portable is MEANT to be taken outside.
This guy's comments, that people don't go playing games on the go, is pure stupidity. Honestly, this mindset combined with the ultrashort battery life makes me wonder why they would even BOTHER making it portable to begin with. Well, now my interest in the device has taken a bit of a dive. It sure LOOKS nice and all, but it's essentially a PS2 that will die before I'm even "into" a game session. I'll probably get it anyway if there's a good selection of quality exlusives on it though... Processing power likley isn't the main drain. I think it's all the motor. Remember, it's not just battery technology. After all, the GBs got MORE powerful and used LESS batteries to get the SAME amount of life as the very first GB (up until the GBASP which finally went with li-ion). It's in designing those systems to actually use less power. I can see potentially a future system using very little power and yet being PS2 level, but using optical media is a bad idea, as it is right now... Motors are a huge drain on battery life...
Well Sony, I sure hope you can up the battery life rather than saying "eh no one plays PORTABLE SYSTEMS on the go anyway... right?".
This guy's comments, that people don't go playing games on the go, is pure stupidity. Honestly, this mindset combined with the ultrashort battery life makes me wonder why they would even BOTHER making it portable to begin with. Well, now my interest in the device has taken a bit of a dive. It sure LOOKS nice and all, but it's essentially a PS2 that will die before I'm even "into" a game session. I'll probably get it anyway if there's a good selection of quality exlusives on it though... Processing power likley isn't the main drain. I think it's all the motor. Remember, it's not just battery technology. After all, the GBs got MORE powerful and used LESS batteries to get the SAME amount of life as the very first GB (up until the GBASP which finally went with li-ion). It's in designing those systems to actually use less power. I can see potentially a future system using very little power and yet being PS2 level, but using optical media is a bad idea, as it is right now... Motors are a huge drain on battery life...
Well Sony, I sure hope you can up the battery life rather than saying "eh no one plays PORTABLE SYSTEMS on the go anyway... right?".
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