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"PSP to trounce Gameboy?"

Fully 3D handheld console with disc based format...

Oh dear.

And the Playstation name can sell.

I think that It will only do well if it's cheap, I can hardly see anyone really paying anymore than say £150 for it when you might aswell buy a GBA SP & games or even a PS2!

The winner will be the one released first. If one of them can get a substantial margine on the other it will help dramatically.

Sega Game Gear released two years after the original Game Boy - it had a full colour, back lit screen and the design of the GBA. It lost.

I still maintain that Sony will win without even trying.


Even today on Newsround:

"Good news for gamers; Sony are releasing a portable Playstation, and there are loads of new exclusives for the Playstation 2"



er, hello? GBASP?


Even more exclusive games on the GC? And the XBox too?


The Playstation name has complete media dominance.


And when the PSP is released the game stores will slap it's name across all the windows and people will rush in and buy it without question.

TGMbloke wrote:
> Im sure Nintendo have somthing up there sleves...then again Microsoft
> most likely do too....
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> NINTENDO - Do this!:
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> Backlight...you know how to do it now
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> GB/GBC/GBA backwards will be hard with a CD, but DO IT!

Why, sure, it's cheaper, but it'll be a bit, bigger....

> USB - PSP has it, and it will let us use steering wheels on the racing
> games...

Steering wheel? On a portable console? It's getting less portable by the second.

> CD - Very important...carefull of those pirates though! And make sure
> it don't skip as you jump around, can play mini CD's and CD's with
> MP3's

YOu've said this above, but, GC disks would be better, I can just imagine playing Mario Sunshine and WW on it.

> More buttons - at least 6 (4 cation, 2 shoulders) + Start and Select.
> Plus we want an anologue stick. Perhaps not like the GC and N64 bu
> more like the D-Pad on the PS2. Its touch sensetive, yet digital and
> won't snap off

So far the only good suggestion.

> N64 support - Obviosly not on cardridge, but if it runs the same
> language, they could re-release on the new format...a USB cart
> converter would be great!


Still not that portable.

> Headphone socket and long lasting batteries - obvious really

Like before?

GBA2 will win the handheld 'war' that's fast approaching us, but after that... who knows?

Nintendo are in a bit of a predicament. One the one hand they have to make more announcements on the GBA2 to quel the PSP hype, but on the other hand doing this may decrease SP sales. And if there's a new competitor coming along they'll need all the sales they can get.

It sure is going to be interesting.

Nintendo has a lot up its sleeve... just wait.

Whitestripes DX wrote:
> Even today on Newsround..

That is because the BBC has and always will be completely biased towards the majority playstation loving vote.

Search for gamecube on their site and the first articles I got up were how Sony had beaten it in the console wars and how nintendo had just got "a very big fine".

And what the hell were you doing watching Newsround anyway?

The point is, that's what all the kids are watching.


And what do you think they want to buy now?

Beyblades most likely.