Steel X
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Sony's handheld system, Playstation Portable (PSP) is on live, baby! yeah! come watch this shit in action! whee!
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Nintendo DS vs. PSP
Based on the attention and web news frency, last weeks top news was clearly the announcement of the Nintendo Gameboy DS portable Game Console.
Not much is known so far, but from what we can imply it would be surprising if it would be competing with the pre-announced Sony PSP. The Sony PSP is attractive to a new group of demographic that the Nintendo Gameboy is not reaching - 20 to 35 year olds. To be attractive to that target group the portable game console needs to be small, cool clean design, high performance and of course good games.
The Two screens of the Nintendo implies a bulky device, unless they have a very smart design. In an interview at GameInformer with the Nintendo USA Director of PR it says that the screens are vertically arranged.
So lets see if things change, when more information trickles in. Right now I am actually not that excited about the Nintendo DS. I have my bets on the Sony PSP.
PSP's battery life?
A recently scanned image from Popular Science hints at possible PSP battery life. While it is still not certain if this is completely genuine, the article seems to think so.
Battery life will be less when it is playing movies, currently lasting only 2.5 hours. Lifespan for games is 8 and for music is 10. Again, this could very well change in the future or be a little excitable rumor, but it’s the most concrete source about the battery life so far.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=8001§ion=feature&email=
(let's just hope the PSP's battery life just wont suck like Sega's GameGear's battery life did...lol)
More than 100 games has been announced for the PSP...damn can you believe that shit? lol games like Metal Gear Acid, Final Fantasy VII, and Gran Turismo 4 are in development for the PSP.
The battery life, the release date, and the price on the PSP weren't exactly spelled out from Sony yet but so far the PSP does look pretty cool and the games look just as sweet as it should be...lol so maybe the PSP might be a smackdown over the Nintendo DS.
What you think, guys? u wanna root for the PSP or the Nintendo DS?