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Predictions Of Further PSP Release Delay Floated

Posted by simoniker on from the grapevine-says-yes dept.

Thanks to CNN Money for its article discussing the possible further delay of Sony's PSP handheld. According to the piece: "Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told investors yesterday that his company does not expect the PSP to launch in North America until the second quarter [of 2005]." It's explained: "The PSP was originally scheduled to go on sale worldwide this holiday season. In February, Sony pushed back the U.S. launch of the system to the first quarter of 2005, but said it still planned to launch on schedule in Japan." The article also comments on possible PSP battery life issues, suggesting "...those putting games together for the system say Sony has urged them to avoid streaming game levels from the Universal Media Disk, to lengthen the system's battery life."

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  1. Interesting by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Considering the entire disc-reading assembly consumes far less power than the display.

    IMO, the PSP is sure to suck on the battery life w/o some serious revisions. Prove me wrong Sony, you have no choice.

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  2. Re:Building hype... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I could be wrong (and please prove me wrong if you can), but prior to the PS2's release, wasn't it the other way around? Something about how more N64 units sold in the first year than PlayStation sold up until the day PS2 was released? I don't ever remember PlayStation being more popular than Nintendo until the PS2 came out, which of course blew everything out of the water.