| LordTheNightKnight said: And will it be cost efficient? If all those specs are not at a reasonable level, then the system will cost even more than the 3DS and/or Sony will have to sell it at a loss. And that's not even getting into the battery life. |
That depends on the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the architecture chosen. If Sony chose well and if it turns out Nintendo chose relatively poorly on both counts then it is possible for a similarly priced PSP2 to exceed the performance of the 3DS in like for like 2D applications by a considerable degree. Of course at this point price, performance and battery life are mere points of speculation at this point.
We have had reports of PSP2 development kits running extremely hot. However it is likely that early samples would run at a much higher voltage than the regular unit due to yields and it is also possible for it to be using the 28nm process node at release given how aggressive Nvidia (presumption of their chipset choice due to rumours) transitions to new nodes and their familiarity with both TSMC and now GloFo foundries. This isn't a reflection on cost as new process nodes are expensive, it is a reflection on battery life. Since there are smart phones using the new architecture from Nvidia it is possible that a larger form factor PSP2 especially one which uses adaptive brightness control could achieve a reasonable battery life on a larger form factor.
Tease.
