PSP: Online at launch. ... good job dropping the ball, Nintendo

[A Black Falcon]

"small-range local network"? Do you mean wireless LAN play, the same thing that the PSP also supports? The very same thing that you and I complain about not being a replacement for online--on an almost daily basis?

Wow. I love how you can do a complete 180 with your opinions in order to try and stay "right" about something. Huzah!, ABF, Huzaah!

It's not a replacement for online. Given how many times we've said that before I didn't think I had to say it again... I was just talking about that there is one use of wireless which works fine for everyone, that's all...

Yeah because FortCollins is such a huge city.

If I can get wifi access in most places in this small college town, so can most people. Unless you live in Oklahoma. But hey--all of those tech magazines and my personal experience are nothing compared to your non-experience and conjecture! Just go on thinking what you want!

You have no better knowledge of this than I do, I'm sure. You pretend that you are oh so much more knowledgable, but it's just not true... and even within what you are saying I see major problems! I mean, unless you live in one of the very, very small number of places in this country with big wireless networks you have very, very limited use of the ability -- you must go to some business or home with an open wireless network. That's a pretty significant limitation! You pretend that that means you have the freedom to use it anywhere but that's just not true. You must be in specific locations. Anywhere else and you can't use it... 'portable' it is not while you are online (go out of the range and you get cut off!), and even more significant is the fact that for most people I'm sure that places with wireless networks will not be places you'd be playing online games. How many people do you think will go to a restaurant or something just to play PSP online... some, but if you think that that would lead to a massive, mass-market success I think you're quite mistaken. It might convince a few more people to get home wireless networks, but that's about it really.