sony's new handheld - PSP

[JoyBoy]

Wait, didnt SONY already try a semi handheld, the Pocketstation? Lots of confidence they had in that, didnt they? People seem to be thinking that this PSP is ready to launch now. SONY themselves have said that they will not be sending dev kits out until late Q4 2003 at the earliest, and wont be on sale in Japan until Q5 2004, Which is what? 18 months away? God knows what the release date will be for Europe, and thinking back to the Pocketstation, heres hoping .

In between now and then you will have some pretty big advances in the Mobile Phone Market. (which I notice MrCaine01 failed to even mention). If anyone here has played on the Nokia 7650, the Samsung v200 and the Panasonic GD87, they have to admit the games look pretty good on them. Of course how they play is another matter, but that will improve time.

Even though the franchise is slowly dying, PokeMon is still a huge franchise especially in Japan. SONY have to come up with a killer app like that, to put even put a dent into it. Of course, they wont because the 'suits' will be marketing it at teens & adults.

MrCaine, SEGA owned Nintendo in Europe, which contary to popular belief, is still an important gaming market. The reason why SEGA fell on its ass was because by the time the Game Gear did launch, it was 3 years too late. Game Boy had an absolute huge user base, and was still selling like bread. Also the Game Gear did not Tetris. That was the kind of title that even women could play. Of course the female market, is something SONY has to figure out.

You know when people announce any kind of console, they always announce it with unheard of specs, that leaves fanboys, marks & rubes shooting the 'white stuff' all over themselves. Wait until you actually see it...