Im lovin my PSP so far I showed to my bro and dad and they both ended up buyin one . my dad never touched a controller in his life he just bought it cause he had just paid like 200 for a handheld dvd cuz he works outta town alot so he returned his dvd and got a PSP . I hear you on the memory card shit but a IPOD or even a decent media player can run you 300 to 700 bucks for the top of the line models . and right now people are using it for other shit like E-books and MANGA ,and using the wipeout browser its possible to surf the net now but sonys official web browser will be out in the us soon wich now makes it a palm pilot as well . so if you were thinking about purchasing an mp3 player,media player,or palm pilot, check the prices on those and you'll see $250.00 is a good price for what your buying (a gadget that does all the above plus has games equal to the PS2)