Sony To Release PSP Handheld Console In 2004

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday May 13, 2003 @11:23AM 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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I luv SONY by Sophrosyne · 2003-05-13 11:33 · 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.