Sony PSP VS Nintendo DS

[Lee-yoshi]

Wow, this has really turned ebil! Here's some interesting facts though i think need to be covered to resolve a few mini-debates also going on here from what ive seen after scanning through recent posts (Apart from the very latest ones, i cant be arsed to read it all lol!).

Every games company currently makes a loss on their home console. Microsoft were losing money on the Xbox when it first came out (Think how much theyre losing now!), PS2 also makes huge losses, and Gamecube makes losses, pretty big now because of the price it stands at at the moment! The PSP & DS arent money losers RIGHT now - At their full retail price they dont lose money for the creator, but instead break-even. Sony can only make money on the PSP through sales of the accessories (The main reason why the games still need memory cards, and big memory cards (Expensive at that) to hold a fair amount of mp3's, film footage, etc to show off the PSPs full list of features). theyre kinda losing out with this Value Pack stuff for that reason, but if they dont package it like that, no-ones gonna buy it unless they've come into a little fortune recently! Companies make their money on games and accessories not consoles. Sony have gone for graphical power where as Nintendo have gone for gameplay.[/fact] In my eyes, i absolutely love the way you play games on Nintendo DS because its so much different to everything else you've known to play computer games so far - However you cant overlook the beauty of the PSPs games, i just dont like how they play. Everyone who has come into the store and seen the PSP demo unit we've got always go straight for the D-Pad. "No mate, theres an analog stick there" "Oh i thought that was a microphone or something" << EVERYONE HAS SAID THAT! lol

Also, multiplayer is a lot better on DS then PSP, especially loading times (Another thing i hate PlayStation for, taking forever, come on, i wanna play!!). If you wanna play a game using one copy of it, on DS its download, its simple... on PSP, its swap the disc, loading, then swap it back, loading, then swap it back again - Come ON!! :/

Nintendo DS' online system also appeals to me, but thats just because we've been waiting to play Ninty games online for so long, and itll be free! I dunno how the PSP internet system works although ive heard there is/will be one...

[Fact time again] Also, the average age of a Pokemon player is around 40 - Pokemon is not a kids game, and its a phenomenomenomenom that everyone loves - Just thought i'd throw that in incase Pokemon gets brought up in this arguement over why the DS is such a kiddy machine

Im surprised that there maybe a PGR on PSP, but then again i guess its not all that surprising since PGR is such a pretty game. Then again Rareware have just started a Nintendo DS development crew, so i guess Microsoft has no say in the handheld war and just see's it as an extra money making opportunity since they cant enter it (Could you imagine how heavy a portable Xbox would be? lol) Microsoft actually seem to be supporting Ninty's handheld a hell of a lot more which is kinda surprising - I remember reading an interview where a rep of Microsoft said they would be supporting the Nintendo DS because its an interesting development system. What next eh? An XBoy? :S

Also i cant believe how many people ive heard say they defo wanna play MGA on PSP after loving the MGS series on consoles... yet the same people who've played both Episodes I & II and Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution, absolutely dissed Episode III to hell and back - ITS THE SAME THING DAM YOU!

Ah well, there's my 10 cents worth - Oh and btw, its good to see theres someone else out there who doesnt like GTA and the idea of yet another game. Whats wrong with black people on bikes though? lol