Is it just me or is there no hard drive of any kind on this thing?  That kind of blows.

 They are in fact designed for a handheld device, they just play similar to a console. This is such a stupid thing to say. The only reason people even say stuff like this is because the DS plays very differently from a console. Back when the first GameBoy came out it played games exactly like consoles too.And to answer your question, yes, I absolutely want to play games as fulfilling and rich as console games on my handheld system. With deep storylines, great gameplay and incredible visuals. I've played through Final Fantasy VII-IX, on the PSP and they are just perfect for handheld gaming. It sounds awesome, 5 inch OLED at a fantastic resolution. This thing is going to look great.  "
 

" A psp that looks interesting? Hmm, sounds weird. "

All of this and more available for the low low price of $500.

wtb Google Voice support

I'm actually genuinely excited for this now. I guess I'm going to have to push off getting a PSP.

NGP= Non Gaming Platform

This and 3ds...its going to be tough on my billfold this year. Oh well

I hope "live area" UI repleaces the XMB on the ps3. 

Wait, so, is it a phone?

this just reminds me of the johnny v story

i like the form factor overall. But call me jaded, but i wanna know how it controls, it could run crysis but if it controls like the old PSP with an extra joystick I'll be reluctant. Also, dreading what the pricetag will be.  

how come they dont put the left joystick over the D pad? I would think that would feel much more natural in your hand. Is it because the ps3 sticks are perfectly horizontal on the control?

Awesome spec, but I want to the price and the battery life!

I'm waiting for Sony to charge £500 for it. 
 
Then i will laugh.

Big fan of the PSP, so am very excited for this

I just hope this thing doesn't have the battery life of a game gear with all that stuff in it.

This will be expensive as hell.

Of COURSE Activision promised a Call of Duty title....

Lol how many "$600!" moments can you have at E3?

Going to get it.

i for one hope that this helps kick start 'serious' portable gaming.  I can only speak for myself, but I am tired of the Angry Birds and Fruit Ninjas of the world.  I am ready to get back to some serious handheld games and this looks like a step in the right direction!

I guess I may be of the old chain of thought, but if I want to do "serious gaming" I want to be at home on my couch infront of my TV. If I'm on the go the iPhone games of the world more then fit my needs.

DO. WANT!

Who knows if the design they showed is the final design. i heard that the NGP dev kits are sliders and we'll probably see a slider at e3. i really like the design they showed though.

Didn't they so the PSP was supposed to be more powerful than the PS2? So far I have seen like 3 titles that even came close to like first launch PS2 titles. The GoW, MGS, FFVII:CC. Everything else was like PS 1.5. So I wont believe it until I see it that I will have PS3 graphics in the palms of my hands.

" I guess I may be of the old chain of thought, but if I want to do "serious gaming" I want to be at home on my couch infront of my TV. If I'm on the go the iPhone games of the world more then fit my needs. "

" This will be expensive as hell. "

I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If the battery life is upwards from 5 to 6 hours then I will gladly pay $350-$400.

So if this tiny thing is as powerful as the PS3, why is the somewhat newly remodeled PS3 slim so big?  And don't say optical drive, lol.  That logic would make the PS3 slim Wii-sized at most.
 
Spin pisses me off.

Looks amazing, but I'm worried about the price tag.

Sony must be tripping balls. That thing will be astronomically priced.

Hmmm. Interesting. So no backwards compatibility to PSP? Download only? Not so much worried about graphics for portables. I want flexibility and quick-turn-on-and-play. I want to be able to pull my game off the shelf, put it in, and play. Download=fail for me.

3DS is looking to be $250, so that's probably as cheap as the NGP can possibly get. But I'm betting it'll be $300-400, easily.
 
While that isn't a complete dealbreaker for me, region-locking a la 3DS, will be if that turns out to be true. The lack of backward compatibility is already a pretty big turn-off.

I want one.

" 3DS is looking to be $250, so that's probably as cheap as the NGP can possibly get. But I'm betting it'll be $300-400, easily.   While that isn't a complete dealbreaker for me, region-locking a la 3DS, will be if that turns out to be true. The lack of backward compatibility is already a pretty big turn-off. "

Oh man this looks like it has just about everything but that's not necessarily a good thing. I'm guessing the price of this thing to be at least  $400, better get a second job to buy one.

Having a competent first person shooter at work for lunch breaks is a pretty tempting notion.  I'll probably pick this up if the call of duty and killzone ports are received well.  I'm surprised I have excitement for a new sony handheld when I have an iphone in my pocket. 

One thing that might hurt this is that it is not backwards compatible at all since it has no UMD support anymore so, that'll be interesting. 

" @MiniPato what do you plan to do with those analog sticks if you don't care about the games?????? Its the software that makes or breaks a platform "

Isn't a somewhat modern 4 core CPU going to generate quite a lot of heat? I wonder if it will get uncomfortably hot to hold the NGP while playing one of those games that utilizes all the power to get those PS3 level graphics during a long ride. If not the actual machine itself gets that hot, does it have vents blowing hot air you have to avoid with your hands, or avoid directing at other people while playing?
 
Also, I question how they could make this sell well if it's even more expensive than the PSP was. Nintendo used to rule the handheld market by creating cheap but reliable hardware using tried-but-not-top-of-the-line components, and I'd think the only way to outsell the 3DS would be to take the chance to release a cheaper handheld now when Nintendo took the unusual route of making  an expensive machine, which many people will probably wait to get until it gets a lot cheaper.

That thing's gonna be expensive as hell...

 The fact that it uses an ARM processor and an OLED screen (both of which are extremely low power components) put my worries to rest about battery life

32GB iPod Touch = $300
32GB iPad (w/ wifi and 3G) = $729
 
If the Sony NGP is between $300 and $400, I won't have any problem getting it, especially since the iPod Touch and the iPad are over priced as it is.