Is PSP better than DS hardware wise?

Honestly speaking, the PSP has more fun CASUAL games than the DS.
Patapon, Loco Roco, Lumines, etc. were better than any DS game I've ever played.

Add to that great titles like Crisis Core: FFVII, GoW: Chains of Olympus, Burnout Legends, GTA VCS, Tekken: DR, Warriors Orochi, etc.

There are also a multitude of upcoming titles that look highly enjoyable:
MGS: Peace Walker, LittleBigPlanet, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Gran Turismo, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, FF Agito XIII

All of these games are up a notch compared to the DS library.

Again, speaking against the tide.

Originally posted by occultdestroyer
And so?

Well are'nt the game for the PSP UMDs ? 🙄

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Again, speaking against the tide.

Quality and features come with a price.
ie. You can't expect to have a luxury car for the price of a subcompact.

In this case, the PSP is a more capable device than the DS. That is a fact.
It has more features than the DS. No one can deny that.
The features and the quality justify the price. Sales has nothing to do with the hardware capability of a console, or any product for that matter.

And yet not many people do think that the price justifies the extra features, as sales show very clearly.

Originally posted by occultdestroyer
The fact that the majority of handheld gamers bought the DS instead of the PSP does NOT change the fact that the PSP is superior to the DS.
Both gameplay-wise and graphics-wise.

Quality and features come with a price.
ie. You can't expect to have a luxury car for the price of a subcompact.

In this case, the PSP is a more capable device than the DS. That is a fact.
It has more features than the DS. No one can deny that.
The features and the quality justify the price. Sales has nothing to do with the hardware capability of a console, or any product for that matter.

Like I said, the praise on the DS games is both commerical and critical. It is games that are the bottom line. Hence your claim on PSP gameplay being superior is irrelevant. You can say it all you like, but it won't change a thing.

The DS games are better. That's why it won out.

Originally posted by Ushgarak

The DS games are better. That's why it won out.

For the last time- both the public and the critics rate the games better.

The DS catalogue of amazing, popular and critically lauded games is huge. It won't take you much effort to check out.

The situation is no different to the days of the Game Boy. The Game Gear and Lynx had better graphics etc but they were will, ultimately, worse products. Nintendo have always understood how this works.

I disagree that the PSP is superior to the DS, hardware-wise. Yes, I said it.

Sure, it may have more bells and whistles, it may have better graphics capabilities, but the hardware is inferior. 🙂

Here's why: The hardware layout leaves something to be desired. My thumb hurt after a couple of hours on God of War, a great game, btw.

Also, the DS has the touch screen, making it an all around superior piece of hardware....because, when it comes down to it, the hardware was primarily designed to play video games. The DS does better at that and has better hardware technologies (touch screen) to accomplish that, i.e. it is superior hardware. 😄

Had the PSP had better "controls", I would own one of those as I am all about graphics and quality of games.

You won't catch me dead with a PSP in my hand, though, because the controls suck that much. Reglardless of how good their games are, the controls suck too much to tolerate.

Originally posted by Peach
And yet not many people do think that the price justifies the extra features, as sales show very clearly.

The Nintendo DS also outsold every mainstream console ever, besides the PS2.

Does that make it better then all those consoles? The Xbox 360, the PS3?

The Nintendo 64, the Gamecube?

No, no it doesn't.

Originally posted by dadudemon
I disagree that the PSP is superior to the DS, hardware-wise. Yes, I said it.

Sure, it may have more bells and whistles, it may have better graphics capabilities, but the hardware is inferior. 🙂

Here's why: The hardware layout leaves something to be desired. My thumb hurt after a couple of hours on God of War, a great game, btw.

Also, the DS has the touch screen, making it an all around superior piece of hardware....because, when it comes down to it, the hardware was primarily designed to play video games. The DS does better at that and has better hardware technologies (touch screen) to accomplish that, i.e. it is superior hardware. 😄

Had the PSP had better "controls", I would own one of those as I am all about graphics and quality of games.

You won't catch me dead with a PSP in my hand, though, because the controls suck that much. Reglardless of how good their games are, the controls suck too much to tolerate.

The leap in graphics is massive enough to make at least a slight difference.

It depends how sensitive you hands are. For example, using the stylus for me made my hand start to cramp after awhile, but playing the PSP, I was just fine.

The Vita remidied the whole touch screen ordeal, and honestly? While its cool and all, I like just controlling shit with buttons.

On top of that, and this is probably nitpicking, the clamshell design was a bad choice, because it can wear out over time, leading you to accidentally slam your Nintendo DS shut when you aren't meaning to.

Sure, the screen was exposed on the PSP, but you usually weren't carrying anything that would damage your PSP in your pocket, and the DS screen can get damaged more easily then the PSP can.

Example, I had a fake plastic rose from a christmas party or something, tried to play my DS using this fake plastic rose, as I had lost my stylus, and I permanently ****ed up my screen, tried it on the PSP, being the curious moron I am, and not satisfied with ****ing up one handheld console.

But curiously, and luckily, nothing happened, there was not even a knick on my PSP screen.

Just my thoughts on this 6-year-old thread.