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Anyone got psp and if you do whats your fav game on it if you dont what you just want to say about it pretty much this talks about whats so cool about psp and what sucks really bad about it

If this turns into a spam thread, I'll lock it.

Anyway, to me a PSP is like having a SUV in a city. It has lots of nifty things, but they aren't useful to me.

I already have a $200 Canon Powershot A520 camera for my picture needs. I'm not someone who goes around and says, "Guys, look at my X!". As for a music player, that's nice, but I would get a smaller device for that. I already have a CD player and that is fine with me. As for a movie player, I don't buy movies much and I rent them and play them on my widescreen TV.

Finally, the games just don't appeal to me. I'm tired of racing games because they are so similar these days. I loved Episode I Racer because parts BREAK DOWN, so you had to keep buying them. It also had high speed, great graphics, audio and many racers. F-Zero GX is also a fun game because I like how it's about combat, as well as getting to first place.

You may think I'm a DS fanboy, but I'm not as I gave my DS away to my friend's sister. The only games that I like are ones that don't measure how well you do things, but if you did them or not.

Metroid Prime, for example is not about getting places fast, but rather, just getting there. It let's me have time to enjoy it at my own pace. I also like strategy games like Warcraft III, since it should be about choosing the right counters to things. I don't like the focus on micro however.

The only DS games I'm interested in are Band Brothers and Electroplankton, though they will take a while to get to America. These allow you to make your own music.

For games, I'll stick with my PC or cube. I'll only get something portable, if it's really unique, like a camera.

I have that same camera!!! Yeah and I would agree with Revelade for the most part, The PSP well...I just don't like it. As for a music player, i got a free Mp3 player that holds 100 songs from a friend. Movie i just go to the movie theater or rent them from blockbuster or something.

I dont like it eather... its to much money for a crapy system... cumon... Seriously... you need ot buy special movies ot watch on it? I DONT THINK SO!!!

Overall i just think it has to many useless features that no one will ever use anyway and its WAY to overpriced for a handheld... I could buy a Xbox for the price of the PshizP

Sony made the dumbest move ever, however it's fans are normally all retarded that's why it's making so much. Oringally when you strip the PSP down to just games it would cost 150$ or less. However they added, interenet, music, movies, and a bunch of useless crap not to mention the breakable material it's made from which has expensive written all over it. My friends of a PSP (Only for GTA: LCS) and would use the music feature but it only uses MP4 files. And Itunes has MP3 files only, you can't convert them easily. Also who needs music when the Ipod has been out for like 4 years and CD players for even longer?

The only thing that's better on the PSP in my mind is the games, sure DS has some cool games like Mario DS, Mario Kart, and Advance Wars, but most of the games don't have any seriousness in them. Everything is in cartoons, and if it's not it's bad. PSP is more for people who like badass graphics and stunts not "This is so creative!!".

What sucks about the PSP? Price. I'd never pay that much for a handheld! To me the quality of games to price ratio just isn't high enough.

Ipod is better


Lets see my current Wishlist...

30 Gigabyte Ipod
A nice laptop
Subaru Impreza (STI)
A nice computer...
Good speakerz for when I want to enjoy music in my home (Aka: large speakers for my computer)

PSP is not on the list at all... Why you ask? Becuase why would I need it if i have a laptop and or an ipod?

Ipods cost 200$ and laptops cost well over 400$. When a PSP is 300$

laptop 400+ you kidding me.. more like 1000+

a $1000 laptop cant even run good games

you first off need a pc to run games.. laptop cant change graphic card..

so you need to buy a good one thats $2000

psp is so cool from what i think.. i agree they did add a lot of xtra feature without any uses.. DS = just retarded... whos gonna play a animal pet game... with bunch of random other games... psp only downfall is price... movie is retarded i agree... but if you say psp is overpriced DS aint even a playable game boy. The next downfall is the battery.. and you also have to buy memory card which cost more then the psp if you buy the best one out atm.. 2 gb high speed one... but at e-bay its cheaper .

but another thing if your going on a trip and dont want to bring a portable tv player.. you knows thoes little ones.. or dont really want to bring your whole ps2 go bring your psp can put music there save x-tra space for your ipod...

ipod nano wow who made that thing? touch the screen cracks... comon...

my point psp aint the most coolest and best price thing in the world... but its just little over price... and its pretty usefull way better then DS first off graphic totally owns DS

so psp is acctually pretty cool and usefull at times to time.

Chu's going to kill me for this, but even though I'm not in the handheld war, I believe the DS is better on so many accounts.

You have MORE games and MORE creative games in general. Not every game will force you to use all the unique features, but if you want to, you can find those games as well.

