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Shiny Shiny Picks PSP over DS |
Listed in: PSP, Nintendo DS Tags: GBA, Sony
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To this day, the bitter feud between Sony PSP and Nintendo DS fanboys brews white-hot. An article published in Shiny Shiny, however, has proven that people can have opposing handhelds and still co-exist. Friendships don't have to be buried by preference and the writer picked a winner among the two.The article discusses the features of both systems and points out the things that sell them. The Nintendo DS not only carries the proud Nintendo tradition preceded by the GBA and the original Game Boy. It has innovative features and has games for almost everyone. Like the Nintendo Wii, the price point and the kid-orientation has propelled it to financial success.
The PSP on the other hand is a technical marvel in handheld gaming. Its power in terms of graphic generation and the clarity of videos is astounding. The games are inventive and the effects are similar to the PlayStation 2 and the Wii. Older gamers have come to love it and the software is flowing in.
The verdict? Shiny Shiny loved both of the machines but there can be only one winner. They chose the PSP because of the quality of the games, the customizability and the added features. If you want to check the full account of the friendly story, follow the read URL.
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American patriot: please, commit suicide.
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But the psp emulation makes it godlike compared to the Earthbound DS.
It's ironic that the psp has access to WAY more nintendo library titles by way of homebrew. It's also ironic that the DS freezes more while playing mario 64 (the homebrew daedalus is more stable than the commercially manufactured DS).
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The DS + The ghetto
The PSP + The beautiful sprawling suburbs!
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I am a prowd owner of both handhelds and of course I won't negate the obvious, the PSP is technically very superior to it's nintendo counterpart. but that's the only one of it's advantages.
PSP games stink! that's where nintendo is the best at, and will be for a long time, as things go. the people at sony think that higher end (which doesn't mean better) graphics and stuff like that make good games, but c'mon, we're not kids, are we? whoa! look my game has hundreds of thousands more poligons that yours!! it must be better!!
tell me if you can find games as good as mario kart ds, trauma center, phoenix wright, animal crossing, advance wars, and lots more on your super high-tech-but-poor-games PSP.
no way!
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how about lumines? wipeout pure? daxter? loco roco?
suggest you look at this site, http://xevon.awardspace.com/thepsphasnogames/
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Please, go ahead and blindy showcase your idiocy again. It's all ironically entertaining in the end.
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I reckon the majority of PSPs sold today are due to the effort put in by the likes of DAX, the Noobz team, etc. But it has been proven that hardware specs and hackability don't sell consoles like having a library of good software to go with it. This happens to be the case with the DS, not everyone uses homebrew/ISOs like the most of us here, but is those who don't that are the majority and they just play games, simple as that.
Nintendo's theory on how they would market the Wii has worked, sell a console at nearly or less than half the price of its competitiors, add a bucketload of games and you will get sales. The same you could say applies to the DS.
Whilst the DS may not be as good for homebrew like the PSP, it doesn't have those master hackers we PSP owners have all come to worship as true gods.
And also add the fact PSPs can have homebrew running at zero cost without having to fork out for flashcarts and passcards, like you need for the DS. You also need memory cards like you do with a PSP, but last time I checked, SD/CF cards are still s***loads cheaper than MS Pro Duos.
But like it was said each machine has its merits, and all you fanboys can just eat s*** and die for all I care. It is more than likely most fanboys have never tried other consoles, even though they claim to, they are just natural born tossers and nothing will ever change that, ever.
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"Mostly PSP games are just scaled down PS2 games."
After reading this sentence, i don't bother to read the rest of your passages because that proved that you are too dumb to play games or just a dumb DS fanboy.
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gonna give the ds a try... can't go wrong when tons of friends have it, with the m3 coming and a couple of microsd's.... pretty sure theres gonna be a lot of games to play
monster hunter got pretty boring solo.....i guess watching movies are good... tho i never use it, got an mp3 player, got a laptop, psp browser sucks anyways
i believe calling other people with different interests kids make YOU a kid
maybe i'll get a psp again for FF, the other games aren't really that great, outrun is pretty good
this is just one observation by one article... once again its sony's all-in-one against nintendo's weird concepts
it all comes down to who makes more money
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I own both system and they are both great, period.
