PSP = Big Problems

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Null

yea. its also tho that this is an early game and doesnt use as many methods to try and keep battery life up. im almost betting they could remake that game in half a year and have the batter life double, by only changing the way the game works.

And I kind of agree with you on that. Although I kind of doubt battery life will double, I don't doubt that a nice sized boost (40%-60%) might be possible with cleaner code and special techniques. But it's still going to be a huge problem; particularly with up and coming developers. Sony's going to have a hard time getting third party game developers to learn how to use the same battery-saving techniques. So if the PSP winds up depending heavily on 3'rd party software, say goodbye to battery life.

I was really planning on getting a PSP, but the battery life alone is enough to make me rethink it. I think I'm going to just have to see how this one plays out. Maybe I'll wait for the first price drop to get one.

In the meanwhile I'm more than happy to play my DS.