Sony has unleashed the details on their latest gaming creation, the PSP handheld at the gaming industry convention E3.
All I really have to say is OMFG! This thing is going to rock, I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these things. With built-in 802.11b wireless, USB 2.0, and 16:9 ratio TFT screen I’m going to be in mobile gaming heaven.
Read “more of the technical specs”:http://www.ferrago.com/story/3562 and clean up the drool from your keyboard, I know I had too.
And if Sony’s PSP isn’t enough, Nintendo released more information about their “new handheld platform the DS”:http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/11/news_6097113.html. The DS is a little different from the Sony’s offering in that the DS is really just the next version of the Game Boy although Nintendo would probably deny that fact. The DS will support the previous Game Boy Advance platform and will also include WiFi technology.
I’m a little torn as to what handheld to buy as we already own two Game Boy Advance SPs and I’ve always been faithful to the Nintendo handheld machine. The PSP does look awesome though and if it provides more functionality than the DS at about the same price I just may have to go with it. Prepare your wallets.
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I would just like to say a few things about DS..
It’s a little more then just all that, as the second screen is a touch screen, and it has voice recognition, and will be a considerable 100$ cheaper than the PSP (they have annouced the price to be around $150, while the PSP is roumered to be $200)
Though the PSP looks to have better graphics, I believe the DS to be more innovative.
Anywho, just my thoughts on the matter.. hope you don’t mind a passing by stranger ^^()
oops.. ment the PSP will be around 250$ ^^()
Thanks for stopping by! I’m a huge Nintendo fan, I own every machine they’ve made, including several GBA machines.
But some reason, at this point, the PSP looks way more interesting to me than the DS. Sure, it does have the touch screen and that “Nintendo” feel, but the PSP just seems to do so much more.
Furthermore, Sony has a pretty good track record in the gaming world with the huge success of both of their Playstation platforms.
I’m torn between which one to buy at the moment not because of price but because I can honestly only play one portable console at a time ^_^
Well, in that light, might as well go with the PSP
You can still play your GB games on GBA for now, and pick up the DS later
Ive looked at both systems, and they are both equally awesome. im a nintendo fan and a sony fan, so i was torn as to what to buy. The psp might have better graphics, but there is one thing many people overlook. battery life. Nintendo ds has about 7hrs battery. Sony advertise psp as having 7 hours, but thats 7hrs, just playing music. If you fully charge a psp and play just games you can expect for it to last for about 2 hours. not very convinient. and rumours state that the psp disks keep falling out of the system. i brought a ds because psp is basically a mini version of the ps2. the DS is a intirely unique system and most of the games arent straight copies from the gamecube.
Like i said earlier. im a nintendo and sony fan, but i prefer the ds at the moment. Sometimes, people need to realise, that its not always about graphics. Look at games like Ocarina of time, Goldeneye and FF7. They didnt have the greatest graphics, but they are the greatest games. Id love to see games like goldeneye or banjo kazoie on the DS, but it would never happen, as RARE traitored to microsoft a while back now. Ocarina of time would be a great remake for DS, like mario 64.