Oh your forgot console ports. Actually as of right now, the PSP only has racing games and sports games, mixed one Dynasty Warriors game(another one) and a couple of really crappy mature rated games.
The best game is a puzzle game right now (nothing wrong with that).
If thats your thing, spend the huge amount of money for the PSP. Your going to have some fun playing crappy console ports.
Atleast wait a year before buying a PSP.
I just got a DS, its pretty cool. If you dont care about mature rated games, then its a good system. Its finally getting some good games. (Not including all the GBA games that can play on the DS)
If by "mature games" you mean games like GTA then I consider those to be pretty immature games. You're immature if you just ride off Nintendogs and Kirby Canvas Curse because they look too "kiddie", they actually have very creative and innovative gameplay mechanics. Let me quote someone from another forum witch I found somewhat true:
"Anyone who mentions "mature games" is automatically discounted as an idiot in my mind. Anyone who does not consider these people to be idiots are also discounted as being idiots. YOU are the reason PoP:WW sucks. YOU are the reason games forsake simplicity and good gameplay for dark colors and glam metal rock. You people make me ****ing sick."
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well you gotta figure what you like more..do you just want a pure gaming handheld or a mp3/movie/game handheld...if you dont want the movies or nothing then id go for DS, most of them are kinda kiddy but thats cuz they are just starting to really make them...there will be better games... ex. Need for Speed is on both handhelds and it kicks ass on both
yah, wel, i gues u cant include metal gear acid as a decent game. konami friggin turned it into a turn based card game. how crappy is that? sully 2u, ya got a point about need 4 speed. its on both, but i reckon it has beter grphics on psp. so ya, i think i'll probably go with psp. i just thought of a nother reason. final fantasy 7 advent children is coming out on psp's format, and i so wunt 2 c dat. pursuit force looks pretty good, and so does coded arms. psp is definetly sounding like a better choice.
I have oddly ended up with both, and if you are getting one as a "gaming" handheld, than you must get the DS.
The most used feature of my PSP is music and watching Revenge of the Sith.
The DS has great games out now(Mario 64, Kirny Canvas Curse, not to mention GBA games) and many coming soon.(Mario Kart, Metroid, Resident Evil, New Super Mario Bros)
there's this device in japan called the play - yan
Released in Japan in February 2005, the Nintendo Play-Yan is an add-on peripheral that allows the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance portable systems to play ASF movies and MP3 files from an SD flash memory card. The Play-Yan has an SD slot for the memory card, and the entire unit slides into the GBA cartridge slot. It hasn't been released stateside yet, but we managed to smuggle one in for testing.
The video files play through the Play-Yan at 220x170 resolution and look impressive. A 512MB SD memory card can hold approximately two and a half hours of video and still have enough room for an album's worth of MP3 songs. Sound quality is above average, and users can use the built-in stereo plug on the unit to connect a set of headphones. Battery life averages about four and a half hours for video and 10 hours or more for MP3s. The L and R shoulder buttons control the screen brightness, while the D pad controls volume, fast-forward, and reverse. Despite the Japanese interface, the intuitive controls are easy to figure out.
The Play-Yan software menu is one of the most unusual we've ever seen. The initial menu gives you a hummingbird icon to move between movies or sound. The sound and files section is truly the crown jewel of weirdness. You move a little male character up or down a set of stairs, which has doors for folders and bathtubs to warp you from the start to the finish. A floating exit door with a propeller on top acts as the exit icon. Granted, Nintendo will likely overhaul the Play-Yan software if the peripheral ever makes it to the States.
The Play Yan takes SD memory cards.
The Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Nintendo DS all offer similar picture quality. Due to the resolution difference, videos play in a letterbox on the DS, leaving a black band around the image. Compared to the SP, the normal GBA seemed to look better without the backlight, but the adjustable screens on the DS and the SP make it easier to create the best viewing angle for movie watching.
The Play-Yan can also run minigames, which Nintendo offers on its Japanese Web site. The games really are mini--they run at 62x42, which is the same resolution as the thumbnail previews of the video files, and they are extremely basic. The games available now would make the Intellivision proud, as they are simple one-button affairs, designed around the concept that simple, endless repetition can be fun. In one game called Fish, you move around a narrow path to avoid rocks. Another game has you control a little figure that dances on the steps in the Play-Yan file menu section. Here, the A button lets you duck and then jump to avoid an onslaught of helicopters and crabs infesting your file navigation menu.
While the minigames aren't very impressive, we can't forget that the Nintendo Play-Yan's primary function gives media player functionality to the GBA and DS systems. The unit plays music and videos fairly well, and we will keep an eye out for future developments.
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