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Sony To Release PSP Handheld Console In 2004

Posted by simoniker on from the very-big-deal dept.

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."

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  1. I luv SONY by Sophrosyne · · Score: 1, Troll

    SO I bought a PS2 when it came out- now I get a disc read error... crap! thanks sony for not recalling your shitty product...
    Now these guys want to muscle there way into the handheld market! wonderful- the last thing I want is to be playing my PSP and see "disc read error".... or be on a train or in a car or something, and have the thing skip... and goof up- most likely everything but the music will have to be loaded into memory to prevent skipping, which means either an overpriced product, or an underpowered one...
    I just don't know if I can trust a company that 'muscles' its way into business.

  2. Mud Slinging by 0xA · · Score: 0, Troll
    George Harrison, a vice president at Nintendo of America, noted that much of the competition's success has been built on socially questionable games such as the street-crime romp "Grand Theft Auto 3." He promised Nintendo wouldn't go down that alley. "Mario will never start shooting hookers," he vowed.

    Kind of reaching there huh guys? Rockstar told you to go piss up a rope didn't they? Lets face it, with games like GTA and Metal Gear as exclusive titles you guys didn't stand a chance. Zelda isn't _that_ good.

  3. Re:32-Bit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This thing comes out Q4 of 2004! That's a year and a half from now! (how many years is that behind the GBA?) PS2 is a signifigantly more powerfull machine than the DC was, and it allready had a strong foothold when XBOX came around--personally, I wish Sony would just go away--I've never owned a Sony produt that didn't have QC issues.

    There is alot in the game market, agreed--but the only way this product will work for Sony is if they throw their weight around with the software manufs and force them to develop for PSP to get on PS2/3....