As many of you may know, the smooth sexy blackness that is the PSP will be landing in the UK. So I ask you all:
Who here intends to purchase one, & what games?
What do you think of the PSP?
Ho do you compare it to the Nintendo DS (remember, graphics are not everything)?
I'll be buying a PSP on release midnight, likely with Ridge Racers & a carry case, but the £400 bundle with three games (1 any game, 2 from a selected range), a 1GB memory card, a movie, some DVD ripping software, & stuff. Though I am trying to save to get a home.
I really like the versatility of the PSP; its almost like a PDA in its functionality & ability to have emulators put on it. So much so it will make much of my phone (Xda II, a PDA with a phone bit) to shame. While it may not be the best at some of its extra functions (MP3 player; my 20GB Sony MP3 player wipes the floor with PSP MP3, & my player is an old model), it certainly does more than enough to get by.
As far as comparing to the DS goes, the PSP wins the battle for sheer power & presentation, but Nintendo once again show us with the DS they can take a new idea & make it work, giving us innovation after innovation; the d-pad, A & B buttons, Start & Select buttons, Y & X buttons, L & R shoulder buttons, the analog stick, wireless (not IR) controllers, dual screens (Nintendo first used dual screens in the 80s with an LCD Zelda game), & of course, the touchscreen controller. So while the PSP is the more powerful device, I'd say the DS is the better games machine, due to its wider potential within games playing. Each machine caters for a different knd of gamer though, & I will enjoy both immensly for their own merits.
Who here intends to purchase one, & what games?
What do you think of the PSP?
Ho do you compare it to the Nintendo DS (remember, graphics are not everything)?
I'll be buying a PSP on release midnight, likely with Ridge Racers & a carry case, but the £400 bundle with three games (1 any game, 2 from a selected range), a 1GB memory card, a movie, some DVD ripping software, & stuff. Though I am trying to save to get a home.
I really like the versatility of the PSP; its almost like a PDA in its functionality & ability to have emulators put on it. So much so it will make much of my phone (Xda II, a PDA with a phone bit) to shame. While it may not be the best at some of its extra functions (MP3 player; my 20GB Sony MP3 player wipes the floor with PSP MP3, & my player is an old model), it certainly does more than enough to get by.
As far as comparing to the DS goes, the PSP wins the battle for sheer power & presentation, but Nintendo once again show us with the DS they can take a new idea & make it work, giving us innovation after innovation; the d-pad, A & B buttons, Start & Select buttons, Y & X buttons, L & R shoulder buttons, the analog stick, wireless (not IR) controllers, dual screens (Nintendo first used dual screens in the 80s with an LCD Zelda game), & of course, the touchscreen controller. So while the PSP is the more powerful device, I'd say the DS is the better games machine, due to its wider potential within games playing. Each machine caters for a different knd of gamer though, & I will enjoy both immensly for their own merits.