Pros and Cons of the DS vs. PSP

O.K.

The PSP has good graphics.

Suck ass battery

and LOAD TIMES


The DS has decent graphics.

Great battery

NO load times


The PSP has some good third party support

The DS has GREAT third party support


The PSP can play movies on UMD discs

The DS can't


The PSP can play MP3's

The DS can't


The PSP has 1, 4.5" screen

The DS has 2, 3" screens


The PSP doesn't have touch sensitivity

The DS does


The PSP isn't backwards compatible with anything

The DS is


The PSP is fragile and has a lot of moving parts

The DS doesnt have any moving parts and is solid as a rock


The PSP is comparable to a PS2

The DS is comparable to a PS1 and a N64


The PSP costs more than the

DS


The PSP's games cost more than the

DS


The PSP requires a memory card to save

The DS doesn't


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The PSP's UMDs can hold up to 1.8Gb
The DS's carts can hold up to 128Mb

How do you know the PSP is fragile? Which are all those moving parts?

I see threads like this many times over at the www.gamefaqs.com forums... fanboys speculation run rampant over there.

Mushiki said:

The PSP's UMDs can hold up to 1.8Gb
The DS's carts can hold up to 128Mb

How do you know the PSP is fragile? Which are all those moving parts?

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The laser mechanism, drive door, UMD...

C.A.R25 said:

I see threads like this many times over at the www.gamefaqs.com forums... fanboy speculation runs rampant over there.

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Quote the part where I'm being biased.

TonK said:

The laser mechanism, drive door, UMD...

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The UMD door is not really that fragile, it is just like a MD door.

DS is fugly, PSP is damn sexy

PSP has analog control.
DS does NOT.

DS doesn't have more third party support. The PSP has 34 from Japan while the DS has 32.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/12/news_6097859.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/02/news_6103874.html

And we don't know how sucky the battery is.

Mike, The PSP does not appear to be to fragile internaly and extrenaly it's build quality puts that of the DS's to shame. The (entire) front of the PSP is made of an extremily scratch resistant plastic that can with stand a shit load more use and abuse that the DS. Not to metion the DS's shity silver paint job that scraches easily.
I'm not biased in any way but facts are facts.

Mushiki said:

The UMD door is not really that fragile, it is just like a MD door.

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Plus sony removed the sliding doors on the UMD format (that MD's have always had so they could eliminate the moving parts required in the hardware to pull it back.

Here is what I found when reading that post.

TonK said:

O.K.

The PSP has good graphics.

Suck ass battery

and LOAD TIMES


The DS has decent graphics.

Great battery

NO load times


The PSP has some good third party support

The DS has GREAT third party support


The PSP can play movies on UMD discs

The DS can't


The PSP can play MP3's

The DS can't


The PSP has 1, 4.5" screen

The DS has 2, 3" screens


The PSP doesn't have touch sensitivity

The DS does


The PSP isn't backwards compatible with anything

The DS is


The PSP is fragile and has a lot of moving parts

The DS doesnt have any moving parts and is solid as a rock


The PSP is comparable to a PS2

The DS is comparable to a PS1 and a N64


The PSP costs more than the

DS


The PSP's games cost more than the

DS


The PSP requires a memory card to save

The DS doesn't


Feel free to add more.

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You failed to mention that the PSP can play video off of the memory sticks as well as certain programs (so expect emulators for this handheld in the future).

Also, how do you know that PSP games will cost more... and if so, by how much? $5-$10 probably... sounds like it's gona be an issue right? Also... you could have been more detailed... because you did not mention that the PSP is only ~$30 more than the DS... I think that's insignificant, especially when you think about the fact that the PSP is more than a gamming machine.

The DS has "great" 3rd party support by like how much more companies... 1 more additional over PSP? Very significant... so if PSP has 1 less 3rd party support, that makes it only "good" comparing to how you describe the DS, as "great."

Forgot you mention that not only are the DS screens smaller... but they are obviously lower in quality... so it's not as sharp... failed to add that the PSP has ~2 times more resolution through it's screen.

