Movie files are just mpeg4. Can be saved easily to a Sony memory stick. Music files can also be mp3 (not proprietary ). I don't understand how you can bitch about the UMD discs. Nintendo has their own cartridges. A standard DVD is too big for a handheld. It also has a stardard USB plug. Yeah you have to use a Sony memory stick but they are pretty mainstream and have been around for awhile. What do you want? A slot of every memory stick
So the only things that are really proprietary are the discs and the memory sticks. Which is what you would expect.
PSP>DS
Sony did screw up on a few things. Marketing. Most people don't even know about the psp let alone that it came out a few days ago. No TV ads, not much buzz. Another is the release date. March isn't a very hot month to launch a handheld system. Should have done it around Christmas.
[ 28. March 2005, 07:25 PM: Message edited by: Doug ]