This is the MOD we're talking about, by the time this deal is finished it'll have cost $100 million and the lives of every pilot's pet dog.

... try reading anything from the ensuing dust.

Please a company can use the word lifetime to mean anything it likes... there is no firm definition its the same as full-flavor or low-fat, it just means TiVo goes from being a good-guy company to another corporate-drone-type company in the view of its users http://goffee-freelance.blogspot.com/2011/02/virgin-tivos-causing-ruckus.html

this is like Microsoft withdrawing support for Windows 98 or Internet Explorer 5 for home users... these things are a decade old and while they were unique back then, there are FreeSAT, Freeview, PVRs and other options now if the S1 owners aren't in Virgin areas. Most of the forum posters have said or suspected this was coming... no tea cups were rattled by this announcement - especially as most users have workarounds planned.

Its just a marketing man, you can't expect them to have actual brains

Fine, so none of the early commenters here want to play good looking games on the go.
Well, I'll have some of that and I'll pay reasonable money to do so. Also, every portable console EVER has had proprietary storage - why should this one be different?
Some sensible PSP2 news, thoughts and reaction for people actually interested and not starting a typical sdt bitchfest - http://bit.ly/hXdAUi

Key points so far: * A non-final hardware design, (every picture says design and specifications subject to change). * Some lovely looking games technology demos from many industry big hitters. What I think will happen is lots of game+ editions (MGS4+, MHP3Turbo, etc) with new content, extra levels and so on. * A code name – NGP will not be the final system name. * Battery life is being quoted at 4-5 hours * Sony will sell the unit at a loss, so price could be lower than expected * Some big names still not on the publishing list More detail at: http://bit.ly/hXdAUi

Go watch the Ong Bak trilogy where the stunts are all real. Or watch Alien where all the ships and systems looked like they could be from the future but were just parts of Vulcan bombers and other stuff lumped together. Human imagination is being made lazy by cheap fx.

Hopefully we'll see a backlash against FX and see directors building some great sets and models again.

If I recall Bill Hicks correctly, we'll soon be sending in the terminally ill as stuntmen to make death scenes more realistic. "Chuck Norris just kicked my grandma's head clean off!" - I'd pay to see that.

"... you're nicked slaaag!" A more senior police officer added. "We'll stitch you up like a kipper!" While the Met Commander finished with "You're goin' down, you grass!"

What if you're a low-ranking Japanese mafioso who has screwed up a few times and are missing a digit or two. Or a fisherman who's had a harsh life at sea, or a particularly clumsy ex-chef. There are a lot of people missing digits (I know two, one boat accident and one animal-related). http://goffee-freelance.blogspot.com/2010/11/psp2-reverse-touchpad-to-annoy-stumpy.html

Caught it on BBC's iPlayer (UK-only suckers) a couple of weeks ago, still amazing after all these years... http://goffee-freelance.blogspot.com/2010/11/films-for-free-just-found-blade-runner.html