When playing games, the PSP can take seconds to load up, which can add to minutes. The DS has NO loading times period.

The battery life on a DS is a good 10 hours and can last even longer without using the backlight. Compare this to the 3 hour or so of the PSP.

The design of the DS is much better because it protects both screens. The PSP screen is prone to fingerprints and scratches.

The price of the DS has been lowered to $130, while the PSP "bundle" costs $250. In addition, games on the DS are usually $30, while PSP games are $50. In the long run, you lose more money with the PSP.

Finally, in order to use the PSP to its fullest extent, you need to buy bigger memory cards and those can range from $50 to $100. Features come at a price.

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That's only if you put the sound all the way up and brightness at 75%. When most people can play with 50% sound and 50% brightness and get 6 hours or so. Plus who's going to play a handheld for more than 2 hours?

That's great that DS is "creative" but it's nothing that special, the only thing I saw on the DS that made it a little creative was WarioWare TOUCHED! Games that I acutally care about, like Mario DS, it doesn't even use the touch screen feature. THe same game for the PSP would have an analog stick and better graphics.

Let's say you're on a road trip. Now you wouldn't play 2 hours, maybe, but occassionally, you will turn it on and off. The DS will last longer in this case and it's just more convenient to just be able to play the DS, instead of worrying about battery times. In your example, you said the PSP battery life can get to 6 hours, well the DS can last up to 20 without backlight.

Anyway, as for creative games, I'd say that honor belongs to Electroplankton, as it's not even really a game. There are no goals, but you experiment with music. It's like an electronic dream.

Can you provide some examples that "would have an analog stick and better graphics"? I played NFS:Underground Rivals, with the sliding disk on the PSP and it felt terrible. I could not control the car, to the point where each left and right made me hit walls. The d-pad felt much better however.

As for the DS, playing a GBA game looked nice. However, after a while, my hand felt cramped a LOT. So I really don't like how the DS was formed to play either.

btw if you look at DS game list its real bad. PsP accutally have playable game Battle Front 2, GTA, Marvel nemisis. In the other hand only good game for DS Mario Kart. However just like Golden-Fist said it accutally doesnt even use touch screen. And i agree with Golden-Fist whos going to play handheld for over 2 hours.

and also if "creative games" goes to nintendo these days you end up with something real bad. Nintendo just lost its touch's.

Oh sorry but i totally agree with nightmare and golden. So i think PsP wins

Im going with reveblade (OMG!!!) I think the DS is an overall better system... I agree the touch screen is a little retarded yes... and the DS needs some better games yes... But the PSP has low batery life can't survive a 3 foot fall and gets scratched so easy it comes with its own cloth to clean the screen!!! The PSP loading times are all prety rediculous...

The DS doesnt need the 2ed screen but I think it is prety cool... If anyone has played FF CC for gamecube multiplayer Imagine that on the DS where the top screen is your stuff and the botem screen has your menu that you can change your spells and drop items for otehr players on the FLY!!! That is the game i really would like to see moved onto the DS... I doubt anyone would though...

yea agree with psp loading time but think of the graphic??? also screen you kiddig me my friends DS got scratched up so fast they have both like the same rate of getting scratched acctually the psp is made of acctually better stuff then DS if you say that then think about any PS2 games on PsP which they acctually are doing and are pretty much the same game itself. Game cube game to ds is like... ehhh it doesnt work DS aint strong enough..

ReveLade, no b please. -_-

Yea, I am also one of the few people in the world, lucky enough to experience 4 player FF:CC. It's amazing teamwork, but the gameplay is still... repetitive, unfortunately. I'd rather see it on a console however, but then again, DS has touch screen, so you could make your own designs, a microphone to TALK to other players and portability to play on the go...

Nightmare, the DS does not only have one good game as you mistakenly said. Advance Wars DS, Kirby's Canvas Curse and Castlevania are excellent titles, that I would buy.

In fact, it's the PSP that gets remakes and rehashes. GTA: Liberty City? Been there YEARS ago with GTA3. Dynasty Warriors? There's already 5 or so on the PS2. The only real original games are Lumines and Wipeout, but those are still launch games...

It's not what it's made out of Boyscout, but rather the design of it. If you look at the DS, it FOLDS. When it's closed like a clam, BOTH SCREENS are protected. The PSP can NOT fold, so the screen is exposed to damage, meaning you may need to buy a screen protector.

Meh, I prefer my Game Boy Advance PsP is too expensive and I bet I wouldnt have used it much.

Wow that's one, and it's not even that close to a remake, it has an entirly new story, MORE features then the oringal GTA3 (Like Bikes and More Weapons) The graphics stay in tact. The main part is the story, where in SUper Mario DS all they added was 3 other characters and made mario suck.


