To those with both a DS and PSP...

MuGen · 03-29-2005, 05:00 PM

Well this guy told me that both handhelds have depleted uranium in them and it makes the hair on your hand fall out...

lol... (winks at Dark Samurai)

Dark Samurai · 03-29-2005, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyuzo

Well this guy told me that both handhelds have depleted uranium in them and it makes the hair on your hand fall out...

lol... (winks at Dark Samurai)

HA!!! That was so funny, Sony, with their "ignorious" battery life compared to DS's.

Nintendo obviously has un-depleted uranium, making it the better handheld for the masses... Therefore the obvious choice...

(What you winking at me for?)

Jonbo298 · 03-29-2005, 06:42 PM

Both handhelds and have their strengths and weaknesses

DS obviously has touch screen, PSP has graphics and other various things. Both will do well. Nintendo will lose some market share but its a given. Both will live on forever.

Teuthida · 03-29-2005, 07:35 PM

Thanks for all the input guys.

Since some people said their hands felt cramped with the DS, how do you hold your system? Thumbs straight flat on the buttons or poised to attack like I do where the thumbs are bend and the tips press the buttons. I used to have a magazine that diagrammed all the ways one could hold a gameboy.

I actually like DS more as a system...but I need to play some of the games on PSP. Lumines, Mercury, and the like. (I'm a puzzle whore.) See, I would much rather these games be available for systems I already own. I would be buying PSP for games and not for the sake of the PSP whereas I think if I bought a DS it would be for the system and not so much because of the games.

Hmm, *takes a look at the list of PSP games out right now* Is Lumines worth buying a PSP for? All the other titles don't interest me in the least. And DS...well nothing on it interests me right now.

One more thing. On the train today two guys were talking about the PSP. Does Spiderman 2 (the movie on UMD) come bundled with it for free as they mentioned?

DarkMaster · 03-29-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Danchastu

Hmm, *takes a look at the list of PSP games out right now* Is Lumines worth buying a PSP for? All the other titles don't interest me in the least. And DS...well nothing on it interests me right now.

One more thing. On the train today two guys were talking about the PSP. Does Spiderman 2 (the movie on UMD) come bundled with it for free as they mentioned?

Whether or not you'd think Lumines is worth buying a PSP for would depend on your financial status. However, I can tell you that the game is totally awesome, bordering on brilliant. If you've played and loved games like Rez, you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect with Lumines. With these games, it's not just about the fun and exciting gameplay, it's also very much the experience. It's like therapy for the soul, they take you to a zen-like zone, with complete immersion into a fantastic world.

Yeah, I know, same people will say "it's a puzzle game, you drop squares and make noises", but its so much more if you can just go beyond the obvious.

Anywho.... Spide-Man 2 the movie comes bundled free with the PSP value pack.

DarrenMcLeod · 03-29-2005, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Whether or not you'd think Lumines is worth buying a PSP for would depend on your financial status. However, I can tell you that the game is totally awesome, bordering on brilliant.

I want to play Lumines so bad. I also want to play the DS game Meteos, or whatever it is being developed by the same group.

Anyways, as far as the whole DS vs PSP thing goes, I think anyone would be out of their mind to say DS. As much as I love Nintendo, I'll admit that PSP is a far sexier beast. The games look better, and it sure isn't lacking in the software market like DS was/is (this is always nintendo's biggest fault... why can't they have more titles at launch?)

The only problem with PSP is the battery and price point, which are huge for me. I was looking at the PSP, and thought of how great it'd be to have one... then I realized I could get a PS2 and a few games for much cheaper. DS has such a good price that it probably is what I'll buy in the future when I have more money. I'm not spending $350 for a handheld system (Canadian price).

MuGen · 03-30-2005, 02:22 AM

I just wish people would stop complaining about the price...

$250 is a value pack price, do not compare it to the DS which is the solo package.

Sure you don't need all thats in the value pack, but thats what the price point is for the value package. Discrediting the PSP or Sony for the price point and comparing it to the 180 DS is ridiculous.

In Japan they released the PSP units, individually at $185. Now what do you think is a better buy DS $180 or PSP $185? I'm sure North America will eventually get their Solo packages.