The nintendo ds vs. sony's psp - Objective arguments only

[Dan Hibiki]

Well, currently I will give a minor advantage to the PSP, but not because of hardware. In my opinion, all of the extra features that the PSP has are ultimately useless frills. Besides, the DS has extras coming out that match most of them, anyways. Play-Yan = mp3 and video functionality on SD cards, and is announced for the US. And I don't need to surf the web with my DS. I have a computer for that. And what function could that serve for games?

Anyways, soon the extra features of the PSP will be moot because of Play-Yan, and everything will be based solely on the game libraries that come out for them. In my opinion, the DS's upcoming library looks more promising, but then we're getting into opinion.

[Zerocloud]

I got a psp and Some of the games are on ps2 so what you can play the games you have on your ps2 when your in the car or w/e i say psp is better them DS. I mean ds is just a sp with a touch screen

[alamgir]

[quoteost_uid0="Dan Hibiki"]Well, currently I will give a minor advantage to the PSP, but not because of hardware. In my opinion, all of the extra features that the PSP has are ultimately useless frills. Besides, the DS has extras coming out that match most of them, anyways. Play-Yan = mp3 and video functionality on SD cards, and is announced for the US. And I don't need to surf the web with my DS. I have a computer for that. And what function could that serve for games?

Anyways, soon the extra features of the PSP will be moot because of Play-Yan, and everything will be based solely on the game libraries that come out for them. In my opinion, the DS's upcoming library looks more promising, but then we're getting into opinion.[/quote]
I find listening to music and watching musics useful actually even though it has no relation to games. Sure its a game console but what harm is done by having all these great extra features? Play yan costs, psp has it built in. For now psp has something the ds doesn't whether or not it has to do with games. The DS doesn't have firmware updates either which may have an effect on your gaming eg downloading say weapons or items for a game from the internet.

Aside from the built in features that don't have any relation to gaming, the hardware of the psp is considerably better than the ds's.

But I agree with you, only until things like the play yan and the upcoming games for both consoles come out can we argue about them.

[mastergrim8]

I liked PSP for nowbut i would like the Xbox 360 better

[SSJKarma]

Alamgir, you still don't understand the primary use of the touch screen on the DS ?
fact is, i rather like a mouse to play my FPS games then having a ANALOG STICK, for th emouse is always better pointing and have accuracy the analog stick up to now never had ! i know many people like the analog better though and that is nothing more then an opinion. but i think in FPS games the DS has the advantage over the PSP !

basically, you use the touch screen for aiming.
like a mouse you move the pen ont he touch screen and the AIM TARGET on the other screen moves as the pen tolds it to go !
so basically just like a 1 button mouse. you can AIM and jump, or open ddoors by double clicking the touch screen !

try and find someone who has METROID PRIME HUNTERS which by the way is incredible !
you'll see what i mean by aiming with more accuracy.
though i think it still is a little ankward, yet its playable the way it is made !

as for the one that dislikes the DS because it looks like the GBA SP with another screen...
well the outlook seems the same and its understandable why they take the concept back.
the ds becomes easier to put in your pocket that way.
but, fact remains that under the hood... the DS is way more then what
GBA SP could ever have dreamt of ever being at one time in its history !

the DS is definitely not a GBA SP !
FIRMWAVE UPDATE could be good, now that i agree on. having an internet connection is good.
but, BTW, if you didn't knew, the DS has an INFRARED PORT !
or do i confuse with another handheld... well i know it can communicate with other DSes even at one kilometters away from you which enables the multiplayer gameplay experiences without paying any costs which is a pretty good thing for you don't need to pay your internet to have it !

but as far as i know... its still a pretty darn good thing if i may say !
up to now, the DS might seems like a poorly made choice, but considering how much details have been put into the gameplay itself other then the utility it can have. the costs seems like a ridiculous one for me. i mean touch screen, great graphics, great sounds, great concept, all of that without paying the usual price that the normal new generation handheld would have normally costs you ! thus the DS is way betterly abordable which means parents will have a better time buying things for their childs.

but as mentionned...
NINTENDO as a market that targets every age category, while sony and microsoft seeks out the money by taking only the 12-24 age category which is a bad thing if i may say ! nintendo here has a better view of gaming in my opinion as gaming includes the most, the little kids under the age of 12 !

[alamgir]

Ok maybe you like FPS's more witht he mouse effect but i don't approve of the idea. I mean clicking the screen with a stylus at where you wanna shoot just seems dodgy, but this is all about opinion.

As for communicating for free, PSP also has the function to communicate with other psp's without an internet connection. This is also free of charge. The ds probably won't have firmware updates since there's no where to save them on, as the memory on the games is only for game saves. You can easily transfer a firmware update to the psp via a usb link or wifi to a memory stick duo. But there might be firmware updates on DS though.

Good Graphics? PSP has better graphics. Lets compare...
A DS NFS game
A PSP NFS game
A pretty big difference if you ask me.

The sounds on thhe psp are equally good as the ds's. Don't get me wrong the DS is good but I just think the PSP's better.

[Dan Hibiki]

So what if graphics are better? Graphics don't matter.

DS is already $100 less than PSP, so what if Play-Yan costs an extra $30 or $50?

Tell me, how would you play a FPS on the PSP? Using the analog stick to move, and the DIGITAL square, triangle, etc. buttons to move? Combining analog and digital control would be really bad.

[alamgir]

[quoteost_uid0="Dan Hibiki"]So what if graphics are better? Graphics don't matter.

DS is already $100 less than PSP, so what if Play-Yan costs an extra $30 or $50?

Tell me, how would you play a FPS on the PSP? Using the analog stick to move, and the DIGITAL square, triangle, etc. buttons to move? Combining analog and digital control would be really bad.[/quote]
We'll see. And I think graphics do matter.

[Dan Hibiki]

Graphics obviously dont matter. The Gizmondo is 400mhz, which is nearly double the strength of the PSP, and yet, it hardly has a following in Europe where it was released first.

[alamgir]

Yes but does it have the good games psp has? No, not to mention the dazzling display. Put ot this way, I rate games over graphics, but say if I had to choose between two consoles with equally good games (the ds and psp in my opinion), i'd choose the one with the better graphics.