PSP: back to the drawing board

[bluntman]

Here are some photos from the recent launch of the Sony PSP in Japan. Unfortunately, they\'ve already encountered several problems with the unit.

http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143961

Unintentional UMD drive opening -
By twisting and wrenching the system, users have been able to make the UMD drive open without sliding the latch.
(This error, we can confirm -- the latch for the UMD drive is on the system\'s metal casing, and the catch for the latch is attached to the plastic outer shell for the drive, so by applying a twisting pressure on the two surrounding panels melded to the system, the hard plastic pieces can be tweaked enough to slip the UMD slot catch past its latch.)
Dust or air bubbles in between the screen and the protective layer
Non-responsive analog nubs
Broken analog nubs, where the nub has completely snapped off
Failing or stuck buttons
UMD slot not closing
System failing to start up
Game lock-ups and other performance glitches

http://ruliweb2.dreamwiz.com:8080/ruliboard/gup/img_link3/80361.jpg

[Dr Butcher]

That\'s pretty crazy. I don\'t know what the hell Sony is thinking at the moment, but I think a few anuses are severely puckered right now. How could something like this slip past testing? Whoever is in charge of production might as well start packing their bags.

Even though the Nintendo DS isn\'t as advanced, Nintendo execs are probably running to increase their output right now.....

[dredd2099]

nintendo gameboy
almost a monopoly

[dioxviad]

wow, a houston-imports link!!!!!!!!

cool

[bubba1983]

hah
i love the one picture,...\"hello, anybody there\"