I think right about now everyone should understand that no console manufacturer has actually delivered on 100% of what they promised. No one jumped down Nintendo's collective throats saying that they'll never buy another GB variant when neither the GBC nor the GBA had the all essential backlight. Nintendo has very little competition in this market, especially in North America (overseas they had things like the WonderSwan Color and NeoGeo Pocket, but the companies that made them didn't feel it was worthwhile to present them to the North American market due to Nintendo's hold on haldheld gaming). It is competition that will shake up the market a bit and force Nintendo to be even more creative than before (and if not that, simply drop prices to stay competitive to anything that offers "more"). Thus competition in the marketplace is good for the consumer as no one will hold all of the cards.
However, I will state that I was one of those individuals who had those blasted disc read errors on their PS2 when reading CD based games. Of course I called their tech and got it repaired for free (not to say that this wasn't as result of many prior to me levying a class action suit against SCE). I've had only one PS2 (it's one of those SCPH-30001 units...the first run models) and have used it for extended periods of time (8 hour all night gaming sessions during spring breaks) and have even left it paused for more an hour or so and this is the worst thing that happened. It may be the luck of the draw, or maybe others are bitter, but my unit has only had that one defect.
My friend and I were discussing which system we might buy and both of us are pretty torn between the PSP and the GB:DS. If the GB:DS has better batterylife, gameplay, and is at a lower cost, then Sony will/does have an uphill battle. I wish them good luck and hope that they'll take more of a per-unit loss than they already are as to help with market saturation (despite their prettier graphics, they definately need to lower their price a bit).
The N9 has arrived. What we can say from our first experience is that we're in the presence of a fantastically designed device with a gorgeous AMOLED screen and some highly responsive performance.
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I think right about now everyone should understand that no console manufacturer has actually delivered on 100% of what they promised. No one jumped down Nintendo's collective throats saying that they'll never buy another GB variant when neither the GBC nor the GBA had the all essential backlight. Nintendo has very little competition in this market, especially in North America (overseas they had things like the WonderSwan Color and NeoGeo Pocket, but the companies that made them didn't feel it was worthwhile to present them to the North American market due to Nintendo's hold on haldheld gaming). It is competition that will shake up the market a bit and force Nintendo to be even more creative than before (and if not that, simply drop prices to stay competitive to anything that offers "more"). Thus competition in the marketplace is good for the consumer as no one will hold all of the cards.
However, I will state that I was one of those individuals who had those blasted disc read errors on their PS2 when reading CD based games. Of course I called their tech and got it repaired for free (not to say that this wasn't as result of many prior to me levying a class action suit against SCE). I've had only one PS2 (it's one of those SCPH-30001 units...the first run models) and have used it for extended periods of time (8 hour all night gaming sessions during spring breaks) and have even left it paused for more an hour or so and this is the worst thing that happened. It may be the luck of the draw, or maybe others are bitter, but my unit has only had that one defect.
My friend and I were discussing which system we might buy and both of us are pretty torn between the PSP and the GB:DS. If the GB:DS has better batterylife, gameplay, and is at a lower cost, then Sony will/does have an uphill battle. I wish them good luck and hope that they'll take more of a per-unit loss than they already are as to help with market saturation (despite their prettier graphics, they definately need to lower their price a bit).