What happened to Sony? Didn’t they used to know what consumers want? They’re releasing their new PSP portable gaming platform with a whole 5 games to go along with it as well as a 4 – 6 hour battery life (less with more features turned on).
“those estimates were for playing a simple puzzle or card game with the screen dimmed, speakers turned off and wireless connectivity disabled.”
Why am I seeing so many sites hyping this device? That doesn’t sound very good at all. What’s 4 hours of battery life going to get you? Barely enough juice for an average day of travel.
I do like the screen size and look of the device, my problem with the PSP is the price ($195 for the system, $50 for games) and battery life.
The DS on the other hand not only has a decent selection of titles (13 now, with another 20 in the next 2 months) but they have innovated by making a platform unlike any other. 2 screens, the bottom being touch sensitive, a ten hour battery life, and wireless capable (802.11b) all for $150 ($30 games). While this isn’t to say the DS is better necessarily, just more well rounded in my opinion. With quotes like this:
“The PSP will, of course, play games as well.”
it’s hard for me to take them seriously. Stop trying to make a device that does everything and give us the essentials.
PlayStation Portable’s tough birth