Gaming has always had its ups and downs ranging from Sony denouncing the use of multiple SKUs to Capcom saying Resident Evil 4 would remain a Gamecube exclusive. Here's EDGE Online's take on gaming's flip-flops!

10. The "PSP Brite's" non-existent battery problem

When Sony announced the PSP-3000, it seemed like a nice little incremental update to the platform. Sure, the brighter screen and tweaked cosmetics wouldn’t lure many existing owners into a repeat purchase, but it would help keep the aging platform relevant.

But within just a few days of its announcement, it came out that in one key way the “PSP Brite” would actually be a downgrade over existing models: battery life. In an interview with Gamespot, Director of hardware marketing John Koller said, “Battery life will decrease by a small amount. It’s material, but it’s about 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes.” Koller explained that the pretty new screen had a higher power draw compared to older models.

With the PSP never renowned for its battery life in the first place and with complaints beginning to roll in that the extended battery pack was becoming a required purchase, Koller quickly printed a correction on the official PlayStation blog. “The new PSP will have equivalent battery life to the current PSP, about 4 to 6 hours for games and about 4 to 5 hours for UMD videos. While the enhanced screen of the new PSP draws a little more power, our engineers in Japan worked to reduce the power consumption of the overall system including its components.”
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    RabidChinaGirl Sep 9, 08
    Pretty fun read, thanks for posting.

    Best line: No.5, "I've seen episodes of Lost that are more sexually explicit."

    Some of those are pretty hilarious. I loved No.3, though I wish Tretton really did pay up.
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    Shadow of Death Sep 10, 08
    Yea, fun.

    She may have been saying it to save face, but it is true, I would imagine (only heard about ME's sex scenes featuring some traces of boobage. I have the game, but haven't played it yet -_-).

    And yeah, when I first heard him say that "I'll give you $1200" claim, I knew there would be people all over demanding money, and that he'd be buried in evidence >_>
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    Bale Fire* Sep 10, 08
    All true, and yeah that Tretton one was pretty stupid. Surely he realized that no matter how popular something is there would be at least a few in stores.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Sep 10, 08
    my god. is it just me, or was that article just painfully boring?

    that wasn't even remotely entertaining.
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    Supernouva Sep 10, 08
    Haha, I love that "SEXBOX?" news headline.

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