Er...one more thing...the reason Sony can sell UMDs for so much is because *people are willing to buy it*! They *can* because people let them, and willingly fork over their money. It's a behavior I just can't understand, and perhaps never will. I suppose people prefer a multimedia gaming device over a portable dvd player, which makes sense, but why they'd be willing to pay 20-30 bucks for a disc playable only on a psp...I just can't understand that.

well I suspect, and Sony counts on many can not afford to own a portable dvd player AND a PSP so many go out and buy video umd's for trips anyway. It's all supply and demand. I admit I have one I bought for $15 for a airplane trip I took. I did not own the video in DVD form though. What pisses me off is how Sony is pushing the format and studios are eating it up. The prices will eventually go down but doesn't deny the fact that Sony is pushing a severely limited format that has very little use outside of their PSP.

i think it's cool.. but only with a nice (very small) cam not one like the crappy (lowres) EyeToy cam :| atleast 2MPixl.. would be nice

thats brilliant.

You don't know me, so don't blatantly take one sentence out of context that I said, sort of mix it with a comment somebody else said and call it a day. I was getting at that although this thing was meant to be much more than a gaming system, at its core it's still a gaming unit. I am tired of walking into stores and seeing more movies for this thing than games. And the games are mostly re-hashed PS1 and 2 ports. I know there are many clever and original titles coming out soon and the thing has only been out a few months but it still pisses me off. In a world of cell phones that comes with AIM IM chat and digital cameras for free, who cares? The web browser seems cool and I'm upgrading soon but the fact remains that Sony sits on the most powerful handheld ever, and I'm tired of hearing about the same old "unique" features that can be found on 32,000 other devices. Wow it can play mp3's? Wow how novel. I rest my case in my posts above, the multimedia features this thing does is not necessarily done better than competing technology, it's just that it does it at all that placates most people into not searching else where.

Half it's gaming life-cycle gone?

There's like half-a-dozen games out. We haven't even seen the first Christmas season with it yet? What the hell do you people want?

Anyways...

Let me see, do I want to keep playing my 15-year old 16-Bit games, the ocassional round of homebrew (Squarez, the only homebrew game I actually play), and emulating Windows at speeds slower than it ran on my old 486 (as if anyone thought it could really be any slower than that)? Or do I want a way for my memory stick to be filled daily with ads for penis-enhancing pills, free amateur porn subscriptions, and the chance to chat live with the people I avoid in real life?

Argh!!!! I hate these decisions!!!

I'll rather stick with my 1.5 and play every game ever made from Monkey Island to Sonic to all the current PSP title on ISO Loader
and enjoy the PDA functionality of the PSP home-brew while I'll check my email using VNC......did i miss something............really hard decision........hmm...guess not

What will be next? The ability to dry your clothes? I mean I am kind of excited over a few of these new fetures but isn't this a gaming system? Hell there are more movies out for it now than games. Speaking of movies, why are there $30 1.8GB umd's in a world full of very cheap portable DVD players, and where High-Def DVDs are around the corner? Oh I forgot, it's Sony and they can.