PSP vs. DS

[ceti alpha]

We all know that the Turbo Express is the best portable system hands down.  But a friend of mine is trying to decide which is best to buy. She's a Nintendo fan, but she just found out that she can play the DS on the PSP - not really sure on the details on how that works.

I have a GBA so I would be more tempted to get the DS as it's backwards compatible, and from what I've gathered the DS also has a better online/multiplayer gaming.

Anywoo, lets get ready to rumble!

[Michael Helgeson]

We all know that the Turbo Express is the best portable system hands down.  But a friend of mine is trying to decide which is best to buy. She's a Nintendo fan, but she just found out that she can play the DS on the PSP - not really sure on the details on how that works.

I have a GBA so I would be more tempted to get the DS as it's backwards compatible, and from what I've gathered the DS also has a better online/multiplayer gaming.

Anywoo, lets get ready to rumble!

DS also doesnt have  a weak heart.Its powered by will alone and doesn tbreak easy. Tell her to buy a DS.

[Necromancer]

I'd choose the PSP because its library (meager though it may be) isn't inundated with Pokemon and other lame kiddie crap.  The DS has a few titles that interest me, but not enough to sway me from the PSP's better screen and emulator capabilities.

[Michael Helgeson]

I'd choose the PSP because its library (meager though it may be) isn't inundated with Pokemon and other lame kiddie crap.  The DS has a few titles that interest me, but not enough to sway me from the PSP's better screen and emulator capabilities.

The DS has Devilish

[nat]

DS all the way.

Don't let Missa see this thread or she will promote the PSP based on the fact you can emulate DOS on a four-inch screen without a keyboard.

[ceti alpha]

Don't let Missa see this thread or she will promote the PSP based on the fact you can emulate DOS on a four-inch screen without a keyboard.

hehe

[GUTS]

Since it's a girl definitely tell her to get a DS- a PSP is too complicated for a typical woman, they need retard-caliber games like Nintendogs and Brain Training or else they get bored really easily.

[ceti alpha]

Since it's a girl definitely tell her to get a DS- a PSP is too complicated for a typical woman, they need retard-caliber games like Nintendogs and Brain Training or else they get bored really easily.

haha. OK, but when I tell her that I'm going to put on my hockey helmet for protection.

[Kitsunexus]

PSP doesn't have a lot of great games, but the great games it has are TRUELY great, and not just "OK for a while" like most DS great games are.

[Joe Redifer]

The DS, definitely.  It is the only portable game system I will even tolerate.  I hate the Turbo Express, the Nomad, the Neo Geo Pocket Color (though that was was't too bad), etc.  But since the DS offers more than just stripped-down games on a small screen, it is a unique experience and I love it.  Where else can you get games like Phoenix Wright in the US?  You won't see shit like that on the main consoles because it doesn't have a military war scenario.

[Kitsunexus]

Where else can you get games like Phoenix Wright in the US?  You won't see shit like that on the main consoles because it doesn't have a military war scenario.

You want the truth!? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! 

[nodtveidt]

It really depends on the games the person wants. You have to be really careful with DS games, as a lot are developed by fly-by-night jokers with no development skills, just a fancy license and too much money to blow on a three month production. Also, companies tend to make a lot of gimmicky games, relying too much on that damned stylus. But the games that ARE good are REALLY good. The PSP has little to offer, I find...the best games for the PSP are developed by homebrewers, not by official dev studios. So realistically, neither has much to brag about, and it all just comes down to the games...buy the system that has the games you want. I chose the DS personally, because homebrew code is far easier to write for it and it had some games I wanted. The PSP has nothing to offer me.

[ceti alpha]

To be honest I've been trying to push her towards the DS, but she's getting sucked in by the PSP. I don't know if it's too late to keep her from the Darkside.  The more people I know that have one, the more I'd be inclined to buy one myself. Multiplayer Bomberman. Forget about it. 

[SignOfZeta]

As awesome as the hardware is the PSP just can't compete with the DS's library. Especially when the GBA library is added to the equation. The PSP also has reliability issues and pathetic battery life.

[nodtveidt]

That's a pretty good selling point for the DS...the battery. Man, that thing lasts for ages.