Those who babble of PSP/DS is better bull***** needs to work and just buy the ones you have bought.
Seriously, let's get over with this fanboy crap and just enjoy what each system has to offer.
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I must give the pont for prince of persia, pro evolution, loco roco and some more, but most (I insist, most, not every piece) games on psp are crap. bad controls, awful arguments, poor graphics (remember? more poligons and better graphics has NOTHING to do).
I can hardly find time to play my favourite DS games but even if I try to give PSP an oportunity (I spent quite a lot of money on this stupid gadget with personality problems) it always leaves me disappointed.
play with your psps all you want, I'll be happily stuck with my DS.
PD: there's no way for Crash Brandisomething to ever reack MK's heels.
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Jewboy... you smell like a nappy-headed hoes *****
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Well bad news for DS babies, the fact that PSP is superior can be proved with EMPIRICALLY evidence.
want proof?
as of 03-05-2007 at 07:16 PM in qj forums.
- QJ.Net Sony PSP Forums (211 Viewing)
*THREADS: 66,112
*POSTS: 804,072
- QJ.Net Nintendo DS Forums (8 Viewing)
*THREADS: 2,300
*POSTS: 26,265
This should permanently STFU and GTFO the juvenile kindergarten of DS.
PSP QJ forums is reaching 100.000 posts and the astounding number of 1.000.000 POSTS!!! What does this tell you against the paltry numbers in DS forums? Means that PSP is MORE FUN, BETTER GAMES, MORE GAMERS USE IT. And this DEFINES ABSOLUTE SUCCESS of the PSP and the utter failure of the ds.
Need I say more to make DS babies give up their drunken rowdy little brawls?
I am pretty sure that this post will result in bitter feelings in many DS owners and cry more than a river. But don't despair!! There is still hope to your plight!! Please DS babies, is time to grow up! Thrash you crappy DS, save up some cash and get a PSP. The transition to MANHOOD will be a very rewarding espiritual journey.
Lastly whoever STILL has some crappy objection in the face of my crushing argument means that they choose F4GGHOOD.
ROFLAWL, LMAO!!!!!11111one111!!!eleven
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So what if the DS doesn't have your favorite console games scaled down on the go. Personally many people would rather have something different, pick up and play, whatever...originality on the go. Not to say the PSP doesn't have it, but it didn't for the most part for quite awhile, and even now while there are enough games to merit the buy they aren't things that are so unique it screams got to have one to the average joe. This could somewhat well be said about the DS too so don't take such offense, but it does have going for it the unique control aspect when you find a game that uses it well. And even beyond that you do get those 1st and 2nd party titles you'd never see on a PSP, not many of those out of camp Sony as they've never been huge on that stuff mostly 3rd party.
Why not just agree to disagree and take the whiny crap and roll back over to the PSP site and have your fun there with it. Coming here to troll just shows you have issues and no matter what is said will NEVER convince someone to agree with you that doesn't already.
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Try doing a little research before you start acting like an authority figure because you come off like a whiny ass.
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The PSP is a web browser, mp3 player, video dvd player, web browser, a camera (I have a chotto cam), and can be a GPS system. Oh, and it can do video games too, really frickin awesome games, as pointed out in the above posts.
I would never pull out a DS in public, it looks like a child's toy, something a nine year old gets for his birthday. The PSP looks like a miniature computer.
Moreover, the DS FEELS cheap. Yeah, I said it. I hate the plastic and the screen, it feels like that game boy I used to own until I replaced it with, oh I don't know... the Sega Game Gear?
Nintendo has always been lacking in the handhelds department when it comes to technology, when I think about it now. The Game Gear was better than everything up to the advance.
Game Boy - 1989 - Woo, look, an even better game and watch!
Game Gear - 1990 - Pwned in one year. Undefeated until the GBA.
Game Boy Color - 1998
Game Boy Advance - 2001 - Wait, what's that? No backlight? I guess you're not much better than the game Gear after all?
