@superdave

Its not fanoyish its true, most people dont even know you can hack the ds..

I didnt.

 You only have to download some free software to your PSP , and youl be able to play free games , you dont even have to go out and buy a passtrough .

The issue is , that many people abuse the homebrew capabilities . Now they only play SNES games on it , but next time theyl get full PSP games for free :( 

I'd say that Nintendo's GBA library is far more suited for mobile phone applications. You need low memory, low processing games for better battery life. PSP games are the opposite from low memory, low processing.

I just recently got a DS. After playing games like Elite Beat Agents, I'd be very, very reluctant to give up the awesome touch screen control for the system. It's very very nice. I don't like the battery life of the DS -- it's been lasting me 10-14 hours and it takes about 10 seconds to get into the game from turning on the DS but there are no noticable loading times ever. Is the PSP significantly better in these areas?

I obviously don't care much about graphics since I'm playing a hand-held. If graphics were a major selling point, I'd play games exclusively on the PC (my TV is only 1080p, so I wouldn't use that).

Actually, it's significantly worse.

You make it sound so easy to go through an find homebrews and then find ROMs. You still have to be a little technically saavy to install software onto the PSP and make it work properly.

For the DS, all you have to do is buy a little cartridge that holds 30+ cracked DS games and you're done.

I think if Sony puts more effort into their PSN the PSP sales and such could significantly pick up, I recently purchased Castlevania SOTN and Wild arms off the network and copied them over to my PSP :D I think it's such a cool feature and if more people knew about it I have a feeling they'd use it. I'm generaly all for owning physical media and such, but I take a look at Castlevania Chronicles for 39.99 in stores, then I see SOTN for 4.99 on PSN >_>; honestly it's not hard to choose.

That's another thing, if PSP wants to sell more software can we just do away with this $40 bullshit? I almost NEVER game on a handheld as is, so why in god's name do I feel like paying $40 for a handheld game? For 20 more I can get a PS3 title for god's sake! I honestly think only EPIC titles (big budget) should be going for $30 AT MOST, if disk production is in fact cheaper why aren't there more $20 titles?

Sony needs to cut the cost on Memory Stick pro's, it CANT cost much for them to make them, and a 4g going for $70? Come on now >_>, cut the cost's, make your PSN more known, move some damn software! 

Does anybody know what the PSP originally cost to manufacture?

I'm curious whether the losses on the hardware side put the platform in a hole, given the software and UMD film sales didn't take off to the levels Sony had hoped. While the platform itself has been successful by measure of its overall sales numbers, as a business the venture has probably been a bit underwhelming to Sony.

They were planning to lose money with the platform right out of the gate, but then having to drop the launch price further when Nintendo beat them with the September 20, 2004 announce by one hour -- that was another $50-$100 lopped off, depending on region and bundle.

When the business model is to sell the hardware at a loss and make up the money on software, can you really call the platform a success if the software isn't selling?