Quite a battle over there. The PSP has different price points there, too, doesn\'t it?
Anyway, you\'re kidding yourselves if you think PSP and DS aren\'t in competition. Sony just pushes the other stuff to make it cooler. They\'re intended for the same demographics.
Just because Handheld X has better graphics and plays music without an add-on doesn\'t mean it doesn\'t want to bump Handheld Y out of the market.
Sony wants to take Nintendo\'s profit crutch away in the handheld market. Nintendo wants PSP to fail like everything else so far.
The only thing that separates PSP from DS competitively is the price. It limits it to people who have lots of cash and lots of love for handheld gaming. These same people probably bought GBA SP\'s for Castlevania already. The demographics all over lap.
Just because Xbox can burn music doesn\'t mean Microsoft isn\'t competing with Nintendo and Sony. Same with PSP and its features vs. DS.
I dunno if that made sense... I just know I\'m right. ;]
Sony PR guys try to distance themselves from Nintendo because of the perception of coolness and edginess and maturity that comes with that. But just because they give you the PR bullshit doesn\'t mean it\'s true. In fact, that public line of b.s. is just another means of competing with and trying to get a leg up on Nintendo.
-Dan
