PSP or nintendo DS

[i l l m a t i c]

Last night i was at this dude's house party and he apparently had his DS in the open...well I knew if I didnt, someone would have...so of course I jacked it....i must say its a pretty cool device...now hopefully i could get a battery charger on ebay

[NeoMaster]

Last night i was at this dude's house party and he apparently had his DS in the open...well I knew if I didnt, someone would have...so of course I jacked it....i must say its a pretty cool device...now hopefully i could get a battery charger on ebay 

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Ooo...I'm not really fond of thievery...it always comes back to get you. Must balance the karma.

Edited March 27, 2005 by NeoMaster

[Wizard]

I have to agree with you. I'm sure it'll gain more ground in the future, but Sony has a tendency to flock up a launch one way or the other.

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PSX, PSP, sheit gawd dayum.

[Inky]

I'd have to say the PSP is probabaly 10x better than the Nintendo DS. However, the price is way too high and it has already been known to have the WORST LAUNCH ever. Unless Sony doesn't reduce the price, the PSP may dwindle with the rest such as N-Gage, NeoGeo Pocket, etc.

 

Here is an interesting topic to read about this.

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well there goes my second psp on ebay idea. unless the ball starts rolling soon. I still have the switcharoo return up my sleeve!

 

anyways peeps are missing out. I understand the money issues people have, but the little hunk of plastic is amazing. and should be in every modern gamers arsanal.

[Bluestinger X]

has sony released any sales report for the launch day? im sure nintendo is just sittin back ready to laugh its ass off since they had such a better launch.

[Thraxen]

Well, if sales really were low, I think Sony only has themselves to blame. I didn't see a single TV commercial until after I already had a PSP in my hand. I don't get why they didn't start the advertising campaign earlier.

 

Anyway, I agree with garageink, the PSP is freaking amazing. I'm amazed each time I fire up Wipeout Pure.

 

But I think the momentum will build. A friend of mine went to see his family for Easter this weekend and he took his PSP. While there his brother bought one as did his sister and her husband after seeing his in action.

Edited March 28, 2005 by Thraxen

[Inky]

Well, if sales really were low, I think Sony only has themselves to blame.  I didn't see a single TV commercial until after I already a PSP in my hand.  I don't get why they didn't start the advertising campaign earlier.

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yep I still haven't seen a psp commercial. but also remember it is a long holiday weekend, that could have something to do with low sales. (along with the price) software wise I think sony had a better launch then Nintendo. once people see these things from friends and at school/work they will be in line though.

[Thraxen]

There is one commercial (maybe the only one) that I have seen quite a lot over the past two days. I think it is supposed to be from the view of the PSP itself. It starts off with some Japanese lady placing the PSP in its box and then you see people take it out and start carrying it around, playing games, and listening to music. It ends with some guy putting the PSP in his gym bag (or some sort of bag).

 

It's a decent commercial and does show some game footage, but I don't think they are making good enough use of the Playstation brand name. They briefly show the original Playstation logo at the start of the commercial, but that's about it. Most people are familiar with the logo, but I really think the should come right out and say "PlayStation Portable". The Playstion brand is hugely successful, they need to make full use of it.

[Wizard]

Software wise, people can say it's good enough, while hardware wise, what the hell were they thinking?

[Shibathedog]

My brother has a DS, and I think its really dissapointing. None of the games we have tried are really any fun. the best game is probably Mario 64 but while playing it kept thinking...

 

150 dollars plus 30 dollars for the game, thats 180 dollars to play some game i beat 6 years ago on a tiny ass screen! wooooo!....not!

 

We pretty much use it to play GBA games.

 

the PSP however has many new and interesting titles. So far ive played Metal Gear Ac!d (much more fun than it looks, i admit i thought it would be crappy at first), Legends untold, Ridge Racer, Wipeout pure, ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin Trails, Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, Dynasty warriors, and Twisted: Metal Head On.

 

I had fun with all of them! I must also say that the DSs screens are nowhere as sharp looking as the PSP, especially the bottom one. And the DS's graphics are nowhere near as nice either. In games with video playback, it seems DS's video playback is crap too :/ but that may have been to save space on the tiny cartridges that they put games on for DS. The wireless range for Ad Hoc playing on DS seems to be about 10-20 feet, its really dumb...Okay wee, so im in a chat room with someone so close to me i could just talk...We've tested it in the mall, my house, my yard, and with the test unit in walmart (I kicked my brothers ass in Mario 64 ) and the range seemed to all be 10-20 feet anywhere.

 

The PSP goes all over the place though, and it supports using a router so with that it REALLY goes all over the place

 

and while playing the DS, i couldnt help but thinking, wow this game would be alot better if i had an analog stick. Lo and behold PSP has an analog stick!

 

There are just so many dissapointments with the DS. The PSP reigns supreme in my opinion.

[Shibathedog]

Oh yeah one thing i might add, Take both DS Screens and put them next to each other

 

PSP screen is still wider AND taller.

 

SO if devvers really wanted to support a useless idea (Admit it, on all the DS games except warioware touched, which i enjoy actually, the touch screen just displays something stupid like a map, its just a waste) they could split the screen in half and do the same thing DS does, but side by side.

 

I have no idea why you would want to do that though.

[Dooz]

I'd have to say the PSP is probabaly 10x better than the Nintendo DS. However, the price is way too high and it has already been known to have the WORST LAUNCH ever. Unless Sony doesn't reduce the price, the PSP may dwindle with the rest such as N-Gage, NeoGeo Pocket, etc.

 

Here is an interesting topic to read about this.

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Do note that by the time the PSP was sold in the US, in Japan it had already doubled the amount of units sold then the DS had. So it's launch really isn't that bad.

Edited March 29, 2005 by Dooz

[Inky]

american launches are always full of mishaps. and never as good as the japanese launch. exept in the case of the xbox who's american launch outshined it's jap launch for obvious reasons. the point is that the PSP has some good titles out the gate with more coming at a steady rate. the DS has been out for a good while already and there are still vary few titles worth playing and the real hot DS titles like metroid and advance wars ds are still a long way off.

[Bluestinger X]

i just got lumines.. god i havent been addicted to a puzzle game this much in a long time. I cant wait for mercury to .

[Wizard]

Too bad Wipeout Pure caught my eye as being a game I could seriously go on a mind trip on.