At this point I'm not sure if features will make that much of a difference. Make it cheap, have a long battery life and have lots of great games.

those games were also on the DS

i was talking about the huge 3rd party line-up that ninty systems are getting for the first time

It needs to run on hopes and dreams.

In all seriousness, Sony is already fighting a major uphill battle now that titles like Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear Solid are being released on 3DS as featured games instead of afterthoughts. They'll need to be able to appeal to female gamers for America / Europe, Monster Hunter for Japan, and a community based game ala Pokemon.

They also need their "it" that truly seperates the PSP2 from anything else that will already be out. Nintendo absolutely nailed their "it" factor with the glasses free 3D and they'll be able to coast on it even if something else is released with similar tech because they showed it first. The 3DS has great qualities for core games, casual games, and social games which could end up giving them that balance everyone has been seeking since the PS2.

For the third time actually. NES and SNES had huge third party line ups. (just for the sake of nitpicking :P)

EDIT: Counting handhelds, it's the fifth time.

NINTENDO!!!!!

I think Sony needs to stop trying to be Nintendo and start being themselves. Instead of Sony thinking how can I do better then Nintendo. How can I create something Nintendo isn't good at. The rollable screen is the perfect example but from recent rumours it seems unlikely.

I think the current PSP2 rumoured console is good enough for now. I mean seriously A touch screen , between 360-PS3 graphics, a back scroll pad. Dual analog. This thing is a gamers dream, Sony doesn't need 3D to compete the currently rumoured console will be more then enough to hold its own.

Also Sony will never over take Nintendo if thats what the threads about, with some AAA software support it could grab about 30-40% of the handheld market at best. All I care is that Sony continues to out perform GameGear. GameGear never took this much market share from Nintendo anything better then their performance is a huge success in my books!

I can you be so sure? I mean even assuming that PSP2 will be 3 times more powerful than 3DS, the fact of having 2 different screens, motion sensors and gyroscope would not make the port of every game so obvious, we still don't know what kind of features the PSP2 has.

2124 called and they wanted their PSP47 back.

well the projector maybe the rest no that's current tech, replace the HDD with a holographic memory matrix at 500 TB and the cell phone network with a quantum entanglement device allowing instant (lag free) high speed internet access anywhere in the galaxy and now we are talking 2124...

1) Good Games
2) Decent Price
3) Good Games