Yup... any one with an objective view can read between the lines here and see that this post is biased. Not because you love the DS or anything... nothing wrong with that... this post is biased because you surely could have added more pros to the PSP (resolution, screen quality and brightness, game size, multi functionality through playing videos, pictures, certain programs etc)

I could care less about PSP vs DS vs other… at lest now I have a choice to pick what system is more appealing… much better than only having no choice… which would suck ass for the sensible consumer.

The worned done DS over by my EB looks like a crack whore !

Nostromo said:

DS is fugly, PSP is damn sexy

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You should take a look at the DS over by my local EB... it looks like a worn down crack whore since EVERYONE got to play it... The hinges are all loose now and it's all raggedy and shit... LOL. Now that's ugly.

C.A.R25 said:

You should take a look at the DS over by my local EB... it looks like a worn down crack whore since EVERYONE got to play it... The hinges are all loose now and it's all raggedy and shit... LOL. Now that's ugly.

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I know what you mean the touch screen on the one in Wal-Mart was amazingly messed up.

TonK said:

The PSP has 1, 4.5" screen

The DS has 2, 3" screens

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The PSP has a single 480x272 16:9 screen

The DS has 2 256x192 4:3 screens

C.A.R25 said:

You failed to mention that the PSP has no teeth so it can give perfect gummy blowjobs

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you've got a point. I'm sold.

Mark of the Wolves said:

I know what you mean the touch screen on the one in Wal-Mart was amazingly messed up.

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How can you open and close it when its being held open by steel brackets dumbass?

So when the PSP displays are in stores and I smash the screen are you gonna walk in and say how it looks like a crack whore?

Hundreds of people were playing it, nobody cleans the systems.

And the stylus WILL NOT scratch the screen... so I'm guessing keys were being used on the mentioned systems.

You guys compared store displays... LOL how fucking lame!

Mushiki said:

The PSP has a single 480x272 16:9 screen

The DS has 2 256x192 4:3 screens

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how much do you think the PSP cost to manufacture? must have been alot which is funny because this amount of quality for so little money is a bit off putting I mean must have been as expensive as producing something of the ilk of a home console.
It does show how much competition can affect pricing.

I never said that....

DevilRedeemed said:

how much do you think the PSP cost to manufacture? must have been alot which is funny because this amount of quality for so little money is a bit off putting

I mean must have been as expensive as producing something of the ilk of a home console.
It does show how much competition can affect pricing.

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I don't know why Sony can't focus on a game console instead of adding gay ass features that won't be used.

And emulators will not be possible.

It doesnt have an OS like the Zodiac or that other thing have.

TonK said:

I don't know why Sony can't focus on a game console instead of adding gay ass features that won't be used.

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simply because they are trying to broaden the appeal of their system to non gamers, as has been their stratergy since they begun making systems. That way they don't have to compete for market share of the existing consumer pool. and Sony want to be as ultra cool gadgety and camp as possible.
its a fashion accesory you wear around your neck.

TonK said:

And emulators will not be possible.

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Potentially, yes, as long as you can run an application, you should be able to run an emulator as well, and games are applications.

TonK said:

You guys compared store displays... LOL how fucking lame!

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Word.

CAR, you need to learn the fine art of shutting the fuck up. You do nothing but put your jeded, bias fanboy ass on the line and get it kicked.
The fact that this is coming from me, some oe who prefers the PSP to DS says enough.

As someone who fully expects to own both eventually, I thought Tonk's original list was pretty fair, myself. I would say, though, that the DS does have moving parts: it has a hinge.

In the end, though, it doesn't matter how good the device is. Only the games matter. I can think of numerous cases where weaker hardware has had better software, and where better hardware has died due to lack of support.

TonK said:

I don't know why Sony can't focus on a game console instead of adding gay ass features that won't be used.

And emulators will not be possible.

It doesnt have an OS like the Zodiac or that other thing have.

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Does the GBA have an OS too ? Because the GBA is known to emulate NES games... through using a flash type cart that can hold the romz.

C.A.R25 said:

... through using a flash type cart that can hold the romz.

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You answered your own question.