DW sucks where ever you play it (Unless it's Empires which has a slightly better gameplay element). Lumies and Wipeout? What about Metal Gear Acid and other games? Also remake or no remake, DS' oringal games all blow anyway.


I could also get a sythasizer (Mine can fit in my car) and just play that, but that's not really thrilling.

That's not much of an arguement, you appear to like D-Pad better and I like analog. But graphics wise PSP is supreme.

My arguement is only that game wise (ANd things surronding the game like Playing it and How it looks) not how far you can drop it before it breaks, as a side note.

That is another thing that I didnt like about the PSP... The Analog stick... Im used to the sticks that bend when you use them... IE: Xbox... This one doesnt bend or anything it just slides... I guess its one of those things you need to get used to...?

Compared to DS' analog stick?
Oh wait.
Better to have tried it then not have it at all. The DS ONLY has the D-Pad and the PSP has both.

Your argument is based on opinion, therefore it fails. You can add more weapons, stories, whatever, but if the gameplay is the same, with the same levels, it's a rehash. I understand Mario 64 DS is a rehash, but I never liked it in the first place. Do you really see any other remakes by Nintendo? Did we have Wario Ware TOUCHED before? Did we have a Kirby Canvas Curse before?



Good point about MGA, but there are so many ports from the PS2 like NFS:UR or NBA Street, original titles JUST for the PSP are hard to find. Your opinion on DW has nothing to add to the argument.



It wasn't meant to be an argument. I just differ in your opinion, in that I like the d-pad better and the "disk" isn't all it's cracked to be. I'm not saying the DS has it any better, in fact, I like the buttons and d-pad on the PSP better. This is trivial however, because it's all about the gameplay for me. My opinion is not better than yours, it's just equal.

It's not even analog. It's just a disk that slides in multiple directions. True analog has the stick change height when moving in directions, therefore it's easier to push it from the center position.

I believe we all know graphics is done better on the PSP, but you have to factor in the battery life, loading times and higher price. You fail to mention the backstory.

That's why it fails. You seem to say, PSP is better because I like the games more. That's self-centered and doesn't apply to the rest of us. Give us facts instead of "I like blue better, so it's much better than red." It doesn't prove anything, but just wastes our time.

Im not going to argue with stupid people because you will never win. So I will go by sales. This is in japan but it was the only site I could find with examples. Cnet had a listing of sales(which were concurrent with this). We'll see a bigger picture in the US at the end of Q4 which will give us yearly sale and this holiday season has a lot in store.

Weekly Japan Sales: October 17 to 23

Hardware
01 - Nintendo DS - 44,283 (1,937,167 total)
02 - PSP - 28,067 (1,455,120 total)

Well as you see close to 500,000 people are smarter than you in japan. Both systems are good but the PSP is a gimmik (as far as I am concerned).

Movies-Buy a portable DVD player and then watch it anywhere including at home where you have a screen thats 500x+ bigger.

Music-I pod has actual storage. If you buy the memory cards for the PSP to= the memory in an Ipod it will cost something around $1000 depending on what size card you are buying and they would all be on seperate cards.

Photos-Digital camera can actually take pictures and any new Ipod can display them.

Internet-I have a cell phone that can do it better than the PSP because I can talk on it(OH YEAH! texting rocks)

that leaves you with graphics, low battery, wait times, a whole lot of wasted cash.

The only thing i put PSP>Ds is the graphics ok. They are both good but i dont see buyng a PSP worth it that is all. This is OPINION so w/e. I will never look in here again so go ahead and flame me.

do we care.. PsP is obviously better.. they make real games.. other then DS with nintendo.. Mario Kart is old.. Mario kart that game cube version is way better.. then the DS version DS = SENS but portable....

PsP = Playstation 1.5 but with real games..

btw can you hack a psp yes.

can you hack a DS no..

psp can run other emulators also if you go to hacking site...

(is this allowed?) if not tell me then warn me



like seriously DS has the smallest screen ever with another useless screen... maybe a 5 year old will like it but not high schoolers.

dont wanna be petting dogs rather play GTA

BTW dont wanna be playing thoes turn base rpg with 2d graphic rather play Real Turn base rpg with atleast decent graphic. Makes game a whole lot better.

and also half of DS games dont even use click screen 1/4 use it 1/4 might seem to like use it but not really important. as i said 2/4 make it as the most retardedest thing in the world..

dam i cant spell right..


some what agree with Kept_Wheat

but game wise and graphic and game play and everything

PsP totally owning DS atm i mean like totally there is no talk to it.
extra space on PsP who cares but why would i want to buy a gameboy color with just 2 screen on it