PSP = Big Problems

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Originally Posted by thatmariolover

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.

i really dont think it'll be a problem at all. and all the talk and complaining about it will fade away and people will totally forget about that issue.

the main thing that developers will have to do is just load more into ram so the game uses the Ram instead of the actual UMD disc. by cutting out that motor they save a lot of energy.

the other thing is i think sony will work on the issue with the actual hardware and next year i think you'll be seeing the psp last much longer.

doesnt help for people that bought it now. but thats the way it goes sometimes.