PSP V.s. Nintendo DS
With the release of both Sony and Nintendo's portable game system, it is only natural that they will be compared, so here goes.
PSP-
This little guy, released in the beginning of 2005 was an instant hit. The commercials were hilarious, which is always a good thing, and the sleek hand-cradling design made me want one instantly. With the options to store data on a memory card and watch movies and wireless internet
capabilities, PSP sounded even better then most thought. With the release of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, PSP looked to be the victor over the DS. More adult themed games were sent out for the PSP rather then the DS. The Universal Media Disks (UMD's) can back over 1.8 GB of digital data and are not so costly when it comes to games, around 45$ each which is about the norm. The ability to buy movies for the PSP have made layovers and bus rides much easier for the masses. The rechargble battery is a must nowadays, and the player can get ten to fifteen hours out of a four hour charge. With everything from movies to surfing the web to holding pictures and movies, the PSP was designed for some serious gameplay with a broad audience. The only way that the system falters is that there is no cover on the LCD screen so it gets scratched easily and cases are a pain to buy/ put away every time. Retail price: $249.99
Nintendo D.S.- This is nintendos one step up from the game boy. Equipped with dual screens and a stylus, the DS is geared more toward a younger audience. The console does come with some addicting games such as New Super Mario World and Advance Wars, which are aimed for younger children but can still be enjoyed by the Nintendo loving older generation. The there are games for the young and only young generation, like Nintendo dogs, no thank you. Games are still cartridges
but cost about the same or a little less then PSP games. DS is also equipped with a microphone for voice recognition, and multiple users can play the same game just using ONE cartridge. DS also hosts wireless connections, but I am actually not sure but doubt there is any internet. DS is a sturdy machine, but with the release of the new DS lite, which is slimmer with more battery life, many people have traded in their DS's and either bought a lite or attempt to stick it out when they know there is a better machine out there. In addition, DS should have thought about finally crossing over to disks instead of less dependable cartridges. If there were a few more adult game released for the system such as they did with Resident Evil, then there is a good hope that DS will be selling many more units. Retail Price- Regular- $149.99...DS Lite $159.99
So I want your comments, be the judge and let me know which one you think is the superior machine.
PSP-
This little guy, released in the beginning of 2005 was an instant hit. The commercials were hilarious, which is always a good thing, and the sleek hand-cradling design made me want one instantly. With the options to store data on a memory card and watch movies and wireless internet
capabilities, PSP sounded even better then most thought. With the release of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, PSP looked to be the victor over the DS. More adult themed games were sent out for the PSP rather then the DS. The Universal Media Disks (UMD's) can back over 1.8 GB of digital data and are not so costly when it comes to games, around 45$ each which is about the norm. The ability to buy movies for the PSP have made layovers and bus rides much easier for the masses. The rechargble battery is a must nowadays, and the player can get ten to fifteen hours out of a four hour charge. With everything from movies to surfing the web to holding pictures and movies, the PSP was designed for some serious gameplay with a broad audience. The only way that the system falters is that there is no cover on the LCD screen so it gets scratched easily and cases are a pain to buy/ put away every time. Retail price: $249.99Nintendo D.S.- This is nintendos one step up from the game boy. Equipped with dual screens and a stylus, the DS is geared more toward a younger audience. The console does come with some addicting games such as New Super Mario World and Advance Wars, which are aimed for younger children but can still be enjoyed by the Nintendo loving older generation. The there are games for the young and only young generation, like Nintendo dogs, no thank you. Games are still cartridges
but cost about the same or a little less then PSP games. DS is also equipped with a microphone for voice recognition, and multiple users can play the same game just using ONE cartridge. DS also hosts wireless connections, but I am actually not sure but doubt there is any internet. DS is a sturdy machine, but with the release of the new DS lite, which is slimmer with more battery life, many people have traded in their DS's and either bought a lite or attempt to stick it out when they know there is a better machine out there. In addition, DS should have thought about finally crossing over to disks instead of less dependable cartridges. If there were a few more adult game released for the system such as they did with Resident Evil, then there is a good hope that DS will be selling many more units. Retail Price- Regular- $149.99...DS Lite $159.99So I want your comments, be the judge and let me know which one you think is the superior machine.
posted by Brian at 1:26 PM
3 Comments:
You really shouldn't have made this post as there are quite a few errors. There is a WiFi service for Nintendo DS games, and both the DS and DS Lite have an MSRP of $129.99 in America. Not to mention you said the DS lacks mature games but didn't talk about the success games like Brain Training and Animal Crossing have had with older people. Of course they aren't games that most traditional gamers would want to play, myself included, but it's pretty foolish to say the DS is aimed at younger gamers while ignoring it's success with older people.