Game Boy Advance SP - 2003 - backlight
It took Nintendo 13 years to finally come up with something that definatevely pwned its competitor. 11, if you don't care about the backlight. Sega took one year.
Now fast forward to now.
DS - November 2004 - "haha, let's go pwn the portable games market, there's no competitor like last time!!11"
PSP - March 2005 - "pwnd k?"
The thing is, unlike last time Sony is making it work. Call thier adverts lackluster but they're sure doing a better job than Sega.
The point I'm trying to make after all this is that Nintendo always has the more inferior hardware and it's a shame people didn't give the other systems a chance, because like Beta and VHS, these other systems would have knocked the socks off any of Nintendo's systems.
Not anymore. Sony has been making headway, taking a big bite out of the handhelds market, and should Sony find the resources to make a second PSP and strap a cell phone to the side of it, they'd dominate the market.
Don't be another Sega, Sony. DOMINATE and kill off this sham company that claims to put out the better product. Oh and DS users, I'll understand if you yell at me. Jealousy tends to that with people.
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I agree totally.
Some people are just get caught up in the flow of ignorance. Racism in any form sucks balls.
We are factors of history and our sad environments.
Apparently, the seeds of Nazism still grow vigorously today.
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He's a fellow PSP'er.
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"To each their own"
Touché to that my brother.
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But DS is more innovative, yet the games are *bleh*
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It's what's happening to Sony cos of their complete ignorance of the new generation's needs.
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Please stop arguing
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nintendo ds = down *****. not close to nintendo 64 graphics. freecode what. ds fat. glitchy graphics. poorly design 3d games. cenors very violate gore. just like mortal kombar blood censor color. how may more redesign gameboy , how many more pokemon games or yugioh, the cartoon games lame spinoffs. nintendo ds games has barley less dialogue of (voice) talks. mario say very little even link. oh how many times does ganon dies or king koopa. get a bigger a *****y grahics to harnest the power of both wii and ds. --------------------------_______________ ____
psp can practically do anthing including play games(nes,n64sn es,Ps1, ETC), your own video(mot umds speaking about), pictures, music, internet online, intenret messaging, email, camera, gps, online games, multi play, share play with out disc, better looking system.+++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ ++++++ nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many redesign gameboys & ugly fat gb. nintendo has has too many re
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Don't worry, DS user, I'm sure you'll graduate one day.
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So I got it along with MGA2 and Daxter, and I was basically blown away. Not only did the graphics exceed my expectations, but I was blown away with the crisp and clear audio it had, along with the beautiful, and quite big(for a handheld of course) LCD screen. All the other times I played one, I just ignored it and well, told myself DS was better. At times, I believe it was because of the price, and I thought I wouldn't be getting one, so I just looked straight passed it. Before I got it as well though, I heard it could play emulators for systems like Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, but I also thought it was too good to be true. Alas though, with 1.5/Custom firmware, you can play tons of games, and since the end of Dec, PSX games as well. Come on, anyone who just owns a DS tell me you would rather be playing FF3 than FF7-9/Tactics/FF1-2-4-5-6....yeah, kinda thought not. It's the other features as well which I thought helped the portable experience become better with the PSP. I never owned an IPod, or really many other portable music/video/pic devices, so I loved the PSP that much more. The internet is good for some things as well on it, and although you may not be able to watch videos on a lot of sites, you can still browse and read around. Anyways, back to my original point.
Being biased for things, well, stupid. And although I may not use my DS as much, or at all anymore, it still has it's good points, but one of the really big reasons I wanted to switch to PSP is because DS didn't offer anything mature, aside from Resident Evil 1, which was a port with some new features for the DS(and of course you can play better on a PSP). With the MGS franchise, DBZ Budokai, and FF going with it, especially when it's like that of a PS2, along with a series of other great titles, it's hard not to like the PSP now. For those stuck in the past, please join us to the present. Seriously, for those so biased against it, please look up your facts first. The psp has tons of high quality titles, along with the DS. Now, what you can really argue about is what do you want more? I'm pretty sure that most DS users that claim to have owned a PSP really haven't at all.
