The Times has run a piece on the PSP today which includes a graphic exploring its rivals: Screen gem or video nasty?.
It's rather uncharitable about the Gizmondo, which it says is a "deeply uncharismatic lump of black plastic", and that "the screen's too small".
According to their figures, the Giz has a 2.75" square screen: just a bit bigger than one of the Nintendo DS's screens, and hardly any smaller in terms of area than the PSP's widescreen display.
Still, the jury's out on Gizmondo, as our feature today explains:
With a recommended retail price of £229 and patchy support from games publishers, the Gizmondo's launch into a market dominated by some of the games industry's heaviest hitters begins to look like folly. Yet it is an impressive piece of hardware that was designed, and is being launched first, in the UK. And it has unique features.
Will it be a success? I don't know, but they're certainly going for it - flagship central London shop, big launch party, claims of low expectations. Still, the nagging feeling is that Gizmondo is a jack of all trades and a master of none.
