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Sony To Release PSP Handheld Console In 2004
JayBonci writes "According to News.com, in a news conference before this year's E3, Sony announced its plans to release a new gaming handheld called PSP, slated for release late next year. Presumably, this would be to compete against Nintendo's Gameboy Advance, a clear winner in the handhelds department for years now. The games come on a new media format, half the size of a CD or DVD, holding 1.8 gigs. Other Gameboy competitors such as the Neo-Geo Pocket Color have suffered from small game libraries and the inability to get over the GBC/GBA's entrenched marketshare. Despite all of this, Sony isn't SNK, and obviously has a lot of muscle to push its way to where it wants to be. It will be an interesting fight."
Sony also introduced a new accessory for the PlayStation 2, the I Toy. The USB camera will initially be used as a custom game controller
How will this work?
You jump up and down and little mario on the screen does the same?
And I thought dance mats were scary.
Wow, I should not post when knackered.
Or even better! Get your poorly lit portrait poorly aligned onto a three-dimensional mesh so that on the rare occasion your character walks up to a mirror you'll see a horribly distorted YOU!
You got a Game Gear to run a couple of hours on four AA batteries? How? Mine wouldn't run at all on four, seeing as it needed six.
Wow, I forsee better uses for this thing than playing games. You can probably store 10 porno movies on it at the resolution of the LCD screen! It's a party in your pocket!
Cyde Weys Musings - Scrutinizing the inscrutable
I tend to respect Sony for their ability to implement things well.
You've got looooooooow standards, don't you?