Yes, Sony has claimed it is basically the PS3 in handheld form with some upgrades even.

The article I read was on the 1up website.

It says battery life still sucks. The graphics will most definately have to be scaled back in order for the PSP2 to be able to support a few hours of game play. Same thing happened with the PSP. I'm surprised they havent tried to invent a new battery pack.

Superficially means nothing. Actual game play is what matters. Sony does have a history of lying about their systems.

It's like when the PS2 was first released and they claimed 500 million pixels on screen or something. When it came to an actual game with graphics, the PS2 got what, 2-4 Million pixels on screen? Far less than X-Box and the gamecube. Mind you, they had good games, so they sold like 120 million PS2s.

That's the same thing Sony is doing with the handheld.

I also have to wonder, the PS3 is a pain to develope for and if the PSP2 is basically the PS3 in handheld form, wouldnt the PSP2 have the same developing issues?

I am not a fanboy of any system, since I own all cept the Gamecube cause when mine broke I never purhcased another one lol.

Ending rant now.