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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2019439" data-attributes="member: 4779">Yeah, the battery life issue bugs me but you have to give something up for the type of machine you are getting.  The screen is huge and basically makes the system worth buying.  Bottom line.  And yeah, the internal workings make a bit of a difference but anyone who has been using LCD screens for any amount of time knows that battery life has been and always will be an issue.  As long as the unit gives plenty of notice that the battery will be dead soon, that's what I want.And if I'm just playing the games at home - that's no issue.  I just plug it into the wall.iPod killer?  I don't think that's what they are going for.  Something like the iPod, something sleek, something cool to have, yes.  And as for the comparisons to playing the different kinds of media and such, that's secondary to the games and is very obvious in the design.  The price-point is workable.  The unit does play other types of media and even if (right now) it's not the easiest thing to do, it's ok.  People aren't buying this to replace their MP3 player (I'm not, for sure - I love my iRiver), they are buying it to play games.  The media options are gravy.  The machine can support them simply because it uses discs and is a mini-PS.  But the primary selling point is the game-playing (graphics) and the cool-factor.I don't even think the majority of folks will stop playing their DS/Gameboy for the PSP.  It's a different animal.  They can both compete in the same market as long as the support (good games) is there.</blockquote>

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