You also totally ignored backwards compatibility for the DS which has been a huge selling point for the system as well as the touchscreen which is pretty much the main innovation most DS games are developed to use. From an empirical standpoint, you called the PSP the victor while ignoring sales figures for the two handhelds which have the DS in a slight lead over the PSP in America and that there are many more high selling games for the DS than for the PSP (I believe only GTA LCS has sold over 1,000,000 copies in America as compared to Mario Kart, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Brain Training, and that new Mario game). You also missed the PSP's biggest selling point, which is that it has almost as much processing and graphical power as the PS2 while the DS is about at the level of the N64.
I don't mean to totally flame your entry, but it's obvious you don't own the DS and you don't have much experience with it. As a gamer trying to get perspective from your blog I'd rather you make comments about games and systems that you own or at least use on a regular basis.
Alright, lets discuss. Before you take this as personal offense, let us see where I got my information from and how I went about getting it. "DS also hosts wireless connections..." I SAID THAT. If you don't believe me, read my post again because I explicitly said the DS does have WiFi, but unlike the PSP, it does not have the ability to surf the web. Next point, I got the information on prices for the DS and DS lite from Wal-mart.com, so don't think I pulled the prices out of my head. I'm not going to go looking around for fifteen different prices and kill time when I can just pick one that seems relevant, and it wasn't even that far off from what you think is correct. You said "Not to mention you said the DS lacks mature games but didn't talk about the success games like Brain Training and Animal Crossing have had with older people." Brain training is not geared toward ANY audience, ANYONE can pick up that game and play it. Alright, now on to animal crossing, that may not be my sort of game as I am a college student, but from just looking at it with its cutsey approach with the little animals, I am going to say it is for a younger audience, and maybe I did my research and saw that it actually WAS directed at a younger audience. I talk about games for the people MY AGE, not senior citizens or six year olds. Sorry, but this is my blog and my target audience does not include said members. I am not going to play games that I don't think anyone my age wants to hear about, sorry. Now, using that same logic as I have before, would a person in my age group want to play something like Nintendo Dogs or something like Grand Theft Auto? Then you stated "You also missed the PSP's biggest selling point, which is that it has almost as much processing and graphical power as the PS2 while the DS is about at the level of the N64." Wouldn't that make it a "superior machine?" My goodness...it would. Just to add a little tidbit of info at the end here, I have played a DS many times before I even owned a PSP, and though it may be lovely for some of you out there, it is just not for me plain and simple. And for these "new games" you speak of, Super Mario was already played out ( I own the NES, Snes and 64 versions, I beat metroid on gamecube about eleventy billion times, Kart was only good on Super nintendo (besides double dash). Why would I want to go out and buy games I already have for other systems? If you are thinking that I own GTA for any other system and I am being biased, sorry but I am not. I have never owned GTA before and it was a whole new experience for me. I'm sure Nintendo has changed the game in some respects, but in my opinion it just seems like a waste of money unless you are a diehard fan of the series. I'm not going to bash Nintendo since I own a few of their systems, but I wouldn't spend my money on a DS. It just doesn't offer anything out of the ordinary, so I said exactly what I felt and I am not going to lie so someone doesn't get their heart broken when I offer my opinion. Thank you for your comments and opinion though, You do offer another insight besides mine to a system that may be good to you, but may not be right for others. I am sorry if this seems harsh in any way, I did not mean to intentionally offend you. It is all just a matter of opinion which I like to hear no matter what when it comes to games. Thanks.
Alright, you wanted to be a kid again and live in a different age, seems like a fine reason to buy a DS. Indeed, Halo 2 takes a little more strategy and skill compared to some games on the DS, but why not create more skill? Games are improving, offering more challenge to an already experienced gamer. In my opinion, the harder the game, the more accomplishment I feel when I finally complete it. Take Ninja Gaiden for example. The skill I built up in that game over three or four months gave me so much patience and motivation (besides a slew of new ways to look at everything), any other game seemed less difficult and more enjoyable because I was not frustrated in the least bit. Don't get me wrong though, sometimes there is nothing better then to throw in a copy of Mario kart and just have at it and get away from all these new wave games that seem too real sometimes. Yes, just as I stated before, Nintendo does have Wifi. I have a wireless network at my home and actually tried to get a DS running on the internet like a PSP would (possibly to access e-mail) but with no luck. No doubt the PSP got a head start in the war, but everything is going down once the world takes hold of this so-called project Origami I have heard about (Microsoft handheld) so we will all have to see for ourselves.
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