What's better? The PSP or the DS?

[+JuggerNaut+]

Give me reasons and I will listen to you.

mp3's, movies, wifi access, decent set of games.

All of which are available NOW for DS.

yes, now, but it adds more $ to the system also. movies on that thing has to be a joke. i do like the games though.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Core DS system: 99 Quid

Core PSP system: 190 Quid

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Any memory card over 32 Megabytes for PSP: 50 - 100 Quid

DS player cartridge 25 Quid

[+JuggerNaut+]

you still need to buy the media kit and the wifi adapter unless you have a wireless router already.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

No you need to buy a wifi adapter if you want to play it on the internet. You can use wifi locally with the core unit.

It's not a media kit. It's a cartridge that goes in your normal gba slot.

[o'dium]

you still need to buy the media kit and the wifi adapter unless you have a wireless router already.

And? Lets face it your not going to want to watch films on it anyways. It gives me a head ache after 5 mins, plus the sound it produces is so quiet its a crime.

And as for wireless, whats your point? The DS is better already because you needa wireless router for both anyways, but you have to pay for PSP online, whereas DS is free, and the PSP only works at YOUR home, or a place where you know the person. The DS works anywhere with a wifi connection, and has the ability to add one for cheap if you just have a standard connection. The PSP cant do that.

[tnf]

eye...the sound from PSP movies is ridiculously quiet unless you are wearing headphones. And trying to watch them in the car when it is light outside is nigh impossible unless you set up some sort of box to view it in.

[tnf]

Although, one thing I would like to see for the PSP...make it a GPS navigation device using a USB attached thingy.

Any chance of that happening you think?

[+JuggerNaut+]

you still need to buy the media kit and the wifi adapter unless you have a wireless router already.

And? Lets face it your not going to want to watch films on it anyways. It gives me a head ache after 5 mins, plus the sound it produces is so quiet its a crime.

And as for wireless, whats your point? The DS is better already because you needa wireless router for both anyways, but you have to pay for PSP online, whereas DS is free, and the PSP only works at YOUR home, or a place where you know the person. The DS works anywhere with a wifi connection, and has the ability to add one for cheap if you just have a standard connection. The PSP cant do that.

you can't use the psp wifi at any hotspot? news to me. i'm not talking JUST about games either.

and i thought the DS wifi hotspots were only in select areas. as far as i knew, you couldn't connect to a open wifi network unless it was specifically setup for the DS.

[+JuggerNaut+]

eye...the sound from PSP movies is ridiculously quiet unless you are wearing headphones. And trying to watch them in the car when it is light outside is nigh impossible unless you set up some sort of box to view it in.

right, but is the DS better?

[+JuggerNaut+]

Although, one thing I would like to see for the PSP...make it a GPS navigation device using a USB attached thingy.

Any chance of that happening you think?

there are hacks for it already. doubt if Sony will release such a thing, but perhaps a third party.

[dzjepp]

i am completely inept at figuring out how to find any of that stuff and install it. i never figured out where to find any movies using torrent..the ones i did find woudl have taken 5 days to download at the shitty transfer rates, so I pretty much figured I'd have the same problems in finding any working roms or whatnot for my psp (i haven't searched though).

I'd LOVE to play old roms on the psp.

Heh... no offense man, but for someone that had written his phd thesis you seem pretty stuck on how to tinker with the psp. :icon31:

I will write a little guide thread for you next week if you wish, with all the stuff needed to get the nice games working. You remember the lucasarts dos games like indiana jones? Well you can play all that.

[tnf]

eye...the sound from PSP movies is ridiculously quiet unless you are wearing headphones. And trying to watch them in the car when it is light outside is nigh impossible unless you set up some sort of box to view it in.

right, but is the DS better?

I'm talking in terms of games, and games only. At this point, I am disappointed with the 'fun factor' of most of the PSP games.

[tnf]

i am completely inept at figuring out how to find any of that stuff and install it. i never figured out where to find any movies using torrent..the ones i did find woudl have taken 5 days to download at the shitty transfer rates, so I pretty much figured I'd have the same problems in finding any working roms or whatnot for my psp (i haven't searched though).

I'd LOVE to play old roms on the psp.

Heh... no offense man, but for someone that had written his phd thesis you seem pretty stuck on how to tinker with the psp. :icon31:

I will write a little guide thread for you next week if you wish, with all the stuff needed to get the nice games working. You remember the lucasarts dos games like indiana jones? Well you can play all that.

Don't make me bust out the smart talk on your ass pal.

[+JuggerNaut+]

while doing some research, i found this retard review from IGN:

Our smooth first experience with WiFi gaming on the PSP should come as no surprise, considering the systems were separated by no more than two feet and we had just two players playing simultaneously. We'll be sure and put the PSP and its games to a more trying test following launch on Sunday.

so wait, readers have to wait because they couldn't get up and move further away from each other? what a terrible ploy to get people to read the next article.

[+JuggerNaut+]

eye...the sound from PSP movies is ridiculously quiet unless you are wearing headphones. And trying to watch them in the car when it is light outside is nigh impossible unless you set up some sort of box to view it in.

right, but is the DS better?

I'm talking in terms of games, and games only. At this point, I am disappointed with the 'fun factor' of most of the PSP games.

i quoted your post where you were referring to the movies.

[tnf]

yea, and the critique of the movies wasn't a comparison to the DS. It was a critique of the PSP on its own merits...

[+JuggerNaut+]

i realize this, but it's still better to watch it on a psp than a ds.

[dzjepp]

I got a handful of free psp umd movies, I'd say as far as watching them it's not so bad, it has some enjoyment. Esp. if you can find a nice comfy place to watch them.

However I wouldn't and won't buy any movies myself unless something amazing was out. Simply because they cost the same as regular dvds and they don't have any special features included, so I'd rather go for a dvd.

[tnf]

i realize this, but it's still better to watch it on a psp than a ds.

obviously.

The screen and picture quality are very impressive.

[Jackal]

ok, DS it is. What games do you recommend? I want at least one rpg.

[tnf]

if they every make paper mario for the ds i would buy one.

[+JuggerNaut+]

[Mr.Magnetichead]

ok, DS it is. What games do you recommend? I want at least one rpg.

Advance Wars DS
Kirbys Canvas Corse
mario Kart DS
Lost In Blue
Nintendogs
Bomberman DS
Wario Ware Touched
Super Mario 64 DS
Metroid Primes Hunters (demo)
Meteos
Pac Pix
Mr Driller Drill Spirits


Also don't forget you can play any GBA game on the DS too so all the GBA Final Fantasy games are available to you too.

[Jackal]

Fucking A

[tnf]

i may be trading the psp in for a ds simply for the games...hrmm...