Overall, I think with Custom Firmware, the PSP is overall better than the DS, but standard, it can still stack up against it. Anyways, what I'm bascially trying to say, is don't be biased like lots of people were with game gear. In fact, this reminds me so much of the Gameboy VS. GameGear war, but this time the competitor has a few more tricks up their sleves. Along with all that, for people still thinking the DS can do most of the homebrew features, no, just no. PSP can handle near full or perfect speed to NES/GENESIS/GB-C-A/SNES/NEOGEN-C/PSX/ect. But yeah, give each system a chance and all. I am looking forward to see how Pokémon Diamond/Pearl is for the DS, but right now, hot titles aren't going to be popping up as frequ
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...as frequently for a little while, while PSP is turing up the heat, especially with Grand Turismo Mobile finally showing it's face to be released soon, along with Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core.
Yeah, sorry that took so long. In my final statement, I agree with the original statement XD. The PSP has a very fine library to choose from, with some more must haves coming out soon, and the DS does too, although the games just don't call out to me as much as the PSP's do.
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So? Nazis invented *****loads of stuff but I don´t give a damn either.
It doesn´t stop you from screwing your own parents when it´s profitable for you.
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Ive ordered a psp though. The gameplay videos Ive seen for SOCOM, Metal Gear, GTA and others just blow away anything I've seen on DS. Not to mention the homebrew stuff looks way cool. I know the DS is more popular than the PSP but I just don't see how.
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Have jew jokes become the next Chuck Norris joke?
Why has there become this sudden need to bash on
jewish people?
I'm not a jew and see "NO need" whatsoever to be
saying such things.
Being jewish has nothing to do with a PSP forum and
jew's are not the majority of DS owners, that would be
asians, american children and adult idiots.
QJ.net needs to have their forums editable like Wikipedia
so that when we find stupid child like posts, the
community can dispose of them.
I am getting so feed up with posts that don't belong
in a thread or even in a civil society.
QJ.net better smart'n up or they will start to lose alot
of members due to ignorant childish posters running
rampant.
This has truely becomed a F u cked up place to visit
because of all this LAME 1st posters and from-out-of-no-where racist commentary.
I know this is a web site for gamers which includes
children but that is no reason to act like children
regardless of being one.
Chuck Norris joke were funny, I admit but racist jokes
are not, period.
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F**k off and dont come back.
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I will start my rant. First, I bought a DS lite. A month after the year release- in fact. Why? I don't go for nintendo, because they have children's games everywhere. their adverts are annoying, and quite frankly, I prefer sony.
But this is not the reason that I am downing the DS. it has some relatively fun games, such as Star Wars:Episode III, Metroid: prime hunters and Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training(all which I have owned).
But, the DS is tacky. They break a lot easier than the PSP and this annoyed me. My problem, was that my instruction booklet for the console was for some reason in japanese, and the English language section didn't come with instructions on how to put the wristband on. So, I ended up putting it on wrong and then the console fell off of the wristband and it hit the floor with a thud. ={
Guess what happened? The hinge broke. the console still fully worked, it's just the hinge broke. and in about three months the console was reduced to nothing but a Gameboy Advance, because the top screen did not function anymore at all.
So, I had on broken DS lite and a shiny fully working PSP at the same time, and at this point I had a PSP for about a year. And surprisingly enough, it was shiny, and had hardly any scratches. So, the PSP is much more durable we know, now.
Secondly, the PSP is much better in terms of interactivity and can even be hacked into. Myself? I have custom firmware 3.03 OE-C, and I can run homebrew. normally, I can view pictures and watch videos, and listen to my favorite songs, and play brilliant release titles, such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and LocoRoco, and Metal Gear Ac!d, the list goes on forever.
The DS on the other hand takes cartridges, Miniature cards in a matter of speaking, which are much easier to lose than UMD's(which the PSP takes) and can hold a hell of a lot less than UMD's too.
