[gekko]

No, I don't own a PSP as I clearly stated in the post you're replying to. I have read plenty of tests from various sources, including PS exclusive magazines who say its battery life sucks, and they actually did the tests.

I'm not interested in using PSP as an MP3 player, it would be a very expensive downgrade. I would use it for playing games, and all the tests indicate the battery life is horrible. It might not be a big deal for you, if you play it sitting in your house where you're free to charge it at your leisure. I could go out and buy extended batteries, and I'm sure Sony is more than planning on capitalizing on their poor product by releasing their own extended batteries to try and suck more money out of their customers. Excuse me for expecting a PlayStation Portable to actually be portable. If you want to go out and buy a PSP for $249 and then go spend more money on a extended battery, be my guest. Again, sorry for thinking I should get what I paid for.

In Iraq, I killed hundreds of hours playing my GBA SP and Nintendo DS. You think sitting in an observation post outside a hostile city provided me a chance to charge the thing whenever I wanted? This isn't the Playstation Mini, it's the Playstation Portable, and until it becomes portable, don't expect me to buy it.

Anything else in the world and this would be an over-priced product with poor performance, but since it's a video game system, everybody worships the stupid plastic box and you're insane if you don't fall in love with a 4.3" screen. Give me a break.