Overall, what Squilliam is saying is that your points are contradicting each other. Sony can't have a more powerful system with a higher resolution screen, better battery life and lower price all at the same time.

On your second point, I don't think that's how the 3D screen works. It's just one single screen with every other vertical line of pixels displaying the picture for the other eye. There is nothing like shaking the 3DS and misaligning two layers of a screen, because there are no two layers. The only way to damage the screen quality is by scratching it, but the clamshell design prevents that from happening.

On your third point, CoD has been several times on the DS already, but that doesn't really matter. There have been many home console like games on the PSP which didn't necessarily need a second analog stick, but they still failed to pull off numbers anywhere close to their home console counterparts. Considering that, it's unlikely that a perfectly emulated FPS control scheme or lack thereof would make a significant difference in hardware sales.

It could release for 50 more dollars than the DS but have less features, have download only games, and not be compatible with anything older than it.

2.  Here's where the clamshell design may hurt them.  Considering to pull off the effect of 3D there are 2 LCD screen on top of each other calibrated perfectly so that the eyes see seperate pixels at the same time.  Will the 3DS's screen become misaligned after repeated closing of the 3DS?  Or maybe even after being carried in pockets and backpacks.  Again, not saying this is fact, just a major concern I have.

It's just highly unlikely that anyone could build a handheld with that kind of efficiency.

Alright, I see. But if there were any justified doubts regarding the durability of such a 3D screen, then those concerns would have been raised by now and well known, because there always are some people who look for every little negative thing.

Fair enough.

1.  You do realise that the 3DS is powering 2 LCD screens, right?  Technically, it's powering 3 if you include the parrelax screen.  All of which combined are a larger area than the PSP2's screen will be.  And this time with more power than the DS, explaining the decrease in battery life.  Like I said, Sony could see this as a way to better Nintendo and use low energy parts or use a larger capacity battery or both.  Of course, I'm not saying they definitely will.

2.  Here's where the clamshell design may hurt them.  Considering to pull off the effect of 3D there are 2 LCD screen on top of each other calibrated perfectly so that the eyes see seperate pixels at the same time.  Will the 3DS's screen become misaligned after repeated closing of the 3DS?  Or maybe even after being carried in pockets and backpacks.  Again, not saying this is fact, just a major concern I have.

3.  To my knowledge, there hasn't been a COD or Uncharted on a handheld.  Let alone people actually interested in them being on one.  And this is mainly because the controls don't carry over very well.  The PSP2 is going to change that.  Control is going to feel exactly like you're playing a console version, which would help appeal to the millions of people who buy games in those franchises and ones like them.

4.  Ok?  (Walks away slowly) 

..get hacked early in the life cycle leading to piss poor software sales and therefore being seen as an unprofitable business venture for anyone to make games for it.

./cheers for geohot

Remember how that killed of the DS?

Me neither.