The DS may have one unique feature, it's touch screen, But the stylus is horrible to work with. if your stylus is damaged slightly on the tip, then it can heavily scratch your screen and seriously piss you off. It did me, and I only had it about 3 months!
The PSP has a lot more features. you can browse the net and even update to Sony's newest firmwares, or download custom one's and enjoy hacks. The pathetic DS cant even connect to a computer. It just isn't good.
PLUS- The forums are a *****load better on the internet for PSP than the ***** DS. The PSP is better.
And what the hell is this *****e about low battery for the PSP? All of us know that the PSP has about 6-8 hours of battery on it. the DS shouldn't even be used. so I think that the battery life arguments are just a waste of complete time, because the batteries in DS consoles shouldn't exist. Neither should the entire console, or even Nintendo.
So what do we now know? well, nintendo are crap and produce little kiddies games, whereas Sony are brilliant and produce amazing games, and R rated games, Gory games and don't annoy you with "It's me! Mario!" and "Pikachu! I choose you!". The PSP has a LOT more features and higher interactivity, the wireless feature is better, and there are more buttons to press, which = more fun.
PLUS- The forums are a *****load better on the internet for PSP than the ***** DS. The PSP is better.
And what the hell is this *****e about low battery for the PSP? All of us know that the PSP has about 6-8 hours of battery on it. the DS shouldn't even be used. so I think that the battery life arguments are just a waste of complete time, because the batteries in DS consoles shouldn't exist. Neither should the entire console, or even Nintendo.
Take my expert advice. the DS is okay if you are 7, but if you are 13+, you simply have to get a PSP instead. It's just Better
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I will start my rant. First, I bought a DS lite. A month after the year release- in fact. Why? I don't go for nintendo, because they have children's games everywhere. their adverts are annoying, and quite frankly, I prefer sony.
But this is not the reason that I am downing the DS. it has some relatively fun games, such as Star Wars Episode III, Metroid: prime hunters and Dr. Kawashimas Brain Training(all which I have owned, and then sold, because I no more use for them). But, the DS is tacky. They break a lot easier than the PSP and this annoyed me. My problem, was that my instruction booklet for the console was for some reason in japanese, and the English language section didn't come with instructions on how to put the wristband on. So, I ended up putting it on wrong and then the console fell off of the wristband and it hit the floor with a thud. ={
Guess what happened? The hinge broke. the console still fully worked, it's just the hinge broke. and in about three months the console was reduced to nothing but a Gameboy Advance, because the top screen did not function anymore at all.
So, I had on broken DS lite and a shiny fully working PSP at the same time, and at this point I had a PSP for about a year. And surprisingly enough, it was shiny, and had hardly any scratches. So, the PSP is much more durable we know, now.
Secondly, the PSP is much better in terms of interactivity and can even be hacked into. Myself? I have custom firmware 3.03 OE-C, and I can run homebrew. normally, I can view pictures and watch videos, and listen to my favorite songs, and play brilliant release titles, such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and LocoRoco, and Metal Gear Ac!d, the list goes on forever.
The DS on the other hand takes cartridges, Miniature cards in a matter of speaking, which are much easier to lose than UMD's(which the PSP takes) and can hold a hell of a lot less than UMD's too.
The DS may have one unique feature, it's touch screen, But the stylus is horrible to work with. if your stylus is damaged slightly on the tip, then it can heavily scratch your screen and seriously p;ss you off. It did me, and I only had it about 3 months!
The PSP has a lot more features. you can browse the net and even update to Sony's newest firmwares, or download custom one's and enjoy hacks. The pathetic DS cant even connect to a computer. It just isn't as good.
So what do we now know? well, nintendo are pathetic and produce little kiddies games, whereas Sony are brilliant and produce amazing games, and R rated games, Gory games and don't annoy you with "It's me! Mario!" and "Pikachu! I choose you!". The PSP has a LOT more features and higher interactivity, the wireless feature is better, and there are more buttons to press, which = more fun. And are more innovative too, remember.
Take my expert advice. the DS is okay if you are 7, but if you are 13+, you simply have to get a PSP instead. It's just Better.
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