Click on the PSP tab, click on new releases, then start scrolling backward for about 6 months. Look at how many blank weeks there are. Do the same thing on the DS. The difference is staggering.

I've been thinking for months now that the PSP is a dead platform; there are as many new releases on the PS2 as there are on the PSP.

No, not a 'fanboy', I prefer the PSP for all the obvious reasons (graphic quality, sound, target market) but so little is developed it's hard to believe Sony is actively supporting it anymore.

When I get a new system, I buy one a week for about a half a year until caught up.

Once the system has settled into the family, it goes back to twice a month that I make the sojourn to the EB games to check out what might have come in used.

It is quite an addiction; if more than two weeks goes by, I start to go through withdrawal, even knowing that there is nothing new that I might want.  Typcially, I'll still go the store and pick up something I probably wouldn't buy otherwise.

Favorite game of all time.....depends on the genre.

FPS: Half-Life

RPG: Diablo-II

RTS: Command & Conquer (all of them)

In terms of the first game that really kept me up all night and dragged me into the abyss of gaming:

Wizardry.

PSP PROS:

-wonderful graphics

-wonderful sound

-improving lineup of games

PSP CONS:

-extremely fragile system.  In the one year I owned a PSP, I had to trade it in three times, each time paying to renew the insurance on it.  Twice was for a crapped out drive, once for dead pixels.  When you are 'on the go' with this system, you need to treat it like a crystal champagne glass.  I kid you not, if you drop it from a height of about a 1/4 inch while the umd is spinning, say bye bye to the drive.

-a majority of the games still aren't very good, aside from the graphics.  I just didn't really have much FUN with most of them, for a variety of reasons.  See my reviews for details, but once the graphics stop stunning you, the games themselves are a little thin in the enjoyment factor.  Then again, I don't much like platformers or puzzle games.  Either the game was dull, the load times were horrific, or it was lots of fun but didn't last very long.  Yes, this might be changing now, but I'm waiting for at least another year to let a library to build up for the system (and for a newer/better version of the hardware to come out).

-lots of stuff others have talked about already: battery issues, useless extras, etc.

I figure if it drops another $50 in price I might consider buying one again.  However, the extremely expensive pricetag for new games on the system still means you get more bang for your buck with other console/handheld systems.